A judge on Friday sentenced an Alabama man to 14 months in prison for his role in the January 2024 hack of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account, which was used to send out a tweet that briefly spiked the price of bitcoin by more than $1,000, the Justice Department said. The man, Eric … Read more
Malone Lam, a defendant in a $230 million bitcoin heist, in a booking photo from the Broward County Sheriff’s Office in Florida. Broward County Sheriff’s Office Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., charged 13 men in what court records describe as a wide-ranging conspiracy to identify victims with substantial holdings of cryptocurrency, steal those assets, and … Read more
Peter Coker Sr. outside U.S. District Court in Newark, New Jersey, March 15, 2023. Dan Mangan | CNBC CAMDEN, N.J. — One of the defendants in the infamous $100 million New Jersey deli case was brutally attacked while in a Thai prison awaiting extradition in early 2023, his attorney said at his sentencing for securities … Read more
Two men sit under a sign of Credit Suisse displayed on a building in Lugano, on June 9, 2023. Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Images Credit Suisse Services AG pleaded guilty Monday and will pay about $511 million to settle a criminal case for having conspired with wealthy American taxpayers to hide more than … Read more
Kristi Noem, Homeland Security Secretary, during a meeting with US President Donald Trump and Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s president, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, April 14, 2025. Al Drago | The Washington Post | Getty Images A man accused of stealing the purse of Homeland Security … Read more
George Santos, who was expelled from the U.S. House of Representatives, arrives for the sentencing in his criminal corruption charges at Central Islip Federal Courthouse in Central Islip, New York, U.S., April 25, 2025. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Former Rep. George Santos, whose web of lies about his life led to the New York Republican’s … Read more