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| 03.04.2025 | The High Stakes of Justice: Death Penalty and Political Corruption in America | In the theater of American justice, two recent cases have captured the spotlight, revealing the intricate dance between law, politics, and morality. The Department of Justice (DOJ) is seeking the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, accused of... |
| 01.04.2025 | DOJ to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione in CEO Brian Thompson murder case | Attorney General Pam Bondi has ordered Department of Justice prosecutors to seek the death penalty in the case against Luigi Mangione in connection with the Dec. 4 slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
"Luigi Mangione's murde... |
| 12.02.2025 | The Unraveling of Integrity: Trump’s New Era of Governance | In the political theater of the United States, the stage is set for a dramatic act. The curtain rises on a familiar face: Donald Trump. With his return to power, the landscape of governance is shifting. Integrity, once a cornerstone of publ... |
| 10.02.2025 | Top Justice Department official orders prosecutors to drop charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams | Public officials at the highest level of government are routinely investigated by the Justice Department, including Trump while he was president, without prosecutors advancing a claim that they should be let off the hook to attend to govern... |
| 29.01.2025 | Ailing Harvey Weinstein begs to have #MeToo retrial as soon as possible after April 15 date set | “So many people suffering on Rikers Island,” he said.
Weinstein arrived in court in a wheelchair more than a half-hour after the hearing’s scheduled start time. At times as he addressed Farber, he sounded more like the imperious studio boss... |
| 05.01.2025 | A Tale of Two Legacies: Biden's Honors and Trump's Trials | In the swirling winds of American politics, two narratives unfold. One is a celebration of achievement; the other, a courtroom drama. On one side, President Joe Biden prepares to bestow the Presidential Medal of Freedom to a diverse group o... |
| 04.01.2025 | Trump must be sentenced in hush money case, judge signals no jail | NEW YORK: US President-elect Donald Trump will be sentenced on Jan 10 in the criminal case in which he was convicted on charges involving hush money paid to a porn star, but is unlikely to face jail time, a judge said on Friday (Dec 3).
Jus... |
| 03.01.2025 | National Politics | Judge sets Trump’s sentencing in hush money case for Jan. 10, but signals no jail time | He rejected Trump’s push to dismiss the verdict and throw out the case on presidential immunity grounds and because of his impending second term. The judge said that he found no legal impediment to sentencing Trump and indeed deemed it “inc... |
| 18.12.2024 | How New York prosecutors used a terrorism law in the charges against Luigi Mangione | What does it do?
If a defendant is convicted, the “crime of terrorism” designation boosts the underlying offense into a more serious sentencing category. For example, an assault normally punishable by up to 25 years in prison would carry a ... |
| 16.12.2024 | National Politics | Judge rejects Trump’s bid to dismiss hush money conviction because of Supreme Court immunity ruling | Trump’s lawyers then cited the Supreme Court opinion to argue that the hush money jury got some improper evidence, such as Trump’s presidential financial disclosure form, testimony from some White House aides and social media posts made whi... |
| 12.12.2024 | The Chokehold of Justice: A City Divided | In the heart of New York City, a tragic encounter unfolded on May 1, 2023, that would ignite a firestorm of debate over public safety, race, and the limits of self-defense. Daniel Penny, a former Marine, found himself in a subway car with J... |
| 11.12.2024 | The Trump Tangle: Legal Battles and Abortion Politics in a New Era | Donald Trump is back in the political arena, but the shadows of his past loom large. Legal troubles and shifting stances on key issues are shaping his new administration. The hush money case, a significant legal hurdle, hangs over him like ... |
| 11.12.2024 | After acquittal in subway chokehold trial, Daniel Penny says he was vulnerable in the encounter | Penny, who served four years in the Marines, put Neely in a chokehold for about six minutes after Neely had an outburst that frightened riders on a subway car on May 1, 2023. Penny is white. Neely was Black.
