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Binance founder Changpeng Zhao sentenced to four months in prison
A federal judge has sentenced Binance founder Changpeng Zhao to four months in prison. Prosecutors had recommended three years. Zhao pleaded guilty in November to violating the Bank Secrecy Act.
Apple refutes every claim made in DOJ's antitrust lawsuit
Apple refuted the DOJ's claims in its lawsuit via statements shared with Apple Insider.
Justice Department files antitrust lawsuit against Apple over its infamous 'walled garden'
The US Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Apple in federal court, accusing it of violating antitrust laws by making its hardware and software products largely inaccessible to competitors.
GM's Cruise division is being investigated by the DoJ and SEC following a pedestrian accident
GM's driverless Cruise division is under investigation by both the Department of Justice (DoJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The DOJ is reportedly prepared to file a broad antitrust lawsuit against Apple
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) could reportedly file “a sweeping antitrust case” against Apple as soon as the first half of this year, according to The New York Times. The report says the agency is in “the late stages” of its investigation, focusing on the company’s control over hardware and software services.
The DOJ says it disrupted the Blackcat ransomware group
The US Department of Justice says it has disrupted the Blackcat ransomware group. Also called ALPHV or Noberus, the group has targeted over 1,000 computer networks and extorted millions of dollars from victims.
Google pays Apple 36 percent of search advertising revenues from Safari
It’s not clear how much ad revenue Google generates from Safari, but it’s safe to assume that 36 percent of that number would likely be tens of billions of dollars.
Apple reaches $25M settlement with the DOJ for discriminating against US residents during hiring
This is the largest amount that the DOJ has collected under the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Google paid $26 billion in 2021 for default search engine status
A Google executive testified on Friday that the company paid $26.3 billion to other companies to acquire traffic, including default search engine status. A significant portion of that likely went to Apple.
The DOJ Tesla probe has expanded to include EV driving ranges
Tesla says the DOJ has asked for information related to EV vehicle ranges and "personal benefits" afforded to senior management, company directors or major shareholders.
DOJ sues eBay for selling environmentally hazardous products
The US Department of Justice has sued eBay for selling or distributing ‘hundreds of thousands’ of products violating EPA regulations.
US Justice Department sues SpaceX for alleged discriminatory hiring practices
The US Department of Justice just sued SpaceX, alleging that the company engaged in discriminatory hiring practices against refugees and asylum seekers. The suit says that these practices occurred between 2018 and 2022 and that SpaceX “wrongly claimed” that export control laws limited it to hiring US citizens and lawful permanent residents.
DOJ charges Tornado Cash co-founders for laundering over $1 billion in crypto
A North Korean cybercrime organization allegedly funneled $455 million through the crypto mixer.
DOJ charges Russian nationals with laundering bitcoin in 2011 Mt. Gox hack
The US Department of Justice announced today that it charged two Russian nationals for crimes related to the 2011 hacking of Mt. Gox, the now-defunct crypto exchange that was one of the world’s largest at the time. Alexey Bilyuchenko and Aleksandr Verner are accused in the Southern District of New York (SDNY) of laundering about 647,000 bitcoins connected to the heist. In addition, Bilyuchenko faces separate charges in the Northern District of California (NDCA) related to running the infamous Russian crypto exchange BTC-e.
Crypto giant Binance is reportedly facing US probe for violating Russian sanctions
According to Bloomberg, the agency is looking into whether the cryptocurrency exchange allowed Russian customers to move money as a way to go around US sanctions on the country's financial institutions.
Activision Blizzard settles DOJ lawsuit over eSports wage suppression
The US Department of Justice has reportedly settled a lawsuit it filed Monday with Activision Blizzard over suppressed eSports wages. The case, filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, focuses on a rule that required independently owned teams to effectively pay double if they passed a soft salary cap.
Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty to latest fraud, bribery charges
FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (aka SBF) pleaded not guilty to five additional criminal charges this morning. Prosecutors accuse the disgraced crypto exec of fraud and bribery for conspiring to send at least $40 million to Chinese government officials so they would unfreeze more than $1 billion in cryptocurrency, which he allegedly used to fund loss-generating trades.
Federal prosecutors ask court to bar Sam Bankman-Fried from using Signal
Sam Bankman-Fried allegedly used Signal earlier this month to contact the general counsel of FTX.
Two men allegedly hacked JFK's taxi dispatch system with Russian help
The two men from Queens have been arrested for hacking into JFK's taxi dispatch system with the help of Russian nationals.
Here's everything Sam Bankman-Fried is accused of by the US government
Since his arrest at the start of the week, the DOJ, SEC and CTFC have filed criminal and civil charges against FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. Here's everything you need to know about the indictments.