Former newspaper mogul Conrad Black was tonight indicted in the US on additional charges of racketeering and obstruction of justice.
The new charges in Chicago came two weeks after Mr Black pleaded not guilty to fraud charges in connection with the alleged looting of more than $80 million from the Hollinger International newspaper empire he once controlled.
The new charges were announced by US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald.
Mr Black's former associate, John Boultbee, also faces one new count of wire fraud in addition to the eight counts of fraud he was charged with last month.
Charges brought against co-defendants Peter Atkinson, Mark Kipnis and The Ravelston Corp remained unchanged.
The expanded indictment against Mr Black adds four new charges - one count each of racketeering, obstruction of justice, money laundering and wire fraud.
He was charged with eight counts of fraud on November 17th. The obstruction count alleges he illegally removed more than a dozen boxes of documents from his companies' offices in Toronto last spring.
AP