A federal grand jury has charged a former mayor of Columbus with bank fraud.

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A Wisconsin businessman is set to plead guilty to fraudulently obtaining bank loans in a deal with federal prosecutors.

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The Justice Department shut down an online "criminal bazaar" where computer hackers bought and sold stolen databases, malicious software and other products that could cripple or steal information from computers and cellphones, authorities said Wednesday.

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A Greenfield attorney who allegedly defrauded four clients out of $2.2 million was indicted Tuesday on 33 criminal charges.

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A Madison area businessman accused of lying to banks in order to get loans has been convicted of money laundering, bank fraud and theft from an employee retirement fund.

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Expressing an unwillingness to dramatically expand the scope of offenses that fall under the federal bank fraud statute, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court searched for some type of limiting principle this week during arguments in Loughrin v. U.S., 13-316.

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The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court are trying to figure out just how much restitution is owed to a victim of bank fraud under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act.

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An Appleton man who pleaded guilty to a federal charge of bank fraud has been sentenced to 16 months in prison.

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