Russian national Alexander Vinnik, one of the operators of crypto exchange BTC-e from 2011 to 2017, pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/05/03
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/02/29/discord-leak-jack-teixeira-guilty/
Jack Teixeira will plead guilty in massive leak of documents on Discord
Over 40 years. Must be some kind of record...
Former US ambassador accused of spying for Cuba says he’ll plead guilty to charges | The Hill
https://thehill.com/regulation/national-security/4499068-former-u…
Jack Teixeira, the racist gun nut Russophile bro who leaked classified documents he stole through his service in the Massachusetts Air National Guard, has reportedly reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors. A plea is expected to be entered on Monday.
https://www.
Judge orders Biden informant Alexander Smirnov to remain in jail (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/02/26/fbi-informant-biden-smirnov-not-guilty/
http://www.memeorandum.com/240226/p83#a240226p83
"[H]e seethed with contempt about the government. He accused the United States of a host of nefarious activities: making biological and chemical weapons in Ukrainian labs, creating the Islamic State, even orchestrating mass shootings."
Jack Teixeira Expected to Plead Guilty in Leak of Trove of Secrets - The New York Times
Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass asked whether a woman’s story about an affair with a married candidate would do well.
“That would have been kind of like National Enquirer gold?”
Pecker said yes.
But, Steinglass continued: “At the time you had entered into that agreement [with McDougal], you had zero intention of publishing that story?”
Steinglass pressed: “Despite the fact that publishing it would help your bottom line, you killed it to help the candidate, Donald Trump?”
A US jury finds two Chinese nationals guilty of a "sophisticated scheme" to defraud Apple by sending 5,000 counterfeit iPhones for repair, losing Apple $3M (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2024/02/20/iphone-repair-scam-arrests/
Ukrainian national pleads guilty for roles in Zeus, IcedID malware operations
https://cyberscoop.com/ukrainian-national-pleads-guilty-for-roles-in-zeus-icedid-malware-operations/