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Federal prosecutors in Virginia have shut down one of the world's largest file-sharing sites, Megaupload.com, and charged its founder and others with violating piracy laws.

According to federal prosecutors, the United Airlines call center received an anonymous phone call from a woman who claimed four "foreigners" posed a threat to a flight they were scheduled to board later that day.

Dispensaries in California appear to be closing as a result of the federal crackdown on medical marijuana. In conservative Orange County, a threatening letter from federal prosecutors achieved what nearly $600,000 in legal fees couldn't -- shutting down the dispensaries.

According to the Commodities Futures and Trading Commission , federal prosecutors, and a criminal plea agreement, in 2004, Alan James Watson, 46, of Clinton Township, MI, created an investment club and served as its chief executive officer.

Full Tilt Poker has even more problems on their hands, as federal prosecutors are claiming that the internet poker company was “not a legitimate poker company, but a global Ponzi scheme.”

Two hackers stole the e-mail addresses of more than 100,000 Apple iPad users, including those of politicians and famous media personalities, federal prosecutors have claimed.

Dec. 29 -- Federal prosecutors in Manhattan filed new charges as part of a national probe of insider trading, accusing consultant Winifred Jiau of California with selling inside information to two unidentified hedge funds.

Federal prosecutors have reportedly obtained a civil settlement with the estate of one of Bernard L. Madoff’s investors.

Federal prosecutors say four Massey Energy Co. supervisors have been charged with crimes stemming from a fatal fire at a West Virginia mine in 2006.

Ruling for two corporate executives in prison for fraud, the Supreme Court dramatically narrowed the scope of a law often used by federal prosecutors in corruption cases.