of directing artillery fire which killed them in eastern Ukraine in June 2014 . She burst into a folk - style protest song in the courtroom as she was finally pronounced guilty after the judge 's two - day reading of the verdict . She denied all the charges and her case has become internationally notorious .
Bribe - takers like bribes , to be sure , but they also hate those who wo n’t take them — not just because the refusers threaten their livelihoods , but because such refusals remind the corrupted of that they had a choice . Every day I hear from people who accuse me of thinking I ’m better than them for not bending the knee . I will , in all honesty , plead guiltyjustice.judicialconsequences.convictto sounding like that sometimes ( though it is not my intent ) . In Cleveland , more than a few delegates told me I need to “ man up ” or put my “ big - boy pants on ” and get on board the Trump Train . I hear such hectoring hourly on Twitter and in e - mail ( it ’s a strange definition of manhood that requires abandoning one ’s convictions and hopping aboard the bandwagon ) .
Not only will you not be treated fairly , but the media will pull out all stops to celebrate President Obama , knowing that unpopular Hillary Clinton ’s best shot at winning the Oval Office is to convince voters they want “ four more years . ” Puff pieces that show Obama thoughtful and so disciplined that his evening snack consists of seven – only seven – almonds ( New York Times ) will buff his image , and by comparison spotlight just how sloppy you are . The media will generously help Obama turn out black voters , some of whom are rightly disappointed in the past eight years . They will highlight targeted measures like Obama ’s record pardoning of 214 convictsjustice.judicialconsequences.convict. The headlines will gloss over the reality that more than 50 of those commutations were for people convicted for firearms - related offenses , in addition to their drug crimes . Obama argues that those pardoned are part of the huge number unjustly locked up for minor drug - related offenses -- those “ young people who made mistakes that are n’t that different from the mistakes I made . ” This narrative is false .
One of them , Virginia Giuffre , has claimed she was lured into joining Epstein 's harem when she was just 15 years old and was then known as Virginia Roberts . The former teen prostitute has said she was used as a ' sex slave . ' FREQUENT FLYER : Bill Clinton took far more rides on convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictsex offender Jeffrey Epstein 's ' Lolita Express ' airplane than has been previously disclosed , according to a Fox News report ' MADAM ' : Ghislaine Maxwell , Epstein 's ex - lover , is pictured hugging him on the day a child sex abuse investigation was opened into him . She has denied recruiting young girls for him to have sex with
WASHINGTON A Romanian hacker nicknamed " Guccifer " who helped expose the existence of a private email domain Hillary Clinton used when she was U.S. secretary of state was sentenced on Thursday to 52 months in prison by a federal court in Alexandria , Virginia . Marcel Lazar , 44 , who used the alias online , had pleaded guiltyjustice.judicialconsequences.convictin May to charges including unauthorized access to a protected computer and aggravated identity theft after being extradited from Romania . Lazar 's public defender , Shannon Quill , was not immediately available for comment . Lazar has said in interviews he breached Clinton 's private server at her home in Chappaqua , New York , but law enforcement and national security officials say that claim is meritless .
American Presidents -- including some who hated their opponents -- have never dreamed of doing such a thing . ” Only time I 've ever heard a candidate threatening to jail his opponent was in the Congo . He lost & was later convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictof war crimes . — stuart stevens ( @stuartpstevens ) October 10 , 2016 Trump 's " President Day 1 " checklist : 1 Jail opponent .
But Mediaite notes that the question asked by town hall co - host Roland Martin was very similar to the message Brazile sent to Palmieri . “ Secretary Clinton , since 1976 , we have executed 1,414 people in this country . Since 1973 , 156 who were convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convicthave been exonerated from the death row . This gentleman here is one of them , ” Martin said in his introduction of Jackson , citing statistics that were included in the same email Brazile sent to the campaign . CNN ’s Brian Stelter reported later Tuesday that when Martin , a host on TV One , was asked whether he or someone from his staff provided town hall questions to Brazile , he did not deny it .
