Tag: FBI

Saturday, February 9th 2019 - 07:16 UTC
US Justice investigating Petrobras bribe money channeled through global trading companies

U.S. authorities have joined Brazil’s investigation into alleged bribery involving Petrobras and some of the world’s largest trading companies, according to the Brazilian law enforcement officer in charge of the probe.
Wednesday, December 19th 2018 - 10:01 UTC
Trump foundation to close down amid allegations of illegal misuse of funds

United States President Donald Trump's troubled charity foundation has agreed to close down amid allegations that he and others illegally misused its funds. The move was announced by the Attorney General of the state of New York, Barbara Underwood, who will supervise the distribution of its remaining monies.
Saturday, October 27th 2018 - 09:48 UTC
Suspect with a long criminal record charged with mailing explosives to critics of president Trump

A man living in the state of Florida and with a decades-long criminal record was arrested and charged Friday with mailing at least 13 packages containing explosive devices to critics of President Donald Trump, authorities said.
Thursday, October 11th 2018 - 08:23 UTC
US charges Chinese spy for economic espionage and stealing aviation secrets

United States Justice Department said on Wednesday it had arrested and indicted a spy for China’s Ministry of State Security on charges of economic espionage and attempting to steal trade secrets from several U.S. aviation and aerospace companies.
Tuesday, January 30th 2018 - 10:06 UTC
FBI's No 2 steps down; Trump publicly criticized him of political bias

Andrew McCabe, the FBI's No. 2 official whom President Donald Trump publicly criticized for alleged political bias and reportedly wanted fired, stepped down from the bureau Monday, weeks ahead of his retirement. The move followed months of blistering criticism by Trump and his Republican allies that McCabe, 49, was an anti-Trump partisan. Recent reports said McCabe had been pressured to leave the bureau.
Friday, May 5th 2017 - 10:39 UTC
Eight Isis sympathizers jailed in Brazil; they planned chemical attacks during 2016 Olympic Games

Eight Isis sympathizers in Brazil have been jailed for plotting chemical attacks during the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. All the men were Brazilian nationals, who were also accused of promoting militant activities on the internet. The accused men were being monitored by the FBI and found to be trying to make contact with the Islamist militant group to pledge allegiance with them.
Friday, December 4th 2015 - 07:49 UTC
Uruguay's former football chief Bauza, only Conmebol member not indicted

Of the ten presidents from South America's football confederation, Conmebol, during the period under investigation by the FBI, only two had not been indicted until Thursday: Uruguay's Sebastian Bauza and Ecuador's Luis Chriboga. However US Attorney General Loretta Lynch included Chriboga in the latest list of allegedly 16 indictments.
Friday, November 20th 2015 - 07:10 UTC
Chile's football association chief turns in to US authorities as part of the ongoing FIFA probe

The president of Chile's ANFP national football association Sergio Jadue has gone to the United States to talk to the FBI as part of its ongoing probe into corruption at soccer governing body FIFA, Santiago media reported.
Thursday, May 28th 2015 - 05:56 UTC
FIFA's key sponsor express “serious concern” following corruption allegations

Key sponsors of FIFA have expressed “serious concern” after the US accused senior officials of football's governing body of racketeering, fraud and money laundering. Coca-Cola said the World Cup had been “tarnished” by “lengthy controversy”.
Thursday, May 28th 2015 - 00:18 UTC
“Red Card” for 14 FIFA and sports marketing officials

The United States Department of Justice brought charges on racketeering, wire fraud, and money laundering on 14 FIFA and sports marketing officials. Dubbed the “World Cup of corruption” by Richard Weber, chief of the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation unit, the charges are the result of an investigation from the U.S. District Attorney’s office in Eastern New York.