A judge in the Maltese capital of Valetta ruled that the first statement Fenech made to police after his arrest three years ago should be struck from the record. Fenech was detained in November 2019 by Maltese armed forces while trying to flee the island on his yacht. He immediately offered to spill the beans…
Accused crypto crook Sam Bankman-Fried has been busted in the Bahamas — accused of “massive, years-long fraud” that defrauded investors out of $1.8 billion through “a house of cards” built “on a foundation of deception.” The fallen 30-year-old FTX mogul was arrested Monday night after the Bahamian government received formal notification from the US of…
Channel migrants are being recruited from asylum hotels and children’s homes by organised crime gangs, police chiefs have warned. The migrants were discovered as part of a major police operation to smash the organised crime groups behind Britain’s biggest counterfeit crime network run out of a district in central Manchester. The 33 organised crime groups…
Police in the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia have arrested 63 people for laundering 12 billion yuan (US$1.7 billion) of cryptocurrency, in the latest case highlighting the opaque nature of China’s crypto market, which ranks No 4 worldwide despite an official ban on trading by the central government. Starting in May 2021, the crypto…
The Greek MEP Eva Kaili is one of the four people who have been placed under arrest by a Brussels federal prosecutor on Sunday in the Qatar corruption scandal. Kaili was charged with money laundering, corruption and participating in a criminal organization. In an announcement that does not mention specific names, the Brussels federal prosecutor’s…
A butterfly activitist drugged and strangled her former stepfather after finding nude pictures of herself on his computer, prosecutors alleged. Thomas Merriman’s body was found in January 2021, under a pile of trash at the Solana Beach, Calif., home he shared with stepdaughter Jade Janks. The murder trial of Janks, 39, an interior designer who…
A threatening letter, a derailed train, blocked roads, burned vehicles, workers locked up. That’s what some of the world’s biggest mining companies say they’re battling in South Africa: Extortion. Covid plunged Africa’s most-industrialized country — home to the biggest deposits of metals ranging from platinum to chrome and manganese — into the deepest economic contraction…
A 13.15 carat diamond that was pulled from an auction was reportedly stolen and lead authorities to a psychic who said the jewel needed to be “cleansed.” The pink diamond, which has an estimated value of between $25 million and $35 million, was set to be a part of Christie’s New York auction. It was…
HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court sentenced a pro-democracy media tycoon to five years and nine months in prison on Saturday over two fraud charges linked to lease violations, the latest of a series of cases against prominent activists that critics say are aimed at crushing dissent in the city. Jimmy Lai, who was…
A Las Vegas businessman is one of four men arrested as part of a federal investigation into a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme, the 8 News Now Investigators have learned. Martin “Marty” Mizrahi, 51, faces charges including conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, records showed. The FBI arrested him Friday. Prosecutors allege Mizrahi and three…