According to passengers, Neely h... |
| 11.12.2024 | Prosecutors suggest sparing Trump prison sentence in hush money case | NEW YORK: Prosecutors have suggested to a New York judge the possibility of sparing Donald Trump any prison time for his conviction on charges involving hush money paid to a porn star in light of his US presidential election victory, but op... |
| 10.12.2024 | DA suggests judge could permanently halt Trump’s hush money case while upholding his conviction | The filing expands on the position the prosecutors laid out last month. Since then, Trump’s lawyers have pressed Merchan to dismiss the case altogether in light of his election.
The Trump team argues that letting the case continue would pre... |
| 25.11.2024 | National Politics | Special counsel moves to abandon election interference, classified documents cases against Trump | Related Articles
National Politics | After Trump’s win, Black women are rethinking their role as America’s reliable political organizers
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| 20.11.2024 | National Politics | Donald Trump’s lawyers urge judge to ignore prosecutors and dismiss hush money conviction | Trump, a Republican, has tapped Blanche and Bove for high-ranking Justice Department jobs.
Trump was convicted in May of falsifying business records to cover up a scheme to influence the 2016 election by paying hush money to squelch a story... |
| 19.11.2024 | National Politics | Prosecutors oppose tossing Trump’s hush money conviction but are open to sentencing delay | Merchan gave prosecutors until Tuesday to weigh in on how to proceed.
Prosecutors said Tuesday they “are mindful of the demands and obligations of the presidency” and realize that Trump’s return to the White House “will raise unprecedented ... |
| 15.10.2024 | Trump urges appeals judges to move hush money case to federal court | NEW YORK: Donald Trump's lawyers pushed on Monday (Oct 14) to transfer to federal court the case in which he was convicted in a New York state court on charges involving covering up hush money paid to a porn star, a move that would give him... |
| 06.09.2024 | National Politics | Judge delays Donald Trump’s sentencing in hush money case until after November election | “The Court is a fair, impartial and apolitical institution,” he added, writing that his decision “should dispel any suggestion” otherwise.
Trump — fresh from watching appellate arguments in a sexual abuse lawsuit against him in a nearby fed... |
| 09.08.2024 | National Politics | FACT FOCUS: A look at claims made by Trump at news conference | Moreover, Trump and King did not speak in the same location. King spoke from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, which looks east toward the Washington Monument. Trump spoke at the Ellipse, a grassy area just south of the White House.JAN. 6
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| 06.08.2024 | National Politics | Judge in Trump’s hush money case delays date for ruling on presidential immunity | A jury found Trump guilty in May of falsifying business records to conceal a deal to pay off porn actor Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 election. At the time, she was considering going public with a story of a sexual encounter with T... |
| 26.07.2024 | National Politics | Melania Trump to release ‘intimate’ memoir with never-before-told stories | Melania Trump long claimed to have graduated from the University of Ljubljana with a degree in architecture, which has been proven false. She has also said she speaks five languages, which too has been called into question.
Rarely is the en... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Rising Tide of Pay Transparency: A New Era for Workers**
** | ** In the landscape of American labor, a seismic shift is underway. States across the nation are enacting pay transparency laws, aiming to bridge the chasm of gender and racial pay gaps. This movement is not just a ripple; it’s a wave that ... |
| 19.07.2024 | Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg released from jail | Former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg has once again been released from jail, according to New York City corrections records.
Weisselberg was sentenced April 10 to five months in New York City's Rikers Island j... |
| 11.07.2024 | Trump asks judge to throw out conviction in New York "hush money" case | Former President Donald Trump is seeking to have his recent criminal conviction in New York tossed out, and his indictment dismissed, his lawyers said in a filing made public Thursday.
Trump's lawyers say a recent Supreme Court decision on ... |
| 09.07.2024 | The Battle for Presidential Immunity: Roberts vs. Barrett | In the ongoing legal saga surrounding Trump's immunity case, a fierce battle has emerged between Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Barrett. The clash between these two prominent figures on the Supreme Court has set the stage for a high-stak... |
| 05.07.2024 | National Politics | Barrett sought middle ground in Trump immunity case. This time Roberts said no | A former Notre Dame law professor,
Barrett saw no need for a broad ruling on presidential immunity in Trump’s case.
