NC couple, execs stole $20M from union for ritzy trips, meals & salaries, jury finds

Chapel Hill couple Newton and Kateryna Jones are facing up to 20 years in prison for embezzlement and racketeering.

3 ex-Boilermakers convicted of racketeering, embezzlement of KC union's funds

Senior U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree set their sentencing dates for Sept. 1.

Jury deliberations underway in KCK in Boilermakers monthlong racketeering trial

Senior U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree submitted the case to jurors just before noon on Tuesday in federal court in ...

Convictions in Boilermakers trial ‘bittersweet,' union leader says: ‘Not over yet'

The counts for racketeering conspiracy, health care fraud conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy each carry a maximum penalty ...

Defense asserts no conspiracy in closing arguments in KCK Boilermakers trial

The fate of four former Boilermakers charged with embezzling millions from their Kansas City-based union should be in jurors' ...

Federal jury convicts former Boilermakers president in $20M racketeering, fraud case

A federal jury convicted former Boilermakers President Newton Jones and three others in a $20 million fraud scheme.

Jury deliberations continue in Boilermakers racketeering conspiracy trial in KCK

No verdict had been reached by Wednesday evening, and deliberations were scheduled to resume at 9 a.m. Thursday.

Jury seated on 2nd day of Boilermakers union $20 million racketeering trial

The racketeering conspiracy count carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a ...
Purdue Athletics

5 Boilermakers Qualify for NCAAs on Both Springboards

YPSILANTI, Mich. – Led by five Boilermakers that qualified for the NCAA Championships in both springboard events, the Purdue Divers earned 12 event bids to the national championship meets over the ...