The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act has been an effective cudgel in a variety of criminal cases. Some ...

Racketeering is illegal under U.S. federal law thanks to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, or RICO, Act. RICO was enacted in 1970 with the objective of prosecuting the Mafia.

NEW YORK — The jury deliberating at Sean “Diddy” Combs ' sex trafficking trial asked Tuesday to review critical testimony ...

The thing that may have saved Diddy is that these were tricky-to-prove federal charges instead of more straightforward state ...

Multiple federal prosecutors explain how the verdict is, to quote one, a “huge, huge blow” to the prosecutors who sought ...

With Combs not guilty of racketeering, the US is likely limited in what it can seek through asset forfeiture, legal experts and former prosecutors say ...

Sean "Diddy" Combs was acquitted of the most serious charges in the New York trial. How the celebrity world is reacting to ...

A federal jury acquitted Sean “Diddy” Combs Wednesday of the most serious counts he faced in a trial that Atlanta attorneys said is the latest example of prosecutors’ over-reliance on racketeering ...

Combs will remain behind bars because of his history of violence, the judge said, setting sentencing for October.

Combs’ lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, portrayed the Bad Boys Records founder as the victim of overzealous prosecutors who exaggerated ...

"Diddy beat the Feds that boy a bad man!" the rapper 50 Cent wrote on Instagram. 50 Cent has been a vocal critic of Combs, ...

This is what it was like at the courthouse as Diddy’s verdict was read - IN FOCUS: The scene outside the federal courthouse ...