A US federal judge has imposed professional sanctions on lawyers who represented President Donald Trump in a legal case against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), ruling that the lawsuit was pursued in bad faith and for an improper purpose. Read More: Judge orders Trump to pay $5 million in Carroll case In the ruling, the judge […]
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Adani agrees to penalty in US court case
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani has agreed to pay a multi-million-dollar civil penalty in a United States (US) court case linked to corruption allegations, according to a company filing released on Friday. The settlement is connected to a November 2024 indictment filed in New York, which accused Adani and several associates of misleading international investors as […]
Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged suicide note unsealed after five years
A handwritten note believed to have been written by late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been made public after remaining sealed in a US courthouse for nearly five years. Read More: As European heads roll from Epstein links, US fallout muted The document was reportedly discovered by Epstein’s former cellmate, Nicholas Tartaglione, inside a […]
Judge backs $35m settlement in Epstein estate case
A U.S. judge on Tuesday granted preliminary approval to a settlement under which Jeffrey Epstein estate could pay up to $35 million to resolve a class action lawsuit accusing two of his longtime advisers of aiding and abetting his sex trafficking of young women and teenage girls. Read More: Court adjourns hearing into Park Lane, […]
Two sentenced to decades in US child sexual exploitation case
DALLAS — Two men have been sentenced to 70 and 80 years in prison for their roles in a child sexual exploitation case, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the US Department of Justice announced. Read More: Child sexual abuse through ICT Wisam Sharieff, 44, of Euless, Texas, who posed as an imam and worked […]
US appeals court overturns release of Mahmoud Khalil
A US appeals court on Thursday overturned a ruling that led to the release of prominent pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, raising the possibility of his rearrest, according to court documents. Khalil, a legal permanent resident married to a US citizen, was detained by immigration authorities for three months beginning in March over alleged threats to […]
Maduro pleads not guilty in US court
Deposed Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro pleaded not guilty to charges of narco-terrorism in a New York court on Monday, two days after being snatched by US forces in a stunning raid on his home in Caracas. Maduro, 63, told a federal judge in Manhattan that he had been “kidnapped” from Venezuela and said “I’m innocent, […]
Cambridge Analytica files for voluntary bankruptcy in US: court filing
British political consulting group Cambridge Analytica filed for voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York, court documents showed. The firm, whose attorney filed late Wednesday, announced early May that it would close and file for bankruptcy in Britain and the United States after failing to recover from the Facebook data scandal. […]