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Man pleads guilty to running secret Chinese gov police station in NYC: US Attorney

A New York City resident has pleaded guilty to running a closed Chinese government police station in Manhattan's Chinatown neighborhood. Breon Peace, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, announced Wednesday that Chen Jinping has pleaded guilty to conspiracy as an agent of the Chinese government. “My office's priority is to counter […]

FBI informant pleads guilty to lying about $10M Biden bribery payments to Joe, Hunter

An FBI informant was found guilty Thursday of lying about a $10 million bribe a Ukrainian businessman paid to then-Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter to “protect” his company from an impending corruption investigation. acknowledged. Alexander Smirnov, 43, entered into a plea deal with special counsel David Weiss, confessing to creating “false and […]

Informant accused of feeding FBI bogus Biden information pleads guilty to 4 counts

Alexander Smirnov reached a plea deal with the Office of Special Counsel David Weiss, agreeing to plead guilty to several charges. The plea agreement states that Smirnov agrees to “count two of the indictment, United States v. Alexander Smirnov, which charges the defendant with causing the creation of false and fictitious records in a federal […]

Rep. Nancy Mace’s alleged attacker pleads not guilty to incident on Capitol grounds

A man accused of physically assaulting Rep. Nancy Mace (RS.C.) on the Capitol grounds in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday night has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge. James McIntyre, 33, of Illinois, was charged Tuesday with assault on a government official after accusing Mace. Two witnesses told Capitol Police that a man, about […]

Poker pro Cory Zeidman pleads guilty in $25M betting scheme

A professional poker player from Long Island provided false information to sports bettors as part of a $25 million scheme. Cory Zeidman, 63, a native of Syosset, New York, who now lives in Boca Raton, Florida, was found guilty Wednesday of “conspiring to commit wire and mail fraud” in a bogus gambling advice ring that […]

Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky pleads guilty to 2 fraud counts

alex mashinskyThe founder and former CEO of crypto lending company Celsius Network pleaded guilty on Tuesday to two counts of fraud. Mashinsky, 59, was indicted on July 13, 2023, on seven counts of fraud, conspiracy, and market manipulation. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have alleged that Celsius deceived customers into investing and artificially inflated the value […]