“Properly conceived, the president’s constitutional protection from prosecution is narrow,” she wrote in a concurring opinio... |
| 11.06.2024 | New York's handling of COVID nursing home deaths at center of Congressional hearing. Read former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's full opening statement. | Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo grilled on Capitol Hill over COVID nursing home deaths
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NEW YORK -- Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's handling of COVID in nursi... |
| 07.06.2024 | YouTube implementing tougher policy on gun videos to protect youth | YouTube called out for videos on how to build ghost guns
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YouTube is updating its policy on firearm videos to keep potentially dangerous content from reaching underage users.
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| 03.06.2024 | Some Black Americans find irony in Trump's reaction to his conviction in New York trial | New York — As Donald Trump lambasted the guilty verdict of his hush money trial, he stood inside a Manhattan courthouse that was the site of one of the most notorious examples of injustice in recent New York history. And he had a part in it... |
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| 31.05.2024 | What to know about Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, prosecutor in Trump's first criminal trial | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's case against former President Donald Trump over alleged hush money paid to an adult film actress came to a close Thursday, with Trump being found guilty on al... |
| 29.05.2024 | National Politics | Jury weighing hush money case against Donald Trump ends first day of deliberations without a verdict | Specifically, the jury asked to see:
Pecker’s testimony regarding a phone conversation he had with Trump in late June 2016. Pecker said Trump called him to inquire about Playboy model Karen McDougal and her affair allegations, calling her a... |
| 28.05.2024 | Judge scolds Trump lawyer for ‘outrageous’ comments in closing about Trump’s prison threat | Here’s the latest in live updates from the courtroom:Defense tries to refute a key piece of evidence
Blanche addressed one of the prosecution’s most pivotal pieces of evidence: A First Republic Bank statement reflecting lawyer Michael Cohen... |
| 21.05.2024 | National Politics | Donald Trump won’t testify at hush money trial as defense rests its case | “We’ll be resting pretty quickly,” said Trump, whose entourage Tuesday included Don Trump, Jr., former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker and comic Joe Piscopo.
“Resting meaning resting the case. I won’t be resting. I don’t rest. I’d lik... |
| 16.05.2024 | Trump defense lawyers set to attack Michael Cohen’s credibility as hush money trial resumes | From the day of his 2007 hiring at the Trump Organization until the feds closed in, Cohen said he answered to one person: Trump. He told the court he lied, bullied, or threatened anyone who got in the way of the task at hand to make his mic... |
| 14.05.2024 | Michael Cohen testifies he discussed hush money reimbursements with Trump at the White House | In the immediate aftermath, Cohen said he felt “reassured, because I had the president of the United States protecting me.”
Trump kept his eyes closed for much of Cohen’s testimony. Cohen sometimes exhaled audibly, once shaking his head, be... |
| 13.05.2024 | Michael Cohen says Trump worried Stormy Daniels tryst story would be ‘disaster’ for his campaign | Trump shifted in his seat, looking angry, as Cohen told the courtroom that Trump directed him to “just take care of” Daniels’ story.
“He said to me, ‘This is really a disaster, women will hate me,’” Cohen said Trump told him. “’Guys may thi... |
| 11.05.2024 | Apple's "Crush" Ad Sparks Backlash | Apple's latest iPad Pro ad, titled "Crush," faces public backlash for its metaphorical message of subsuming older technologies. The ad, featuring a hydraulic press machine crushing various objects to reveal the new iPad Pro, has d... |
| 10.05.2024 | Judge in Trump hush money trial directs DA to get key witness Michael Cohen under control | Prosecutors say the payoff was hastily arranged as the Trump campaign sought to contain the fallout of the damning “Access Hollywood” tape and concluded a yearslong conspiracy to unlawfully promote Trump’s candidacy by suppressing negative ... |
| 10.05.2024 | Stormy Daniels unfavorably compares Trump to ‘real men’ after hush-money trial testimony | Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, said she had sex with Trump in a Lake Tahoe hotel room in 2006. Trump has denied the two had any such encounter. The alleged tryst is at the center of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s... |
| 09.05.2024 | Judge denies bid to modify gag order so Trump can respond to Stormy Daniels’ tryst testimony | Trump’s lawyer also asked for a mistrial — the second in as many days of the trial — based on Daniels’ testimony on Thursday, which Merchan also denied.Daniels grilled over tryst account
Keying in on a central part of Daniels’ testimony abo... |
| 28.04.2024 | NYPD Officer Found Not Guilty After Punching Unruly Customer in Apple Store | Aldohn Domingo, Tech Times 28 April 2024, 09:04 pm
New York Police Department officer Salvatore Provenzano has reportedly been ruled not guilty regarding a 2021 case wherein he punched an erratic customer in an Apple store.
