A hacker has been sentenced to five years in a US prison for laundering the proceeds of one of the biggest ever cryptocurrency thefts. Ilya Lichtenstein pleaded guilty last year to hacking into the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange in 2016 and stealing almost 20,000 bitcoin. He laundered the stolen cryptocurrency with the help of his wife […]
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Former military defense contractor Leonard “Fat Leonard” Francis was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for masterminding a decade-long bribery scheme that swept up dozens of U.S. Navy officers, federal prosecutors said. U.S. District Judge Janis L. Sammartino also ordered Francis to pay $20 million in restitution to the Navy […]
Jon Schaffer, the heavy metal guitarist and founding “lifetime member” of the Oath Keepers who was among the first to breach the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been sentenced to three years of probation and 120 hours of community service. He will also have to pay $1,000 in restitution and a $200 financial assessment. […]
Sophia Rosing, 23, was sentenced to one year in prison for a verbal and phyical attack that went viral on TikTok Fayette County Detention Center Sophia Rosing The former University of Kentucky student who was seen on viral video unleashing a tirade of racial slurs against a Black student who was working at a dormitory […]
The stiff penalty was the potentially final step in the stunning downfall of the former official, Genaro García Luna, who has gone from the heights of power to imprisonment.
A teacher who left scratches on the back of a student during sex and used other pupils as lookouts will now head to prison. Hailey Clifton-Carmack was initially sentenced by a Missouri judge to four years in prison after pleading guilty to sexual contact with a student, according to KJLU. However, she will be placed […]
