ATHENS – Greek Member of the European Parliament Eva Kaili, who remains jailed in Brussels until a trial on charges of taking bribes from Qatar – as does her partner – now has seen land they own on the island of Paros confiscated by Greece’s anti-money laundering agency. That came as one of her lawyers,…
Michael James Pratt, the man responsible for organizing the elaborate sex trafficking scheme and website Girls Do Porn, which forced and coerced potentially hundreds of women into having sex on camera, was arrested in Spain on Friday. The tweet doesn’t name Pratt, but says that the man in the video is a New Zealander on…
UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — Just five days ago, members of the Chabad Israel Center gathered on the corner of East 93rd Street and Second Avenue to watch the carving and lighting of an impressive ice menorah, as firetrucks dropped parachutes filled with gelt to mark the first night of Hanukkah. But three days later,…
A nationwide shoplifting epidemic is crippling the finances of brick-and-mortar retailers, which warn that they may be forced to raise prices or even shutter stores in order to offset tens of billions of dollars in lost inventory. The National Retail Foundation is estimating that it lost $94.5 billion last year due to “shrink” — an…
Disgraced FTX crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried’s ex-girlfriend Caroline Ellison was facing up to 110 years in prison before she agreed to cooperate with the federal government, her plea agreement shows. The former Alameda hedge fund CEO, 28, pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges in an agreement signed on Monday. “The total maximum sentence of incarceration…
Beny Steinmetz will forfeit NIS 17 million as part of a civil proceeding and the criminal cases will be closed. Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz has reached an agreement with the Israel Tax Authority and the State Attorney in which the criminal case against him will be closed. The settlement follows an investigation by Israel Police’s…