The Police Benev... |
| 27.04.2024 | Harvey Weinstein hospitalized ahead of New York court appearance | Film mogul Harvey Weinstein was hospitalized following his return to New York City after an appeals court ruling Thursday nullified his 2020 rape conviction.
Weinstein's attorney, Arthur L. Aidala, told CBS News in a statement Saturday even... |
| 20.04.2024 | Man dies after setting himself on fire outside New York court where Trump trial underway | NEW YORK: A man has died after setting himself on fire on Friday outside the New York courthouse where Donald Trump's historic hush-money trial was taking place as jury selection wrapped up, but officials said he did not appear to have been... |
| 16.04.2024 | First 7 jurors seated in Trump trial as judge warns former president about comments | Seven Manhattan residents were selected to serve on the jury in former President Donald Trump's criminal trial on Tuesday, as lawyers for both sides clashed over which potential jurors should be seated and the judge warned the defendant to ... |
| 02.04.2024 | Judge expands gag order in Trump hush money case | A New York judge on Monday agreed to expand the gag order against former President Trump to stop him from attacking family members of those involved in the New York hush money case.
The big picture: Trump, who also faces gag orders related ... |
| 06.03.2024 | Hush money DA wants to use Trump's incessant bragging — about how sexy, thrifty, and fussy he is — against him at trial | Politics Hush money DA wants to use Trump's incessant bragging — about how sexy, thrifty, and fussy he is — against him at trial
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Editorials | Editorial: At long last, Donald Trump charged with conspiring against the U.S. | Donald J. Trump, once again, has been indicted by Special Counsel Jack Smith and this, as they say, is the big one. It’s much more solid than the nebulous charge of falsifying business records to conceal another crime, as Manhattan D.A. Alv... |
| 28.06.2023 | Daniel Penny pleads not guilty to criminally negligent homicide, manslaughter in chokehold of Jordan Neely on subway in SoHo | Daniel Penny pleads not guilty to criminally negligent homicide Daniel Penny pleads not guilty to criminally negligent homicide 02:38
NEW YORK -- Daniel Penny was arraigned Wednesday in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely on the subway.
He ... |
| 04.05.2023 | US subway death spurs outrage, calls for better social services | Protests and calls for action are growing in the United States after video footage emerged this week showing a man on the New York City subway placing a homeless passenger in a chokehold, resulting in his death.
A New York City medical exam... |
| 05.04.2023 | Courtroom sketches capture former President Donald Trump's arraignment after cameras, phones, and electronics were banned at the start of the proceedings | In a courtroom sketch, Donald Trump, accompanied by his legal counsel, looks at Assistant District Attorney Christopher Conroy during Trump's arraignment in New York. Elizabeth Williams/AP
Trump appeared in court for his arraignment on Tues... |
| 23.03.2023 | Who is Alvin Bragg? What to know about the Manhattan district attorney investigating Trump. | Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg arrives to the courtroom during the Trump Organization tax fraud trial at the New York Supreme Court in New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
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| 31.10.2022 | Trump's company 'cheated' tax authorities, prosecutor says at trial | Government
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| 24.10.2022 | Trump Organization ready to call ex-CFO a liar as tax fraud trial begins | Criminal
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| 18.08.2022 | Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg pleads guilty in fraud case, agrees to testify against company | Allen Weisselberg, the former longtime chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, pleaded guilty Thursday to 15 counts of fraud and tax evasion, acknowledging that he was part of a scheme to receive more than $1.7 million in off-the... |
| 08.12.2021 | A billionaire hedge fund manager is surrendering $70 million worth of illegally smuggled antiquities. See photos of the relics, including a sculpture that was loaned to the Met. | One of the artifacts surrendered by billionaire hedge fund manager Michael Steinhardt, the Ercolano Fresco, which was looted in 1995 from a Roman villa in the ruins of Herculaneum. Today the Fresco is valued at $US1 ($AU1) million. New York... |
| 08.12.2021 | A billionaire hedge fund manager is surrendering $70 million worth of illegally smuggled antiquities. See photos of the relics, including a sculpture that was loaned to the Met. | Billionaire hedge fund manager Michael Steinhardt must return a collection of 180 stolen antiquities.
