A leading fashion designer whose accessories were used by celebrities from Britney Spears to the cast of the "Sex and the City" TV series was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty in Miami federal court on charges of smuggling crocodile handbags from her native Colombia. Nancy Gonzalez was arrested in 2022 in Cali, Colombia, and later extradited to the U.S. for running a sprawling multiyear conspiracy that involved recruiting couriers to transport her high-end handbags on...
The authorities also outlawed Meta as an extremist organization and blocked Facebook and Instagram in Russia.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 22, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — A Uintah County man convicted of extorting oil and gas businesses operating in Utah’s Uintah Basin has learned his prison sentence. Leallen Blackhair, 47, has been sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment, three years of supervised release, and $18,000 in restitution after he admitted to extorting […] The post Uintah County man convicted of extortion sentenced to 18 months prison, $18K restitution first appeared on Gephardt Daily.
A Kentucky man who stormed the U.S. Capitol while carrying a Confederate battle flag was sentenced on Monday to more than two years in prison for pepper spraying two police officers in the face, partially blinding them for hours during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.
A Kentucky man who stormed the U.S. Capitol while carrying a Confederate battle flag has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for pepper spraying two police officers in the face, temporarily blinding both of them
Changpeng Zhao got a 4-month prison sentence instead of 3 years for his actions on Binance. The short trial and guilty plea of Binance founder and ex-CEO Changpeng Zhao finally saw its sentencing for the executive, and he is only getting four months of prison time to serve.
Elizabeth Anne Case, 39, pleaded guilty to reckless manslaughter in March. She left her 13-month-old son in a vehicle while searching through trash bins. Casen Case was pronounced dead after being left in the car for eight hours
Changpeng Zhao, the founder of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, was sentenced to four months in prison on Tuesday (April 30). The sentencing came after Zhao pleaded guilty to charges of enabling money laundering at Binance, CNBC reported Tuesday. The verdict was delivered in a federal court in Seattle by U.S. District Judge Richard Jones, who told Zhao, “You had […]
A federal judge has sentenced Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (often known as “CZ”) to four months in prison, as first reported by The New York Times. Prosecutors had recommended three years. Zhao pleaded guilty in November to violating the Bank Secrecy Act by failing to set up an anti-money-laundering program. The DOJ accused Zhao of allowing criminal activity to flourish on the crypto exchange. “Binance turned a blind eye to its legal obligations in the pursuit of profit. Its willful failures...
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao was ordered to spend four months in prison for failures that allowed cybercriminals and terrorist groups to freely trade on the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao was sentenced to four months in prison for failing to establish adequate anti-money laundering protections. Zhao, once the head of the largest crypto exchange in the world, pleaded guilty in November 2023. Judge Richard Jones says that Zhao prioritized “Binance’s growth and profits over compliance with US laws and regulations.” While Jones doesn’t think Zhao is likely to reoffend, the scale of the crime is notable. "Binance “violated US law on an unprecedented...
Republican presidential contender is the first former US president to go on criminal trial