A former Goldman Sachs banker was sentenced Thursday to two years in federal prison for his role in a $4.5 billion scheme to ransack a Malaysian state investment fund. Tim Leissner, at his sentencing in Brooklyn federal court, apologized to the people of Malaysia, who he called the “real victims” of the scheme. “The funds…
On Memorial Day 2025, posts on X trended demanding the release of Tina Peters, a 70-year-old Gold Star mother and former Mesa County, Colorado, Clerk and Recorder, sentenced to nine years in prison. Convicted in 2024 for her role in a 2021 election security breach involving voting machine tampering, Peters has become a polarising figure….
Representational Image (AI-generated) YAMUNANAGAR: In a landmark verdict, a Yamunanagar court has sentenced a man to death for the abduction, rape, and murder of a 6-year-old girl, following what is believed to be the first such conviction under India’s new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) law. The sentencing brings closure to a horrific case which shook…
<p style="text-align: justify;">ठाणे के मुंब्रा में साल 2019 में सामने आए नकली करेंसी केस में एक मुख्य आरोपी को नेशनल इंवेस्टिगेशन एजेंसी (NIA) की स्पेशल कोर्ट ने 10 हजार रुपये जुर्माना और 5 साल की सजा सुनाई है.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">केंद्रीय जांच एजेंसी के मुताबिक इस केस में आरोपी ईशाक खान को दोषी माना गया…
The head of Russia’s only independent election watchdog was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison after being convicted of working with an “undesirable” organization, according to Russian news agencies and his attorney. Grigory Melkonyants, a co-founder of the Russian election monitoring group Golos, was jailed in 2023 after President Vladimir V. Putin ordered…
A Cuban woman who had come to the United States illegally was sentenced Friday to 7 1/2 years in prison for her part in a human smuggling operation that led to the deaths of 16 people. Yaquelin Dominguez-Nieves, 26, who had been living in Sebring, Florida, was sentenced in Miami federal court, according to court…
An Algerian French writer whose arrest in Algeria on accusations of undermining national unity and security inflamed tensions with France was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday. The writer, Boualem Sansal, who was born in Algeria and became a French citizen last year, was arrested in November because of statements he made to…
A 19-year-old British man who shot and killed his mother and two younger siblings and who wanted to carry out a high-profile school shooting was told Wednesday he will not be eligible for parole for at least 49 years. At the sentencing hearing at Luton Crown Court, Justice Bobbie Cheema-Grubb said she had considered handing…
Bank Fraud Case: केंद्रीय अन्वेषण ब्यूरो (सीबीआई) कोर्ट ने बैंक धोखाधड़ी मामले में के. शिवा रामा कृष्णा और एन. मोहन रेड्डी को दोषी करार देते हुए तीन साल की कठोर कैद (Rigorous Imprisonment) और कुल 30,000 रुपये जुर्माने की सजा सुनाई है. ये फैसला हैदराबाद की XXI एडिशनल चीफ मेट्रोपॉलिटन मजिस्ट्रेट ने सुनाया. क्या है…
A Denver judge on Friday sentenced a former ride-share driver to 290 years to life after prosecutors said he abducted a dozen women over four years by falsely posing as the driver they requested. The man, John Pastor-Mendoza, was convicted in late October on 30 charges related to the kidnapping, attempted sexual assault and sexual…