The items are valued at $70 million and smuggled out of 11 countries by 12 criminal networks.
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| 07.12.2021 | artnet : Billionaire Investor Michael Steinhardt Has Been Banned From Buying Antiquities for Life as Part of an Unprecedented Deal With the D.A. | Crime Billionaire Investor Michael Steinhardt Has Been Banned From Buying Antiquities for Life as Part of an Unprecedented Deal With the D.A.
After a grand jury investigation, the collector surrendered 180 stolen objects worth a combined $7... |
| 31.08.2021 | Manhattan prosecutors charge 13 people, including healthcare workers, with buying fake COVID vaccine cards from ‘AntiVaxMomma’ Instagram | COVID-19 vaccine cards at the Berks Heim Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Bern Township, Pennsylvania on January 29, 2021. Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle/Getty Images
Manhattan prosecutors have charged 15 people in connection w... |
| 29.08.2021 | Lessons learned on building cyber resilience | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| 29.08.2021 | Lessons learned on building cyber resilience | Did you miss a session from the Future of Work Summit? Head over to our Future of Work Summit on-demand library to stream.
This article was written by Megan Stifel, Global Policy Officer at Global Cyber Alliance, and Geoff Brown, head of th... |
| 19.08.2021 | A close friend of Jared Kushner's who was pardoned by Trump has been charged over claims he used spyware to monitor his then-wife's online activity | Jared Kushner and Ken Kurson. Amber DeVos/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images
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| 10.08.2021 | The former employer of ‘Central Park Karen’ Amy Cooper is trying to get her wrongful termination lawsuit against them thrown out | Amy Cooper called the cops on Black birdwatcher Christian Cooper (no relation) on May 25, 2020. Twitter/Melody Cooper
Franklin Templeton Investments moved to dismiss Amy Cooper’s wrongful termination lawsuit against it.
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| 18.04.2021 | A New York City investment manager has been charged with stealing over $2.4 million through PPP loans | New York City prosecutors charged a man with stealing over $2.4 million through PPP loans.
The man is accused of applying for five PPP loans and lying about the number of employees he had.
Prosecutors alleged he transferred the "vast m... |
| 12.03.2021 | NYC prosecutor leading Trump probe won't seek reelection | NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., a veteran prosecutor overseeing a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump, said Friday that he won't seek reelection, opting against a primary fight with progres... |
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| 21.01.2020 | At a secret lab in Manhattan, technicians spend all day trying to break into iPhones | About a mile away from the Apple Store in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood, technicians under the auspices of Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr. spend all day inside a $10 million lab focused on one task: Trying to break into iPhones.
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| 19.12.2019 | 19-Year-Old Selassie Charged With Stealing $1M Worth of Crypto Via SIM-Swap | A 19-year-old man has been arrested in California and charged with the theft of more than $1 million worth of cryptocurrency in a complex SIM-swapping scam.
According to a press release published by the Manhattan District Attorney, Cyrus R.... |
| 24.04.2019 | First Crypto Money Laundering Case Reported in New York | The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office on Wednesday, announced the conviction of two 35-year-olds, Callaway Crain and Mark Sanchez who laundered $2.8 million gained through online sales of steroids and controlled substances.
