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Mayor Eric Adams’ former top adviser took bribes tied to an array of high-profile projects that required City Hall approval, including migrant shelters, real estate developments and a major street safety redesign, Manhattan prosecutors said Thursday. Ingrid Lewis-Martin is accused in four separate indictments of accepting more than $75,000 in bribes while she served as the second-most-powerful official in local …

Justice Dept. urges Fed chair to fire top official accused of mortgage fraud  The Washington Post Justice Department signals investigation of Fed Governor Lisa Cook  CNN What Is Mortgage Occupancy Fraud, the Claim Wielded by the Trump Administration?  The Wall Street Journal Fed Found Over 22,000 Mortgages Like Those Pulte Is Flagging  Bloomberg.com Justice department calls on Federal Reserve to sack governor Lisa Cook  Financial …

Houston Texans safety Jimmie Ward has been accused in a civil lawsuit of physically and sexually assaulting the mother of his 3-year-old son while under the influence of crystal meth — in the presence of their child, according to Harris County court records. Ward, 34, was arrested on June 12 on a felony domestic violence charge for allegedly choking Cristy …

Apple Fitness Chief Accused of Toxic Workplace Culture and Harassment  The New York Times Source link

The father of Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown was arrested and accused of stabbing a man early Wednesday evening in Las Vegas, authorities said. Officers were called to the 1500 block of South Buffalo Drive at 5:42 p.m. PT and found “a male suffering from several stab wounds,” according to a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department statement. That victim was …

Andy Sieg, the 58-year-old head of wealth management at Citi, has got a difficult job. He may have made it harder for himself. Get Morning Coffee ☕ in your inbox. Sign up here. Bloomberg reports that Sieg, who joined Citi from Merrill Lynch in 2023, is the subject of complaints by at least six Citi managing directors. The bank brought in law …

In a case of careful what you pray for, Phil McGraw is having a not-so-great week. On Monday, the man Oprah introduced us to years ago as Dr. Phil began to try to halt the month old Chapter 11 proceedings of his short-lived Merit Street Media after finding the cost of going bankrupt too expensive, literally. Today, as a federal …

A woman known as the “ketamine queen”, charged with selling Matthew Perry the drug that killed him, agreed to plead guilty on Monday. Jasveen Sangha became the fifth and final defendant charged in the overdose death of the Friends star to strike a plea agreement with federal prosecutors. Having initially pleaded not guilty, her change of plea means she will …

A ticket-reselling operation used a network of fake accounts to bypass Ticketmaster’s security protocols to grab hundreds of thousands of tickets to hugely popular tours for artists like Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen and then re-sold them for millions, federal regulators said Monday. The Federal Trade Commission alleges the operation used illicit software that masked IP addresses, as well as …

The 23-year-old charged in the fatal shooting of a Birmingham high school football coach has been granted bond. De’Corlion Keshaun Robinson is charged with murder in the Wednesday night death of 39-year-old Demetrice Darnell Beverly, a husband and father of three daughters who was an assistant football coach at Parker High School. Robinson is also charged with unlawful possession of …