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NY man charged in sports betting scandal that led to Jontay Porter's ban from NBA

A New York man has been charged in a sports betting scandal that spurred the NBA to ban Jontay Porter for life

The Independent UK

Drug Dealers Did Not Kill Cecilia Gentili. Prohibition Did.

If drug warriors really wanted to punish "those responsible" for the transgender activist's death, they would start by arresting themselves.

Reason

Pornhub Owner To Pay $1.8 Mn To US But Will Not Face Charges

The Montreal-based company that owns Pornhub will not face charges over links to a sex trafficking operation but has agreed to pay $1.8 million to the US government and make payments to victims, officials said Thursday.

International Business Times

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Pornhub owner agrees to pay $1.8M and independent monitor to resolve sex trafficking-related charge

The owner of Pornhub, one of the world’s largest adult content websites, has admitted to profiting from sex trafficking and agreed to make payments to women whose videos were posted without their consent

The Independent UK

British man charged with running $100m wine Ponzi scheme

Stephen Burton, 58, was arraigned in federal court in Brooklyn on Saturday morning

The Independent UK

Embattled N.Y. Republican Congressman George Santos faces 10 new felony charges

U.S. Attorney Breon Peace has now charged Santos, the freshman Republican from New York, with 23 felony charges including credit card fraud. He's also accused of stealing his donors' identities.

WEKU

Former campaign treasurer for Rep. George Santos pleads guilty to federal charges

Nancy Marks, who has served as a campaign treasurer to some of New York's most powerful Republican politicians, admitted committing wire fraud and other crimes. Santos is due back in court Oct. 27.

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Three convicted in US plot to force people to go to China

Ex-NYPD officer, two others, worked at behest of Beijing in repatriation effort ‘Operation Fox Hunt’, authorities said.

Al Jazeera

George Santos: Republican pleads not guilty to stealing from campaign, duping donors, lying to Congress

The Republican was released on a bond and can go back to Washington and cast votes in Congress as he appears in court

Evening Standard

US Senator Dianne Feinstein returns to duty after months-long absence – as it happened

Senator says she is returning to work in Washington DC on ‘a lighter schedule’ due to her ongoing health issues as she recovers from shingles

The Guardian - US

Rep. George Santos indicted on 13 charges - Roll Call

Embattled New York Republican Rep. George Santos has been indicted on 13 federal charges in New York that include fraud, theft and more.

Roll Call

China decries US 'secret police' arrests

China said on Tuesday that “political manipulation” was behind the arrests of two men the United States accused of setting up an unauthorised Chinese police station in New York.

Bangkok Post

US arrests two for running secret Chinese ‘police station’ in NYC

US officials accuse two men of engaging in ‘transnational repression’ of Chinese diaspora in US at the behest of China.

Al Jazeera

FBI arrests two New Yorkers accused of running covert Chinese police station

The station, in New York’s Chinatown, was allegedly run by Beijing’s ministry of public security to track Chinese dissidents

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Key Hezbollah Financier Faces 20 Years in Prison

A US federal prosecutor announced the arrest of a Lebanese-Belgian citizen considered a major financier of Iran-backed Hezbollah in the Romanian capital, Bucharest. US Attorney Breon Peace in Brooklyn said that Mohammed Ibrahim Bazzi, 58, designated by the US as a “global terrorist” in 2018, when it offered $10 million…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Key Hezbollah Financier Arrested in Bucharest

A Lebanese and Belgian citizen considered a key financier of the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah was arrested Friday in Bucharest, Romania’s capital, federal authorities said. Mohammad Ibrahim Bazzi, 58, who was labeled a “global terrorist” by the United States in 2018 when $10 million was offered for information about his whereabouts,…

The Times of India

Crypto exchange Bitzlato’s founder arrested in $700 million laundering scheme

A Russian was charged with money laundering through a cryptocurrency exchange that allegedly masked the proceeds of illegal gambling and drug deals valued at more than $700 million, as the US goes after criminal suspects in the digital space.

The Independent UK

US drug trial opens for Mexico ex-security head

Genaro García Luna goes on trial on charges of helping the Sinaloa Cartel traffic drugs and protect them from capture while he was serving as Mexico’s top security official

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The Guardian - US

Ex-Mexico security chief’s trial poised to lift lid on US and Mexico’s ‘war on drugs’

Genaro García Luna, accused of accepting millions in bribes from cartels, in trial that could implicate officials on both sides of border

Tribune News Service

4 charged under new federal law with selling more than 50 guns in Brooklyn

NEW YORK — A group of gun traffickers sold more than 50 firearms to an undercover cop in Brooklyn, making the sales in a crowded waterfront park and on a playground, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

The Independent UK

US authorities charge more than 100 with gun, drug crimes

U.S. authorities say they have charged more than 100 people with federal gun and drug crimes in separate blitzes in three states

Tribune News Service

‘Mutant Ape Planet’ NFT seller arrested for alleged fraud

U.S. prosecutors charged a French national with defrauding buyers of his “Mutant Ape Planet” non-fungible tokens, alleging he duped investors out of more than $2.9 million in cryptocurrency before his arrest Wednesday at a New York airport.

Tribune News Service

Lafarge cement company paid ISIS to run plant in Syria, will pay $778 million in fines

A major international cement company will has pleaded guilty in Brooklyn Federal Court to giving financial support to ISIS, will forfeit $687 million and pay the U.S. government nearly $91 million in fines, prosecutors said.

Tribune News Service

Feds blast drug kingpin’s bid for NY prison release due to stress headaches, need for vegan diet

NEW YORK — Queens drug kingpin Lorenzo “Fat Cat” Nichols’ bid for early release from prison due to stress headaches was blasted Friday by federal prosecutors, who said the convict’s migraine problem “is not an extraordinary and compelling reason” to be given a get-out-of-jail-free card.

Chicago Sun-Times

Self-described R. Kelly manager pleads guilty to stalking

A week ago Donnell Russell was convicted of making a phone threat that gunfire was about to occur in a Manhattan theater ahead of a showing of a documentary on Kelly.

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