The FBI reportedly tracked accused Idaho killer Bryan Kohberger and his father as they drove from Washington State University to Pennsylvania — and asked Indiana cops to pull him over to secure images of his hands. Investigators likely wanted to see if the suspect had any visible wounds after allegedly using a large knife to…
CHAMBERY, France — A Ukrainian billionaire and former legislator suspected of embezzling more than $100 million appeared in a French court Thursday, calling the case against him politically driven and declaring he wants to return to Ukraine to fight Russians who invaded his country. Mining magnate Kostiantyn Zhevago, 48, was arrested in the ski resort…
The first batch of Russian prisoners who were offered amnesty in return for fighting in Ukraine has been released, the head of Wagner, the Russian mercenary group, said in a video. In a video published by Russia’s Ria Novosti news agency, Yevgeny Prigozhin is seen telling a group of men, “You’ve worked through your contract.…
The management of several companies linked to NSO Group, the spyware company blacklisted by the Biden administration, has moved to London. NSO, which sells Pegasus, one of the world’s most sophisticated hacking tools, is based in Israel, but several of the companies that manage some of the group’s operations – including one that NSO has…
The rabbi at the centre of a police investigation into an alleged historical sexual assault plays a key role at several Orthodox schools in London, including one of the UK’s largest Jewish primary schools for girls. Rabbi Chaim Halpern is under investigation by the Metropolitan Police over claims he assaulted a women who came to…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a limited objection to Binance.US’s proposed $1 billion acquisition of bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Voyager Digital, a bankruptcy court filing showed on Wednesday. The regulator pointed out the failure to include necessary information in Binance.US’s disclosure statement. It said the purchase agreement lacks details on the crypto…
Coinbase found itself overwhelmed by frantic platform adoption in 2020 and 2021, the NYDFS claimed in its filing today. This resulted in the exchange failing to maintain a robust compliance system. Coinbase reached a settlement with the New York Department of Financial Services. According to the filing, the U.S.-based crypto exchange has agreed to a…
Romanian police have seized 11 luxury cars from notorious misogynist Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan after the pair were arrested on trafficking charges. The cars were taken in the wake of their high-profile arrest on December 29, with with Romanian investigators confirming the seizures today. Romanian news outlet Gandul published photos it said showed…
SARASOTA, Fla. – A Port Charlotte man was arrested Thursday and charged with first-degree murder in the death of a North Port woman in September, police say. North Port Police are accusing Michael Douglas, 53, of brutally murdering a woman he had been pursuing romantically. According to the probable cause affidavit in the case, on…
Tel Aviv Magistrates Court on Wednesday ordered accused sex offender Shai Avital’s detention to be extended to seven days after his extradition from the Netherlands to Israel the day before. The modeling agent fled Israel after dozens of allegations surfaced against him, listing sexual harassment, including assault and forcing himself upon models he was working…