LONDON — The U.S. and U.K. on Monday accused hackers linked to the Chinese state of being behind “malicious” cyber campaigns targeting political figures, in moves expected to stoke tensions with Beijing. The British government also alleged that China-affiliated hackers were behind an attack that saw the data of millions of voters accessed. “I can … Read more
Donald Trump is not immune from criminal prosecution for efforts to reverse his loss in the 2020 presidential election, a federal appeals court said in a unanimous ruling Tuesday. A three-judge appeals panel flatly rejected Trump’s argument that he could not be charged in the case because he was president at the time of the alleged … Read more
A sign sits outside Banque Pictet & Cie SA in Geneva, Switzerland, on Friday, Oct. 16, 2015. Luke MacGregor | Bloomberg | Getty Images A major Swiss bank admitted to conspiring with U.S. taxpayers and others to hide over $5.6 billion from the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Justice announced Monday. Banque Pictet, the … Read more
Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao pleads guilty to felony charges Tuesday related to his failure to prevent money laundering on the crypto exchange platform. King 5 News Seattle After pleading guilty to federal criminal charges and stepping down from his post as Binance CEO, Changpeng Zhao on Tuesday named Richard Teng as the new … Read more
Freedom Holding CEO Timur Turlov speaks during a press interview in Moscow, Russia, Oct. 10, 2019. Maxim Shemetov | Reuters Freedom Holding, a Nasdaq-traded Kazakh financial firm that’s been the target of prominent short sellers, is being investigated by federal prosecutors and Securities and Exchange Commission counsel over compliance issues, insider stock moves, and an … Read more
Packing containers of tablets produced by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Pictures Drugmaker Teva Prescribed drugs agreed to pay $225 million in legal fines to resolve costs associated to cost fixing three medicines, together with a generic ldl cholesterol drug that it has agreed to divest, the U.S. Division of Justice introduced … Read more