Jan 6th, 2009 · Prosecutors in New York are asking a judge to put Bernard Madoff behind bars without bail. They told the judge Monday that the disgraced financier had violated bail conditions by mailing about a million dollars worth of jewelry and other assets to relatives. At about the same time in Washington, a House hearing got underway on how the alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme Madoff is accused of running eluded regulators.
Dec 31st, 2008 · U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said he needs more time to return an indictment against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Prosecutors usually have 30 days to return an indictment, but that period ends in a week. Fitzgerald is asking for a 90-day extension.
Dec 31st, 2008 · Federal prosecutors need more time to interview witnesses who have come forward since the arrest of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, according to court documents filed Wednesday in Chicago.
Dec 16th, 2008 · Businesses and individuals are scrambling to determine how much money they may have lost in what federal prosecutors are calling a giant Ponzi scheme run by investment manager Bernard Madoff. No single community may have been hit harder than Palm Beach, where Madoff had a home and found many of his clients.
Dec 13th, 2008 · It takes the gifts of a novelist to fathom the Governor Rod Blagojevich story this week: a fresh-faced governor accused of putting President-elect Obama's seat in the U.S. Senate up for sale. NPR's Scott Simon talks with novelist, former federal prosecutor and fellow Chicago native Scott Turow, about this week in Illinois politics and how truth IS stranger than fiction. (4:00)
Dec 12th, 2008 · Some lawyers in the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division say they are delaying certain cases, hoping that the Obama administration will give them more attention than the Bush administration did. Some prosecutors are also reviving old investigations left untouched for years.
Dec 11th, 2008 · President-elect Barack Obama made his most extensive comments yet about the scandal involving the governor of Illinois, speaking at a news conference Thursday. Federal prosecutors say Gov. Rod Blagojevich tried to put a U.S. Senate seat up for sale — the seat that Obama once held.
Dec 10th, 2008 · Chicago's U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has accused Gov. Rod Blagojevich of trying to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat. This is just the latest high-profile case Fitzgerald has brought. Over the past eight years, Fitzgerald has become one of the most well-known federal prosecutors in the country.