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Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro reported to prison Tuesday afternoon to serve a four-month federal sentence after being convicted on charges of contempt of Congress in January.  Ahead of his surrender, Navarro, who served as Director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy under Trump, held a press conference in Miami before turning himself in. He spoke of his incarceration in historical terms, invoking George Washington before heading to the slammer. “This is not about me,” Navarro…

Photo: oasisamuel (Shutterstock)A 39-year-old man in the UK was sentenced to more than a year in prison on Tuesday for sending unsolicited images of his genitals to a 15-year-old girl and a woman in her 60s, according to a press release from Essex Police. The teen girl was left “overwhelmed and crying” according to the Guardian.Video Chat - From Sci-Fi to Sci-FactNicholas Hawkes pleaded guilty to two counts of “sending a photograph or film of genitals to cause alarm, distress or humiliation.” Hawkes sent the images to the…

Hollywood star Alec Baldwin, who is facing charges of involuntary manslaughter in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, was offered a deal last October to plead to a misdemeanour. According to a filing made public, he apparently served no jail time in the accidental shooting on the set of Rust. But before he could decide whether to accept the terms, prosecutors withdrew the offer and told his lawyers they would seek to indict him, the filing states. As per reports, Baldwin was indicted in January on a felony…

The driver charged in the fatal crash that killed actor Treat Williams in June 2023 has changed his plea to guilty, and by doing so, will avoid a prison sentence. Ryan Koss, the Vermont driver charged with gross negligent operation in Williams’ death, initially pleaded not guilty to the charge in September 2023. However, on Friday, Koss agreed to plead guilty to a reduced charge of negligent driving with death resulting, which — if he abides by the terms of the plea deal — does not call for a prison term; Koss…

DUBAI —  An Iranian singer who won a Grammy presented by First Lady Jill Biden has been sentenced to more than three years in prison over his anthem supporting the 2022 protests over the death of Mahsa Amini. Shervin Hajipour posted on Instagram on Friday, the same day that Iran held its parliamentary election, what appeared to be part of the judgment against him. It said Hajipour received a three-year, eight-month sentence on charges of “propaganda against the system” and “encouraging people to protest.” The court…

Two Maryland residents who submitted over 5,000 fake iPhones to the Apple Genius Bar for repair have been sentenced to up to 20 years imprisonment. The duo is said to have intended to cause a loss of more than $3 million dollars to Apple by fraudulently replacing inauthentic iPhones.According to evidence, Haotian Sun and Pengfei Xue defrauded Apple for over two years between May 2017 and September 2019 by submitting “counterfeit iPhones to Apple for repair to get Apple to exchange them with genuine replacement…

In the Prison PenListless he eyes the palisadesAnd sentries in the glare;’Tis barren as a pelican-beach —But his world is ended there.Nothing to do; and vacant handsBring on the idiot-pain;He tries to think — to recollect,But the blur is on his brain.Around him swarm the plaining ghostsLike those on Virgil’s shoreA wilderness of faces dimAnd pale ones gashed and hoar.A smiting sun. No shed, no tree;He totters to his lair —A den that sick hands dug in earthEre famine wasted there,Or, dropping by his place, he swoons,Walled…

Six years ago, a brave (or perhaps foolhardy) Apple employee left the company and took trade secrets with him straight to a competitor. Now, after pleading guilty in court, he has finally been sentenced, and he’s going to have to pay a massive fee.As pointed out by 9to5mac, Xiolang Zhang, who originally stole “Project Titan” secrets has been sentenced to “120 days of imprisonment and 3 years supervised release”. He has also been ordered to pay a restitution of $146,984. Supervised release means that Zhang can get out of…

Apple engineers deal with a lot of confidential information, but leaking those secrets could land you in jail. Xiaolang Zhang was sentenced to 120 days in prison this week after being convicted of stealing Apple’s self-driving car technology, according to California court filings first reported by 9to5Mac Thursday. The former Apple engineer will also pay over $140,000 for attempting to hand Apple’s classified data to a Chinese competitor.The M3 MacBook Pro: Made Dark for HalloweenZhang worked on “Project Titan,” the…

Xiaolang Zhang, the former Apple employee who pleaded guilty to stealing information about the development of the company's self-driving vehicle, has been sentenced to 120 days in prison followed by a three-year supervised release. Zhang was arrested back in 2018 at San Jose International Airport just as he was about to board a flight to China. He initially pleaded not guilty until he changed his tune in 2022 and admitted to stealing trade secrets. In addition to serving time behind bars, he also has to pay restitution…