Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich should get as little as five years in prison when he is resentenced on sweeping corruption charges next month, a move that would see him released from custody in months, his lawyers said in a court filing late Monday.

A man convicted of laundering £28m from a business deal with an ex-Nigerian dictator has lost his final appeal.

Raj Bhojwani, from India, was jailed in 2010 and ordered to repay £26.5m after he funnelled money through Jersey and Swiss bank accounts.

The European Court of Human Rights rejected his complaint on Tuesday that he was denied a fair trial.

The Home Affairs Select Committee said the UK has “laid out a welcome mat” to criminals, with chair Keith Vaz saying £100bn was being laundered through the country every year.

The MPs also called for a separate criminal offence if a person refuses to hand over money and assets derived from crime.

Martin Shkreli, the pharmaceutical boss dubbed “the world’s most hated man” after he increased the price of a HIV-related drug by 5,000%, was on Thursday told he will face trial for fraud.

As he walked out of court , Shkreli had something more pressing on his mind. He asked his lawyer: “Can I play Pokémon Go now?” according to a New York Daily News reporter who overheard the question.

A self-described New York entrepreneur was arrested on Wednesday on charges that he conspired to hide the losses suffered by a hedge fund's clients in a scheme that involved bankrupt video technology company Kit Digital Inc.

Cape Town - A former shipping manager with the Viglietti Motor group is to go on trial in October on multiple fraud charges involving R2,9 million.

James Sbusiso Xulu, 38, made his final preliminary appearance on Wednesday, in the Specialised Commercial Crime Court in Bellville, Cape Town, before magistrate Sabrina Sonnenberg.

North Florida-based Congresswoman Corinne Brown is the latest Clinton superdelegate to receive an indictment for corruption and ethics violations. Brown allegedly received $800,000 from an organization called One Door For Education under false pretenses that the funds would be used for charitable purposes. One Door For Education touts itself as a nonprofit, but is not legally registered as such.

The final two defendants have been released in a trial over bribery at the Russian energy giant Gazprom, having been held at the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona. Two others were set free in April. 

On Tuesday, a former ABB manager from France and a Russian Gazprom manager were acquitted on charges of active and passive bribery.

MEPs are demanding former European Commission President José Manuel Barroso is sanctioned for taking a job with Goldman Sachs, saying he has failed to “behave with integrity and discretion.”

Barroso, who served two, five year terms as commission head, is criticised for joining the Wall Street bank that some claim helped set off the 2008 financial crisis.

The US government decided not to pursue criminal charges against HSBC for allowing terrorists and drug dealers to launder millions of dollars after George Osborne and the UK banking regulator intervened to warn that prosecuting Britain’s biggest bank could lead to a “global financial disaster”.