Martin Shkreli’s ex-lawyer found guilty of financial fraud

NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer accused of helping pharmaceutical entrepreneur Martin Shkreli cover up financial fraud was convicted on Wednesday, a result a prosecutor said should send a “powerful message” through the legal profession. After an 11-week trial, Evan Greebel was convicted by a federal jury in Brooklyn of conspiring to commit securities fraud... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Finance, News

Fraud, Martin Shkreli

December 27, 2017

Malaysia court acquits Australian woman of drug trafficking

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — An Australian woman was found not guilty Wednesday of trafficking 1.5 kilograms (3.3 pounds) of crystal meth at Kuala Lumpur’s airport three years ago, avoiding a possible death sentence. Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto, 54, was exonerated after Judge Ghazali Cha of the Shah Alam High Court said he was satisfied... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, International Justice Watch, News

Drugs

December 27, 2017

Man held in Phoenix killings of estranged wife, 2 kids

PHOENIX (AP) — A man accused in the Christmas day shooting of his estranged wife and their two children was held without bail Tuesday on three counts of first-degree murder following an afternoon of violence that culminated in a night-time shootout with police officers. Maricopa County Superior Court records filed Tuesday show Anthony Milan Ross,... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Law Enforcement, News

Anthony Milan Ross

December 27, 2017

Appeal seeking Idaho horse herd sterilization is dismissed

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal appeals court has dismissed an effort to allow the sterilization of a herd of wild horses in Idaho. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this month granted a request by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to stop the effort. Documents filed by BLM seeking the dismissal... Read More

Animals, Criminal Justice News, News

Animals

December 27, 2017

2 investors, including ‘Twilight’ backer, convicted of fraud

NEW YORK (AP) — Two tech entrepreneurs, including a man who invested in the film studio that made the “Twilight” movies, were convicted of fraud on Tuesday in New York. A federal jury convicted Kaleil Isaza Tuzman, 45, and Omar Amanat, 44, of all charges after a six-week trial. The convictions stemmed from the men’s... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Technology

Fraud, Technology

December 27, 2017

Cities sue Defense Dept. over gun-check system failures

NEW YORK (AP) — Three large U.S. cities filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the Department of Defense, arguing that many service members who are disqualified from gun ownership weren’t reported to the national background check system. New York City, San Francisco and Philadelphia said in court papers that the military’s broken system for relaying... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

Gun Control, Guns

December 27, 2017

US jury acquits Peruvian defendant in FIFA bribery case

NEW YORK (AP) — A former South American soccer official was acquitted in the FIFA bribery scandal on Tuesday and walked out of the courtroom saying he’s finished with the world’s most popular sport. The verdict clearing Manuel Burga, former president of Peru’s soccer federation, of a single racketeering conspiracy charge came days after prosecutors... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sports

FIFA

December 27, 2017

Prosecutors demand 12-year prison term for Samsung heir Lee

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean prosecutors on Wednesday demanded a 12-year prison term for Samsung’s jailed billionaire heir, Lee Jae-yong, who maintained his innocence during an appeal of his conviction on bribery and other charges. In August, a lower court sentenced Lee to five years in prison for offering bribes to former South... Read More

Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, News, Technology

Samsung

December 26, 2017

DC appeals court denies stay of transgender military ban

A decision by the three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia is the latest court decision to go against the White House, meaning the issue may end up before the Supreme Court. WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has lost another attempt to put a hold on a requirement... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Politics

Military, Transgender

December 26, 2017

Turkish banker’s New York trial on a break until next year

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York jury deliberating the fate of a Turkish banker charged with helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions is off until after the holidays. Federal court jurors in Manhattan finished a third day of discussions Friday in the trial of Halkbank executive Mehmet Hakan Atilla and were told to return Jan.... Read More

Criminal Justice News, National Security, News

Mehmet Hakan Atilla

December 26, 2017

Apple hit with $25K per day fine in Qualcomm antitrust case

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple is being fined $25,000 per day for missing a court-imposed deadline to produce evidence in a government lawsuit that alleges mobile chip supplier Qualcomm has been imposing unfair licensing terms on the makers of smartphones. The fine imposed Thursday by a federal magistrate judge in San Jose, California, is retroactive... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Technology

Apple

December 26, 2017

China sentences ‘Vulgar Butcher’ activist to 8 years’ prison

BEIJING (AP) — A prominent activist who called himself the Ultra Vulgar Butcher as he mocked and pressured Chinese officials was given an eight-year prison sentence Tuesday for subversion, the harshest sentence handed down in a sweeping crackdown on rights campaigners. The Tianjin No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court handed down the sentence after finding activist... Read More

Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, News

Ultra Vulgar Butcher

December 26, 2017

Pussy Riot activist sentenced to community works for protest

MOSCOW (AP) — An activist from the punk collective Pussy Riot has been sentenced to 40 hours of community service for a protest outside the headquarters of Russia’s top KGB successor agency. A Moscow court ruled Thursday that Maria Alekhina violated the law with her unsanctioned picket, a verdict she said she would appeal. Alekhina... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, International Justice Watch, News

Pussy Riot

December 26, 2017

Column: Infantino must prove FIFA commitment to cleaning up

When members of soccer’s hierarchy were plucked from their Zurich bedrooms at dawn by police in May 2015, any vestiges of trust remaining in FIFA vanished. As the first FIFA trial concludes in New York and a former vice president is sent to jail, the governing body still hasn’t shown the corrupt culture that infected... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sports

FIFA

Martin Shkreli’s ex-lawyer found guilty of financial fraud

Malaysia court acquits Australian woman of drug trafficking

Man held in Phoenix killings of estranged wife, 2 kids

Appeal seeking Idaho horse herd sterilization is dismissed

2 investors, including ‘Twilight’ backer, convicted of fraud

Cities sue Defense Dept. over gun-check system failures

US jury acquits Peruvian defendant in FIFA bribery case

Prosecutors demand 12-year prison term for Samsung heir Lee

DC appeals court denies stay of transgender military ban

Turkish banker’s New York trial on a break until next year

Apple hit with $25K per day fine in Qualcomm antitrust case

China sentences ‘Vulgar Butcher’ activist to 8 years’ prison

Pussy Riot activist sentenced to community works for protest

Column: Infantino must prove FIFA commitment to cleaning up

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