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Ava Benny-Morrison / Bloomberg: US federal prosecutors charge Tingo Group founder Mmobuosi Odogwu Banye with securities fraud in New York, accusing him of massively inflating Tingo's finances — - Criminal charges follow SEC lawsuit against Dozy Mmobuosi — Mmobuosi is still ‘at large,’ federal prosecutors in NY said Ava Benny-Morrison / Bloomberg: US federal prosecutors charge Tingo Group founder Mmobuosi Odogwu Banye with securities fraud in New York, accusing him of…

Indicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrives at the United States Courthouse in New York City, July 26, 2023.Amr Alfiky | ReutersProsecutors have decided not to pursue a second trial against disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried.In a note to Judge Lewis Kaplan on Friday, the U.S. government explained that the decision to forego a second set of proceedings had to do with the fact that much of the evidence that would have been presented in a second trial had already been submitted to the Court during Bankman-Fried's…

U.S. prosecutors said they do not plan to conduct a second trial against Sam Bankman-Fried, who was convicted last month of stealing from customers of his now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange.In a letter filed on Friday night in federal court in Manhattan, prosecutors said the "strong public interest" in a prompt resolution of their case against the 31-year-old former billionaire outweighed the benefits of a second trial.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIndian School…

Federal prosecutors are seeking a 13-year prison sentence for former Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar for his role in an expansive bribery scheme, according to court documents filed Thursday.After a years-long federal investigation, Huizar pleaded guilty in January to charges of racketeering and tax evasion, admitting that he extorted at least $1.5 million from real estate developers.Huizar is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 26 by U.S. District Judge John F. Walter.Ahead of the sentencing, the government filed…

Meta’s decision to introduce end-to-end encryption for Facebook messages will hamstring the rescue of child sex trafficking victims and the prosecution of predators, according to child safety organizations and US prosecutors.This week, the tech giant announced it had begun rolling out automatic encryption for direct messages on its Facebook and Messenger platforms to more than 1 billion users. Under the changes, Meta will no longer have access to the contents of the messages that users send or receive unless one…

Special counsel David Weiss has been gathering evidence on possible criminal tax charges against President Joe Biden’s son, CNN reported Hunter Biden is facing new criminal charges, CNN first reported on Thursday. According to the outlet, federal prosecutors filed a new criminal case against President Joe Biden’s son, but the exact details of the charges were not immediately released. In 2018, the Justice Department opened an investigation into Hunter’s finances amid allegations of money…

Opening statements for Jonathan Majors’ trial on misdemeanor assault and harassment charges began Monday with the Marvel star’s attorneys alleging his former partner made false allegations to “hurt him at the height of his career,” while prosecutors allege a pattern of psychological abuse culminating in the incident.  The charges stem from an alleged domestic violence incident on March 25, 2023. Police responded to a 911 call and a 30-year-old woman reported being assaulted by Majors, with police…

The Colombian pop star Shakira has reached a settlement with prosecutors to avoid a trial in Barcelona over charges she failed to pay €14.5m (£12.7m) in Spanish income tax between 2012 and 2014.As part of the deal, she accepted the charges and a fine of 50% of the amount owed, more than €7.3m.She also accepted a further fine of €438,000 to avoid a three-year prison sentence, the judge said during the trial’s first hearing.“This decision to reach a deal responds to personal, emotional and sentimental reasons that have…

SBF has allegedly made more than 100 calls to a New York Times reporter before handing over snippets of his ex-partner Caroline Ellison’s diary.Photo: Michael M. Santiago (Getty Images)Federal prosecutors want to once again take hold of the frizzy-haired ex-FTX head Sam Bankman-Fried and put him back in jail. Reports from inside pre-trial court hearings say the Department of Justice has had it up to here with the once-crypto kingpin leaking sensitive material to the press, alleging he’s trying to discredit witnesses.Sam…

The rapper's initial case ended with a deadlocked jury and a mistrial YNW Melly is headed back to court on first-degree murder charges, with the Broward County State Attorney’s Office saying they will retry the rapper for the Oct. 2018 killings of two men. A rep for the Broward County State Attorney’s Office confirmed to Rolling Stone that they would seek a retrial after Pitchfork first reported the news. A rep for the office declined to comment further, saying, “We don’t comment on…