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Feds Detail Charges in ATandT Hack That Exposed iPad E-Mail Addresses

Two men have been charged in connection with a hack on the AT&T Website last June that exposed more than 100,000 e-mail addresses belonging to owners of the Apple iPad 3G. – Two men believed to be at the center of the theft of e-mail addresses from AT amp;T last year are now facing criminal charges.
Daniel Spitler, 26, of San Francisco, and 25-year-old Andrew Auernheimer of Fayetteville, Ark., were taken into custody by the FBI Jan. 18 in connection with the theft of …


Eddie Furlong Broke & Arrested On Domestic Violence Charges

Former child star Eddie Furlong is cash-strapped and prohibited from coming within 100 yards of his estranged wife. Furlong, who appears alongside Seth Rogan and Cameron Diaz in the new superhero comedy The Green Hornet, was arrested in Los Angeles Tuesday morning after violating a restraining order taken out by Rachael Bella Kneeland, who filed [...]

Lindsay may face assault charges

Lindsay Lohan25Actress Lindsay Lohan may be charged with attacking a female employee during her stint at the Betty Ford Rehabilitation Center, police said. “The investigation determined Ms. Lohan violated several aspects of her probation, including the battery (charge),” the Palm Desert Police Department said in a statement. Betty Ford employee Dawn Holland has accused 24-year-old star, [...]

Alcatel-Lucent Settles with U.S. on Bribery Charges

Alcatel-Lucent will pay fines totally $137 million to settle charges by the U.S. government that it paid bribes to win business in foreign countries. The company said it regrets the “improper activities” that took place. – Alcatel-Lucent has concluded settlements with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice,
following investigations into violations of the Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act, the company said in a Dec. 27 statement.
The largest supplier of fixed-line phone networks, it e…


Fired Rehab Worker Dawn Holland Will Not Sue/Press Charges Against Lohan

Dawn Holland, the Betty Ford Treatment Center employee accusing actress Lindsay Lohan of criminal battery, will not sue the Mean Girls star or continue prosecution against the screen starlet, Holland’s lawyer told The TODAY Show Wednesday. Holland, a chemical dependency technician at the rehabilitation center, has alleged that the troubled starlet assaulted her when she [...]

Lindsay Lohan Assault On Rehab Staffer Could Result In Battery Charges For Trouble-Prone Starlet

Whoop Dat Trick: The Lindsay Lohan Edition…. Just when we think La Lohan’s finally decided to put on her Big Girl Pants and take the steps to begin cleaning up her life — and her cocaine-coated nostrils — that fiery Wild Streak comes flaring right back up on us like a herpes outbreak. Go figure. [...]

Singapore contractor pleads guilty to 21 fraud charges

Ho Yen Teck, a Singapore Land Authority contractor, pleaded guilty to conspiring to cheat the agency in the city state’s biggest public sector fraud case in 15 years.

Ho, a 31-year-old businessman, pleaded guilty to 21 counts of conspiring to cheat the government. He had been charged with 195 counts. Prosecutor Ong Luan Tze said at a hearing today 174 of the 195 counts were stayed. Ho is scheduled to be sentenced Jan 7. He faces as long as 10 years in jail on each count.

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Charges filed against rebel SPC bishop

Defrocked Bishop Artemije and about 80 of his followers are staying at a hotel in the central Serbian town of Kraljevo. Charges against them have been filed.

One of the former bishop’s supporters Monk Damjan says that police have been following their group ever since they crossed the administrative line with Kosovo yesterday.

Kosovo: Organ harvesting charges

EU Prosecutor Jonathan Ratel has named seven people as suspects in an international organ trafficking network, The Associated Press (AP) reports.

The indictment states that “the organized criminal group” trafficked persons into Kosovo for the purpose of removing “human organs for transplant to other persons.”

