Four men, including Megaupload Ltd. founder Kim Dotcom, were arrested in New Zealand on charges including conspiracy to commit racketeering, conspiracy to commit copyright infringement and criminal copyright infringement.
Jurors convicted Kilpatrick of a raft of crimes, including racketeering conspiracy, which carries a maximum punishment of 20 years behind bars.
Ferguson, Kilpatrick's pal, was also convicted of racketeering conspiracy.
The First Circuit Court of Appeals, in a decision yesterday, ruled that a lower court erred when it refused to allow Aetna to sue Pfizer over what it called a racketeering conspiracy to induce physicians to prescribe Neurontin for off-label uses like treating bipolar disorder.
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Chase Egan Burns, 37, and Kristin Burns, 38, face charges including racketeering and conspiracy.
Mr Blagojevich faces charges including racketeering, conspiracy, wire fraud and making false statements to investigators.
He is currently serving a 15-year prison sentence for racketeering, conspiracy and wiretapping.
Bondi said that when charges are formally filed next week they will include racketeering, conspiracy, money laundering and possession of slot machines.
The charges include forgery, making a false affidavit, racketeering and conspiracy.
Meanwhile, the poster child of the boom, Ratio, has seen its star fade after authorities launched a criminal probe of the company's relationship with an Israeli wanted by the U.S. on racketeering and conspiracy charges.
The relatively new anti-gang laws in El Salvador and Honduras do not include versions of America's witness-protection programme or its anti-racketeering laws, which allow suspects to be charged with conspiracy to commit a criminal act, rather than the act itself.
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