Louisiana Has a Long History of Political Corruption

For decades, Louisiana lawmakers at all levels of government have been caught up in corruption allegations.

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After a Young Arts Patron’s Donation Did Not Clear, He Was Found Dead

Shortly before Matthew Christopher Pietras’s body was discovered, the Metropolitan Opera had been told that the $10 million he had just donated did not belong to him.

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After Backlash, Ukraine Is Set to Vote on Restoring Watchdogs’ Powers

President Volodymyr Zelensky’s move last week to neuter two anticorruption agencies drew the country’s first street protests since Russia’s invasion.

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Shaolin’s ‘C.E.O. Monk’ Accused of Embezzlement, Affairs With Women

China’s famed Shaolin Temple said its celebrity abbot, Shi Yongxin, was under investigation over misuse of funds and “improper relations” with women.

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In Russia, Corruption Cases Follow Battlefield Failures

Officials in three of the five Russian regions bordering Ukraine have been accused of embezzling funds for border defenses.

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S.E.C. Accuses Prominent Georgia Republican of Running Ponzi Scheme

Edwin Brant Frost IV, a well-known Republican, is accused of defrauding 300 investors of $140 million, and using some funds for political donations. He said he took “full responsibility.”

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3 Teenagers Arrested Over Cyberattacks That Cost U.K. Retailers Millions

Four people total were arrested in connection with an April cyberattack that disrupted operations at Marks & Spencer, Harrods and Co-op.

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Tom Girardi, Former High-Profile Lawyer, Gets 7 Years in Prison for Embezzlement

Known for winning a record settlement for the environmental activist Erin Brockovich, he was found guilty last year of embezzling millions of dollars of his clients’ settlement money.

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Cardinal Who Threatened to Crash the Conclave Now Says He Won’t

The Vatican said that Francis had stripped a convicted cardinal, Angelo Becciu, of his right to vote for the next pope. Cardinal Becciu maintains his innocence but said he would sit this one out.

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Russia Arrests Former Governor of Kursk Region

Aleksei B. Smirnov, together with his deputy and other accomplices, was accused of embezzling money earmarked for building defenses that failed to prevent a Ukrainian attack in Kursk.

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