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Five Men Plead Guilty for Their Roles in Global Digital Asset Investment Scam Conspiracy Resulting in Theft of More than $36.9 Million from Victims
Five men have pleaded guilty for their roles in laundering more than $36.9 million from victims of an international digital asset investment scam conspiracy that was carried out from scam centers in Cambodia. According to court documents, Joseph Wong, 33, of Alhambra, California; Yicheng Zhang, 39, of China; Jose Somarriba, 55, of Los Angeles; Shengsheng He, 39, of La Puente, California; and Jingliang Su, 44, of China and Turkey, were part of an international criminal network that induced U.S. victims,…
Only one air traffic controller working during deadly mid-air collision near Washington: report
One air traffic controller was working two positions when a passenger jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided in mid-air with a military helicopter near Washington late Wednesday, according to a report from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The report, obtained by The Associated Press, says the staffing configuration “was not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic.” The plane was landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va., when it collided with the…
Prosecution of Richard Allen: Documents
Probable Cause Affidavit Richard Allen’s Memorandum in Support of The Accused’s Motion For Franks Hearing Defendant’s Additional Franks Notice Indiana Supreme Court Order-other-2024-23S-OR-311 (YT Video) Last Piece of the Puzzle Part 1 – The Delphi Murders – (Documentary) Materials on Norse mythology The Valknut (norse-mythology.org) Myth and Religion of the North: The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia, by Philologist Turville-Petre On Discovery of the Runes (norse-mythology.org)
Why I Am Not a Christian – Bertrand Russell
Lab leak information redacted
Thank you for your Service (2017)
The Google trial shows that Apple’s search deal is the most important contract in tech
“Would I be correct that, at least today, Apple has a lot of leverage in its negotiations with Google?” Adam Severt, a Department of Justice attorney, asked that question to Google’s head of product partnerships, Joan Braddi, yesterday after a long tour of Braddi’s dealings with Apple over her two-decade-plus career at Google. The two were in a Washington, DC, courtroom, where for the last several weeks, the landmark US v. Google antitrust trial has litigated every corner of the…
Encrypted Client Hello (ECH) Effectively Defeats Pirate Site Blocking
Cloudflare has enabled Encrypted Client Hello for all customers on free plans, which includes many pirate sites. The new privacy feature makes it impossible for Internet providers to track which websites subscribers visit. As a result, it also renders pirate site-blocking efforts useless, if both the site and the visitor have ECH enabled. Website blocking has become the go-to anti-piracy measure for the entertainment industries when tackling pirate sites on the internet. The practice has been around for well over…
European council and UK government announce new Russia sanctions
On 15 March 2022, the European Council introduced a fourth package of sanctions against Russia. The move follows an informal meeting attended by EU heads of state and government on 10-11 March. The sanctions target entities and individuals. Measures include: Bans on: Transactions with certain state-owned companies which are already subject to refinancing restrictions Providing credit rating services (and access to any subscription services in relation to credit rating activities) New investments in the Russian energy sector Subjecting a greater number…
The Register of Overseas Entities – What you need to know
Originally promised “by 2021”, the war in the Ukraine has finally booted the Register of Overseas Entities onto the statute book as part of a global push towards transparency in property ownership. As we reported in December 2020, most UK entities have been required to provide information about their ultimate owners since June 2016, but plans to cast the net wider to catch overseas entities seemed to have stalled over the last two years. Now, domestic and global pressure to crack…
U.S. State Department Statement Regarding Transnational Repression
The FBI Establishes New Virtual Assets Unit
Expropriation and other recent measures aimed at foreign investors in Russia
As a reaction to the international sanctions following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian government enacted several economic retaliatory measures that could significantly impair foreign investments in Russia or contracts concluded with Russian companies. Below, we outline the various measures currently discussed and/or already in force and provide you with information on investment protection and related legal instruments at your disposal if you are affected by these measures. The situation regarding the various measures in force or in preparation…