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How CEO helped traffickers
American authorities say the chief executive of a Vancouver-area company has pleaded guilty to aiding narcotics traffickers around the world by providing encrypted communications devices designed to thwart law enforcement. Vincent Ramos, CEO of Phantom Secure, was arrested March 7 in Bellingham, Wash., near Seattle, following a years-long undercover operation that included several American, Australian and Canadian agencies.
How not to fall prey to the latest ‘sextortion’ email threat
So-called sextortion scams claim they have information on your porn watching habits, which they'll make public unless you pay in Bitcoin. They're are on the rise, fueled by the past years' data breaches.
Bitcoin speculators dominate cryptocurrency use now, but criminals haven’t backed away
The ratio of legal to illegal activity in bitcoin has flipped, according to Lilita Infante at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. When Infante started seeing bitcoin pop up in her cases at the DEA five years ago, her analysis of blockchain data showed criminal activity was behind about 90% of transactions in the cryptocurrency.
Pittsburgh Firm’s Office Manager, Partner’s Son, Sentenced for Embezzlement
The former office manager of a Pittsburgh bankruptcy boutique who is the son of one of the name partners has been sentenced to 21 months in jail for stealing over $800,000 from the firm. Anthony Calaiaro had been office manager for Calaiaro Valencik, a two-lawyer debtor-side firm serving clients throughout Western Pennsylvania, according to its website .
Markets in Assassination? Everybody Panic
It's been a few years since the last media scare about prediction markets. So we were overdue for this week's handwringing about Augur, digital currencies, and assassinations.
Puerto Rico Morgue Moved Cadavers at 4 a.m. Amid Rising Scrutiny
Puerto Rico 's beleaguered forensic sciences department moved two corpses from stop-gap refrigerator trailers in the early hours of Tuesday, after there were complaints about a foul odor and before federal inspectors arrived. The grisly episode sheds new light on the challenges at the morgue, which has become a symbol of dysfunction in the bankrupt commonwealth .
Pence family’s failed gas stations cost taxpayers $21M
GARDEN CITY, Ind. - Vice President Mike Pence turns nostalgic when he talks about growing up in small-town Columbus, Indiana, where his father helped build an empire of more than 200 gas stations that provided an upbringing on the "front row of the American dream."
Point Piper to prison: CEO Michael Snounou facing ice supply charges
He's more accustomed to life on Australia's most expensive residential street, Wolseley Road, Point Piper, where his neighbours include some of the wealthiest people in Australia. But one-time chemical company owner and executive Michael Snounou has traded views of Sydney Harbour and the bridge for prison greens at Lithgow's maximum security prison after being charged with five counts of importing and possessing chemicals linked to the manufacture of ice.
More than 1 million workers, retirees at risk of losing pensions,…
The pension crisis that threatens the retirement savings of 1.5 million Americans also poses the risk of driving the U.S. economy into a tailspin, a panel of witnesses told a congressional panel. Witnesses from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and businesses, including UPS, told the Joint Select Committee on the Solvency of Multi-employer Pension Plans that should the estimated 150 to 200 multi-employer pension plans that are in danger become insolvent, the companies that paid into those plans would be held liable.
$28M verdict upheld in Nebraska wrongful conviction case
A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a $28.1 million judgment awarded to six people who were wrongfully convicted of murder in one of the nation's largest false-confession cases, a ruling that could force a Nebraska county closer to bankruptcy. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to overturn the jury's 2016 verdict against Gage County and two former law enforcement officials.
Corporate raiders ruined lives as they destroyed Toys ‘R’ Us, politicians say
Following the announcement that bankrupt Toys 'R Us would close all its stores and layoff its 33,000 employees -- including 11 outlets and 1,600 people at its New Jersey headquarters -- the state's two U.S. senators and a House colleague on Friday called on the chain's owners to "support" those workers any way they can. "We write to urge you to do everything in your power to support the thousands of Toys 'R' Us workers who will soon lose their jobs as the company closes its doors," it was stated in a letter dated June 1 and signed by Senators Cory Booker and Robert Menendez, plus U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell .
Bitcoin a shadowy realm as U.S. weighs security clearances
As the Pentagon struggles to recruit a more tech-savvy workforce, it's facing the confusion of many an old-timer: What to make of people who invest or trade in bitcoin. The question is whether owning bitcoins or lesser-known cryptocurrencies such as Ripple and Ethereum is an indicator of risky personal behavior -- one that should flag extra scrutiny in security clearances -- or just another investment choice.
Michael Avenatti’s other law firm slapped with $10 million judgment in bankruptcy court
First his coffee company goes sideways , now this. The way this guy manages money, he's a lock to be in Congress someday.
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The U.S. fails to adequately police foreign deals for next-generation software that powers the military and American economic strength. This story is being published by the South China Morning Post as part of a content partnership with POLITICO.
Specific Personal Jurisdiction Exists over a Foreign Transferee in a Fraudulent Transfer Action
The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California recently held that a resident of Hong Kong who purchased goods over the internet from a company in California was subject to personal jurisdiction in a fraudulent transfer suit in the United States. See Kasolas v.
States Target Cryptocurrency Fraud in Crackdown
Regulators in the US and Canada have been investigating over 70 cryptocurrency-related companies for fraud and shady marketing practices. The crackdown, dubbed "Operation Cryptosweep," has been going after initial coin offerings , mining services and trading platforms.
What more do you need to know about Trump?
Trump did it and he's going down for a host of crimes, and some of them have nothing to do with Russia I've been "covering" the Trump story for over a year now, and I'm sick and tired of stacking up the details of his treachery day after day, week after week. What more do you need to know? He's a lying, thieving, incompetent, ignorant traitor who conspired with the Russian government to steal the election of 2016 and illegally defeat a candidate who won the popular vote by nearly 3 million ballots.
U.S. House committee chair supports Puerto Rico statehood
U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop said on Friday he supports the government of Puerto Rico's efforts to introduce bipartisan legislation in Congress to grant full statehood to the U.S. commonwealth territory. "I am supportive of statehood.
Failla And Taylor Are Alive And Well: Eleventh Circuit Again Confirms …
For the third time in less than two years, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a chapter 7 debtor who does not reaffirm secured debt or redeem the property must surrender the property. In re Woide , No.