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Court Prohibits Binance's CZ From Leaving US After Guilty Plea

This is not the only trouble Zhao could be facing in the days leading to his prison sentencing. A court filing by DOJ lawyers on Saturday revealed they might argue the Binance founder should be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.

International Business Times

Binance Has 'Turned The Page,' New CEO Says

Richard Teng said in his first comments after becoming CEO that Binance is stronger than ever.

International Business Times

Binance's Changpeng Zhao Could Be Detained In The US, Spend A Decade In Jail

Zhao and the crypto exchange he founded, Binance, pleaded guilty to the DOJ's charge of one count of violating the Bank Secrecy Act.

International Business Times

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Binance founder Changpeng Zhao urges judge to let him leave the U.S. before sentencing—after the DOJ scrambles to stop him

The crypto billionaire wants to await his sentencing while spending time with family in the UAE—which has no extradition treaty with the U.S.

Fortune

CZ Under Fire: X Restricts Ex-Binance CEO's Account; DOJ Scrambles To Prevent Him From Leaving US

Changpeng Zhao created a buzz on Tuesday when he announced that he was stepping down as the CEO of Binance, and now he is under fire.

International Business Times

Changpeng Zhao: another crypto king is dethroned by America’s courts

Weeks after the Bankman-Fried trial, the billionaire founder of the largest cryptocurrency exchange has been fined $50m and resigned

The Guardian - UK

‘Openly authoritarian campaign’: Trump’s threats of revenge fuel alarm

Trump’s talk of seeking to ‘weaponize’ the DoJ and ‘retribution’ for opponents poses a direct threat to the rule of law and democracy in the US should he win a second term, experts say

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World’s largest crypto exchange pays $4.3bn to settle federal cases as CEO resigns

Binance crypto exhange was facing scrutiny from federal regulators including the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Departments of Justice and Treasury

The Independent UK

Binance crypto exchange founder to step down amid US illicit finance probe

US authorities say CEO Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to breaking anti-money laundering laws.

Al Jazeera

CZ, founder of crypto giant Binance, pleads guilty to money laundering violations

Changpeng Zhao agreed to plead guilty to money laundering charges and step down from Binance as part of a sweeping settlement with the Department of Justice and top regulators.

WEKU

Derek Chauvin breaks silence in first prison interview over George Floyd’s murder

The interview was part of a documentary about the fallout of George Floyd’s death

The Independent UK

Video appears to show California highway patrolman repeatedly shooting man on freeway

The incident took place on the 105 Freeway in Watts on Sunday afternoon

The Independent UK

DEA's Domestic Surveillance 'Mission Creep'

It appears that DEA agents have been employed on non-drug-related investigations for far longer than they were originally authorized.

Reason

This Cop Was Acquitted for His Role in the Breonna Taylor Raid. The Feds Are Prosecuting Him—Again.

Maybe Brett Hankison shouldn't have been found not guilty, but he was. The Constitution says it should stop there.

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The Street

Applied Materials slides as DoJ probe report clouds Q4 earnings beat

Applied Materials says it has received a subpoena from the U.S. Attorney's Office 'requesting information related to certain shipments to China.'

The Independent UK

Former prison guard jailed for eight years for sexually abusing female inmates

Andrew Jones, 36, of Clovis, California, participated in a culture of ‘egregious sexual abuse’ that included multiple employees of the jail, including the warden and chaplain

Roll Call

Key study of Camp Lejeune cancers in limbo as cases go to court - Roll Call

The results of a cancer study on tainted water at the Marine Corps Camp Lejeune base aren’t public despite the study wrapping up months ago.

The Independent UK

Riot breaks out at scandal-hit South Carolina jail accused of violating inmates’ civil rights

It is the latest in a long string of violent incidents at the troubled Alvin S Glenn Detention Center in Columbia

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Salon

Experts: Cannon set up big trial delay

"The more you review it, the worse Cannon's order looks," says ex-U.S. Attorney Harry Litman

Salon

Smith busts Trump bid to hoodwink judge

Legal experts say Smith just exposed Trump team's "lies and gamesmanship" on cameras in courtroom

Reason

The FBI Needs Downsizing, Not $3.5 Billion for a New Headquarters

Lawmakers from Maryland and Virginia fought over which state should house the new site rather than whether the bureau even needs so many agents.

The Independent UK

Trump says he would weaponise DOJ and FBI against political enemies

In a warning to his political foes, Mr Trump told Univision that the Biden administration had let the ‘genie out of the box’

The Independent UK

Three people arrested over ‘high end’ brothel with elite clientele

The ‘commercial sex-buyers’ allegedly included elected officials, high tech and pharmaceutical executives, doctors, military officers and government contractors

Reason

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Gift cards, strong medicine, and cloud search warrants.

The Independent UK

Three years on from her death, will the officers who killed Breonna Taylor be held accountable?

No officer has been charged over shooting that killed the Louisville resident. That may change with long-awaited civil rights trial, writes Josh Marcus

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