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Tornado Cash Developer Sentenced to 64 Months in Prison on Charges of Laundering $1.2 Billion: Report
Alexey Pertsev, the developer of controversial crypto mixer Tornado Cash, has reportedly been found guilty of laundering unlawful funds via the platform. Prosecutors have blamed the developer for not doing enough to restrict crypto criminals from exploiting the Tornado Cash platform.
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"Horror Show": Priest On US Prisoner's Nitrogen Gas Execution
Convicted murderer Kenneth Eugene Smith became the first man in the US to be executed with nitrogen gas, a controversial method that was condemned by human right activists as well as the United Nations and White House.
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Who Was Kenneth Eugene Smith, US Prisoner Executed With Nitrogen Gas
The southern US state of Alabama on Thursday put to death a convicted murderer using nitrogen gas. It's the first time the controversial method - criticised by human rights advocates - has been used in the country.
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Billionaire Quits Harvard Board Over Lukewarm Response To Anti-Israel Letter
Israeli billionaire Idan Ofer and his wife resigned from Harvard's Kennedy School board in protest of the university's "insensitive response" to a letter blaming Israel for the Hamas attack.
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Former Bihar MP Gets 3 Years In Jail For 2015 Remarks On Nitish Kumar
A special court in Bihar's Jehanabad district sentenced former MP Arun Kumar to three years in prison for his controversial remarks against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in June 2015.
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Belgian Man Held In Iran On "Espionage" Charges For 4 Months
Iran has been holding a Belgian man for the past four months under "espionage" charges, Belgium's justice minister said Tuesday, as his country weighed a controversial prisoner swap treaty with Tehran.
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Poland Arrests 2 Belarusians Over Spying Suspicions As Tensions Soar
Poland has arrested two citizens of Belarus on charges of spying for Minsk, which could carry a 10-year prison sentence if they are found guilty, a regional prosecutor's office said on Wednesday.
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Working To Address Post-Ethnic War Issues: Sri Lankan Foreign Minister To S Jaishankar
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister G L Peiris has told his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar that his country is working to address the post-ethnic war issues, including releasing LTTE prisoners and revisiting a controversial anti-terror law.
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South Korean Pastor Raped Followers, Said Was Carrying Out "God's Order"
The controversial leader of a South Korean megachurch, Jaerock Lee, was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Thursday for raping eight female followers, after telling them he was carrying out "an order from God."
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Five Illegal Sikh Migrants Released From Sheridan Federal Prison in US
Five illegal Sikh migrants are among eight others asylum seekers who have been released on bond from a prison in the US state of Oregon where they were locked up for three months after getting caught in the Trump administration's controversial "zero-tolerance" policy, immigration lawyers have said.
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Salman Khan Blackbuck Case Highlights: Salman Khan To Spend Another Night In Jail, Bail Hearing Put Off Till Tomorrow
Salman Khan, one of India's biggest superstars, mellower perhaps at 52 than he was in 1998, when he killed two endangered blackbucks in a forest near Jodhpur, spent the night at Jodhpur Central Jail yesterday. Salman Khan, who has long walked the good and bad binary with his larger than life 'bhai' image clashing with his controversial personal lif...
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In New Row On Jayalalithaa's Hospital Stay, Court Asks For Her Fingerprints
A controversy over J Jayalalithaa's state in hospital before her death resurfaced today as the Madras High Court said it wants to confirm that her thumb prints on election documents taken last year are above board. It has asked for prints of the former Chief Minister from the Bengaluru prison, where she was jailed in 2014 for three weeks
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Indian Doctor Pleads Guilty To Groping Minor On Flight In US
A 29-year-old Indian doctor has pleaded guilty to groping a minor girl who was sitting next to him on a New Jersey-bound United Airlines flight, according to officials.
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32 Convicts Allegedly Tortured At Bengaluru Jail In Sasikala Controversy
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to two top Karnataka prison officials taking cognisance of a complaint about alleged torture and transfer of 32 convicts serving terms in the Central Prison.
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Guantanamo Bay Prison 'Healthy' For National Security, Says White House
The Trump administration has indicated that it is unlikely to close the controversial Guantanamo Bay prison for dangerous terror suspects, saying it is serving a "healthy purpose" towards the national security. "I think he (President Donald Trump) has made very clear though, that he believes that Guantanamo Bay does serve a very, very healthy purpo...
