US federal prosecutors have indicted media tycoon Conrad Black on further charges including racketeering.
Lord Black is also facing additional charges of obstruction of justice, money-laundering and mail fraud, officials confirmed.
The move comes just two weeks after Lord Black pleaded not guilty to eight charges of fraud in a Chicago court
French business maverick Bernard Tapie has been sentenced to three years in jail for tax fraud.
But the former Marseille football club owner will not go to prison after the judge took into account time already served for previous convictions.
The Paris Criminal Court found Tapie guilty of failing to pay 7m euros (£4
Media tycoon Lord Black is due to appear in a US court on Thursday to face charges of fraud.
He was indicted last month on eight counts of fraud, accused of taking money from newspaper group Hollinger International for his own use.
The British peer has denied all the charges, calling them “absolute nonsense”
Former Chilean military ruler Gen Augusto Pinochet has been placed under house arrest and charged with tax evasion and passport fraud.
He is also accused of using forged government documents and misleading officials over his assets.
The charges relate to $27m (£15
Two major online dating agencies are being sued for alleged fraud and malpractice in the United States.
Match.com has been accused of sending bogus emails to clients and using their own staff to attend some dates – the practice known as “date bait”
Media tycoon Conrad Black has denied charges of 11 counts of fraud in the US, linked to a $2.1bn (£1.2bn) sale of hundreds of Canadian newspapers
Former Refco chief executive Phillip Bennett has been indicted on eight counts including conspiracy, securities fraud and making false filings.
Mr Bennett, 57, who was arrested in October, is accused of hiding $430m (£243m) in debts at the US brokerage before it floated on the stock market.
He denies any wrongdoing and has been released under a $50m bond
Singer kd lang is suing her ex-manager for allegedly taking fees from the musician’s account without her consent.
Canadian singer lang, whose hits include Constant Craving, claims Annabel Lapp drew cheques from her business account without permission.
Ms Lapp represented lang from 1990 until September, when the singer terminated her contract
The oldest bank in the US, the Bank of New York, has agreed to pay $38m (£21m) to resolve long-running fraud and money-laundering investigations.
The bank will forfeit $26m to the government and pay $12m to victims of the fraud, prosecutors said.
The case dates back to 1999, when two of bank employees helped launder $7bn from Russia through several accounts
A company chief who took £2.5m from investors to support his own business has had his sentence cut.
Steven Higham, 54, of Hillmorton Road, Rugby, Warks, was managing director of Nottingham-based Oaktree Financial Services, when he stole from clients