Apr 03 2024
Alba Luz Flórez Gélvez, also known as Mata Hari, is believed to have taken nearly US$50,000 from the Administrative Department of Security. She justified the withdrawals with fake invoices and other documents. The former detective was particularly interested in information about “parapolitics” cases, a term in Colombia referring to cases involving extreme right-wing illegal armed …
Feb 20 2024
Cypriot court rules to extradite mining entrepreneur Beny Steinmetz to Romania. He has been sentenced to five years in prison for conspiring to corruptly obtain former royal lands. His representatives say they will appeal the decision to the country’s Supreme Court. Judge Michalis Michael says there was a risk of his fleeing justice, as he …
Jan 30 2024
Ripple’s CEO and co-founder Brad Garlinghouse is fearless against the SEC, as he and his legal team are ready to take the case to the Supreme Court. “I think that definitely could happen. I mean, certainly. And we’ve said this publicly —we are in it till the end,” he said. He revealed that the company …