As a former president , Clinton still gets a taxpayer - funded security detail for life . The cable network reported that Clinton would have been required to file an official form to leave his protective forces behind , although the Secret Service has n't responded to formal document requests . Epstein pleaded guiltyjustice.judicialconsequences.convictto soliciting a minor for prostitution in 2008 , and served just 18 months in jail for the offense despite outrage from victims advocates . Others reported to have spent time with Epstein include Great Britain 's Prince Andrew and legal eagle Alan Dershowitz . ' LOLITA EXPRESS ' AND THE MILE - HIGH CLUB : This Boeing 727 owned by Epstein reportedly had a bed inside that was iused for sex romps with underage girls
The Syrian government has practiced a policy of " extermination " against thousands of detainees , and is guiltyjustice.judicialconsequences.convictof other crimes against humanity and war crimes , UN - appointed investigators have found . In a report released Monday , the UN 's Commission of Inquiry on Syria determined that " tens of thousands " of people are detained by regime authorities at any one time . " Thousands more have disappeared after initial arrest by State forces or while moving through Government - held territory , or have gone missing after abduction by armed groups , " wrote the commission , which was created by the Human Rights Council but operates independently from the UN 's human rights office .
The TPP essentially puts multinational corporations on a level with government — a level higher than government . It allows corporations to sue our sovereign governments in their courts , not our courts . And to decide whether we the people are guiltyjustice.judicialconsequences.convictof violating their sacrosanct right to future profits — since when is the right of future profit - making a sacrosanct right of corporations that trumps our right to democracy ? It is utterly mind - boggling that such a bill is even being considered . You 've seen a vast expansion of the surveillance state in the U.S. , and in Canada as well through Bill C-51 .
National security defense attorney Edward MacMahon Jr. , agreed . “ If he was my client , I would strongly advise against talking to press , ” he said . MacMahon recently represented former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling , who was convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictof leaking classified information . “ You want to be in control of the process as best you can , having different people interact with your client does not serve your purpose . ” Lazar , who was extradited to the U.S. before his Romanian jail term was complete , currently faces a September trial for separate hacking charges .
A Russian judge has been reading the verdict in the case of Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko , who was charged over the death of two Russian journalists . Ms Savchenko is accused of directing the artillery fire in eastern Ukraine in which the two journalists died . It was initially thought the judge had found her guiltyjustice.judicialconsequences.convict, but her lawyers said a final verdict would be given on Tuesday . She denies all the charges . Ukraine and some Western countries have condemned the case as a show trial .
Other parts of Yanukovych ’s team preferred the idea of collaborating with the Russians . Akhmetov won out . " It was advantageous for the defeated Yanukovych ’s team to find a guiltyjustice.judicialconsequences.convictone , " Pavlovsky told PolitiFact . The relationship lasted for years leading up to Yanukovych ’s 2010 presidential campaign . Manafort made Yanukovych look more respectable , working with stylists and consultants to redesign his image .
