The jury that convicted Sam Bankman-Fried of stealing billions of dollars from customers of his FTX cryptocurrency exchange only saw “half the picture” because the judge did not allow in critical evidence, his lawyer argued in their appeal on Friday. In a 102-page brief filed with the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals, Bankman-Fried’s lawyer wrote that … Read more
After a two-year study of abuse in sports, a parliamentary committee is calling for sweeping changes to better protect athletes from sexual and physical abuse — including mandatory criminal record checks for all officials, coaches and volunteers and a new database to search past complaints, arrests and convictions. The standing committee on Canadian heritage is also calling on … Read more
The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, has said the interagency collaborations in investigation and prosecution have resulted in the conviction of 160 suspects for criminal offences, 87 convictions in terrorism cases, and three convictions for extreme terrorism cases. Mr Fagbemi stated this on Friday in Abuja during a … Read more
Ivan Boesky, the financier who was a central figure of the 1980s insider trading scandals, has died at the age of 87, the New York Times reported Monday. Boesky, who partly inspired the Gordon Gekko character in the 1987 movie “Wall Street,” was at his peak considered a genius at risk arbitrage, the business of … Read more
The Trudeau government still won’t say if it’s considering imposing sanctions on violent Israeli settlers in the wake of travel bans announced by both the U.S. and the United Kingdom in recent days. The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said last week that he will recommend EU sanctions as well. Canada, like its American, British … Read more
