Tracy Resident Charged With Computer Attack On Discovery Bay Water Treatment Facility
Rambler Gallo was indicted by a grand jury for intentionally causing damage to a protected computer at the Discovery Bay Water Treatment Facility. He allegedly uninstalled the main operational and monitoring system for the water treatment plant and turned off the servers running those systems,...
Bijay Pokharel,
July 11, 2023
2 min read
Twitter User Jack Sweeney Joins Meta’s Threads For Tracking Musk’s Jet
Jack Sweeney, who created a Twitter bot that tracks Elon Musk's Gulfstream private jet and posts real-time updates of its location from publicly available data, has moved to Meta's Twitter-rival Threads after being suspended from the microblogging platform last year.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 9, 2023
1 min read
U.S. Army Financial Counselor Charged with Defrauding Gold Star Families
A Monmouth County, New Jersey, financial counselor with the U.S. Army and major in the U.S. Army Reserves who allegedly defrauded two dozen Gold Star families has been indicted.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 8, 2023
7 min read
Foreign National Indicted for International Drug Trafficking
A Mexican national made his initial appearance in the District of Columbia today to face international cocaine and marijuana trafficking charges.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 8, 2023
2 min read
National Grid Agrees to Pay $5.38 Million For Natural Resource Damages
National Grid has agreed to pay $5.38 million to federal and state natural resource trustees to resolve claims for natural resource damages from releases of hazardous chemicals connected to the former Gloucester Gas Light Company located in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 8, 2023
4 min read
Texas Man Gets 90 Life Sentences for El Paso Walmart Shooting
A Monmouth County, New Jersey, financial counselor with the U.S. Army and major in the U.S. Army Reserves who allegedly defrauded two dozen Gold Star families has been indicted.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 8, 2023
7 min read
MrBeast Becomes First To Get 1 Million Followers On Threads
American YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson aka 'MrBeast' has become the first person to hit one million followers on Threads.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 7, 2023
1 min read
Thumbs-up Emoji Over Text Message Amounts To Contractual Agreement: Judge
A judge in Canada has said that a thumbs-up emoji can amount to a contractual agreement while ordering a farmer to pay over $82,000 for not delivering a product to a grain buyer after he responded with a thumbs-up image over text.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 7, 2023
2 min read
Court Orders Maryland Pharmacy to Pay $120,000 Penalty in Case Alleging Unlawful Opioid Distribution
A federal court enjoined a Cumberland, Maryland, pharmacy and its owner and pharmacist from dispensing controlled substances, including opioids, without taking specific steps to help ensure the drugs will not be abused or diverted, and ordered them to pay a $120,000 civil penalty.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 7, 2023
3 min read
Global Cooperation Cracks Down on Brazilian Drug Trafficking Network
This series of arrests follows the June 2022 seizure of 800 kilos of cocaine hidden in a container of frozen acai berries originating from Brazil, in the port of Sines, Portugal.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 5, 2023
2 min read
21 Arrested, 261 Victims Found In Europol-Led Labour Exploitation Crackdown
As a result of these checks, 57 suspects were identified and 21 were arrested for labour exploitation, with a total of 261 victims identified.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 5, 2023
1 min read
Pornhub Blocks Access To Mississippi and Virginia In Protest Of Age Verification Laws
Pornhub has blocked access to its website in Mississippi and Virginia in protest of new laws that would require the service to verify the ages of its users.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 4, 2023
1 min read
Europol Dismantles Migrant Smuggling Network Spanning Nine Countries
Europol has announced the dismantling of an organized criminal network that smuggled migrants from Syria to the European Union (EU).
Bijay Pokharel,
July 4, 2023
2 min read
Three Members Of Drug Trafficking Organization Plead Guilty To Importing And Distributing Narcotics
Two members of a Mexico-based drug trafficking organization (DTO) pleaded guilty today in the District of Columbia to importing and distributing narcotics.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 4, 2023
2 min read
Four Men Charged In A Superseding Indictment With Conspiring To Launder Funds From Various Fraud Schemes
A federal grand jury in Puerto Rico returned a superseding indictment charging four men with one count of conspiracy to launder funds from wire, mail, and access device fraud schemes. One defendant, Oluwasegun Baiyewu, was previously charged on Oct. 21, 2021.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 4, 2023
3 min read
Deputy U.S. Marshal Pleads Guilty to Obtaining Cell Phone Location Information Unlawfully
A deputy U.S. Marshal pleaded guilty today to misusing a law enforcement service to obtain cell phone location information for personal use.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 1, 2023
2 min read
Mexican National Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking a Minor
A Mexican national, who legally resided in Mission, Texas, pleaded guilty in the Southern District of Texas today to sex trafficking a minor.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 1, 2023
3 min read
Former Deputy U.S. Marshal Sentenced for Cyberstalking, Perjury, and Obstruction
A former deputy U.S. Marshal was sentenced today to 10 years and one month in prison for conspiracy to commit cyberstalking, cyberstalking, perjury, and obstruction of justice.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 1, 2023
1 min read
6.5 Tonnes Of Cocaine Found Hidden Between Bananas In Colombia And Spain
Europol has helped to dismantle a criminal network involved in the multi-tonne trafficking of cocaine from South America to the European Union.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 30, 2023
3 min read
Texas Man Sentenced to Over 13 Years for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS
A Houston man was sentenced today to 165 months, the equivalent of 13 years and nine months, in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist...
Bijay Pokharel,
June 30, 2023
2 min read
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