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Beanstalk cryptocurrency loses $182m of reserves in flash ‘attack’

Raider gains voting rights over digital currency and uses them to transfer contents of treasury

The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2022

Tax Day Is Here, Because Government Bungling Won't Pay for Itself

If you resent government incompetence and malice, maybe your devalued dollars will buy less of it.

Reason · Apr 18, 2022

Murder, motive and mystery: Why the US is trying to find answers to a Haitian assassination

Haitian investigations into the killing of president Jovenel Moise have so far hit dead ends – but in America, efforts are moving forward, reports Widlore Merancourt

The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2022

The Feds Will Return More Than $1 Million in Marijuana Money That California Cops Stole From Armored Cars

Empyreal Logistics agreed to drop its claims against the Justice Department, but it is still suing San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus.

Reason · Apr 14, 2022

Russian Ransomware Group Credentials Leaked In Supposed Revenge Act: CNBC

A security researcher saw a prolific Russian ransomware group Conti born in 2020, amass 350 members who collectively made $2.7 billion in cryptocurrency in only two years, CNBC reports. The group's post expressing their siding with Russia led to a leak of details about the size, leadership, business operations, and ransomware…

Benzinga · Apr 14, 2022

Suspect Faces Terror Charge over New York Subway Shooting

A 62-year-old man accused of shooting 10 people and setting off smoke bombs on the New York subway was taken into custody Wednesday and faces a federal terror charge. Frank James -- who is suspected of detonating two smoke canisters on the train as it pulled into a Brooklyn station,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 14, 2022

Democrat-linked lawyer ordered to face charge tied to Trump-Russia probe

A Democratic-linked lawyer must face a charge that he lied to the FBI before the start of its Trump-Russia probe, a judge ruled, handing a victory to the special counsel probing the origins of the investigation.

Tribune News Service · Apr 14, 2022

Lawyer: US Rep. Cuellar not the target of FBI investigation

U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar’s lawyer says federal authorities have informed him that the Democrat is not the target of an investigation that led FBI agents to search Cuellar’s South Texas home

The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2022

Chicago says it may intervene as ex-Alderman Daniel Solis pleads not guilty to bribery charge in first court appearance after turn as government mole

CHICAGO — A seemingly routine arraignment for former Chicago Alderman Daniel Solis took a turn Wednesday when prosecutors revealed that the city has said it may try to intervene in the bombshell case as a victim of Solis’ alleged corruption.

Chicago Tribune · Apr 13, 2022

FBI’s tactics doomed case against men charged in kidnapping plot of Michigan governor

The appearance of entrapment, and the difficulty of distinguishing between fantasy and criminal conspiracy, explains the embarrassing outcome of the federal trial in which jurors acquitted two alleged conspirators and failed to reach verdicts for the other two.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 13, 2022