A former Spanish police chief convicted of embezzling the equivalent of euro10 million ($14 million) became a free man Friday after serving 15 years in prison, and immediately faced — and dodged — the question on many Spaniards' minds: where'd he stash the money? Luis Roldan, 66, declined ...

A court in northern China has upheld a life sentence for a former supreme court judge convicted of embezzlement and bribery, a state-run newspaper reported. Huang Songyou, former vice president of the Supreme People's Court, is the highest judge to be tried and convicted on such charges ...

A convicted embezzler who snagged a $9.1 million business tax credit from the state this week was arrested Wednesday on a parole violation. Michigan Department of corrections spokesman Russ Marlan confirmed that RASCO CEO Richard A. Short was arrested Wednesday afternoon by department investigators and the ...

The campaign manager for former U.S. Rep. Chris Shays plans to plead guilty to charges of embezzling campaign funds. Court records dated Friday show Michael Sohn of Fairfield has applied for permission to enter such a plea. His attorney, H. James Pickerstein, told The Associated Press ...