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The scheme cost at least 99 victims $5.7 million, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri said.

Attorneys with expertise in municipal disclosure say issuers who land on the list of "sanctuary" jurisdictions need to at minimum do an analysis of how it may impact their obligations.

Randy Miller, 70, and Chad Miller, 41, entered guilty pleas Wednesday in the Legacy Cares securities fraud case and will be sentenced at a later date.

The former municipal advisor Porter Bingham has been sentenced to four months imprisonment and two years term of supervised release following his fraudulent billing to the city of Rolling Fork, Mississippi in connection with a 2015 bond offering.

Indictments of Illinois' former House speaker and the former Chicago city finance committee chair provide fuel for the city's and state's reputations for corruption.

Alderman Patrick Daley Thompson, the grandson and nephew of Chicago mayors, was found guilty of federal charges of making false statement and tax fraud.

The change of plea hearing is set for Thursday in a federal court in Mississippi.

Ferguson regained its investment grade issuer rating by rebuilding its balance sheet while meeting federal consent decree mandates to overhaul police and court tactics.

Porter Bingham stands accused of stealing $33,000 from the city of Rolling Fork, Mississippi.

FirstEnergy will pay $230 million under a deferred prosecution agreement with federal authorities in the alleged pay-to-play that benefitted its former subsidiary FirstEnergy Solutions.

Jose Ramirez says he doesn't recognize the criminal mastermind portrayed in the SEC's complaint against him.

The Securities and Exchange Commission previously charged one of the seven, an unregistered investment adviser, with similar allegations.

The Department of Justice filed a federal complaint alleging conditions at Alabama prisons violate the constitution, as the state continues to negotiate public-private partnerships to build three lockups.

Jim Beard, Atlanta's CFO for seven years, was charged by a federal grant jury with fraud, theft of government funds and purchasing illegal machine guns.

The public-private partnership Alabama is using to build three new prisons is estimated to cost nearly $2.64 billion over 30 years, up from $900 million.

Federal authorities arrested Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder on charges he took bribes to support legislation that benefited bankrupt FirstEnergy.

“Reporting unauthorized transactions is certainly a good first step in building cooperation,” said one lawyer. “But there could be a lot more to it.”

The state is taking qualifications from firms interested in building three facilities to house male inmates.

Citibank joins UBS and Deutsche Bank in settling with the State Bond Commission over manipulation of the Libor rate.

Five companies responded to a request for “expressions of interest” in building three prisons amid federal scrutiny of conditions in the prison system.