Criminal

Jerald Low is a con artist. However, unlike usual con artists, he does not care whether you know his true identity. In reality, this is the purpose of his method of operation. “He is here in front of you, speaking, and breathing,” said Leong Wing Tuck, an assistant public prosecutor. “In many online frauds, it is impossible to determine who …

On Thursday, November 17, a leading Ukrainian human rights investigator published a video of what he claimed was a torture chamber used by Russian forces in the recently recaptured Kherson region, including a small room where up to 25 prisoners were held at once. Dmytro Lubinets, the parliament’s human rights commissioner, published the video on social media after Ukraine’s interior …

On Monday, November 14, a jury in New York ordered Oscar-winning screenwriter and director Paul Haggis to pay $2.5 million in civil punitive damages for the 2013 rape of a publicist in his apartment, for a total finding of $10 million in the case. The same jury found Haggis guilty of sexual assault in the civil case on Thursday and …

Alphabet’s Google will pay $391.5 million to settle 40 states’ claims that it illegally tracked the movements of users, the Michigan attorney general’s office announced on November 14. The investigation and settlement, which were spearheaded by Oregon and Nebraska, are indicative of the tech giant’s escalating legal woes from state attorneys general who have aggressively attacked the company’s user monitoring …

A 21-year-old guy assaulted a sleeping teenage girl on a bus after being exposed to violent pornography depicting a similar circumstance. Investigations found that after he was apprehended, he had also trespassed into a women’s restroom to record inappropriate films while he was an intern at a company. Monday, November 14th, Ang Zi You, now 23 years old, pled guilty …

The Vatican will launch an investigation into French Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, who acknowledged this week to decades-old sexual abuse of a 14-year-old child. Matteo Bruni, spokesperson for the Vatican, stated on Friday that a preliminary investigation would begin as soon as a person with the “required independence, impartiality, and experience” was identified. He stated that the Vatican was aware that …

A court spokeswoman announced on Friday that a South Korean woman facing murder charges in connection with the deaths of two children whose bodies were discovered in bags in New Zealand has agreed to be extradited (Nov 11). A court in Seoul accepted the extradition of the 42-year-old lady, who had earlier disputed the charges, after she consented in writing …

On Thursday, November 10, Chicago police discovered a noose at the building site of the Obama Presidential Center, an act that the governor of Illinois condemned as a symbol of racist hatred. The incident temporarily halted work, according to the Chicago Tribune, which cited the construction consortium creating the complex. “This matter is being investigated by the Chicago Police Department,” …

Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. were accused on Wednesday in an antitrust complaint of conspiring to increase iPhone and iPad pricing by banning practically all alternative resellers of new Apple products from Amazon’s website. The proposed class action in federal court in Seattle challenged a deal that went into effect in January 2019, under which Apple gave Amazon discounts of …

On October 14, a 23-year-old employee of Paris Baguette died during a graveyard shift at a food industry facility. The employee was pulled into a machine that combines sauce while operating the machine. Coworkers did not uncover her dead until the following morning. The bakery’s poor handling of the case sparked criticism, as administrators attempted to profit on the victim’s …