State Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey seeks to take part in a state Supreme Court dispute involving former top North Carolina political donor Greg Lindberg. Lindberg is scheduled to return to federal court in May on charges that he bribed Causey after the 2016 election.
A letter from Republican U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx of North Carolina’s 5th congressional district accuses a federal government agency of “reckless mismanagement” for sending $127 million in pension payments earmarked for deceased members of a Teamsters union. Originally reported by The New York Post, Foxx’s letter, dated Jan. 16, says that the Pension Benefit Guaranty...
Former top North Carolina political donor Greg Lindberg will head back to federal court on May 6 for a retrial on fraud and bribery charges that initially sent him to prison for a seven-year sentence. An Appeals Court later wiped out that sentence. Charges were connected to Lindberg’s interaction with state Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey.
A federal judge has pushed back the planned retrial of former top NC political donor Greg Lindberg on bribery and fraud charges until April or May next year. The trial had been scheduled to start in November.
Since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, at least 50 individuals have been prosecuted for pandemic relief fraud in N.C., totaling up to nearly $40 million in COVID-19 relief fraud. The most recent North Carolinian to be federally charged is Steven Andiloro, 51, from Mooresville.
As former top N.C. political donor Greg Lindberg awaits a federal retrial on bribery and fraud charges in November, the N.C. Court of Appeals delivered him another legal blow Tuesday. In a case titled Southland v. Lindberg, a unanimous Appeals Court panel affirmed a May 2022 Wake County Superior Court ruling against Lindberg and multiple associated companies.
A federal judge has agreed to delay one trial for former N.C. political donor Greg Lindberg until after his retrial on separate bribery and fraud charges. Lindberg’s retrial is scheduled for November.
A former top N.C. political donor will likely face a federal retrial on bribery charges before he heads to court in a separate case dealing with his insurance businesses. Greg Lindberg is scheduled to go to trial in July in connection with a 13-count federal indictment. Charges include wire fraud, money-laundering conspiracy, and false entries about insurance business finances. But Lindberg’s lawyers filed a motion Friday to delay the trial until no earlier than February 2024.
A federal judge has set Nov. 6 as the date for a new bribery and fraud trial for former high-profile N.C. political donor Greg Lindberg. The case had been scheduled for this month. It was delayed because of issues related to Lindberg co-defendant John Gray.
A new bribery and fraud trial for former high-profile N.C. political donor Greg Lindberg is likely to take place in November. Parties in the case have agreed to that timeline, according to a document filed Thursday in federal court.
Former high-profile N.C. political donor Greg Lindberg will not face a retrial on federal bribery and fraud charges in March. A court order issued Tuesday delayed proceedings for Lindberg and co-defendant John Gray. No new trial date has been set.
