The U.S. Department of Justice charged a former product manager at Coinbase (COIN) with insider trading in an indictment unsealed on Thursday. The DoJ noted this is the first insider trading case the Department has brought related to activities in cryptocurrency markets. The former employee, Ishan Wahi, and two accomplices, Nikhil Wahi and Sameer Ramani, allegedly made illegal trades involving at least 25 different crypto assets, realizing gains totaling approximately $1.5 million, according… Source link
Read More »Hornets F Miles Bridges charged with felony domestic violence, child abuse
Miles Bridges. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images) Warning: The following article contains graphic allegations of domestic violence. Miles Bridges faces multiple felony counts of domestic violence and child abuse stemming from an alleged attack that took place in June in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office announced the charges against the Charlotte Hornets restricted free agent on Tuesday. Bridges faces one felony count of injuring a child’s parent and two felony… Source link
Read More »The guy who accidentally charged 69 cents for gas is trying to repay $20,000 to the station that fired him
The manager of a Shell gas stop in California was fired this week after he accidentally trimmed more than $6 from his station’s premium fuel prices for three hours. Prices for premium gas at a Shell stop in Rancho Cordova, Calif., last Thursday were as low as 69 cents a gallon, after manager John Szczecina mistakenly adjusted the price from its original rate of $6.99. The last time gas sold for that little was in 1978. Szczecina’s story quickly went viral, as word spread and drivers… Source link
Read More »Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul Pelosi arrested, charged with DUI in California
WASHINGTON – Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was arrested Saturday in Napa, California, for allegedly driving under the influence, according to county records. A booking report shows Paul Pelosi, 82, was arrested at 11:44 p.m. PT Saturday, booked at 4 a.m. Sunday and charged with misdemeanors for allegedly driving with a blood alcohol content of 0.08% or higher. Bail was set at $5,000. Nancy Pelosi was not in California at the time of her husband’s arrest. She was in… Source link
Read More »Smoke shop customer who fatally shot would-be robber charged with second-degree murder
The Solano Square shopping complex is open for business Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021. City officials say a person was fatally shot on the 1400 block of Missouri Avenue — the address of the complex — on Monday, Dec. 20. LAS CRUCES – Chuko Sandoval told detectives that he stuck around inside a smoke shop on a late December evening after making a purchase because another man was “acting weird” and making the clerks uncomfortable. When the other man — later identified as Anthony D. Malone —… Source link
Read More »Arizona State’s Stanley Lambert charged with DUI in fatal crash
Arizona State defensive lineman Stanley Lambert. (AP Photo/Matt York) Police in Scottsdale, Arizona have charged Arizona State football player Stanley Lambert with driving under the influence after a pedestrian was struck by a car and later died from her injuries, according to local reports. Police say that a car struck a 23-year-old woman as she crossed a road in Old Town Scottsdale around 1:38 a.m. on Saturday. The car’s driver was allegedly identified as Lambert. Scottsdale police arrested… Source link
Read More »‘Wolf of Wall Street’ inspiration Jordan Belfort reportedly charged $40,000 for a 2-day crypto workshop at his Miami estate — three years after he called Bitcoin a ‘mass delusion’
Jordan Belfort attends the premiere party for “The Wolf of Wall Street” at the Roseland Ballroom in New York.Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Jordan Belfort, the real-life “Wolf of Wall Street,” is now marketing himself as a crypto mastermind. Last week, he hosted a $40,000 cryptocurrency workshop at his Miami estate, NYT reported Friday. Three years ago, the former stockbroker and convicted felon said Bitcoin was a “mass delusion.” Jordan Belfort, the real-life inspiration behind “The Wolf of Wall… Source link
Read More »Ex-Georgia WR arrested, charged with gas station murder
A former Georgia wide receiver was arrested on Wednesday and charged with the 2021 murder of an Athens-area gas station attendant, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office announced, via the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Ahkil Crumpton was arrested and charged after police said he shot and killed 23-year-old Elijah James Wood at a RaceTrac gas station early on March 19, 2021. Crumpton, a Philadelphia native who has been under investigation since last month, allegedly was dressed in all black with… Source link
Read More »Washington S Deshazor Everett charged with manslaughter
Deshazor Everett faces an involuntary manslaughter charge. (Kyle Ross/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Washington Commanders safety Deshazor Everett has been charged with involuntary manslaughter for a December car crash in Virginia that killed his girlfriend Olivia Peters. The Loudon County Sheriff’s Office announced the charge in a statement on Tuesday, alleging that Everett was driving more than twice the posted speed limit before the single-car crash. “The driver involved in the December… Source link
Read More »Raiders CB Nate Hobbs charged with DUI in Las Vegas
Nate Hobbs was reportedly arrested hours after the Raiders beat the Colts. (Chris Unger/Getty Images) Las Vegas Raiders rookie cornerback Nate Hobbs was arrested in Las Vegas on a charge of driving under the influence early Monday. Las Vegas police confirmed the arrest following a TMZ report. Raiders head coach Rich Bisaccia told reporters during his weekly news conference on Monday that Hobbs “was involved in an incident” and that the team was still gathering information. The Raiders also… Source link
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