Honduras -César Rosenthal , son of former Vice President Jaime Rosenthal Ireland -Frank Flannery , political consultant and Fine Gael ’s former Director of Organisations and Strategy Italy -Giuseppe Donaldo Nicosia , convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictof bribery alongside former Senator Marcello Dell’Utri India -Jehangir Soli Sorabjee , son of former attorney general Soli Sorabjee and a honorary consultant physician at Bombay Hospital , Harish Salve , India ’s leading lawyers and son of N. K. P. Salve , member of the Indian National Congress party , Rajendra Patil , son - in - law of veteran Congressman and Karnataka Horticulture Minister Shamanuru Shivashankarappa and a businessman Ivory Coast -Jean - Claude N’Da Ametchi , associate of former President Laurent Gbagbo
The facts of the case would seem to merit criminal charges against her , since Clinton ’s situation is analogous to problems faced by other senior officials , including former CIA directors John Deutch and David Petraeus who were accused of mishandling classified information , Deutch by having secret material on his home computer and Petraeus for giving notebooks with highly sensitive information to his lover / biographer . Deutch agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor but was preemptively pardoned by President Bill Clinton ; Petraeus pled guilty to a misdemeanor in a plea deal that spared him from jail time and was widely criticized as excessively lenient , especially since the Obama administration had jailed lower - level officials , such as former CIA officer John Kiriakou , for similar violations . In 2012 , faced with a multiple count indictment , Kiriakou agreed to plead guiltyjustice.judicialconsequences.convictto one count of violating the 1982 Intelligence Identities Protection Act for giving a reporter the phone number of a former CIA officer whose work for the spy agency was still classified . Though the reporter did not publish the ex - officer ’s name , Kiriakou was sentenced to 30 months in prison . The Intelligence Identities Protection Act was also a factor in the “ Plame - gate affair ” in 2003 when officials of George W. Bush ’s administration disclosed the CIA identity of Valerie Plame as part of a campaign to discredit her husband , former U.S.
Read Olson ’s entire statement on “ building resilient communities . ” Olson called this meeting and issued her statement ahead of the trial that ended up convicting Fazliddin Kurbanov , a Muslim refugee from Uzbekistan , of conspiring to blow up U.S. military installations with homemade bombs being made in his Boise apartment . An Idaho jury convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictKurbanov on terror charges in August last year following a 20-day trial and two days of deliberation . Prosecutors also said he tried to provide computer support and money to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan , which the U.S. government has identified as a terrorist organization . Kurbanov , a Russian - speaking truck driver , is just one of dozens of refugees who have been tried and convicted on terrorism charges .
An intentionally misleading but literally true answer can not form the basis for prosecution . In short , perjury can not be proven simply by showing the testimony of a witness is inconsistent with the statements of another witness , as the Republicans seek to do with the Goodlatte / Chaffetz letter , and with their video clips of Clinton vs. Comey testimony . Finally , to convictjustice.judicialconsequences.convictof perjury it must be proven by more than one witness , or one witness plus corroborative evidence . False statement prohibition is set forth in Title 18 of the U.S. Code , section 1001 : “ Whoever , in any matter within the jurisdiction of the … legislative … branch of the Government of the United States , knowingly and willfully ( 1 ) falsifies , conceals , or covers up by any trick , scheme , or device a material fact ; [ or ] ( 2 ) makes any materially false , fictitious , or fraudulent statement or representation … shall be fined [ and/or ] imprisoned not more than 5 years . ” While this statute has been subject to much criticism , its broad language has been much used . It applies to all statements , written and oral , sworn and unsworn , voluntarily given or required by law .
Clinton may well be the toughest and most resilient woman in the country , and America needs nothing less . For decades she has regularly been treated unfairly by the media and her peers for committing transgressions that are really more perplexing than they are disturbing . If Hillary Clinton is guiltyjustice.judicialconsequences.convictof anything , it ’s that she is so often too guarded about what she says and does , anticipating that her political enemies will try to make hay of anything and everything they can , as often as they can , for as long as they can . And they do . But the trait almost always causes her more grief in the end than just standing up to her bully enemies as they come , instead of having to later defend her actions — and then her motives .
McCain has described ULA ’s behavior as “ manipulative extortion ” and now thinks ULA never should have been created in the first place . “ Of course , ” McCain said in a brief interview when asked if the government ’s role in creating ULA was a mistake . “ But Congress is guiltyjustice.judicialconsequences.convictin that respect , too . ” McCain asked Defense Secretary Ash Carter to investigate Tobey ’s remarks , and soon after , the Pentagon ’s inspector general opened an investigation into the possibility that the Pentagon rigged the bidding to favor ULA . ULA has vigorously defended itself , and continues to tout its service .
