Tag: Crime
Chinese hackers target Tibetan websites in malware attack, cybersecurity group says
BANGKOK -- A hacking group that is believed to be Chinese state-sponsored has compromised two websites with ties to the Tibetan community in...
European fake art network involving Banksys, Warhols, Modiglianis uncovered in Italy
ROME -- Italian authorities say a network of European art forgers who painted fake Warhols, Banksys and Picassos and then tried to sell...
Spanish phone giant Telefónica to pay $85M to resolve US probe of Venezuelan bribery scheme
WASHINGTON -- Spain's largest telecommunications operator will pay more than $85 million to resolve a U.S. Justice Department investigation into a scheme to...
Caroline Ellison begins 2-year sentence for role in Bankman-Fried's FTX fraud
DANBURY, Conn. -- Caroline Ellison, a former top executive in Sam Bankman-Fried ’s fallen FTX cryptocurrency empire, began her two-year prison sentence Thursday...
Italy opens procedure against China's Sinochem for possible breach of Pirelli governance
Italy has opened up an administrative procedure against China’s Sinochem, the largest shareholder in Italian tiremaker Pirelli, over possible violations of restrictions placed...
Man who used legal loophole to live rent-free for years in NYC hotel found unfit to stand trial
NEW YORK -- A man charged with fraud for claiming to own a storied Manhattan hotel where he had been living rent-free for...