Read more federal prosecution stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/31842/federal-prosecution.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:17:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74007/prosecutors-hope-plea-deals-will-close-gitmo-cases.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFederal and military prosecutors looking to convict Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other high-profile Guantanamo Bay detainees are competing with each other to offer plea bargains to lower-profile inmates in exchange for testimony. Some detainees have remained at Gitmo because they are considered too difficult to prosecute, and the evidence against...http://www.newser.com/story/74007/prosecutors-hope-plea-deals-will-close-gitmo-cases.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 16:45:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/66031/prosecutors-compete-for-911-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFederal prosecutors in New York and Virginia are fighting for the chance to put Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four of his co-conspirators on trial, the Washington Post reports. Justice Department sources say offices in Alexandria and Manhattan have been lobbying hard to prosecute the self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind, both stressing their...http://www.newser.com/story/66031/prosecutors-compete-for-911-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 04 Aug 2009 6:25:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63299/madoff-sentence-a-massive-waste-alec-baldwin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAlec Baldwin throws water on the general celebration of Bernie Madoff's prison sentence, arguing that the 150-year term handed down to the fraudster Monday was a wasted opportunity. "I want to suggest, as I am confident others have, that Madoff be given a reduced sentence in exchange for answering every...http://www.newser.com/story/63299/madoff-sentence-a-massive-waste-alec-baldwin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 01 Jul 2009 12:09:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63300/us-wont-charge-ruth-madoff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRuth Madoff won’t be prosecuted in her husband’s giant Ponzi scheme, insiders tell the New York Post, because the feds didn't find enough evidence against her after a 6-month probe. She had “no criminal exposure,” one source says. But if something new turns up, authorities could still pursue her. Meanwhile,...http://www.newser.com/story/63300/us-wont-charge-ruth-madoff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 01 Jul 2009 10:45:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62930/vijay-offered-500k-for-bail-of-pal-stanford.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagVijay Singh is sticking by embattled buddy and alleged swindler R. Allen Stanford. The star golfer, who's been sporting the Stanford Companies logo even though he no longer gets paid to do so, offered to put up $500,000 of the billionaire’s bail, reports CNBC. He was denied the honor...http://www.newser.com/story/62930/vijay-offered-500k-for-bail-of-pal-stanford.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 26 Jun 2009 14:23:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61415/corruption-trial-of-ex-louisiana-rep-kicks-off.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJury selection began today in the trial of former Louisiana Rep. William Jefferson, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. The Democrat is charged with taking bribes and using his office to set up business deals in Africa. “It is good to have my family with me,” he said as he arrived...http://www.newser.com/story/61415/corruption-trial-of-ex-louisiana-rep-kicks-off.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 09 Jun 2009 13:59:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60702/judge-us-must-reveal-charges-vs-gitmo-prisoners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA federal judge today ordered the US to publicly reveal unclassified versions of its allegations and evidence justifying the continued imprisonment of more than 100 detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay. The Justice Department had been filing unclassified versions of its legal documents under seal, so that they could only...http://www.newser.com/story/60702/judge-us-must-reveal-charges-vs-gitmo-prisoners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 01 Jun 2009 14:15:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59024/rove-will-be-questioned-over-attorney-firings.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagKarl Rove is on the hot seat tomorrow. The former Bush adviser will be interviewed by federal prosecutors as part of a criminal investigation into the firings of US attorneys in 2006, the Washington Post reports. Rove will meet with Connecticut prosecutor Nora R. Dannehy, who has been charged with...http://www.newser.com/story/59024/rove-will-be-questioned-over-attorney-firings.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 14 May 2009 17:19:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52049/feds-stanford-ran-massive-ponzi-scheme.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFederal officials have labeled shamed financier R. Allen Stanford’s operation a Ponzi scheme for the first time, the Houston Chronicle reports. The accusation—meaning the company used cash from new investors to pay older ones—came in an amended civil fraud complaint from the SEC yesterday alleging Stanford and a...http://www.newser.com/story/52049/feds-stanford-ran-massive-ponzi-scheme.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 28 Feb 2009 6:22:57 CST