Lonina and her friend are naturalized U.S. citizens from Russia , O'Brien said , and the comments on the Periscope video were in Russian . Lonina is also charged with a felony for photographing her friend nude while she was at her house Feb. 26 , the night before the assault , O'Brien said . If convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convict, Lonina and Gates could face sentences of more than 40 years in prison , O'Brien said . Contributing : The Associated Press Read or Share this story : http://usat.ly/1ShnrQ6
Robert Miracle of Bellevue , Wash. , is in the files . He was indicted for a $ 65 million Seattle - area Ponzi scheme involving investment in Indonesian oilfields , with new investors ’ money allegedly used to pay off past investors . Miracle was sentenced on May 13 , 2011 , to 13 years in prison after pleading guiltyjustice.judicialconsequences.convictto wire fraud and tax evasion . Miracle ’s company was called Mcube Petroleum , and it remained an active shareholder in several offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands up until he pleaded guilty . The offshores were created by Mossack Fonseca .
He could not mention any details about it even if they were already publicly known through the Risen book . No evidence was ever produced in court demonstrating that any classified information ever passed between the two men , but Sterling , an African American , was nevertheless convicted by an all - white jury in Virginia based on “ suspicion ” and the presumption that “ it had to be him . ” The contrast between the copious evidence – some of it self - admitted – of Secretary Clinton ’s demonstrable infractions , on the one hand , and the very sketchy , circumstantial evidence used to convictjustice.judicialconsequences.convictand imprison Jeffrey Sterling , on the other , lend weight to the suspicion that there is one law for the rich and powerful in the United States and another for the rest of us . Failing to take steps against a politically powerful presidential candidate and letting her off unscathed for crimes of her own making , while an institutionally unprotected Jeffrey Sterling sits in prison would be a travesty of justice not dissimilar to the gentle wrist - slap given Gen. David Petraeus for giving his mistress extremely sensitive information and then lying to the FBI about it . Your order to then - Attorney General Eric Holder to let Gen. David Petraeus off easy created a noxious – and demoralizing – precedent in the national security community indicating that , whatever the pains taken at lower levels to prevent compromise of duly classified information , top officials are almost never held accountable for disregarding well - established rules .
Bayrock ’s CEO was Tevfik Arif , a Kazakhstan - born former deputy head of the Soviet Ministry of Commerce ’s hotel department , who had made money running high - end tourist hotels in Turkey . The deal failed — in part because of Arif ’s choice of Soviet - born Felix Sater ( later Satter ) to run Bayrock ’s Moscow operation . Sater had served prison time for slashing a man ’s face in a 1991 Manhattan brawl—“He got into trouble because he got into a barroom fight which a lot of people do , ” Trump once said in a court deposition — and in 1998 was convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictfor fraud over associations with White Rock Partners , a Mafia - connected New York stock brokerage . ( Arif was detained in Turkey in October 2010 on suspicion of organizing sex parties for wealthy businessmen and Eastern European models aboard a $ 60 million yacht once used by the nation ’s founder , Mustafa Kemal Atatürk , according to charges filed by prosecutor Yusuf Hakki Dogan . Arif was cleared of all charges the following year . )
According to the two former executives , the Trump Organization received an annual fee of approximately $ 8 million a year . Shortly after the deal was signed , the parent company of Daewoo Engineering and Construction , the Daewoo Group , collapsed into bankruptcy amid allegations of what proved to be a $ 43 billion accounting fraud . The chairman of the Daewoo Group , Kim Woo Choong , fled to North Korea ; he returned in 2005 , was arrested and convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictof embezzlement and sentenced to 10 years in prison . According to the two former Daewoo executives , a reorganization of Daewoo after its bankruptcy required revisions in the Trump contract , but the Trump Organization still remains allied with Daewoo Engineering and Construction . This relationship puts Trump ’s foreign policies in conflict with his financial interests .