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Tornado Cash Developer Sentenced to 64 Months in Prison on Charges of Laundering $1.2 Billion: Report
Alexey Pertsev, the developer of controversial crypto mixer Tornado Cash, has reportedly been found guilty of laundering unlawful funds via the platform. Prosecutors have blamed the developer for not doing enough to restrict crypto criminals from exploiting the Tornado Cash platform.
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"Horror Show": Priest On US Prisoner's Nitrogen Gas Execution
Convicted murderer Kenneth Eugene Smith became the first man in the US to be executed with nitrogen gas, a controversial method that was condemned by human right activists as well as the United Nations and White House.
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Who Was Kenneth Eugene Smith, US Prisoner Executed With Nitrogen Gas
The southern US state of Alabama on Thursday put to death a convicted murderer using nitrogen gas. It's the first time the controversial method - criticised by human rights advocates - has been used in the country.
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Billionaire Quits Harvard Board Over Lukewarm Response To Anti-Israel Letter
Israeli billionaire Idan Ofer and his wife resigned from Harvard's Kennedy School board in protest of the university's "insensitive response" to a letter blaming Israel for the Hamas attack.
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Former Bihar MP Gets 3 Years In Jail For 2015 Remarks On Nitish Kumar
A special court in Bihar's Jehanabad district sentenced former MP Arun Kumar to three years in prison for his controversial remarks against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in June 2015.
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Belgian Man Held In Iran On "Espionage" Charges For 4 Months
Iran has been holding a Belgian man for the past four months under "espionage" charges, Belgium's justice minister said Tuesday, as his country weighed a controversial prisoner swap treaty with Tehran.
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Poland Arrests 2 Belarusians Over Spying Suspicions As Tensions Soar
Poland has arrested two citizens of Belarus on charges of spying for Minsk, which could carry a 10-year prison sentence if they are found guilty, a regional prosecutor's office said on Wednesday.
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Working To Address Post-Ethnic War Issues: Sri Lankan Foreign Minister To S Jaishankar
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister G L Peiris has told his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar that his country is working to address the post-ethnic war issues, including releasing LTTE prisoners and revisiting a controversial anti-terror law.
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South Korean Pastor Raped Followers, Said Was Carrying Out "God's Order"
The controversial leader of a South Korean megachurch, Jaerock Lee, was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Thursday for raping eight female followers, after telling them he was carrying out "an order from God."
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Five Illegal Sikh Migrants Released From Sheridan Federal Prison in US
Five illegal Sikh migrants are among eight others asylum seekers who have been released on bond from a prison in the US state of Oregon where they were locked up for three months after getting caught in the Trump administration's controversial "zero-tolerance" policy, immigration lawyers have said.
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Salman Khan Blackbuck Case Highlights: Salman Khan To Spend Another Night In Jail, Bail Hearing Put Off Till Tomorrow
Salman Khan, one of India's biggest superstars, mellower perhaps at 52 than he was in 1998, when he killed two endangered blackbucks in a forest near Jodhpur, spent the night at Jodhpur Central Jail yesterday. Salman Khan, who has long walked the good and bad binary with his larger than life 'bhai' image clashing with his controversial personal lif...
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In New Row On Jayalalithaa's Hospital Stay, Court Asks For Her Fingerprints
A controversy over J Jayalalithaa's state in hospital before her death resurfaced today as the Madras High Court said it wants to confirm that her thumb prints on election documents taken last year are above board. It has asked for prints of the former Chief Minister from the Bengaluru prison, where she was jailed in 2014 for three weeks
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Indian Doctor Pleads Guilty To Groping Minor On Flight In US
A 29-year-old Indian doctor has pleaded guilty to groping a minor girl who was sitting next to him on a New Jersey-bound United Airlines flight, according to officials.
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32 Convicts Allegedly Tortured At Bengaluru Jail In Sasikala Controversy
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to two top Karnataka prison officials taking cognisance of a complaint about alleged torture and transfer of 32 convicts serving terms in the Central Prison.
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Guantanamo Bay Prison 'Healthy' For National Security, Says White House
The Trump administration has indicated that it is unlikely to close the controversial Guantanamo Bay prison for dangerous terror suspects, saying it is serving a "healthy purpose" towards the national security. "I think he (President Donald Trump) has made very clear though, that he believes that Guantanamo Bay does serve a very, very healthy purpo...
