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The Department of Justice has seized about $15 billion worth of bitcoin held in cryptocurrency wallets owned by a man who oversaw a massive “pig butchering” fraud operation based in Cambodia, prosecutors said Tuesday. The seizure is the largest forfeiture action by the DOJ in history. An indictment charging the alleged pig butcher, Chen Zhi,…
NY Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference on the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) at Manhattan Federal Courthouse on Feb. 14, 2025 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted Thursday by a grand jury in Virginia on at least one count…
Chimneys stand among the rubble after the passage of the Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades, California, on Jan. 8, 2025. Agustin Paullier | AFP | Getty Images Federal authorities announced Wednesday that they have arrested and charged a Florida man with maliciously starting the deadly Palisades Fire, one of the most destructive blazes in Los…
Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty on Wednesday morning to federal criminal charges that President Donald Trump had sought. Judge Michael Nachmanoff set Comey’s trial to begin on Jan. 5 in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia. Comey’s lawyer, Patrick Fitzgerald, and prosecutors said they expect that trial to last only two to…
The gunman who suspected he had CTE when he killed four people and himself in a Manhattan office building in July did in fact have the degenerative brain disease, a medical examiner said Friday. Shane Devon Tamura, 27, who played high school football, had “unambiguous diagnostic evidence” of low-stage CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the New York City medical examiner…
Howie Rubin Jonathon Ziegler | Patrick McMullan | Getty Images Famed former Salomon Brothers bond trader Howard Rubin and his former personal assistant were arrested Friday morning on charges of sex trafficking and transporting women across state lines for commercial sex acts over the course of a decade. Rubin, 70, participated in sex acts with…
Lawyers representing the family of a 32-year-old man who died after riding on a Universal Orlando Resort roller coaster said he likely died as a result of an injury incurred during the ride and that his disability played no role in his death. Kevin Rodriguez Zavala, who had a spinal disability and used a wheelchair,…
The El Capitan Theatre, where the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” show was filmed, in Hollywood, California, US, on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. Jill Connelly | Bloomberg | Getty Images A California district attorney on Monday said that there is “circumstantial evidence” indicating that a former lobbyist accused of shooting at ABC‘s affiliate station in Sacramento was…
On Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at North Javits in New York City, an incredible roster of all-star talent will tout their connections to storytelling, Disney, and each other while showcasing their latest projects for the upcoming year. Michael Le Brecht | Disney General Entertainment Content | Getty Images ABC on Wednesday night pulled the “Jimmy…
Scott Bessent, US treasury secretary, during a Bloomberg Television interview in New York, US, on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent once agreed to call two different houses his “principal residence” at the same time — a similar claim to the one that President Donald Trump…