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Who is Kenneth Jouppi? Supreme Court takes up 82-year-old Alaska bush pilot's fight to stop the state from seizing his $95,000 plane after passenger carried beer aboardAlaska bush pilot Kenneth Jouppi will have his case heard by the Supreme Court. He is fighting the state's attempt to seize his airplane ov...
India proposes dedicated BRICS Virtual Working Group to combat drug traffickingIn a proactive move, India has suggested establishing a dedicated virtual working group within BRICS to address the increasingly sophistica...
Son emerges after father’s death, secures house keys, step uncle challenges it and prevails; HC says only civil court can decide property rightsA property dispute between a deceased man's son and his stepbrother has reached the Calcutta High Court. The court has ruled that only a ci...
Accused of bogus caste certificate, retiree gets pension back as Rajasthan HC flags flawed probeA retired employee has regained his full pension after the Rajasthan High Court intervened. The court found the inquiry into a fake caste c...
US government seizes $13.4 billion in Bitcoin from alleged Cambodian ‘pig butchering’ scammer, raising anonymity and security questionsAuthorities have seized a massive amount of bitcoin, valued at $15 billion. This seizure is part of a large asset forfeiture by the US Depa...
Queensland hacker Shane Duffy loses $4.5M in cybercrime asset seizure, including BitcoinsAustralian authorities have successfully seized over $4.5 million in assets from Shane Stephen Duffy, a Queenslander accused of cybercrime....
Gratuity payment can be denied by employer in this condition, rules Supreme CourtGratuity payment: Supreme Court said employers can forfeit gratuity payments if the employee was dismissed due to moral turpitude reason an...
US seizes crypto linked to Southeast Asian investment scamU.S. authorities said the scam that prompted the seizure involved a crypto-investment fraud known as pig butchering. In such schemes, fraud...
Gujarat HC rejects bail plea of activist Teesta Setalvad, asks her to surrender immediatelyThe Gujarat High Court on Saturday rejected the regular bail plea of social activist Teesta Setalvad and directed her to surrender immediat...
Indian drugmaker to pay $50mn in fine for destroying records before FDA inspectionIn a criminal information filed in federal court in the District of Nevada and unsealed on Tuesday, Fresenius Kabi Oncology Limited (FKOL) ...
DA case: Supreme Court restores confiscation of properties of six companiesA bench comprising Justices P C Ghose and Amitava Roy refused to concur with the submission buttressed by the companies that their properti...
India wants Mutual Legal Assistance treaty with BangladeshIndia's views on the issue were conveyed by Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda to Chief Justice of Bangladesh Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha du...
FIRs registered over CAG report on Mumbai airport projectFIRs have been registered against top officials on a complaint that MIAL received undue benefit of hundreds of crores of rupees from govern...
- Preet Bharara's office recovers nearly $ 4 billion since Jan 2013
Forfeited funds are generally deposited into the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund and the Department of Treasury Forfeiture Fun...
Ranbaxy recovers lost ground; shares end nearly 4 per cent higherShares of Ranbaxy recovered from early losses and settled nearly 4 per cent higher on hopes that settlement of its long lawsuit in the US.
Real estate, election campaigns routing black money: ReportMoney generated through illegal means is laundered through various means, including real estate and election campaigns, in India, a report ...
- Indian American doctor indicted for drug trafficking
An Indian American doctor in the US has been charged with 202 counts of drug trafficking and related violations, and of seeking forfeiture ...
- Bush signs controversial anti-piracy law
US President George W. Bush signed into law on Monday a controversial bill that would stiffen penalties for movie and music piracy at the f...
- US sues Lay's estate for $12m
The US justice department sued the estate of Enron founder Kenneth Lay demanding forfeiture of more than $12m that the government calls the...
- 'More teeth vital to curb economic offences'
NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha on Sunday indicated that a re-look at laws relating to narco-terrorism, forfeiture of property, ...