A federal judge on Thursday ordered Boeing Co to appear in court on Jan. 26 to be arraigned on a 2021 felony charge after families of those killed in two fatal crashes objected to a 2021 plea deal. Boeing won immunity from criminal prosecution as part its $2.5 billion January 2021 Justice Department deferred prosecution…
Artyom Uss, the son of the governor of Russia’s Krasnoyarsk Krai region, has asked an Italian court to extradite him to Russia, not the United States, where he faces up to 30 years in prison on charges of sanctions evasion and money laundering. Italian media reported on January 16 that Uss, who was arrested in…
A New York oil baron who lost billions in the collapse of Enron and who also invested tens of millions in Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme has also taken a hit in the implosion of Sam Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency exchange FTX, according to a report. Robert Belfer, 87, whose family has made several philanthropic donations to institutions…
Andrey Medvedev, a former platoon commander from the so-called “Wagner Group,” illegally crossed the Russian-Norwegian border and applied for asylum in Norway. He spoke about this in an interview with the Russian human rights project Gulagu.net. It is alleged that the border crossing took place on Thursday, January 12, near the Russian mining town of Nikel…
Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against an NYPD cop who was accused of spying for the Chinese government, according to a new report. The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York’s office moved to dismiss the case on Friday, explaining in court filings that their investigation had “obtained additional information bearing on the…
Britain has imposed sanctions on the Iranian prosecutor general after the country’s execution of the British-Iranian dual national Alireza Akbari, while Iran has summoned the UK ambassador. Akbar was executed on Saturday after Iranian authorities claimed he was an MI6 spy, charges his family and the Foreign Office deny. Britain had already summoned the most…
American Airlines announced on Wednesday it will discontinue its route between Tel Aviv and Miami, Florida. “As part of the continuous evaluation of our network, American Airlines has made the difficult decision to discontinue its Miami (MIA) – Tel Aviv (TLV) service effective March 24, 2023,” a spokesperson for the company stated, without providing any…
Sam Bankman-Fried accused Binance boss Changpeng “CZ” Zhao of waging a lengthy campaign to destroy his crypto empire on Thursday while making yet another attempt to explain what led to FTX’s catastrophic bankruptcy. In a lengthy Substack post, the disgraced former FTX CEO alleged that Zhao’s “fateful tweet” on Nov. 6 capped an “extremely effective…
Bill Papas’ Greek business partner says he knew nothing of the Forum Group founder’s alleged fraud as he attempts to prevent Westpac from forcing him to refund $10m paid for the manufacture of food digestion machines, reports the Australian Businessman Anastasios Giamouridis, in documents filed in the Federal Court, said he “did not know of,…
Delphine Arnault – the 47-year-old daughter of Bernard Arnault – was promoted to the top job at Christian Dior, the company said Wednesday. The heiress has worked for the family business for 22 years, and was most recently executive vice president of Louis Vuitton. She had previously been deputy managing director of Dior from 2001…