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A man has been jailed for 66 weeks in England after pleading guilty to cyberflashing. Nicholas Hawkes is the first person to be convicted of the crime in the country under the Cyberflashing (sending unsolicited photos of genitalia) was outlawed in England and Wales under the law on January 31.“Cyberflashing is a serious crime which leaves a lasting impact on victims, but all too often it can be dismissed as thoughtless ‘banter’ or a harmless joke," prosecutor Hannah von Dadelzsen . “Just as those who commit indecent…

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…

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…

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…

A former CIA software engineer, Joshua Schulte, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for his convictions related to the biggest theft of classified information in CIA history and possession of child sexual abuse images and videos. Schulte, aged 35, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court for his role in the embarrassing public release of CIA secrets by WikiLeaks in 2017. The so-called Vault 7 leak revealed CIA hacking activities involving Apple and Android smartphones for overseas spying, as well as attempts to turn…

Photo: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP (Getty Images)A single man is responsible for leaking the tax information belonging to Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and others. Trump’s tax information was leaked to the New York Times and became the basis for a big story, while Bezos and Musk had their financial information handed over to ProPublica, which similarly reported on the documents. Is Threads a Threat to Twitter? | Future TechThe “Deep Throat” behind the leaks is Charles Littlejohn, 38, who formerly worked as a contractor…

The man who stole the iconic ruby red slippers Judy Garland wore in The Wizard of Oz was sentenced to a year of probation on Monday, nearly 20 years after he first attempted the theft from a museum nearly two decades ago. Terry Martin, who pleaded guilty to a charge of theft of a major artwork last October, was also charged $23,500 as an order of restitution. Martin is not serving prison time as he has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and is currently in hospice care. He isn’t expected to live beyond another…

Former Los Angeles City Councilmember Jose Huizar, awaiting sentencing in a sprawling criminal case, asked a judge for leniency on Thursday, saying “I lost everything.”In a letter to U.S. District Court Judge John F. Walter, Huizar apologized to his family, his former constituents and the city, saying he has paid a huge price — losing his reputation and his ability to provide for his family, harming his children’s future and their mental health.“My whole life has been turned upside down and I regret ever having departed…

Peter Navarro — the former Trump adviser who has bragged openly about working to overturn the results of the 2020 election — was sentenced to four months in prison on Thursday for contempt of Congress after he defied a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 Committee. The sentence, handed down by Judge Amit Mehta, is the same one that was given to former Trump adviser Steve Bannon for contempt of Congress in 2022. Mehta also fined Navarro $9,500. The congressional committee investigating the attack on the Capitol…