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> The investigation involved multiple authorities, including the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET).

DOJ: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/twelve-defendants-sentenced-violent-home-invasion-robberies-steal-cryptocurrency

> Anthony Odiong is accused of sexual assault by at least eight women whom the priest had been counseling

> A Brazilian Supreme Court justice seized about $3 million in frozen funds of social media platform X and satellite-based internet service provider Starlink, both companies controlled by billionaire Elon Musk.

> Chile, on Friday, officially filed a declaration of intervention in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) case concerning the application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip, Anadolu Agency reports.

Case file: https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192/192-20240912-int-01-00-en.pdf

> Three years of security monitoring.

Case file: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25139395/23andme-settlement.pdf

> Lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried have filed an appeal claiming that the imprisoned FTX founder was the victim of a rush to judgment by a public that wrongly believed he was guilty before he was even arrested.

> US Justice Department says Gal Haimovich sent aircraft tech, some of it with missile applications, worth $2 million to Russian customers, violating export controls amid Ukraine war

DOJ: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/israeli-freight-forwarder-pleads-guilty-violating-export-restrictions-imposed-russia

> Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith, incarcerated in Michigan, accused the music mogul of sexual assault 17 years ago

> Judge reduces sentence to four years of probation for Peter Cichuniec, who injected McClain with ketamine in 2019

As noted @Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io, there is a typo in the article made by article author/editor, which I'm leaving as is. Fixed.

> A whistleblower who revealed the danger of a ransomware attack and subsequent data leak in Columbus, will now only be permitted to share his research on compromised sensitive information with city officials who are suing him.

Case file: https://www.nbc4i.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2024/09/Signed-Agreed-Preliminary-Injunction.pdf

> Here we go again. For those of us that view video games as a vital and still emerging form of culture and art, one of the more frustrating aspects of the industry is how music is licensed for game soundtracks and how that licensing complicates games as they age. For instance, we saw this play out earlier this year with an aged Spec Ops: The Line game getting delisted from Steam entirely, much to the surprise of both the public and the director of the game. The culprit? Well, the licensing for the soundtrack in the game had expired.

> Not your Granddad's Super Mario Bros.

> iPhone maker says factors including the Israeli government’s alleged seizure of files from the maker of Pegasus surveillance app undermine the suit’s potential.

Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20240913205136/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/09/13/apple-lawsuit-nso-pegasus-spyware/

> Prosecutors presented evidence of three additional allegations dating back to the 2000s against the movie producer

> Harvard, however, will still face trial over how it managed the investigation.

Case file: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.259933/gov.uscourts.mad.259933.74.0.pdf

> US seizes 350 sites that masked gun part imports from China as toys, jewelry.

DOJ: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/federal-authorities-seize-over-350-website-domains-used-import-illegal-switches-and

> Dominique Pélicot has been excused from court because of poor health and proceedings could be delayed if he remains ill for a long period

> Vadim Kobzev, Alexei Liptser and Igor Sergunin accused of passing messages between jailed opposition leader and allies

> The 45 people were charged in absentia for their alleged involvement in the 2023 gunfight that left four dead near the Banjska village in the north of Kosovo.

> Another win for NetChoice.

Case file: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.utd.145120/gov.uscourts.utd.145120.86.0_1.pdf

> Band accuse campaign of unauthorised use of Seven Nation Army and seek ‘significant monetary damages’

> Online sports apparel retailer Fanatics has agreed to settle and drop a lawsuit that it filed against troubled one-click payments provider Bolt in March,

> Nevada’s plan to let AI rule on unemployment claims is risky, experts warn.

> The European Court of Justice upheld a 2016 decision that said Apple received unlawful aid from Ireland.

> Google loses its appeal against the fine, handed down for its shopping comparison service.

> Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa want international criminal court to class environmental destruction as crime alongside genocide

> Ad tech monopoly trial may hurt Google more than DOJ’s search case, experts say.

> White accelerationist terror meets social media.

Case file: https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1366641/dl?inline

> New Mexico sued Snapchat after using AI to reveal child safety risks.

Case file: https://nmdoj.gov/wp-content/uploads/Complaint-for-Abatement-and-Civil-Penalties-and-Demand-for-Jury-Trial.pdf

> Danish police have arrested a 39-year-old man who shared nude scenes of more than a hundred female actors through Reddit and porn sites.

> Ars cited in lawsuit AT&T recently filed against Broadcom.

Case file: https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/att_broadcom.pdf

> WhisperGate campaign targeted Ukrainian critical infrastructure and allies worldwide.

> Xockets says it patented an innovation used in high-tech chips.

Case file: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25092524/xockets-amended-complaint-for-at-and-patent-infringement.pdf

> US president’s son, who previously pleaded not guilty, has changed course and entered an ‘open plea’

> It reverses last year’s decision.

Case file: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25091649/x-corp-v-bonta.pdf

> Having completely shit the bed in its handling of a recent ransomware act, the city of Columbus, Ohio has decided the person who must be silenced — and, hopefully punished — should be the person who informed city workers and residents their PII was available on the dark web.

> Publishers prevail despite lack of proof of market harm.

Case file: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca2.60988/gov.uscourts.ca2.60988.306.1.pdf

> Prosecutors say there "is no longer a realistic prospect of conviction" after bringing charges in 2022.