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Joseph James O'Connor has pleaded guilty to playing a role in various cybercrime activities, including the July 2020 hack that took over hundreds of high-profile Twitter accounts. O'Connor, who's known by the name PlugwalkJoe online, was originally from Liverpool, but he was extradited from Spain to the US in April. If you'll recall, the perpetrators of the 2020 Twitter hack hijacked accounts owned by popular personalities, including Bill Gates, Barack Obama and Elon Musk, and promoted crypto scams under their names. In…

DAVIS, Calif. —  Cloaked in an anti-suicide vest, his eyes downcast, the former UC Davis student charged in a spate of vicious stabbings that terrorized this leafy college town over the past week pleaded not guilty Friday to two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder.Carlos Reales Dominguez, who was “separated” from UC Davis for poor academic performance less than two days before the violence began, appeared behind glass in Yolo Superior Court, wearing a vest designed to protect him from hurting himself and…

Jamie Foxx continues to be hospitalized for undisclosed "medical complications". While Foxx's actual condition remains unknown, his friend Charlie Mack, took to Instagram on Monday and asked his fans to pray for the Oscar-winning actor. Jamie Foxx (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) In an emotional and inspiring post, Charlie shared a picture with the message "Pray for Foxx!!!". Good morning IG, I need you all to constantly keep our beloved brotha @iamjamiefoxx up whom we all lo❤️e & care for dearly in our…

A 47-year-old Indian-origin former CEO of a Silicon Valley technology company pleaded guilty to securities fraud for overstating revenue to investors, according to the Attorney's Office in the US state of California. Manish Lachwani, the former CEO and founder of a tech start-up, HeadSpin, pleaded guilty in San Francisco federal court on Thursday to two counts of wire fraud and one count of securities fraud charges for his scheme to dupe potential investors into supporting his company, according to a press release by the…

WASHINGTON—A U.K. tobacco company agreed to pay more than $635 million to resolve charges that it conspired to violate U.S. sanctions by selling cigarettes to North Korea in what Justice Department officials described as a brazen scheme to conceal illicit business by routing it through a third-party company in Singapore.  British American Tobacco PLC entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors over illegal sales that took place over more than a decade, even after the company…

Californian actor Ray Buffer pled guilty to stealing Golden Age comic books from Southern Californian Comics worth $850.California actor Ray Buffer, who has had minor roles in Hulk and Daredevil movies, as well as CSI: Miami, The West Wing, ER, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Into the Wild Frontier, has pled guilty to stealing Golden Age comic books from Southern California Comics on the fourth of October, 2022. Southern Californian Comics told us the stolen comics include the following, with an estimated value of $850.…

A man charged in connection with Pop Smoke’s 2020 murder pleaded guilty in a California court this week.Per a report from the Associated Press, the 20-year-old man pleaded guilty to charges including voluntary manslaughter and home invasion robbery on Thursday. The identity of the man, who was 17 years old at the time of Smoke’s murder, has not been publicly released due to his age during the commission of the crime. He’s now been sentenced to four years and two months to be served in a regional juvenile treatment…

A 20-year-old charged in the killing of Pop Smoke pleaded guilty in juvenile court Thursday, admitting he entered a Hollywood Hills mansion as a teenager in February 2020 intending to rob the rapper, who was shot to death in a struggle with his assailants.The defendant pleaded guilty in an Inglewood courtroom to voluntary manslaughter and home invasion robbery; he was the first to admit guilt of four defendants charged in the death of Pop Smoke, whose real name was Bashar Barakah Jackson. Judge J. Christopher Smith…

A Brooklyn drug dealer pleaded guilty Wednesday to providing The Wire actor Michael K. Williams with fentanyl-laced heroin, causing his death. Irvin Cartagena’s plea to a charge of conspiring to distribute drugs was entered in Manhattan federal court. Sentencing was set by U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams for Aug. 18, when Cartagena will face a mandatory minimum of five years in prison and the possibility of as many as 40 years. The famed actor, who also starred in films and other TV series…

SAN DIEGO —  A former San Diego police detective who used his badge and his knowledge to run a string of massage sex parlors in California and Arizona pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges.Peter Griffin and three other defendants entered pleas in San Diego federal court to racketeering-related conspiracy, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and other crimes, the U.S. attorney’s office said in a statement. The wire fraud charge carries a sentence of up to 30 years in prison and a $1-million fine.Prosecutors said that…