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Crypto scam: Man scammed out of six-figure sum gets money back

February 7, 2024 World Justice News 0

A County Down man who was scammed out of his entire pension pot and life savings has had almost all of his money returned by his bank. Trading Standards helped him secure the victory and […]

Billionaire Joe Lewis pleads guilty to insider trading

January 25, 2024 World Justice News 0

UK billionaire Joe Lewis, whose family trust owns Tottenham Hotspur football club, has pleaded guilty to insider trading in a US court. Lewis, 86, was accused of passing on information about his companies to his […]

Domain & IP Seizures in UK’s Criminal Justice Bill Could Apply to Pirate Sites

January 15, 2024 World Justice News 0

Measures in the UK’s Criminal Justice Bill currently range from criminalizing the homeless in the event their “rough sleeping” is deemed a nuisance, to outlawing 3D printer firearms templates. Also likely to be approved are […]

Nikola: Electric truck start-up founder Trevor Milton sentenced to prison after fraud conviction

December 19, 2023 World Justice News 0

The founder of an electric truck start-up that was popular in the US has been sentenced to four years in prison. Trevor Milton, who led Nikola Corporation, was convicted of fraud last year after a […]

Former Vatican official Angelo Becciu jailed for five-and-a-half years over corruption scandal

December 17, 2023 World Justice News 0

The pope’s former deputy secretary of state and nine others have been found guilty in the Vatican’s biggest financial corruption scandal. Cardinal Angelo Becciu was convicted of embezzlement on Saturday and sentenced to five-and-a-half years […]

British man accused of swindling nearly $100m in wine fraud

December 17, 2023 World Justice News 0

A British man accused of allegedly defrauding investors of nearly $100m (£79m) through a Ponzi-like scheme involving non-existent luxury wines has pleaded not guilty in a US court. Stephen Burton, 58, was extradited to New […]

UAE extradites British trader Sanjay Shah to Denmark

December 6, 2023 World Justice News 0

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has extradited British trader Sanjay Shah to Denmark over tax fraud charges worth £1.46bn, his lawyers say. Mr Shah, who lives in Dubai, is accused of participating in fraudulent share […]

Donald Trump gave evidence at his civil trial in New York after branding it ‘very unfair’

November 6, 2023 World Justice News 0

Donald Trump was warned to avoid “political” speeches and “just answer the questions” while giving evidence in his civil fraud trial, with the judge threatening to remove him from the courtroom in a series of […]

‘Crypto King’ Sam Bankman-Fried guilty of FTX fraud

November 3, 2023 World Justice News 0

Sam Bankman-Fried, who once ran one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, has been found guilty of fraud and money laundering at the end of a month-long trial in New York. The jury delivered its […]

FTX: ‘Crypto King’ tells judge he acted on legal advice

October 30, 2023 World Justice News 0

Former crypto boss Sam Bankman-Fried has been testifying to a judge at his trial after the jury was sent home. The former entrepreneur was asked to speak to Judge Lewis Kaplan to determine which parts […]

Human Rights

Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]

Human Rights

Rape trial puts Norway’s royal family in unwelcome glare of public

February 1, 2026 0

When Marius Borg Høiby stands up in room 250 at Oslo district court on Tuesday, at the start of Norway’s biggest trial in years, he will have no moral support from his closest relatives. His […]

Human Rights

France moves to abolish concept of marital duty to have sex

February 1, 2026 0

France is to enshrine in law the end of so-called “conjugal rights” – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex. A bill approved on Wednesday in the National Assembly adds a clause […]