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| 04.02.2019 | 20-year-old Dawson Bakies Accused of Over 50 Sim Swap Crypto Theft in the US | Cryptocurrencies still appeal to sim swappers and hackers, especially since they seem untraceable, at least to an extent. Many unsuspecting crypto users continuously fall for phishing or sim swap, which leads to the loss of their digital as... |
| 09.04.2018 | The Encryption Debate Isn't About Stopping Terrorists, It's About Solving Crime | When the government argues that it’s “going dark” because of ubiquitous end-to-end encryption, it often stresses how encryption thwarts counterterrorism investigations. When FBI Director Christopher Wray testified before Congress late last ... |
| 23.03.2018 | Silicon Valley's Regulatory Exceptionalism Comes to an End | Not so long ago, it was hard to find anyone who thought regulating Silicon Valley was even possible, let alone a good idea. Deference to the technology industry was such that companies were sometimes even applauded for baldly violating exis... |
| 12.02.2018 | What Law Enforcement Really Needs for Investigations in the Digital Age | A recent New York Times article on cyber crime told not the sort of data-breach story with which readers have become familiar but, instead, focused on vast unknowns in the sphere of cyber crime. Writing about how police have, and haven’t, t... |
| 29.11.2016 | Manhattan DA Cy Vance Wraps Up 2016 With Another Call For Gov't-Mandated Encryption Backdoors | Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance is still riding James Comey’s anti-encryption coattails. Another year passes and Vance still comes to the same conclusions about phone encryption: it’s bad for law enforcement and something (legislative) needs to be... |
| 19.11.2016 | Manhattan DA's Office Releases Updated Report on Encryption | The Manhattan District Attorney's Office has released a new version of its white paper on "Smartphone Encryption and Public Safety." The report updates the Office's November 2015 white paper on encryption, and is also available he... |
| 26.10.2016 | Prosecuting Terrorism in State Court | Earlier this month, 18-year-old Mahin Khan of Tucson, Arizona pleaded guilty to terrorism, conspiracy to commit terrorism, and conspiracy to commit misconduct involving weapons. The plea is unusual because it was entered in state court rath... |
| 12.07.2016 | Theiving former bank manager takes plea deal | More On: grand larceny
Crew of thieves nab nearly $500K in bags, jewelry from UES store: NYPD Thief caught on video stealing car with 11-year-old inside in East Harlem Boy takes terrifying 20-minute ride in car swiped by Harlem thief 'Barel... |
| 07.07.2016 | Russian gets long prison sentence for StubHub hack | A Russian man who defrauded eBay-owned online ticketing company StubHub by hacking into more than 1600 accounts with six others has been sentenced to as much as 12 years in prison in the United States.
Thirty-two-year old Vadim Polyakov was... |
| 19.04.2016 | Ignorant Anti-Encryption Law Enforcement Groups Made A Logo And A Hashtag… And It All Backfired | Yesterday morning, things kicked off with a ridiculous tweet from the NY Police Department, announcing that it “stood with” the Manhattan DA in calling for “encryption” legislation. Of course, that’s inaccurate. What it was really calling f... |
| 09.03.2016 | NY DA Cy Vance Asks Law Enforcement About Problems With Encryption; Won't Take 'No Problems' For An Answer | Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance must be exhausted. Vance has been the New York face of the anti-encryption push — a state-level James Comey with the NYPD as his backing band. He’s held histrionic press conferences and issued editorials... |
| 03.02.2016 | Is There a National Security-Law Enforcement Divide on “Going Dark”? | Prior to the release of the new Berkman Center report, which included input from both current and former national security officials, recent attention had been focusing on NSA Director Rogers’ comments last month at the Atlantic Council. Hi... |
| 04.01.2016 | Reflections on “It’s not a technical issue. It’s a business model question” (Comey to Senate Judiciary Committee, 12/9/15) | On December 9, 2015, FBI Director James Comey testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee at an oversight hearing, and briefly touched on the subject of encryption (beginning at 26:10 on the C-SPAN video).
