“I failed here,” Zhao said before US District Judge Richard A. Jones issued the sentence. “I deeply regret my failure, and I am sorry.” Ex-Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao arrives at federal court in Seattle, Washington, on Tuesday. Photo: Bloomberg The three-year prison term prosecutors sought was more than twice the guideline range for the crime. … Read more
The Supreme Court on Monday verbally asked Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal why he has not moved an application seeking bail. A bench, comprising justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta, asked this during the hearing of Kejriwal’s plea seeking release and challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in the Delhi excise case.Speaking for the … Read more
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court Abuja, on Wednesday, 24 April 2024 granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) an interim order to freeze one thousand one hundred and for six (1,146) bank accounts belonging to individuals and companies being investigated for alleged offences bordering unauthorised dealing in forex exchange, money laundering … Read more
A Mumbai court on Sunday remanded actor Sahil Khan, who has been arrested in connection with the Mahadev betting app case, in police custody till May 1. Khan was apprehended from Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh on Saturday after the Bombay High Court rejected his pre-arrest bail plea. Khan was brought to Mumbai, placed under arrest and … Read more
In January, the court heard eight charges against him, including his alleged refusal to sign various statements that he made to the authorities when required to do so by a Commercial Affairs Department officer on three occasions. This was said to have happened in an interview room at the Changi Prison Complex Medical Centre. Su … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Calcutta High Court issued a decision on Monday in the West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam case. In its decision, the state’s highest court invalidated the appointment of nearly 24,000 teachers, and non-teaching staff. The court specifically cancelled all appointments for teaching and non-teaching staff made through the 2016 state-level … Read more
Businessman Raj Kundra and his actress wife Shilpa Shetty found themselves at the centre of the controversy once again, this time for their alleged involvement in a Rs 6600 crore Bitcoin Ponzi scam. On Thursday afternoon, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a statement announced that they have attached a bungalow and a flat, apart from … Read more
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has made four fresh arrests in connection with the alleged illegal land grab-linked money laundering case against former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren and others, official sources said on Wednesday. Those taken into custody under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) have been identified as Antu Tirkey, … Read more
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Monday extended the judicial custody of chief minister Arvind Kejriwal until April 23 in connection with excise policy case.Special Judge Kaveri Baweja, overseeing cases involving the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED), prolonged Kejriwal’s custody after his appearance via video-conferencing as the earlier custody period had … Read more
New Delhi: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K T Rama Rao on Sunday met his sister K Kavitha, who is in the CBI custody in a case linked to the alleged Delhi excise scam, at the agency office. Kavitha, 46, was arrested on April 11 by the CBI in Tihar jail, where she was … Read more
