law crime
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The FBI Will Neither Confirm Nor Deny the Existence of These Documents I Just Printed
Lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union are fighting to uncover more about the FBI’s role in helping local police acquire powerful mobile phone surveillance devices known widely as “stingrays.” The true scope of their use against Americans has, by design, remained a closely guarded secret for more than a decade. This is thanks to…
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DC Attorney General Sues Proud Boys, Oath Keepers Over the Capitol Riot
DC Attorney General Karl Racine has filed a federal civil lawsuit targeting two far-right groups involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, the street brawling “Western chauvinist” Proud Boys and wannabe vigilante group the Oath Keepers, accusing them of conspiring to prevent the peaceful transfer of power from Donald Trump’s administration to Joe Biden’s.
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Bowser Agrees To Pay Nintendo $14 Million in Hacking Lawsuit
Gary “GaryOPA” Bowser pleaded guilty to federal piracy charges in October. Now he’s agreed to pay Nintendo a massive $US10 (A$14) million settlement for his reported role in designing and selling devices to circumvent Switch security measures as part of Team Xecuter.
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Two Men Allegedly Stole $29 Million in Music Royalties From YouTube
Two men have been accused of a $US20 (A$29) million, years-long music royalties heist from a certain company identified as “Y.T.” Federal prosecutors do not explicitly name “YouTube.” We can glean from court documents, however, that “Y.T.” is a website that hosts uploads and uses the exact same monetisation and content ID mechanisms as YouTube.…