tag:Crime & Justice

AI behind image of police taking Trump into custody

The claim: Image shows police taking Trump into custody A May 30 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) appears to show former President Donald Trump being taken into custody by a group of police officers. “Guilty!” the caption reads. The…

Donald Trump found guilty on all charges, how the internet is reacting

A New York jury found former President Donald Trump guilty on all 34 counts of business fraud charges related to an alleged “hush money” payment to an adult film actress in the weeks before the 2016 presidential election in an…

Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after overturned conviction

Embattled Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been hospitalized after his 2020 rape conviction was overturned earlier this week. Weinstein is currently in custody at Bellevue Hospital in New York City on Saturday, Patrick Rocchio, a rep for The New York…

Embattled developer accused of trying to give away foreclosed Iowa land

Embattled Johnston developer Daniel Pettit is at the center of new allegations he tried to fraudulently give one of his investors a valuable West Des Moines development site that’s entangled in foreclosure and several court cases — as he sits…

Delaware lawsuit over prison internet protest settled

A Delaware inmate who said he was stripped of his prison job and relocated to a harsher environment after he threatened to organize a protest over excessive prisoner internet fees, has settled his lawsuit with the prison system. David Holloman,…

Nebraska man stole over $3.5M in cloud service to mine crypto: Feds

A Nebraska man operated a large-scale “cryptojacking” scheme that defrauded cloud computing service providers out of more than $3.5 million worth of services, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Monday. Charles O. Parks III, 45, also known as “CP3O,” has been…