In fact , Hillary Clinton supports a radical 550 % increase in Syrian refugees coming into the United States , and that 's an increase over President Obama 's already very high number . Under her plan , we would admit hundreds of thousands of refugees from the most dangerous countries on Earth – with no way to screen who they are or what they believe . Already , hundreds of recent immigrants and their children have been convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictof terrorist activity inside the U.S. The father of the Orlando shooter was a Taliban supporter from Afghanistan , one of the most repressive anti - gay and anti - women regimes on Earth .
He often comes under heavy criticism , but he is not afraid ( of that ) and says : ' Yes that 's what we decided , that 's what I decided . ' " " He is not afraid of taking responsibility , unlike many Western politicians and American politicians who , as far as I understand , ca n't bring themselves to say ' That 's what I decided and that 's how it will be . ' " Roldugin listed German Chancellor Angela Merkel , French President Francois Hollande , and U.S. President Barack Obama as being guiltyjustice.judicialconsequences.convictof not taking responsibility and of concealing the true nature of agreements they had struck . ( Reporting by Denis Pinchuk ; Writing by Dmitry Solovyov ; Editing by Andrew Osborn )
The U.S. ’s most popular third - party presidential candidate says he would “ consider ” pardoning the highest profile convictsjustice.judicialconsequences.convictof computer - related crimes in the country , including Chelsea Manning , Ross Ulbricht , and Jeremy Hammond . Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson , a former governor of New Mexico , also reiterated his possible willingness to pardon Edward Snowden , the former National Security Agency analyst who gave a cache of agency documents to journalists in 2013 . Snowden currently resides in Russia , which granted him temporary asylum after the U.S. charged him with violating the Espionage Act .
Caring was legitimately permitted to keep his assets offshore by a hereditary quirk of UK tax law , under which he is registered as “ non - domiciled ” , courtesy of his Italian - American father . The HSBC records suggest Caring ’s $ 1 m donation was paid in return for former president Bill Clinton ’s attendance at a lavish costume charity ball organised by Caring in St Petersburg , Russia . Another Clinton foundation donor who had a HSBC account in the tax haven is Jeffrey Epstein , the hedge fund manager and convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictsex offender who once flew the former president on his private jet for charity events in Africa . The identities of Clinton supporters who banked with HSBC in Geneva are contained in internal bank data leaked by a HSBC computer expert turned whistleblower , Hervé Falciani . The leaked files have now been obtained through an international collaboration of news outlets , including the Guardian , the French daily Le Monde , CBS ’s 60 Minutes and the Washington - based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists .
High temperatures climb into the middle to upper 80s along with moderate humidity . ” -- The Nationals lost to the L.A. Dodgers 4 - 1 . -- A Loudoun County jury convicted former Ashburn IT executive Braulio Castillo of first degree murder , finding him guiltyjustice.judicialconsequences.convictfor killing his estranged wife in 2014 and then staging it as a suicide . ( Tom Jackman ) -- “ Kane Show ” radio host Peter Deibler ( on 99.5 ) was arrested in Maryland after his soon - to - be ex - wife accused him of second - degree assault .
Citizenship fraud Trump 's political career ostensibly began in earnest when he began routinely questioning whether Obama had been lying to the American people about his place of birth . Trump went on to cast aspersions on everything from Obama 's birth name to his academic credentials , but if indeed Trump 's allegations were true ( which the evidence suggests they are not ) the president would be guiltyjustice.judicialconsequences.convictof violating Article II of the Constitution and it could potentially plunge the country into a crisis . The Supreme Court has repeatedly rejected entreaties from " birthers " to take up their cause , and Trump himself has said he does n't talk about the theory anymore , although he would " love to . " Accomplice to sexual assault
“ However , he has made it clear on numerous occasions that he would ‘ look seriously at ’ pardoning Edward Snowden , based on public information that Snowden ’s actions did not cause actual harm to any U.S. intelligence personnel . Likewise , he has said he would look favorably on pardoning Ross Ulbricht , consistent with his broader and long - standing commitment to pardon nonviolent drug offenders , whistleblowers , and others imprisoned under unjust and ill - advised laws , ” Hunter said . Ulbricht is the founder of the Silk Road , the first deep web black market to achieve significant popularity , and was convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictin 2015 of drug , conspiracy , and hacking charges . His supporters have painted him as more inspired by Libertarian ideals around drug use than someone who wanted to become a drug kingpin . Though transcripts from his trial indicated he ordered six different murders on perceived enemies , he was never charged for them .
