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U.S. prosecutors want Changpeng Zhao, the founder and former chief executive of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, to serve three years in prison after he pleaded guilty to violating laws against money laundering.    Prosecutors made the request on Tuesday, April 23, in a court filing in Seattle federal …

Neal Katyal said that prosecutors in Manhattan aren’t looking to fine Trump as much as they want Judge Merchan to warn him that more gag order violations could mean jail. Neal Katyal explained what prosecutors are looking for out of Trump’s gag order violation hearing, ” I think what possible …

A former employee of Trevor Phillips has filed a lawsuit against Kanye West over alleged bizarre plans for kids attending his Donda academy.   Phillips who disclosed that he was brought on to the Yeezy org in late 2022, also claimed that Kanye openly espoused antisemitic rhetoric at the school. …

A fake pastor who had at least 10 wives has been thrown in jail after marrying two women.    Orlando Coleman visited black churches across the US under the guise of a travelling bishop, collecting spouses as he went.    The 51-year-old would introduce himself to new congregations as a …

An eight-year-old boy traveled 3,500 miles from Mali to Italy in search of a school after a jihadist group attacked his hometown.     According to Mail Online, Oumar decided he had to leave his tiny village near Tambaga in the west of Mali after the attack on his hometown four months …

Beitbridge Magistrates’ court in Zimbabwe has handed a 20 year jail sentence to man found guilty of his neighbour’s 5-year-old daughter.    The incident occurred on December 23rd, 2023, when the minor’s mother left her child with her neighbours for an out-of-town job. On the same night, the accused came …

An Ohio woman who left her 16-month-old daughter alone for more than a week while she vacationed, leading to the girl’s death, was sentenced to life in prison without parole Monday morning, March 18.   Kristel Candelario, 32, left her daughter, Jailyn, alone and unattended at her home in Cleveland …

A woman who assaulted her sister-in-law on Boxing Day will not go to jail. Emma Varrall reportedly acted ‘like a wild animal’ when she beat up her brother’s wife. The 49-year-old punched and kicked Debbie Hook, in an unprovoked attack after drinking alcoholic drinks Prosecco and Bailey’s, leaving her with …

The Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a 79-year-old carpenter, Olagbade Jeremiah, to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl.   In a judgment delivered on Monday, March 4, Justice Abiola Soladoye held that the prosecution was able to prove the offence …

Allen Weisselberg, Donald Trump’s former Chief Financial Officer, has pleaded guilty to five counts of perjury in connection to testimony he gave during the former president’s civil fraud trial last fall. The 76-year-old surrendered to the Manhattan district attorney’s office early Monday, March 4 following weeks of negotiations with prosecutors. …