NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government has seized more than $14 billion in bitcoin and charged the founder of a Cambodian conglomerate in a massive cryptocurrency scam, accusing him and unnamed co-conspirators of exploiting forced labor to dupe would-be investors and using the proceeds to purchase yachts, jets and a Picasso painting. In an indictment unsealed Tuesday, Brooklyn federal …
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Pentagon contractor charged with unlawful retention of classified information
A man who worked as a Pentagon contractor and State Department adviser has been charged with removing classified information from a government facility after investigators found over a thousand documents with classified markings at his house in Virginia. Some of the documents that Ashley Tellis, an expert in South Asian affairs, allegedly accessed and removed refer to Air Force tactics …
Read More »2 Men Charged After Ian Watkins, Former Lostprophets Singer, Is Killed in Prison – The New York Times
2 Men Charged After Ian Watkins, Former Lostprophets Singer, Is Killed in Prison The New York Times Former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins killed in U.K. prison attack; 2 murder suspects appear in court CBS News Former Lostprophets singer and convicted child sex offender killed in UK prison attack, media reports say CNN Ian Watkins’ ex shocked pedophile rocker wasn’t murdered sooner: ‘I wanted …
Read More »Trump critic and former national security adviser John Bolton to be charged soon, sources say
WASHINGTON — John Bolton, a former national security adviser to President Donald Trump turned prominent Trump critic, is expected to be charged with federal crimes soon, according to two federal officials with knowledge of the investigation. One of the officials said Bolton could be indicted next week. The other said he could be indicted soon. The charges would be brought …
Read More »Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals | Letitia James
A federal grand jury indicted Letitia James for bank fraud on Thursday, according to a person familiar with the matter. Lindsey Halligan, the US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia, personally presented the case to the grand jury on Thursday, the person said. US attorneys do not typically present to a grand jury. Lindsey Halligan Halligan was installed in …
Read More »Man Charged With Fatally Beating 64-Year-Old at Subway Station – The New York Times
Man Charged With Fatally Beating 64-Year-Old at Subway Station The New York Times Exclusive | Beloved, churchgoing Italian security guard ID’d as victim randomly beaten to death by NYC madman New York Post Brooklyn subway attack: Man killed after being beaten; person of interest in custody ABC7 New York 25-year-old suspect arrested for beating man to death at NYC subway station: Police ABC News …
Read More »Jonathan Rinderknecht charged with LA Pacific Palisades fire setting
Chimneys stand among the rubble after the passage of the Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades, California, on Jan. 8, 2025. Agustin Paullier | AFP | Getty Images Federal authorities announced Wednesday that they have arrested and charged a Florida man with maliciously starting the deadly Palisades Fire, one of the most destructive blazes in Los Angeles history. Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, …
Read More »Mayor Brandon Johnson says federal agents who break city law should be charged with crime – Chicago Tribune
Mayor Brandon Johnson says federal agents who break city law should be charged with crime Chicago Tribune SW Side Organizers Demand Property Owner ‘Kick ICE Out’ Of Parking Lot Block Club Chicago ‘In No Way Are We Going to Accept This’: Johnson Vows to Resist Trump’s National Guard Deployment WTTW News Chicago establishes ICE-free zones: Here’s what we know FOX 32 Chicago Chicago mayor …
Read More »Lousiana State Police release video explaining why ex-LSU WR Kyren Lacy was charged for his alleged role in fatal car crash
Louisiana State Police released a video Tuesday saying why they charged Kyren Lacy with negligent homicide and felony hit-and-run for a December car crash that left a man dead. The video was released less than a week after Lacy’s attorney Matt Ory went on a Houma, Louisiana, TV station to show that his client’s green Dodge Charger was traveling over …
Read More »Mark Sanchez Charged With Felony Following Stabbing Incident
Mark Sanchez, a Fox Sports analyst and former NFL quarterback, has now been charged with a felony following a stabbing incident in Indianapolis over the weekend that left him injured. During a press conference on Monday with Marion County prosecutor Ryan Mears and Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Chief Chris Bailey, Mears announced that Sanchez was facing a level 5 felony battery resulting …
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