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Wayne LaPierre, chief executive who resigned last week, accused of taking millions ‘for personal benefit’ in corruption schemeSenior executives of the National Rifle Association, including Wayne LaPierre, its former chief executive who resigned last week, pilfered millions of dollars from the gun rights organization “for personal benefit” in an orchestrated scheme of corruption, a prosecutor said on Monday afternoon.Monica Connell, New York’s assistant attorney...

Joshua Powell, one of five defendants in lawsuit including former CEO Wayne LaPierre, has agreed to pay $100,000A former chief of staff to Wayne LaPierre – who resigned as the National Rifle Association’s chief executive on Friday – has agreed to a $100,000 settlement in connection with a civil lawsuit filed by the New York attorney general’s office.As part of the settlement announced on...