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Two Britons, One Moroccan Sentenced to Death by Court of Russian Proxy in Ukraine

June 10, 2022
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LONDON—Two Britons and a Moroccan who were captured while fighting for Ukraine were sentenced to death on Thursday by a court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), one of Russia’s proxies in eastern Ukraine, Russian news agencies reported. The court found the three men—Britons Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner and Moroccan Brahim Saadoun—guilty of…

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Crypto Firm BlockFi to Pay Record Penalty to Settle US SEC, State Charges

February 15, 2022
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WASHINGTON—A subsidiary of crypto company BlockFi Inc. has agreed to pay $100 million to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and 32 states to settle charges in connection with a retail crypto lending product the New Jersey company offered to nearly 600,000 investors, regulators said on Monday. The charges come as U.S. regulators, worried…

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Russia Fines Google Over Content, Bigger Penalty Looms

December 7, 2021
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MOSCOW—Russia fined Alphabet’s Google 9 million roubles ($121,000), a Moscow court said on Tuesday, in the latest in a string of penalties against the technology giant for failing to delete content the government deems illegal. Moscow has increased pressure on foreign tech companies this year in a campaign that critics characterize as an attempt by…

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Man Charged in Children’s Deaths Face Potential Death Penalty

August 6, 2021
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BOISE, Idaho—Prosecutors in Idaho say they will seek the death penalty against a man in the killing of his wife’s two youngest children and the husband’s previous wife in a convoluted case involving doomsday religious beliefs and another suspicious death in Arizona. The prosecutors made the announcement in court filings on Thursday, saying that all…

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LA District Attorney Gascón Removes Death Penalty for Couple Charged With Murdering 10-Year-Old Boy

May 8, 2021
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The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday that District Attorney George Gascón, a Democrat, decided not to seek the death penalty in the case of a couple allegedly murdering and torturing a 10-year-old boy. The LA County DA’s office had previously announced it would seek the death penalty after Heather Maxine Barron and…

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NatWest’s Ulster Bank Fined Record 38 Million Euros for Mortgage Overcharging

March 25, 2021
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DUBLIN—Ireland’s central bank on Thursday fined NatWest’s Irish business, Ulster Bank, a record 37.8 million euros for overcharging mortgage customers, some of whom lost their homes after being denied their right to a cheaper “tracker” mortgage. The penalty was almost twice the largest fine previously laid down by the regulator on any institution, a 21…

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US Judge Knocks Nearly $6 Million Off Fine for Exxon Baytown, Texas, Pollution

March 4, 2021
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HOUSTON—A federal judge in Houston knocked $5.7 million off the fine Exxon Mobil faces for pollution from its largest U.S. crude oil refinery, according to court documents. U.S. District Judge David Hittner issued the ruling on Tuesday afternoon, imposing a $14.25 million penalty on Exxon for pollution from the Baytown, Texas, refinery and chemical plant…

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