Pete Brush

'Astonished' Homebuyer Says Atty Email Lapse Caused Hack

A New York federal judge on Friday again denied President Donald Trump's bid to move his criminal hush money conviction out of state court, finding as he did earlier that a federal law defense that Trump was operating in his official capacity would be meritless.

A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday hit a Florida developer with a four-year prison sentence after he admitted pocketing proceeds from membership interests in real estate projects he pitched to investors in a $13 million securities fraud caper.

A Florida businessman who allegedly tried to bribe the former head of the New York City Police Department's School Safety Division for an $11 million panic-alert app contract is part of a "larger" ongoing probe, a Manhattan federal prosecutor said Tuesday.

Loctite maker Henkel's planned $725 million acquisition of Liquid Nails would create a construction adhesives market behemoth with a "staggering" 80% retail share, the Federal Trade Commission told a Manhattan federal judge Monday as it challenges the deal.

A Manhattan federal jury convicted two Florida men of using their "hard-money" commercial real estate finance company to steal $18 million in upfront fees, after prosecutors said they defrauded developers to whom they never intended to extend loans.

Two Florida men used their "hard-money" commercial real estate finance company to steal millions, prosecutors told a Manhattan federal jury Monday, calling their operation a scam designed to reap upfront fees before the defendants put up "roadblocks" to kill transactions.

Two Florida men used their "hard-money" commercial real estate finance company to steal millions, prosecutors told a New York federal jury Monday, calling their operation a scam designed to reap upfront fees before the defendants put up "roadblocks" to kill transactions.

Two Florida men accused of using "hard-money" commercial real estate finance companies to steal $15 million in customer fees told a Manhattan federal judge Tuesday they will challenge the charges at trial, including by arguing they made legitimate loans.

A fintech executive from Turkey copped to a count of securities fraud Friday, telling a Manhattan federal judge that she lied to seed-round investors who backed her Kalder Inc. startup and agreeing to forfeit about $7 million.

A fintech executive from Turkey copped to a count of securities fraud Friday, telling a Manhattan federal judge that she lied to seed-round investors who backed her Kalder Inc. startup and agreeing to forfeit about $7 million.