President Obama obviously relished slamming the present-day robber barons of Wall Street last week for paying out billions in bonuses even as taxpayers are bailing out their failed businesses. He demanded that they begin to show some sense of discipline and responsibility in the management of their companies. ...more

February 3, 2009

Emelia Shevgert told a jury she doesn't believe her husband is guilty of orchestrating attacks on her parents."I believe that my husband could not do such a thing," she testified today in the trial of her husband, Alex, who is accused of hiring people to attack his in-laws because they had stopped giving him money after financing a string of failed businesses. ...more

November 13, 2008

After he was arrested in connection with attacks on his parents-in-law, Alex Shevgert said he was afraid his father-in-law was going to have him killed, an FBI agent testified this morning. ...more

November 12, 2008

The first time he was attacked, Grigori Komissarchuk had gone to Home Depot to buy a fan. ...more

November 5, 2008

The trial of a man accused of hiring people to attack his in-laws is the story of "the American dream unfortunately turning into a family tragedy," a federal prosecutor said this morning. ...more

November 4, 2008