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Self-professed 'Wolf of Airbnb' sentenced to over 4 years in prison for defrauding landlords
Read full article: Self-professed 'Wolf of Airbnb' sentenced to over 4 years in prison for defrauding landlordsA Florida man who boasted that he was the “Wolf of Airbnb” has been sentenced to over four years in prison after defrauding New York City landlords and a federal pandemic-relief government program.
Australian online watchdog drops court case against X over stabbing video
Read full article: Australian online watchdog drops court case against X over stabbing videoAustralia’s online safety watchdog has dropped her Federal Court case aimed at forcing X Corp. to take down a video of a Sydney bishop being stabbed.
SA man sentenced to 25 years for possessing, distributing 2.3 terabytes of child pornography
Read full article: SA man sentenced to 25 years for possessing, distributing 2.3 terabytes of child pornographyA San Antonio man was sentenced to 25 years in prison for possessing and distributing child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of Texas.
Malaysia's top court invalidates state's Islam-based laws on incest, sodomy and other offenses
Read full article: Malaysia's top court invalidates state's Islam-based laws on incest, sodomy and other offensesMalaysia’s top court has struck down Shariah-based criminal laws in an opposition-run state, saying they encroached on federal authority.
Australia's highest court finds Qantas illegally fired 1,700 ground staff
Read full article: Australia's highest court finds Qantas illegally fired 1,700 ground staffQantas Airways has lost its challenge to a court ruling that the Australian flag carrier had illegally fired 1,700 baggage handlers, cleaners and other ground staff at the height of pandemic travel disruptions.
New Hampshire is sued over removal of marker dedicated to Communist Party leader
Read full article: New Hampshire is sued over removal of marker dedicated to Communist Party leaderSupporters of a former historical marker dedicated to a feminist and labor activist from New Hampshire who also led the Communist Party have sued the state.
Von Ormy man sentenced to 18+ years in federal prison for kidnapping, transporting undocumented person
Read full article: Von Ormy man sentenced to 18+ years in federal prison for kidnapping, transporting undocumented personA Von Ormy man was sentenced to more than 18 years in federal prison after being convicted on charges of kidnapping and transporting undocumented people.
Feds move to freeze assets of woman who embellished husband’s wartime injuries in fraud scheme
Read full article: Feds move to freeze assets of woman who embellished husband’s wartime injuries in fraud schemeDepartment of Justice officials have moved to freeze the assets of a Dripping Springs woman who embellished her Army husband’s wartime injuries as part of a lengthy fraud scheme, federal court records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.
Woman who embellished husband’s wartime injuries sentenced to nearly four years in prison
Read full article: Woman who embellished husband’s wartime injuries sentenced to nearly four years in prisonA Dripping Springs woman who embellished her Army veteran husband’s wartime injuries to carry out a lengthy fraud scheme was sentenced to nearly four years in prison by a federal judge in San Antonio Thursday.
Malaysia ex-PM Najib goes to jail after losing graft appeal
Read full article: Malaysia ex-PM Najib goes to jail after losing graft appealMalaysian ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak has begun a 12-year prison sentence after losing his final appeal in a graft case linked to the looting of the 1MDB state fund, with the top court unanimously upholding his conviction and sentence.
Ex-Schertz police corporal sentenced to 15 years in federal prison in child pornography case
Read full article: Ex-Schertz police corporal sentenced to 15 years in federal prison in child pornography caseA former Schertz Police Department corporal charged with secretly recording a teenager was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison Thursday, a U.S. Department of Justice official confirmed.
Australia's highest court upholds foreign interference law
Read full article: Australia's highest court upholds foreign interference lawAustralia’s highest court has rejected a challenge to foreign interference laws in a case that involved a U.S. conservative political organization and free speech arguments.
Australian court upholds ban on most international travel
Read full article: Australian court upholds ban on most international travelAn Australian court has rejected a challenge to the federal government’s draconian power to prevent most citizens from leaving the country so they don’t bring COVID-19 home.
Australian telco fined $39M for exploiting Indigenous folk
Read full article: Australian telco fined $39M for exploiting Indigenous folkAustralia’s largest telecommunications company Telstra has been fined 50 million Australian dollars ($39 million) for unconscionable conduct in selling remote Indigenous customers mobile phone contracts that they did not understand and could not afford.
Social distancing, technology play key roles in first in-person federal jury trial since pandemic began
Read full article: Social distancing, technology play key roles in first in-person federal jury trial since pandemic beganThe first federal jury trial held in Bexar County since they were halted in March 2020 due to the pandemic ended on Friday, and technology played a key role in the proceedings.
Lawsuit: Sheriff Salazar had mobile home park manager arrested for criticizing him on TV
Read full article: Lawsuit: Sheriff Salazar had mobile home park manager arrested for criticizing him on TVA lawsuit filed in federal court this week accuses Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar of having the former manager of an east Bexar County mobile home park arrested after the man criticized Salazar on television.
Prosecutors dismiss invasive recording charge against ex-Schertz police corporal as focus shifts to federal case
Read full article: Prosecutors dismiss invasive recording charge against ex-Schertz police corporal as focus shifts to federal caseRicardo Aleman, 42, no longer faces a state charge of invasive visual recording, according to Bexar County court records. Aleman was removed as a corporal from the Schertz Police Department in January 2020, the same day he was arrested on the invasive recording charge. Ex-Schertz police corporal accused of secretly recording teen faces federal child pornography chargesA relative of the victim found pictures and videos from the cameras stored on an external hard drive in Aleman’s Schertz Police patrol vehicle, the warrant states. AdAleman was indicted late last year on two child pornography charges: sexual exploitation of children (production of child pornography) and possession of child pornography, federal court records show. If no plea agreement is accepted in the federal case, Aleman is tentatively scheduled to go to trial April 5.
Federal lawsuit: Multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme targeted retired SAPD officers, other first responders
Read full article: Federal lawsuit: Multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme targeted retired SAPD officers, other first respondersSAN ANTONIO – A Kendall County man swindled millions of dollars from retired San Antonio police officers and other first responders as part of a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme, according to a lawsuit filed this week by investigators from the Securities and Exchange Commission. The lawsuit, which was first reported by the San Antonio Express-News, accuses 47-year-old Victor Lee Farias of carrying out the fraudulent investment scheme from 2013 through January of last year. Farias told investors their money would be spent on aircraft engines and other parts which would then be leased or resold to the major airlines, according to the lawsuit. Investors, many of whom were retired first responders, were promised a return on their investments of between 10-12 percent per year, the suit states. The suit claims Farias is 46, but a background check revealed that he is actually 47.