Philosopher and professor of political science at the CUNY Graduate Center The charge of espionage against Snowden makes no sense . How can he be guiltyjustice.judicialconsequences.convictas an agent of an enemy power , when his goal was to defend the people of the United States against secret and illegal actions by their own government ? What would a pardon of Edward Snowden signal ? It would acknowledge the very principle of democratic rule .
Another 265 are currently being given treatment either in group or individual sessions . The German initiative is unique because it deals with potential sex criminals , or those who have already committed abuses but have managed to escape justice . Other programmes deal with convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictpaedophiles who have also been issued specific orders to seek medical care . Klaus Beier , who leads the prevention network as well as Charite 's sexual medicine institute , has no illusions about the programme . “ Paedophilia is not curable , ” he said .
While Russia Today , a source widely respected for their objectivity and journalistic integrity , initially reported Ammon to be accompanied by 150 bristling citizen revolutionaries -- this is likely a bit of literary flourish . Journalists on the ground are reporting no more than 15 heavily armed " militiamen " to be camping in the quaint , one story red - brick bastion of Federal oppression . Supposedly , Ammon and company are following in his father 's felonious footsteps by seizing this federal property in protest of the arrest of two Oregon ranchers -- Dwight and Steven Hammond , who were convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictof arson for setting fire to 127 acres of Federal land so as to protect their own property from uncontrollable forest fires . The Hammond 's argue that the Federal government was negligent in the managing of this land , and that their negligence presented a threat to their own property and livelihood . It 's worth noting that the Hammond family , through their attorney , has steadfastly denied any association with Mr. Bundy and has vowed to report to Federal prison despite their potentially compelling disagreement with the government .
[ LIVE UPDATES : Sanctions lifted on Iran ; Post reporter Jason Rezaian and three other Americans freed in swap ] Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian has been freed from prison , according to U.S. and Iranian officials . He was arrested in Iran in 2014 and convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictof espionage last year . Here ’s what you need to know about the case against him . ( Monica Akhtar / The Washington Post )
The program showed an anonymous blogger complaining about social media users who voiced their support for Ukrainian troops and were " ready to back a coup in Russia and take up arms and kill people as the Nazis did . " The television report claimed that the blogger 's complaint had prompted the prosecution of the electrician . On May 6 , Bubeyev was convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictand sentenced to two years and three months in prison . Also this month , a court in the Caspian Sea city of Astrakhan sentenced a man to two years in prison for his social media posts urging Ukrainians to fight " Putin 's occupying forces . " In December , a court in Siberia sentenced a man to five years in prison for " inciting hatred " toward residents of eastern Ukraine in his video posts .
“ It seems he found it to be of good quality . ” Advertisement Of course , no one really believed that Naryshkin had read Inozemtsev ’s article or that he was guiltyjustice.judicialconsequences.convictof copying it himself . Rather , he was suspected of paying a ghostwriter to produce a thesis in his name , then bribing academic officials to secure its certification . Naryshkin probably never even read the dissertation that had earned him his degree .
