CONNEAUT — The U.S. Marshals Service has seized property on Park Avenue in Conneaut after the property owner, Marc Mahoney, was convicted of various federal charges. Mahoney pleaded guilty to three counts of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, one count of conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, one count of
A Kent Police Officer’s proactive patrol led to the recovery of two stolen vehicles and tens of thousands of dollars in stolen property. Police said that Officer Burns was on patrol a couple weeks ago in the 24400 block of Russel Road when he noticed a suspicious truck sporting a badly altered trip permit. Knowing
The US legal giant has recruited financial regulation partner Sebastian Barling from the Magic Circle law firm, according to people familiar with the situation. Barling spent nearly 13 years at Linklaters and was promoted to partner in 2018. He previously spent four years at Reed Smith. Linklaters has been hit by a string of partner exits
U.S. Treasury Deputy Secretary Adewale O. Adeyemo has urged Congress to take action to provide the government with “necessary tools” to combat illicit finance tied to cryptocurrencies. Adeyemo said that terrorist groups have been trying to take advantage of cryptocurrencies over the past few years, according to his written testimony for the Senate Banking, Housing
WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. (KDKA) – Two teenagers have been arrested after trespassing on Century III Mall property during its demolition. In a post to Facebook, the West Mifflin Police Department said the individuals were arrested on Saturday for “entering the closed Century III Mall property while demolition crews were actively working on tearing down structures.”
NEW YORK (AP) — Crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison for a massive fraud on hundreds of thousands of customers that unraveled with the collapse of FTX, once one of the world’s most popular platforms for exchanging digital currency. Though he described Bankman-Fried as “extremely smart,” U.S. District Judge
US News By Richard Pollina Published March 28, 2024, 2:05 a.m. ET A 102-year-old wheelchair-bound Oakland man was ordered to paint over his vandalized fence with his 70-year-old son or face a hefty fine worth thousands. Victor Silva painted over the black and red graffiti on the back fence of his home he had lived
Another company in the mortgage industry is reeling from a cybersecurity incident. Nevada-based Nations Direct Mortgage, a wholesale lender that sells to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae, recently disclosed a data breach to the Office of the Main Attorney General, HousingWire reported. While the incident was only shared to the authority last week,
US News By Richard Pollina Published March 21, 2024, 6:50 a.m. ET A co-founder of a failed cryptocurrency hedge fund who lost $3.5 billion in investor cash grinned as he showed no remorse for losing the funds — as he remains on the run in an unknown location. Kyle Davies, the co-founder of the bankrupted
In his years as a US federal agent, Tigran Gambaryan helped to lead landmark investigations that took down cryptocurrency thieves and money launderers, dark-web drug dealers, and even crypto-funded child exploitation networks. Now, in his post-government role at the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, he has become the target himself of a very different sort of federal