Crime
World’s biggest darknet marketplace, Russia-linked Hydra Market, seized and shut down, DOJ says
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks to the press at the Justice Department after all three defendants were found guilty of federal hate crimes for murder of a young Black man, Ahmaud Arbrey in Washington, DC, U.S., February 22, 2022. Nicholas Kamm | Reuters Hydra Market, which was considered to be the world’s largest and […]
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How Walmart thwarted $4 million in elder gift card scams
A gift card display stands at a Walmart Inc. store in Burbank, California. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Technology developed by Walmart helped the retail giant identify and freeze nearly $4 million in gift cards that had been bought by thousands of primarily elderly victims at the direction of con artists who […]
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How the hotel industry is fighting its human trafficking problem
Human trafficking generates about $150 billion a year globally in illegal profits, according to the International Labour Organization, and poses a complicated challenge for major hotel chains. In 2020 there were more than 10,000 reported cases of human trafficking in the U.S., with 72% of those related to sex trafficking, according to the National Human […]
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‘Significant’ evidence suggests Trump Organization misstated asset values for more than a decade, NY AG says
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Iowa States Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa, October 9, 2021. Rachel Mummey | Reuters The New York Attorney General Office’s probe of the Trump Organization has “uncovered significant evidence” suggesting that the company’s financial statements for more than a decade relied on misleading valuations […]
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UK police issue first 20 fines over lockdown gatherings in Downing Street
People take part in a protest against British Prime Minister Boris Johnson after he flouted coronavirus lockdown rules by attending a garden party in 2020, at the Parliament Square and 10 Downing Street in London, United Kingdom on January 26, 2022. Rasid Necati | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images British police said on Tuesday they […]
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Judge says Trump likely broke the law by trying to obstruct Congress from confirming Biden win
Ex-President Donald Trump likely broke the law by “corruptly” attempting to obstruct the certification by Congress of President Joe Biden’s Electoral College win on Jan. 6, 2021, a federal judge said in a civil court ruling Monday. Judge David Carter wrote that Trump with his ally, lawyer John Eastman, “launched a campaign to overturn a […]
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Senate Democrat Wyden says Supreme Court Justice Thomas should recuse in cases involving Trump, Jan. 6 Capitol riot
Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, left and his wife Virginia Thomas, right, leave the the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington after attending funeral services of the late Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, on Feb. 20, 2016. Pablo Martinez Monsivais | AP A top Senate Democrat on Friday […]
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U.S. charges 4 Russian government officials over two prior hacking campaigns
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Department of Justice, in advance of the one year anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. Carolyn Kaster | Pool | Reuters The U.S. unveiled criminal charges against four Russian government officials on Thursday, saying that between 2012 and 2018 […]
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Trump sues Hillary Clinton, DNC for more than $70 million over 2016 election, ‘spurious’ Russia collusion claims
Hillary Clinton speaks as Donald Trump looks on during the town hall presidential debate at Washington University on October 9, 2016, in St Louis. Rick Wilking-Pool | Getty Images Former President Donald Trump on Thursday sued Hillary Clinton, the Democratic National Committee and others for allegedly conspiring to “weave a false narrative” during the 2016 […]
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Trump ‘guilty of numerous’ felonies, prosecutor told Manhattan district attorney as he resigned from probe
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, U.S. February 26, 2022. Octavio Jones | Reuters One of two top prosecutors who resigned over the Manhattan district attorney’s alleged decision to stop heading toward indicting former President Donald Trump for crimes said in a bombshell resignation letter […]
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