He led off with a statement that t... |
| 22.12.2015 | Manhattan District Attorney Still Totally Ignorant About Encryption, Slams Tim Cook & Demands Legislation To Wipe Out Encryption | Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance really doesn’t like encryption — and really doesn’t seem even remotely interested in the fact that he doesn’t appear to understand even the basics of what he’s talking about. Vance started whining abo... |
| 24.11.2015 | Google Can Remotely Reset The Passcode For Nearly 75 Percent Of Android Devices, Says Manhattan DA | Anu Passary, Tech Times 24 November 2015, 02:11 am
In an alarming revelation, a report from the Manhattan District Attorney's Office has divulged that Google is able to remotely reset the passcode for over 75 percent Android devices.
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| 23.11.2015 | Google can remotely reset your Android passcode | A common recommendation for securing a mobile device is to set up a passcode. Having a PIN or password will make it harder for a third-party to have access to personal information, which lowers the chances of data theft or loss but also inc... |
| 18.11.2015 | Manhattan DA's Office Serves Up Craptastic White Paper Asking For A Ban On Encryption | Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance may not know what the fuck he’s talking about when he discusses encryption, the internet and other tech-related issues. But that’s certainly not going to keep him from talking about them. |
| 05.02.2015 | What Do You Do With a Stolen ID? Buy MacBooks, Apparently | Did you ever wonder what criminals do with a stolen identity once they get a hold of it? According to the New York district attorney, they do what the rest of us do: buy iPhones.
A group of five 20- and 30-somethings have been arrested for... |
| 28.06.2012 | Automated robbery: how card skimmers (still) steal millions from banks | Enlarge / Using a network of ATMs and a hack of card management apps, cybercriminals made off with millions from E. European banks.
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| 08.12.2011 | Up Close With A 3D-Printed Card Skimmer | I’ve recently fallen into the habit of pulling and tugging at ATM slots before I slide my card through because I fear that someone nefarious has stuck one of these 3D-printed card skimmers over the opening. This skimmer, found in California... |
| 10.07.2009 | Mortgage Fraud Scheme Targeted Distressed Properties | The Manhattan District Attorney’s office indicted 13 people and a mortgage origination company for allegedly perpetrating a mortgage fraud scam that ran for four years and cost lenders more than $100m. The indictments and convictions come a... |
| - | Trump gets first GOP endorsements since his indictment in classified documents case | Former President Donald Trump netted endorsements from House Republicans from Pennsylvania and the North Carolina lieutenant governor.
The endorsements come after Trump’s recent arraignment on federal criminal charges.
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| - | Manhattan grand jury begins to hear evidence in Trump hush money case: report | Prosecutors from the Manhattan district attorney’s office are set to begin presenting evidence to a grand jury as part of a criminal probe into a 2016 hush money payment that former President Donald Trump authorized to porn star Stormy Dani... |
| - | Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen testifies to grand jury for three hours, will return Wednesday | Donald Trump’s ex-personal lawyer Michael Cohen testified for three hours to a Manhattan grand jury investigating the former president.
“My goal is to tell the truth,” said Cohen, the key witness in the investigation into the payment of hus... |
| - | Trump wanted to avoid Stormy Daniels hush money payment by delaying it past election, DA alleges | Former President Donald Trump wanted to avoid paying $130,000 in hush money to a porn star by delaying that payment until after the 2016 presidential election, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg alleged.
Trump told his then-lawyer that if they could ... |
| - | Luigi Mangione indicted on murder charges for shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson | A New York grand jury indicted Ivy League graduate Luigi Mangione for allegedly murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Dec. 4.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul plans to file paperwork seeking Mangione’s extradition from Pennsylvania, wh... |
| - | Manhattan DA seeks gag order on Trump ahead of hush money trial | The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office asked a judge to impose a gag order on former President Donald Trump ahead of his upcoming trial on charges of falsifying business records related to a 2016 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Dan... |
| - | Meet Donald Trump's next nemeses: The 16 New York prosecutors peppering the ex-president with history-making criminal probes | Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, President Donald Trump, and New York Attorney General Letitia James. Drew Angerer/Getty Images; Getty Images; Joshua Rashaad McFadden/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Insider subsc... |
| - | Manhattan DA opposes Trump bid to lift gag order after hush money conviction | New York prosecutors told a judge they oppose a request by former President Donald Trump to lift the gag order on him in his criminal hush money case.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office asked Judge Juan Merchan to keep the gag order o... |
