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Theranos trial highlights ‘very concerning’ pregnancy hormone results
A nurse practitioner from Arizona testified Tuesday to wildly inconsistent blood test results given to a pregnant patient in her OB-GYN practice by Theranos, the now-defunct company founded by...Read More
Convictions, indictments mount in biotech trade secret theft case
A federal investigation of the theft of biotech trade secrets has resulted in the convictions of two people and in charges against two others. A former principal scientist at...Read More
San Francisco to receive $1.7 million settlement in corruption case
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera announced the city has settled a civil lawsuit worth more than $1.7 million against Walter Wong — a business executive who pleaded guilty...Read More
SFPUC general manager faces federal fraud charges in ‘long-running bribery scheme’
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission General Manager Harlan Kelly has been charged with honest services wire fraud, federal prosecutors in San Francisco announced Monday. Prosecutors alleged Kelly, 58, was...Read More
Former Hilton manager, car shop owner charged with years of fraud schemes
A 56-year-old Novato man is scheduled to appear in federal court in San Francisco this week on a criminal complaint charging him with wire fraud and making false loan...Read More
Michigan man pleads guilty to $1M ’empty box’ Apple fraud scheme
A 25-year-old Michigan man pleaded guilty in federal court in San Jose Monday to a so-called “empty box” refund scheme that defrauded Cupertino-based Apple Inc. of $1 million. Van-Seyla...Read More
Volkswagen settles more civil cases in SF
The U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday that automaker Volkswagen AG will pay $4.3 billion to settle a criminal case in federal court in Detroit and civil cases in federal...Read More