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  • Aeropostale Executive Confronted  Thursday, 23 May 2013 | 1:27 PM ET

    The government has moved in on Aeropostale's chief marketing officer, who set up shell companies that took millions in kickbacks. CNBC's Andrea Day has the details.

  • Last defendant pleads guilty in wind farm fraud Wednesday, 22 May 2013 | 11:58 AM ET

    CHEYENNE, Wyo.-- The last of five defendants charged with defrauding investors of more than $4 million by promoting non-existent wind farm projects in Wyoming and South Dakota pleaded guilty Tuesday to felony charges.

  • Shaw Pleads Guilty in KPMG Case  Monday, 20 May 2013 | 1:11 PM ET

    Bryan Shaw plead guilty to conspiring to commit securities fraud in the KPMG case, reports CNBC's Jane Wells.

  • Martin Kanefsky, who was the chief of the now-defunct Kane Capital Strategies Inc, pleaded guilty in April 2010 to fraud and conspiracy charges related to his role in a scheme to manipulate bids for investment agreements and municipal finance contracts. Among those convicted were bankers who worked at General Electric Co, UBS AG, JPMorgan Chase& Co.

  • Martin Kanefsky, who was the chief of the now-defunct Kane Capital Strategies Inc, pleaded guilty in April 2010 to fraud and conspiracy charges related to his role in manipulating bids by others from 1999 to 2006.. Among those convicted were bankers who worked at General Electric Co, UBS AG, JPMorgan Chase& Co.

  • 3 face charges in NJ of defrauding investor Wednesday, 15 May 2013 | 11:15 AM ET

    NEWARK, N.J.-- In early 2012, the three men were making an attractive offer: the opportunity to purchase Facebook Inc. stock just as the company was expected to go public. Federal prosecutors charged Aaron Muschel, 63, of Brooklyn; and Alex Schleider, 47, and Eliyahu Weinstein, 37, both of Lakewood, N.J., with wire fraud conspiracy.

  • NEW YORK, May 14- Goldman Sachs Group Inc won dismissal on Tuesday of fraud claims brought by a bond insurer over a CDO tied to subprime mortgage securities called Abacus.

  • Bank of England: Bloomberg Breach 'Reprehensible'  Tuesday, 14 May 2013 | 1:20 PM ET

    The Bank of England has commented on the Bloomberg breach. CNBC's Steve Liesman has the details.

  • NEW YORK, May 14- A New York appeals court dismissed a case against Goldman Sachs Group Inc brought by a bond insurer who claimed it was fraudulently induced to insure the bank's Abacus product tied to subprime mortgages.

  • Closing arguments delayed in Petro America trial Tuesday, 14 May 2013 | 9:27 AM ET

    KANSAS CITY, Mo.-- Three weeks after the start of a securities fraud trial involving a Kansas City company whose leaders are accused of bilking unsophisticated investors out of millions of dollars, closing arguments that were supposed to begin Monday were pushed back a day because of problems with jury instructions.

  • The jeweler who made more than $1 million from allegedly illegal tips is minutes away from entering a plea, reports CNBC's Jane Wells.

  • DUBAI, May 10- A Middle Eastern bank that fell victim to a major cyber fraud said on Friday that none of its customers had lost any money in a scam which it believed had also caught up lenders in the United States and beyond.

  • DUBAI, May 10- National Bank of Ras Al Khaimah said on Friday that none of its customers had lost any money as a result of a cyber fraud which resulted in a loss at the Gulf bank in 2012..

  • 'My Father Is Dead to Me': Son of Peregrine Thief Thursday, 9 May 2013 | 10:01 AM ET
    Russell Wasendorf Sr., Former CEO of Peregrine Financial Group.

    Russell Wasendorf Jr., whose father went to prison for stealing $215 million from clients of the Peregrine Financial Group, has pleaded innocent and is attempting to start over.

  • Ernst & Young Fraud Survey  Wednesday, 8 May 2013 | 3:13 PM ET

    A new survey from Ernst and Young shows bribes and manipulation are not unusual in company reports, with David Stulb, Ernst & Young.

  • Enron's Skilling in Deal to Exit Prison in 2017 Wednesday, 8 May 2013 | 2:20 PM ET
    Former Enron CEO, Jeff Skilling (L), and his attorney, Daniel Petrocelli.

    Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling would be out of prison in 2017—more than 10 years early—under a proposed sentencing agreement submitted to a judge in Houston.

  • DOJ Statement on Skilling  Wednesday, 8 May 2013 | 2:18 PM ET

    Former Enron CEO Skilling will be out of prison in 2017 under a new deal. CNBC's Scott Cohn reports what Skilling's attorney and the DOJ said about the deal.

  • Skilling Strikes Deal For Early Release  Wednesday, 8 May 2013 | 1:48 PM ET

    Former Enron CEO Skilling will be out of prison in 2017 under a new deal, reports CNBC's Scott Cohn.

  • Federal authorities alleged two of the defendants, who have ties to a New York broker-dealer, bribed the official to secure the bond trading business of Venezuela's state economic development bank.

  • Federal authorities alleged two of the defendants, who have ties to a New York broker-dealer, bribed the official to secure the bond trading business of Venezuela's state economic development bank.