Crime
UK judge sends extradition case of Wikileaks’ Assange to interior minister Patel
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives at court in London on May 1, 2019 to be sentenced for bail violation. Daniel Leal-Olivas | AFP | Getty Images A British judge on Wednesday sent the case of Julian Assange to interior minister Priti Patel who will decide whether the Wikileaks founder should be extradited to the United States […]
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2 men accused of impersonating DHS agents hit with weapons charges in new indictment
Arian Taherzadeh, sketch from detention hearing for the two men charged with impersonating DHS agents. Source: Bill Hennessy Two Washington, D.C., men accused of impersonating federal agents were hit with weapons charges Tuesday in a new grand jury indictment. The men, Arian Taherzadeh, 40, and 35-year-old Haider Ali, previously were charged in a criminal complaint […]
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Secret Service seizes more than $102 million in crypto assets
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Secret Service is cracking down on illicit digital currency transactions, seizing more than $102 million in cryptocurrency from criminals in connection with fraud-related investigations. David Smith, assistant director of investigations, said agents and analysts actively track the flow of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies on the blockchain, similar to an old-fashioned surveillance. […]
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Palestinians clash with Israeli police at Jerusalem holy site, 152 injured
Israeli police officers stand on a roof top near Al-Aqsa Mosque following clashes with Muslim prayers during the second Friday prayer of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on April 15, 2022 in Jerusalem, Israel. Amir Levy | Getty Images At least 152 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli riot police inside Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa […]
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Ukraine seizes 26 cars and 32 apartments of detained Kremlin ally Medvedchuk
FILE PHOTO: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (R) attends a meeting with leader of Ukraine’s Opposition Platform – For Life party Viktor Medvedchuk in Saint Petersburg, Russia July 18, 2019. Mikhail Klimentyev | Sputnik | Reuters WASHINGTON — Authorities in Ukraine announced Thursday that they have seized more than 150 assets belonging to Viktor Medvedchuk, the […]
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DOJ charges 3 Russians with running ‘foreign influence and disinformation network’ in U.S.
Russian businessman and politician Alexander Babakov on February 22, 2021, in Moscow, Russia. Mikhail Svetlov | Getty Images The Department of Justice charged a high-ranking Russian legislator and two of his staffers with running a yearslong scheme to influence U.S. officials peddle disinformation to advance the Kremlin’s interests, according to court documents made public Thursday. […]
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Trump White House aide Mark Meadows removed from North Carolina voter rolls amid fraud investigation
Mark Meadows Chris Kleponis | SIPA | Bloomberg | Getty Images Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has been removed from the voter rolls of North Carolina amid an investigation into whether he illegally registered to cast his ballot in that state for the 2020 presidential election. The Macon County, North Carolina, […]
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Suspect in Brooklyn subway shooting is now in custody, police announce
Police apprehended Frank R. James, who will face federal prosecution for allegedly opening fire on a Brooklyn subway, wounding 10 and injuring 13 others, officials said Wednesday. James was taken into custody after police received a Crime Stoppers tip directing them to the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, authorities said. “My fellow New Yorkers, we got him,” New […]
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‘Person of interest’ named in NYC subway shooting that wounded 10 people, injured 13 others
New York City police named a person of interest in the shooting Tuesday morning aboard a subway train in Brooklyn. Ten people were shot and 13 others injured after a man wearing a gas mask opened fire and threw a smoke canister aboard the moving train during the morning rush hour, authorities said. New York […]
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Judge grants bail to two men accused of impersonating Homeland Secrity agents
Arian Taherzadeh, sketch from detention hearing for the two men charged with impersonating DHS agents. Source: Bill Hennessy A judge granted bail Tuesday to two Washington, D.C., men criminally charged with impersonating federal law enforcement agents. The ruling by Judge G. Michael Harvey in federal court for the District of Columbia came a week after […]
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