Charges filed against ex-PM, JSO members

The mother and sister of Zoran Đinđić have filed criminal charges against Milorad Ulemek, Vojislav Koštunica and Aco Tomić. The charges refer to the 2001 mutiny of the Special Operations Unit (JSO; Red Berets), a formation that was disbanded after Đinđić was assassinated in 2003.

Apple, Motorola, Android Lawsuits a Tangled Web of Charges

News Analysis: You need a copy of Cliff Notes to sort out all the claims and counterclaims in the lawsuits involving Apple, Motorola Android and Microsoft, but not directly involving Google so far. – You’d think this would be an easy story to write. You
start off with a leading paragraph that says, basically, that everybody
is suing everybody else. You could describe it as a sort of a rugby scrum,
but with suits and briefcases. And believe it or not, it seems there are even
more players than…


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FBI Charges 37 in Zeus-Related Bank Heist

Federal and state law enforcement agencies have charged more than 60 people as part of an international crime syndicate that used the Zeus Trojan to swipe millions of dollars from bank accounts. – Federal prosecutors in New York City
charged 37 people on Sept. 30 in connection with a cyber-crime ring that looted
millions of dollars from victims’ bank accounts.
The defendants, mostly in their 20s, are accused of using the Zeus Trojan to
steal more than $3 million.
The victims were primari…


Feds Won’t Press Charges in Webcam Spy Case

Federal authorities have declined to bring criminal charges in a probe of accusations that a school district in Pennsylvania spied on a student with a Webcam. – After months of controversy, federal authorities said they do not plan to
press charges against Pennsylvania
school officials for allegedly spying on a student via Webcam.
In a statement today, U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger said there was
insufficient evidence of criminal intent to charge off…


Motorola Lawsuit Charges Huawei with Stealing Trade Secrets

U.S. mobile phone maker Motorola has filed a lawsuit against China’s Huawei Technologies for alleged theft of trade secrets. The lawsuit highlights the fast-growing Chinese firm’s difficulty in shaking the nation’s reputation for piracy. – NEW YORK/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – U.S. mobile phone maker Motorola Inc has sued China’s Huawei Technologies Co for alleged theft of
trade secrets, highlighting the fast-growing Chinese firm’s difficulty
in shaking the nation’s reputation for piracy.
In an initial suit, filed in 2008, Motorola sued fi…


Two Charges Are Denied against Anna Nicole Smith’s Doctor

Some new details have become known about Anna Nicole Smith’s case. A judge of Los Angeles court rejected a motion introduced by the defense. It was requested in that motion to dismiss two charges against the defendant. We all know that the star’s doctor was accused of giving prescription drugs illegally to her. The motion [...]

EULEX drops charges against Serb leader

President of the Serb National Council of Kosovo and Metohija (SNV) Milan Ivanović says the EULEX prosecution dropped charges against him for several offenses.
Ivanović told reporters that EULEX had suspected him of organizing, supporting and involvement in terrorist groups, inciting ethnic and religious hatred and intolerance, endangering UN personnel, calling for resistance and involvement in crowds violating the law.

Radicals file charges against SNS leader

The Serb Radical Party (SRS) has filed criminal charges against Serb Progressive Party (SNS) leader Tomislav Nikolić accusing him of spreading false claims. The case concerns last week’s media report that said SRS leader Vojislav Å eÅ¡elj had ordered the assassination of Nikolić from his Hague Tribunal cell.

Paris Hilton Taken into Custody: Marijuana Smoking Charges in South Africa

It is widely known that Paris Hilton can’t find common language with the law. This time she has allegedly violated the law one more time, luckily, not in the USA, but in South Africa. The 29-year-old reality star was interrogated by the police on Friday whether she was smoking banned marijuana at the World Cup [...]

Sexual Assault Charges Brought against Al Gore

According to the words of the Portland Oregonian, Al Gore sexually abused her after a massage session which lasted three hours. This happened in a high-end hotel in Portland in 2006. In 2009 the victim filed for Al Gore charging him with sexual abuse. After the incident the woman reported to the police about that [...]