A federal judge in Florida has ruled that a sex trafficking and forced labor lawsuit against Jacksonville-based Crowley can proceed. The judge also granted Crowley’s motion to dismiss five of seven counts against Crowley alleged in an amended complaint. The lawsuit was filed last year by plaintiff Vanessa Treminio, who worked for Crowley in the…
DetailsSam 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…
DetailsIn a shocking development, the embattled founder of Germany’s non-Orthodox rabbinical schools has relinquished his ownership stake in them to the Jewish Community of Berlin. The 25,000 euro transaction means that Rabbi Walter Homolka is no longer in control of the Reform Abraham Geiger College and the Conservative Zacharias Frankel College at the University of…
DetailsThe U.S. is offering up to US$10 million for information on Hezbollah’s financial networks in the West African country of Guinea associated with the activities of two local tycoons of Lebanese origin who were sanctioned by the Treasury in March last year. Hezbollah is an Iran-backed Shia militant group and political party in Lebanon, which…
DetailsCrypto lender Nexo has found itself the subject of a large-scale investigation in Bulgaria, as prosecutors look into possible money laundering, tax offenses, computer fraud, and other crimes. Over 300 people are involved in the operation in the country’s capital city of Sofia, according to a statement by the Bulgarian Prosecutor’s Office. “Active investigation actions…
DetailsTikTok is being flooded with anti-Israeli videos, mainly produced by pro-Palestinian groups — and Jewish leaders say they’re poisoning the minds of the millions of young adults who get their news from the Chinese-owned platform. “TikTok is wildly popular, short and to the point, and a brilliant marketing tool,” Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the Simon…
DetailsManhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office has offered a sweetheart plea deal to a suspect charged in the brutal anti-Semitic beating of a Jewish man in Midtown, prosecutors confirmed. Waseem Awawdeh — who defiantly said “I would do it again” after his arrest in the cowardly assault on Joseph Borgen near a pro-Israel rally in…
DetailsA leading Jewish businessman listed as running Pardes House and Beis Yaacov Primary Schools Foundation alongside a rabbi who is at the centre of a sexual-assault investigation claims that the accused man is no longer involved with the organisation. Billionaire investor Benzion Freshwater attempted to distance the group from Rabbi Chaim Halpern, who is under…
DetailsThe National Union of Students has failed to protect Jewish members and activists from hostile attacks within the organisation, according to an investigation that found “numerous instances” of antisemitism in the union over the last decade. The independent investigation found multiple examples of Jewish students having been subjected to antisemitic bullying and ostracisation within the…
DetailsFormer Barclays and JP Morgan exec Jes Staley is accused of being an operative in late billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s sex ring, after thousands of emails between the two reveal a ‘profound friendship,’ a lawsuit claims. The filing was made in an an amended complaint Tuesday by the US Virgin Islands, which had previously sued…
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