Thursday, December 19

Tag: Indictment

Two brothers plead guilty to insider trading charges related to taking Trump Media public
4Apr By adminNo Comments
Money

Two brothers plead guilty to insider trading charges related to taking Trump Media public

Two Florida brothers pleaded guilty Wednesday to insider trading charges, admitting making over $22 million illegally before the public announcement in 2021 that an acquisition firm was taking former President Donald Trump's media company public.Michael and Gerald Shvartsman entered their pleas to a single count of securities fraud in Manhattan federal court, where Judge Lewis J. Liman set sentencing for July 17.The men said that they knew they were committing a crime when they made trades in October 2021 through a New York broker, buying shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp., a so-called blank check company designed to take another company public without an IPO. The pair had been tipped off that Digital World had planned to merge with Trump Media & Technology, whose main asset is...
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Hunter Biden’s Taxes and the Law
9Dec By adminNo Comments
Business

Hunter Biden’s Taxes and the Law

The U.S. legal system is premised on equal justice under the law, and that’s the lens through which to view the latest indictment against Hunter Biden. The President’s son faces legal peril from his own conduct, not because of his last name.Special Counsel David Weiss on Thursday indicted Hunter in California on nine charges for evading $1.4 million in federal taxes from 2016 through 2019. They include three felony and six misdemeanor charges related to tax evasion, failure to file and pay taxes, and filing false or fraudulent returns. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Judge rules rapper A$AP Rocky must stand trial on felony charges he fired gun at former friend
21Nov By adminNo Comments
Entertainment

Judge rules rapper A$AP Rocky must stand trial on felony charges he fired gun at former friend

A Los Angeles judge found Monday that there is enough evidence for A$AP Rocky to stand trial for allegations that he fired a gun at a former friend and collaborator outside a Hollywood hotel in 2021.Superior Court Judge M.L. Villar made the ruling at at a preliminary hearing, after hearing roughly a day and a half of testimony. Rocky has pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm. His attorney attempted to cast doubt on the case while questioning a police detective. Rakim Mayers, aka A$AP Rocky, sits during a preliminary hearing in the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. A judge is set to hear evidence Monday against the 35-year-old rap star and father of two children with Rihanna as h...
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Discovery of 189 decaying bodies in Colorado funeral home suggests families received fake ashes
21Oct By adminNo Comments
Money

Discovery of 189 decaying bodies in Colorado funeral home suggests families received fake ashes

Family decries "betrayal of trust" by Colorado funeral home Family decries "betrayal of trust" by Colorado funeral home 04:12 A Colorado funeral home where 189 decaying bodies were discovered this month appears to have fabricated cremation records and may have given families fake ashes, according to information gathered by The Associated Press from customers and crematories.The families that did business with Return to Nature Funeral Home fear their loved ones weren't cremated at all a...
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Caroline Ellison says working at FTX with Bankman-Fried led her to “lie and steal”
11Oct By adminNo Comments
Money

Caroline Ellison says working at FTX with Bankman-Fried led her to “lie and steal”

Sam Bankman-Fried's former top executive for his crypto hedge fund says the collapse of FTX left her feeling "relief that I didn't have to lie anymore."In emotional testimony in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday, Caroline Ellison blamed Bankman-Fried for crafting justifications for conduct that was wrong and illegal.Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda Research, recalled Bankman-Fried's contention that he wanted to do the greatest good for the most people, and that edicts such as "don't lie" or "don't steal" had to be ignored at times.  Testifying for a second day, Ellison said she thought her onetime romantic partner's philosophy made her "more willing to do things like lie and steal over time." ...
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FBI found gold bars in Menendez’s house, money stuffed in jackets, prosecutors say
22Sep By adminNo Comments
Money

FBI found gold bars in Menendez’s house, money stuffed in jackets, prosecutors say

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and his wife, Nadine, have been indicted on charges of bribery. Federal prosecutors announced the charges Friday and said in a search of the senator’s home, they found $100,000 in gold bars and $480,000 in hidden cash.  According to the indictment, Menendez and his wife agreed to accept hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange to protect three New Jersey businessmen — Wael “Will” Hana, Jose Uribe and Fred Daibes — and benefit Egypt.  “Those bribes included cash, gold, payments toward a home mortgage, compensation for a low-or-no-show job, a luxury vehicle, and other things of value,” the document said.  The filing said Menendez used his power as a Senator to benefit Hana and the government of Egypt. Menendez provided sensitive U.S....
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Donald Trump’s Mug Shot Sparks Meme Frenzy
25Aug By adminNo Comments
Politics

Donald Trump’s Mug Shot Sparks Meme Frenzy

Donald Trump’s mug shot was released following his arrest in Georgia on Thursday, and the social media meme machine went into overdrive.The former president surrendered at the Fulton County Jail following his indictment earlier this month by District Attorney Fani Wallis’ office in a sprawling racketeering case over an alleged conspiracy to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results.He was processed and assigned a prisoner number. In the mug shot ― the first ever to be taken of a U.S. president ― Trump glowers at the camera in what some in-the-know commentators perceived to be an attempt at appearing menacing and displaying strength.Trump already made history in March when he became the first American president to be indicted. He’s since been indicted three more times, culminating in a tota...
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