Stewart Bishop

A former chief of staff to ex-New York Mayor Eric Adams told a federal judge Tuesday that prosecutors' claims that a hotel owner secured a $6.8 million migrant housing contract by papering City Hall with bribes is woefully short on detail, and the government should be ordered to flesh it out.

Goldman Jury Sees Cash Talk In Energy Deal Email Deluge

A Manhattan federal judge on Friday declined to sentence the former chief operating officer of a massive Arizona sports complex to prison over his role in a $284 million bond fraud scheme orchestrated by the project's developer and his son, citing the executive's prompt and significant cooperation with prosecutors.

A Manhattan federal judge on Friday declined to sentence the former chief operating officer of a massive Arizona sports complex to prison over his role in a $284 million bond fraud scheme orchestrated by the project's developer and his son, citing the executive's prompt and significant cooperation with prosecutors.

A New York federal judge Monday set a 2027 trial date for the former owner of a now-bankrupt water vending company accused of a $200 million Ponzi scheme backed in part by a large-scale bond fraud that bilked institutional investors in a Jefferies-controlled hedge fund.

Adani Denies $10B Offer Led To DOJ Dropping Case

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, the chairman of multinational conglomerate Adani Group, on Wednesday told a Brooklyn federal judge that his offer to invest $10 billion in the U.S. had nothing to do with a U.S. Department of Justice decision to drop criminal charges claiming he and others orchestrated a $250 million bribery to secure solar energy contracts and deceive investors.

Nonprofit groups suing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement over courthouse arrest policies pressed a Manhattan federal judge to force the agency to produce documents and testimony concerning arrests it conducts outside immigration courts after the agency's revised policy concerning such arrests in Manhattan was put on hold.

Bitcoin Thief Tells 2nd Circ. Resentence Violates Constitution

Counsel for a convicted Florida bitcoin fraudster who was sentenced to 12 years in prison for failing to pay over $20 million in restitution stemming from his role in a crypto heist on Thursday told the Second Circuit that the lower court's resentencing trampled on the constitutional rights of her client, who "never got due process at any stage."