A California man who used the alias “NullBulge” has pleaded guilty to illegally accessing Disney’s internal Slack channels and stealing over 1.1 terabytes of internal company data. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, a 25-year-old named Ryan Kramer created a malicious program in early 2024 that was promoted as an AI image generation tool on … Read more
A university student accused of removing top secret information worth millions of pounds while on a work placement with GCHQ has pleaded guilty to causing a serious risk to national security. While on secondment to the agency, Hasaan Arshad, 25, took his work mobile phone into a top-secret area and connected the device to a … Read more
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has pleaded not guilty to a new indictment, accusing him of threatening to punish employees who did not assist in his alleged two-decade sex trafficking scheme. Combs, one of the most successful rappers and hip-hop producers in the US, was also accused of forcing employees to work long hours in what prosecutors … Read more
Iris Ramaya Au, a 35-year-old Irvine resident and former girlfriend of a self-proclaimed cryptocurrency fraudster known as “The Godfather,” has agreed to plead guilty to a federal tax charge for failing to report more than $2.6 million in illicit income tied to her ex-boyfriend’s criminal activities. Au faces a single felony count of subscribing to … Read more
A man has pleaded guilty to killing seven people when he opened fire on an Independence Day parade in Chicago in 2022. Robert E Crimo III, 24, had pleaded not guilty to the shooting – but changed his plea just moments before opening statements at his trial. Prosecutors originally charged Crimo with 21 counts of … Read more
Aux Cayes FinTech Co. Ltd, the operator of the cryptocurrency exchange OKX, has pleaded guilty to operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business in violation of US Anti-Money Laundering laws and has agreed to pay over $500 million worth of fines to resolve the matter. OKX’s Aux Cayes FinTech Co. Ltd settled the charges following an investigation … Read more
Today, an Alabama man pleaded guilty to hijacking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) account on X in a January 2024 SIM swapping attack. This comes after the defendant, 25-year-old Eric Council Jr., first pleaded not guilty to hacking the account and enabling his co-conspirators to make a fake announcement that Bitcoin ETFs were approved. “Today … Read more
Key Notes Eric Council, known for his fake Bitcoin ETF post on X has pleaded guilty. While his sentence is set for May, he will forfeit up to $50,000 in illicit gains. Despite the rocky start, the crypto ETF scene is thriving one year down the line. Eric Council Jr. has pleaded guilty to hacking … Read more
Seychelles-based crypto exchange – KuCoin – has pleaded guilty to conducting an unlicensed money-transmitting business. As per the agreement, KuCoin faces monetary penalties of more than $297 million, which includes a forfeiture of $184.5 million and a fine of $112.9 million. KuCoin will also be suspending its US market activities for two years. Founders Michael … Read more
London — A British teen pleaded guilty Monday to murdering three girls and attempting to kill 10 other people in what a prosecutor said was a “meticulously planned” stabbing rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England last summer. Axel Rudakubana, 18, entered the surprise plea as jury selection had been expected to begin at … Read more