News Topic: White-Collar Crime

Two days after Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin Inc. sought Chapter 11 protection , federal securities regulators said they settled fraud charges against the bank-holding company and a former executive. ... Read full article

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, “Real Housewives of New Hersey” stars Teresa and Joe Giudice pleaded not guilty to fraud charges. And a day after film financier David Bergstein lost a lawsuit, his former partner dropped an appeal of a similar ... Read full article

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, Detroit’s problems are hitting the small screen, and “Real Housewives of New Jersey” stars Teresa and Joe Giudice were released on bond. Also, rapper DMX is getting a movie part. ... Read full article

The railway company that operated the train that derailed and exploded last month, killing 47 people and destroying part of a small town in Quebec, sought bankruptcy protection in the U.S. and Canada on Wednesday with the intention to sell the business. ... Read full article

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, rapper DMX filed for bankruptcy protection. Also, Teresa and Joe Giudice of Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” were charged with fraud, and fellow New Jersey “Real Housewives” star Danielle Staub settled ... Read full article

Associated Press Giuseppe Giudice, left, and wife Teresa Giudice walk out of Martin Luther King Jr. ... Read full article

MF Global Holdings Ltd. has struck a deal with J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. that calls for the bank to pay MF Global a portion of what the bank recovers in the case, a settlement that MF Global’s administrator says avoids “years of costly and complex ... Read full article

Brendan Hoffman/Reuters Bernard Madoff in 2009 The art, furniture and décor that once populated Bernard Madoff’s New York office—described by one visitor a ... Read full article

Mexican phone company Maxcom Telecomunicaciones S.A.B. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. late Tuesday after reaching a deal with its creditors that would hand control of the company to a group of investors led by private equity firm ... Read full article

Poised to break pension promises to more than 23,500 retired city workers, cops and firefighters, Detroit’s bankruptcy attorneys said that those retirees deserve an official committee to speak for them as the 686,000-resident city struggles to unload ... Read full article

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, boy-band mogul Lou Pearlman’s investors will soon start voting on a repayment plan, and the Backstreet Boys are back in court to defend claims against Mr. Pearlman. Also, the former Versace mansion is headed for a ... Read full article

Kathy Willens/Associated Press In this July 25, 2000, file photo, the members of ‘N Sync appear at a New York news conference. ... Read full article

K-V Pharmaceutical Co. received approval Tuesday to send its bankruptcy-exit plan to creditors for a vote. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

A U.S. appellate court on Monday upheld a lower court’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit by retirees of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. that sought to hold the company’s directors, including former Chief Executive Dick Fuld, accountable for squandering their ... Read full article

Reader’s Digest Association Inc. unveiled a restructuring plan to focus on its North American print and digital business Wednesday, as it prepares to emerge from bankruptcy protection. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

Tribune Co. plans to split its publishing business and its broadcast arm, following in the footsteps of companies like News Corp ., The Wall Street Journal reports . ... Read full article

Five Mile Capital Partners LLC is accusing MSR Hotels & Resorts Inc. of using its Chapter 11 case to shield its directors from possible liability for their alleged misconduct and wants an independent trustee to take charge of the company. Read the ... Read full article

This week on the Broke and the Beautiful, a cable TV show distributor filed for bankruptcy, and so did “Gossip Girl” star Kelly Rutherford. Also, funk music legend Sly Stone is fighting to dismiss the bankruptcies of his ex-manager’s companies. ... Read full article