Kraken’s chief security officer wants his 400-member team to stay away from social media as he believes their presence on platforms like Twitter and LinkedIn can create security risks for the crypto exchange. Nick Percoco has allowed only a handful of people from his team to publicly confirm their roles and has instructed the rest to work
A pair of activist investors have pulled their request for shareholder votes on climate-related proposals after ExxonMobil sued to keep them off the ballot at the company’s upcoming meeting. But while Arjuna Capital and the environmental group Follow This say they will not refile the proposals, Exxon still wants a U.S. court in Texas to
BALTIMORE – Marilyn Mosby’s defense has introduced evidence of her and her ex-husband Nick Mosby in happier times—including their wedding photo—and of the couple in less happy times—like their divorce agreement. Newly released defense exhibits in the Marilyn Mosby mortgage fraud trial include pictures of how the mail was kept at their home, a heavily
EBENSBURG, Pa. – When law enforcement officers arrive at the scene of a crime, physical evidence is not all that’s important, Cambria County District Attorney Gregory Neugebauer said on Thursday. To successfully prosecute a case, investigators often have to provide crucial context – not just testimony about an assault or a back-alley drug deal, but
On March 26, 2021, a company called Archegos Capital Management defaulted on margin calls from several investment banks. The collapse of the firm, which was founded and run by the investor and trader Bill Hwang, rattled some of the biggest names on Wall Street, including Credit Suisse, which collapsed last year after a series of
A New York man was fined more than $1 million and another has been imprisoned for orchestrating an elaborate fraud they used to acquire $50 million in mortgage loans and build an extensive residential real estate portfolio across Hartford. Federal prosecutors said the “sheer volume of false documents and material misrepresentations’’ concocted to deceive lenders
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A man arrested in Broward County just before Christmas is accused in federal court of being one of the masterminds behind a cryptocurrency “Ponzi scheme,” according to an indictment unsealed late Tuesday. Horst Jicha, 64, was charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, using manipulative or deceptive devices, attempt and
They have put the middle stripe on the Mattoon-Tuscola road, and it is an interesting job to watch. The men on the job are not inviting a gallery, but there are always a few spectators who are watching the work with keen enjoyment. The broad black center stripe in the middle of the road is
Published 1 minute earlier on The Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Bulgaria ended criminal proceedings against the crypto lender Nexo and has found no evidence of money laundering, tax crimes, computer fraud or other criminal activity. The main reasoning behind the decision was that crypto assets are not considered financial instruments in the country
An Edmonton man says he was close to retirement when he invested in a cryptocurrency-based scam. He’s now out hundreds of thousands of dollars. The man looked for help and found an Edmonton-based non-profit group after more than two years of searching. It all started when Cody Lauzon said he couldn’t pass up a post