Federal prosecutors said Thursday that they will not bring criminal charges against Eliot Spitzer for his role in a prostitution scandal, removing a legal cloud that has surrounded the former New York governor since his epic downfall eight months ago. U.S. Attorney Michael ...

A supervisor assigned to investigate fraud in New York City's child services agency was among four people charged with embezzling $450,000 meant for needy children. Nigel Osarenkhoe, who supervised adoption payments for the Administration for Children's Services, "truly betrayed the trust" of the ...

Federal prosecutors and New York's attorney general said Monday they had taken the unusual step of joining forces to probe the multitrillion-dollar credit-default swap market, an unregulated area of finance blamed for helping to fuel the credit crisis. The offices of U.S. Attorney Michael Garcia and ...