He will appear before a federal court in Brooklyn on Wednesday charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud , Bloomberg said . Getty 9/21 Former PwC employees found guiltyjustice.judicialconsequences.convictin ' Luxleaks ' tax scandal - June 2016 Two ex- PricewaterhouseCoopers staffers were found guilty in Luxembourg of stealing confidential tax files that helped unleash a global scandal over generous fiscal deals for hundreds of international companies . Antoine Deltour and Raphael Halet face suspended sentences of 12 months and 9 months and were ordered to pay fines of € 1,500 ( £ 1,230 ) and € 1,000 ( £ 822 ) for their role in the so - called LuxLeaks scandal . Despite the minimal sentences , the ruling was described by Deltour ’s lawyer as “ shocking ” and “ a terrible anomaly . ” The ruling “ puts on guard future whistle - blowers , ” Deltour told reporters . The LuxLeaks revelations sped beyond Luxembourg , causing European Union regulators to expand a tax - subsidy probe and propose new laws to fight corporate tax dodging , while EU lawmakers created a special committee to probe fiscal deals across the 28-nation bloc .
( Efrem Lukatsky ) “ We need to have a third Maidan , ” said Nikolai Kokhanovsky , a leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists , using the common term of the protests of 2014 and those of the 2004 Orange Revolution . New protests would “ sweep away this corrupt government and pro - Russian oligarchs who have betrayed our revolution of dignity . ” “ Russia and the oligarchs are guiltyjustice.judicialconsequences.convictfor life in Ukraine becoming worse and worse , ” said 21-year - old protester Ruslan Tymchuk , who was dressed in camouflage and wielding a bat . In recent weeks , political tensions have risen and President Petro Poroshenko this week urged Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk , a key figure of the 2014 protests , to resign along with his government . But Yatsenyuk survived a parliamentary no - confidence vote .
In fact , the proceeds of later investors were being used to pay off the investments of earlier investors , according to the Justice Department . Between September 2004 and October 2007 , Miracle took in more than $ 65.3 million and paid out $ 36.7 million in the dividends . “ The bulk of the remaining funds were used to develop oil and gas fields in Indonesia , as well as to pay for a lavish lifestyle for Miracle , ” the U.S. Attorney ’s Office for Western District of Washington said in a statement at time of his guiltyjustice.judicialconsequences.convictplea . John Michael “ Red " Crim was convicted in Philadelphia in 2008 , along with two associates , for being part of a plot in which he recruited investors to use phony trusts to cheat the IRS out of $ 10 million in revenue . Crim , co - founder of the Texas - based Commonwealth Trust Company , “ encouraged investors to place income and assets into trusts for the purpose of evading federal income taxes , ” according the office of the U.S. Attorney 's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania .
One of them , General Samih Battikhi , ran the GID from 1995 to 2000 and was convicted of being part of scheme to obtain bank loans of around $ 600 m for fake government contracts and pocketing about $ 25 m . He was sentenced to eight years in prison , but the sentence was eventually reduced to four years that were served in his villa in the seaside town of Aqaba . General Mohammad al - Dahabi , who ran the service from 2005 to 2008 , was later convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictof stealing millions of dollars that GID officers had seized from Iraqi citizens crossing into Jordan in the years after the American invasion of Iraq in 2003 . His trial showed that he had also arranged for money to be smuggled in private cars from Iraq into Jordan and had been involved in selling Jordanian citizenship to Iraqi businessmen . He was sentenced to 13 years in prison and fined tens of millions of dollars .
It called Zhukov an “ important member ” of the Solntsevskaya gang , Russia ’s most powerful international crime syndicate , with a base in Rome . Zhukov strongly denies the allegation . He has never been arrested , charged or convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictof any related offences . Zhukov ’s UK citizenship will not endear him to Russia ’s hawkish president , Vladimir Putin . UK - Russian relations have been strained since the murder of the former Russian secret service officer Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006 .
The announcement follows the uncovering of a series of Asian sex abuse gangs across the country in recent years . Rochdale child sex grooming gang ringleader Shabir Ahmed is the first such paedophile to be subjected to Mrs May 's new approach . The pervert was jailed for 22 years in 2012 after being convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictof befriending vulnerable teenage girls , plying them with alcohol and raping them . The divorced father - of - four , aged 63 and known as ' Daddy ' , was later found guilty of 30 more horrific rapes in a separate trial . Despite ruining the lives of dozens of young white girls in Rochdale , Greater Manchester , Ahmed last week appealed against the deportation from Britain on human rights grounds .
