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| Accused tipper to SAC hedge fund arrested in insider-trading probe Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 12:24 PM PDT  By Emily Flitter and Dan Levine (Reuters) - A securities analyst accused of leaking secret information in 2009 about a potential partnership between Yahoo and Microsoft to an SAC Capital Advisors hedge fund manager and other traders was arrested and charged in California, prosecutors said on Tuesday. Sandeep Aggarwal, who worked as an analyst covering technology stocks before moving to India to start his own internet company, was arrested on Monday by FBI agents in San Jose while visiting the United States. ... Full Story | Top |
| Bradley Manning acquitted of aiding the enemy Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 12:09 PM PDT  U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning was acquitted of aiding the enemy — the most serious charge he faced — but was convicted of espionage, theft and other charges Tuesday, more than three years after he spilled ... Full Story | Top |
| SEC lawyer to NY jury: Ignore trader's 'fantasy' Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 11:22 AM PDT A government lawyer said a former Goldman Sachs vice president tried to draw jurors into a "fantasy world" to fend off accusations that he violated securities laws, but a defense attorney countered ... Full Story | Top |
| Bradley Manning not guilty of aiding the enemy Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 11:15 AM PDT Army Pfc. Bradley Manning has been acquitted of aiding the enemy by sharing classified documents with the web site WikiLeaks, but he was found guilty of lesser espionage charges. Full Story | Top |
| Private Manning acquitted of aiding enemy in WikiLeaks case Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 11:04 AM PDT  By Medina Roshan FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - A military judge on Tuesday found U.S. soldier Bradley Manning not guilty of aiding the enemy - the most serious charge among many he faced for handing over documents to WikiLeaks. But Col. Denise Lind, in her verdict, found Army Private First Class Manning, 25, guilty of 19 of the other 20 criminal counts in the biggest breach of classified information in the nation's history. The U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Alleged tipster arrested in NY hedge fund case Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 10:50 AM PDT A California financial analyst provided inside information about a blockbuster deal between Microsoft and Yahoo to a portfolio manager at a hedge fund that's become the target of a sweeping white-collar ... Full Story | Top |
| Bradley Manning Found Not Guilty of Aiding the Enemy Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 10:09 AM PDT  Bradley Manning, the U.S. Army private accused of delivering classified document to WikiLeaks, has been found not guilty of the most serious charge of "aiding the enemy." However, he has been found guilty of several violations of the espionage act. Full Story | Top |
| Rapper Kat Dahlia arrested on DUI charges Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 09:39 AM PDT  MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Rapper Kat Dahlia has been arrested on charges of DUI and resisting arrest without violence. Full Story | Top |
| Russian Crime Novel Uses Fake Swedish Blurbs Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 07:27 AM PDT  Since Amazon eclipsed the bookstore, fake online book reviews have become ubiquitous. Eksmo, a publishing company in Moscow, however, has taken it a step further — it included fake quotes from fake newspapers on the cover of a "Swedish" crime novel released this summer. Full Story | Top |
| Judge rejects request to sequester Bulger jurors Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 06:12 AM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge has rejected a bid by reputed Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger (BUHL'-jur) to sequester jurors while they deliberate racketeering charges against him, including his alleged participation in 19 killings. Full Story | Top |
| Saudi website editor sentenced to seven years in prison, lashes Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 04:41 AM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - The editor of a Saudi Arabian social website has been sentenced to seven years in prison and 600 lashes for founding an Internet forum that violates Islamic values and propagates liberal thought, Saudi media reported on Tuesday. Raif Badawi, who started the "Free Saudi Liberals" website to discuss the role of religion in Saudi Arabia, has been held since June 2012 on charges of cyber crime and disobeying his father - a crime in the conservative kingdom and top U.S. ally. Al-Watan newspaper said the judge had also ordered the closure of the website. ... Full Story | Top |
| Police: Woman arrested in DC cathedral vandalism Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 02:28 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Police said they are investigating whether a woman arrested in the splattering of green paint inside two chapels at the Washington National Cathedral has any connection to two similar incidents on the National Mall. Full Story | Top |
| Kenyan sentenced to death for murder, kidnap of Britons Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 12:44 AM PDT  MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - A Kenyan judge has sentenced a man to death for the murder of British tourist David Tebbutt and handed him a separate jail term for abducting the victim's wife from a remote beach resort near the Somali border. The murder and kidnap in 2011 shook Kenya's tourism industry. The wife, Judith Tebbutt, was taken away by boat and held by Somali pirates for six months. Soon afterwards, Kenya's military launched an offensive against al Shabaab militants then controlling much of Somalia. ... Full Story | Top |
| Woman arrested for defacing Washington's National Cathedral Monday, Jul 29, 2013 07:28 PM PDT By Tom Ramstack WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A woman was arrested for allegedly dumping green paint on portions of the National Cathedral on Monday, while police continued to investigate similar acts of vandalism at other monuments in Washington, D.C. The Episcopal Church cathedral was locked down after the paint was found on the entrance and in two chapels. The unidentified woman was arrested after a police sweep of the premises, the Washington Metropolitan Police Department said. "An adult female has been arrested for defacing property," police spokeswoman Gwendolyn Crump told Reuters. ... Full Story | Top |
| Britain losing battle against internet crime, MPs say Monday, Jul 29, 2013 07:21 PM PDT  By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is losing the battle against cyber crime and needs a new crack crime unit to fight the growing problem in cooperation with its global partners, particularly the European Union, a panel of MPs said in a report on Tuesday. The Home Affairs Committee, which scrutinises the government's domestic policy, said the "state-of-the-art espionage response team" would encourage companies, banks and institutions to report hacking attempts to uncover the full extent of online crime and halt its rise. ... Full Story | Top |
| Crime novelist Leighton Gage dies from cancer Monday, Jul 29, 2013 06:28 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — A crime novelist whose books were inspired by Brazilian law enforcement has died. Leighton Gage was 71. Full Story | Top |
| Britain losing battle against internet crime, lawmakers say Monday, Jul 29, 2013 04:03 PM PDT By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is losing the battle against cyber crime and needs a new crack crime unit to fight the growing problem in cooperation with its global partners, particularly the European Union, a panel of lawmakers said in a report on Tuesday. The Home Affairs Committee, which scrutinizes the government's domestic policy, said the "state-of-the-art espionage response team" would encourage companies, banks and institutions to report hacking attempts to uncover the full extent of online crime and halt its rise. ... Full Story | Top |
| DC Green Paint Vandalism Suspect Arrested Monday, Jul 29, 2013 03:55 PM PDT WASHINGTON — A woman was arrested today and charged with defacing property for allegedly throwing green paint on the organ at the National Cathedral, and investigators are looking into whether she is the same person who splashed similar paint on the Lincoln Memorial and a... Full Story | Top |
| Labor Commissioner's Wage Theft Investigation of Public Works Contractor Leads to Two-Year Prison Term Monday, Jul 29, 2013 03:01 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO, July 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the result of a criminal referral by California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su's office in January 2012, the owner of a Southern California construction company last Friday pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $350,000 in employee wages from two public works contracts and filing false tax returns to hide his theft. Reza Mohammedi, 58, of Tustin was sentenced to two years in state prison by Orange County Superior Court Judge R. Fitzgerald on July 26. He is the owner of Irvine-based Southland Construction. ... Full Story | Top |
| Wing-eating champ El Wingador faces NJ prison term Monday, Jul 29, 2013 01:08 PM PDT WOODBURY, N.J. (AP) — A five-time Buffalo wing-eating champion known as El Wingador has pleaded guilty to a cocaine distribution charge in New Jersey. Full Story | Top |
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