The FBI has reportedly captured one of its most-wanted fugitives in Mexico after discovering he had been working as a yoga instructor for 12 years under a number of false identities. Students of yoga instructor Leon Ferrara in Guadalajara reported him missing the week before Christmas when he disappeared while walking his two dogs. His…
DetailsFederal prosecutors are investigating an alleged cybercrime that drained more than $370 million out of FTX just hours after the cryptocurrency exchange filed for bankruptcy last month. The Department of Justice has launched a criminal probe into the stolen assets that is separate from the fraud case against FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried, according to a…
DetailsThe suspected fraudster allegedly scammed 960 investors out of NIS 550 million through a pyramid scheme. Mike Ben-Ari who was last week extradited from Bosnia to Israel was today indicted of defrauding NIS 550 million from 960 investors. Ben-Ari was charged with aggravated fraud, forging documents, and money laundering offenses. Together with the indictment, the…
DetailsA longtime children’s theater director in Kansas City was found dead on Christmas Eve — days after he resigned amid allegations of sexual abuse. Jeff Church, 63, who had led the Coterie Theatre for over 30 years, was found dead at his home on Saturday afternoon, the Kansas City Star reported. The cause of death…
DetailsThe top result for the word ‘Jew’ in the Google search engine is a use of the word as a verb in an antisemitic trope, the StopAntisemitism reported Tuesday. Above all links related to the word ‘Jew’ is a definition which reads: “bargain with someone in a miserly or petty way.” A Google search of…
DetailsSberbank on Monday accused Glencore of choosing not to foot a bill for oil supplied via the Russian lender, saying the global commodities trader could have found a way to pay up without violating Western sanctions. Sberbank has taken legal action to recover debt and penalties from Glencore Energy UK Ltd over the two consignments,…
DetailsOnline messaging services based in Iran were hit by attacks strating late on Sunday that mostly originated from the United States and Europe, according to an Iranian deputy telecoms minister who says the attacks were the largest of their kind since the country imposed bans on US-based messaging services in late September. Amir Mohammadzadeh said that…
DetailsMore than $8 million worth of cryptocurrency was stolen from BitKeep users’ wallets in an apparent cyberattack, the latest exploit to hit a decentralized financial network. BitKeep users reported via social media that their funds were being transferred without any activity on their part, online industry tracker Cointelegraph reported Monday. The number could be higher…
DetailsA former Russian deputy Prime Minister who quit Putin’s government and fled the country over the Ukraine invasion has been pictured in Israel where he has ‘taken citizenship’ after a poisoning scare. Anatoly Chubais, 67, once also the Kremlin chief of staff, is the most senior official to have walked out on Putin and was…
DetailsA Beit Shemesh man was indicted on Friday over the torching of a cellphone store in Jerusalem several months ago. According to prosecutors, Yehoshua Dadon, 34, and three others broke into the store in October and set it alight because the shop did not comply with religious strictures restricting the devices. The resulting blaze destroyed…
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