All news on the topic: Prison sentence
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Global crypto pyramid GSPartners: Josip Heit deprived more than 800,000 investors of over $1 billion
Over the past three years, one of the most controversial global crypto projects – GSPartners (also known as GSB Gold Standard) – has been experiencing a rapid decline. Meanwhile, a snowballing scandal around its creator, Josip Heit, threatens to result in a lengthy prison sentence for him.
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Binance founder CZ receives presidential pardon as Trump ends ‘war on cryptocurrency’
Changpeng Zhao, founder of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance, has been pardoned by US President Donald Trump.
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Trump commutes George Santos’ 7-year prison sentence, promises him a “great life”
After commuting the seven-year prison sentence of disgraced former U.S. Representative George Santos for fraud and identity theft, President Donald Trump wished him a “great life.”
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French court upholds conviction in Gisele Pelicot rape case, increases sentence to 10 years
A French court on Thursday rejected the appeal of a former construction worker found guilty last year of the aggravated rape of Gisele Pelicot, and increased his prison sentence by a year to 10 years, France Info reported.
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Ex-CEO of Jumbo appeals bribery conviction
Frits van Eerd stepped down as Jumbo’s CEO, although he still co-owns the supermarket chain with family members. The company is not involved in the case.
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Talking parrot helps police expose drug gang
A talking parrot has helped British police uncover a drug-dealing gang.
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Carlo Ancelotti handed one-year prison sentence over tax fraud in Spain
Former Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti has been given a one-year prison sentence in Spain for failing to pay tax on his image rights revenues in 2014.
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$475,000 in bribes for protection: Belarusian police covered up drug trade for years
Suspects identified police officers during interrogations in a major opium trafficking case, but none were charged, as revealed by an investigation by Buro.
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Instagram “Cheshire Kardashian” Jack Watkinson admits to fraud exceeding £190,000
Jack Watkin, 26, who once starred in a Channel 4 documentary called Rich Kids of Instagram, has pleaded guilty to fraud.
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Father of Jakob Ingebrigtsen convicted of assaulting daughter, but cleared of charges from Olympic son’s allegations
Gjert Ingebrigtsen handed suspended prison sentence and fined for hitting daughter with a wet towel - but ex-coach acquitted of charges against superstar son
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Chinese mine manager in PNG shoots compatriot — previously convicted of violence in Ghana
A Chinese mine manager, who was convicted last week in a shooting case in Papua New Guinea (PNG), relocated to the Pacific country shortly after completing a prison sentence in China for a series of violent crimes in Ghana, according to legal records.
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Train manager imprisoned for sexually assaulting teenager during fake ticket check
A train manager has been jailed for sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman after ‘checking her ticket’.
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MP Mike Amesbury, who punched a constituent in the street, walks free from jail after appeal
Jailed MP Mike Amesbury has had his prison sentence suspended after an appeal.
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Labour MP Mike Amesbury received a 10-week prison sentence, which was suspended, after punching a man in a brawl at 3am
Suspended Labour MP Mike Amesbury was brought to Chester Crown Court in handcuffs as he appealed his 10-week prison sentence following his imprisonment on Monday.
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It’s Jekyll and Hyde, says the son of the French surgeon accused of abusing 299 patients
Relatives of Joël Le Scouarnec, accused of sexually assaulting young patients, describe his split personality in court.
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Machete gang discharged a firearm while pursuing a boy through the streets
A 17-year-old boy was chased through the streets of Leeds by a rival gang armed with guns, machetes and bleach.
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Kyrgyz Supreme Court maintains prison sentences for journalists amid press freedom crackdown
Kyrgyzstan’s Supreme Court upheld prison sentences for two journalists accused of inciting mass unrest. This move was condemned by international rights groups as a blatant attack on press freedom.
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US authorities dismantle smuggling ring, indict 14 suspects
A federal indictment charges 14 individuals with operating a large-scale scheme to smuggle migrants into the U.S.
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Members of a Christian sect who watched an 8-year-old die receive lengthy prison sentences
The parents of an 8-year-old girl who died after they withheld her insulin, encouraged by members of a small Christian sect who believed God would save her, have been sentenced to at least 14 years in prison.
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Leonardo Cositorto convicted of Generation Zoe fraud
Generation Zoe Ponzi founder Leonardo Cositorto has been found guilty of fraud and criminal association.
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Lime Street Pub pair ’behaved like animals’ during an attack on a ’mature’ couple
There were tears in the dock as the judge’s sentence caused their separation.
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Mass murderer Jeremy Bamber hopes new photos will lead to his release from jail
Jeremy Bamber was convicted in 1986 of murdering his adoptive parents, Nevill and June, his adoptive sister Sheila Cafell, and her twin boys Daniel and Nicholas, aged just six.
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Burglar cut hole in museum floor and 'used a litter picker' to steal artefacts
Graham Gallon has been jailed for his burglary of Royal Lancers & Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum in Newark-on-Trent but the museum curator says the sentence was "too soft"
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Charity worker jailed for child abuse pics after being cleared of flashing kids
Samantha Norris was accused of “exposing her penis” deliberately to the two 11-year-old girls through the window of her flat in Ringwood, Hampshire but was cleared by a jury
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Abusive boyfriend sliced off ear and scrawled threat in blood to girlfriend
Samuel Hemingway from Halifax, West Yorkshire, sliced off part of his ear and daubed the threat on his ex-girlfriend's wall before leaving the severed body part on her dressing table
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