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Trump Lawyer’s Likely Disbarment Complicates Georgia Defense

The thoroughness of a California judge’s ruling and the state high court’s slim record of rejecting disbarment recommendations make it highly unlikely that Donald Trump attorney John Eastman will win his fight to keep his California law license, legal ethics attorneys and scholars say.

Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for FTX Fraud

FTX co-founder <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018e-866b-d457-ad9e-dffb66ba0000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison for stealing billions of dollars from customers, marking the final chapter in a case that has upended the crypto industry.

Trafigura Pleads Guilty to a Decade of Oil Bribery in Brazil

<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/1188058D%20SP%20Equity","_id":"0000018e-8686-d457-ad9e-dfd7d1b70000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Trafigura Group pleaded guilty to a decade of bribery in Brazil, in the latest in a string of cases that have exposed a widespread culture of corruption inside the world’s biggest commodity traders.

US ‘Kleptocapture’ Group Seeks Russia Sanction Evaders Worldwide

Latvian authorities have arrested and plan to extradite to the US a local man over his work for a Kansas-based company in the alleged smuggling of avionics equipment through third countries destined for Russia, in violation of US export controls, the Justice Department said Wednesday.

Bankman-Fried Sentencing a Harbinger of Crypto Trials to Come

FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison. The decision sets the tone for others accused of crimes involving digital assets, including former Celsius Network Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Alex Mashinsky, Terraform Labs Pte co-founder Do Kwon and Binance Holdings Ltd. founder Changpeng Zhao.

Billions Zapped Away With Tax Cheating Software

Some restaurants and bars are skimming $30 billion dollars in sales tax annually through software called a tax zapper. We explain what zappers are, how they work, and how to put an end to them.