Yuriy Hrabovsky had been kidnapped and brutally beaten . Prisoner swap ? Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has proposed swapping the two Russians for Nadiya Savchenko , convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictby a Russian court last month on charges relating to the deaths of two Russian journalists . A pilot by training , she was captured by separatists in 2015 and accused of directing artillery fire that killed the journalists . Image copyright AP Image caption The men could be swapped for Nadiya Savchenko , a Ukrainian woman jailed in Russia
This is True . According to media reports and gun violence experts , there have been more than 3,000 shooting victims in Chicago so far this year . Clinton : " It 's just a fact that if you 're a young African - American man and you do the same thing as a young white man , you are more likely to be arrested , charged , convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convict, and incarcerated . " The research suggests that when you compare what happens to black and whites who are engaging in the same illegal activity and have the same criminal history , African Americans are more likely to be arrested , more likely to face tougher charges , and more likely to receive longer sentences than their caucasian counterparts . This claim is True .
Gov. Chris Christie ( R - N.J. ) presented his case against Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at the GOP convention on Tuesday , July 19 . People in the crowd shouted " guiltyjustice.judicialconsequences.convict! " throughout his speech and started a " lock her up " chant . ( The Washington Post )
That is those relying on public welfare or straining the safety net along with millions of recent illegal arrivals and overstays who 've come here under this current corrupt administration . Number six , we are going to suspend the issuance of visas to any place where adequate screening can not occur . According to data provided by the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration , and the national interest between 9/11 and the end of 2014 , at least 380 foreign born individuals were convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictin terror cases inside the United States . And even right now the largest number of people are under investigation for exactly this that we 've ever had in the history of our country . Our country is a mess .
The line that an aggressive prosecutor could get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich takes on new meaning in the New Jersey Bridgegate trial . More and more , it looks like the goal is to dirty the reputation of Gov. Chris Christie instead of convictingjustice.judicialconsequences.convictthe actual defendants for causing a traffic snarls on the GW Bridge . Christie ’s name comes up in almost every major testimony , yet he was never charged in what prosecutors say was political payback for a mayor who refused to endorse Christie . Moreover , the focus on the Republican governor by prosecutors as well as the defense could undercut the case against his two former aides .
MALLS HAVE BEEN TARGETED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM - BUT NONE HAVE SUCCEEDED IN RECENT YEARS Britain 's shopping malls have been targeted by terrorists – although none have succeeded in recent years . In 2007 police foiled an Al Qaeda plot to detonate a fertiliser bomb at the busy Bluewater shopping centre in Kent . Last year , Mohammed Rehman was convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictof plotting a bomb attack on the anniversary of the 7/7 attacks on London . He had asked his Twitter followers whether he should attack the capital 's Westfield shopping centre . Security officials have made plans for an attack .
The ad features the words “ Truth = Peace ” printed in large letters and shows a hand colored like the Turkish flag holding up a peace sign , while two other hands colored like the Russian and Armenian flags have their fingers crossed . Full - page ad in today 's @WSJ denying the Armenian genocide pic.twitter.com/LjBGjCo80l — Gary Bass ( @Gary__Bass ) April 20 , 2016 It also contains a link to the genocide - denial group FactCheckArmenia.com , which propagates claims that Armenians were killed during the First World War because they were “ collectively guiltyjustice.judicialconsequences.convict” of treason against the Ottoman Empire . READ MORE : Armenian genocide : 130 K march in LA to mark 100th anniversary ( PHOTO , VIDEO ) Moreover , it attempts to argue that fewer people were killed than is claimed , and that the Armenians started the conflict .