COPENHAGEN – Danish police said on Thursday they had arrested 135 people in a large-scale operation on suspicion of laundering money defrauded from elderly people. The money was defrauded by contacting elderly people and convincing them to transfer money from their bank accounts or provide personal banking information. Those arrested were not the organisers of…
Three police officers were indicted Thursday for allegedly obstructing with an investigation into the fatal stabbing of a teenager in October, with prosecutors saying one of those charged passed on information about the probe to the person who eventually was charged with the murder. Haim Gabai, Shai Cohen and Yitzhak Ben Shayah were charged with…
The Vizhnitz Hasidic court, which is among the biggest and most powerful in Israel, expelled the head of its yeshiva in 2016 after he was suspected of sexual offenses against his students and amid concerns that the victims would file a complaint with the police. An investigation was later opened against the rabbi, Efraim Tessler,…
Scam and spam calls are getting more common. And they’re hard not to answer because the number comes up as “unknown.” When there’s no caller ID number, you can’t be sure if it’s a spam caller or an important call you’ve been waiting for. If you’re anticipating a job offer or a call from a…
Layoffs are never easy regardless of the circumstance, but they are particularly bad when they come in waves. That’s exactly what’s happening at Amazon. On Wednesday, less than two months after the U.S.’ second largest employer reportedly moved to cut around 10,000 employees in its devices and books divisions, CEO Andy Jassy says it will…
A Vermont state trooper was suspended after he allegedly swiped a Rolex watch and other valuables from an evidence room, according to authorities and court documents. Trooper Giancarlo DiGenova was placed on paid leave Dec. 19, 2022 over the alleged thefts from a temporary evidence storage room, state police announced last week. The missing property…
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…