And according to documents prepared for the court hearing, suddenly it turns out that a company widely seen as Canada's biggest cryptocurrency trader, a company that described itself as a "leading bitcoin exchange" was really just a guy with a computer.
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Pope Francis has for the first time publicly acknowledged the scandal of priests and bishops sexually abusing nuns, and says he is committed to doing more to fight the problem.
Last month, Bosch agreed to pay nearly $131 million to settle claims from Fiat Chrysler diesel owners and resolve all investigations by 47 U.S. state attorneys general into its involvement with diesel vehicles, including into the Volkswagen emissions cheating.
More than a decade after Lehman collapsed, six women who worked at the bank's subprime-mortgage unit are still accusing a former colleague of sexual harassment -- and still waiting for answers.
About $190m in cryptocurrency has been locked away in a online black hole after the founder of a currency exchange died, apparently taking his encrypted access to their money with him.
No car on the road today can completely drive itself — that includes Teslas.
The 15 Catholic dioceses of Texas are set to release the names of clergy members "credibly accused" of sexually abusing minors on Thursday.
The allegations stem from three lawsuits that were filed under the qui tam, or whistleblower, provisions of the False Claims Act, which permit private citizens to bring suit on behalf of the United States for false claims and share in any recovery.
The New York State Legislature passed a bill on Monday that will increase the statute of limitations for cases of child sexual abuse.
That sent the recipient "over the moon," according to Angelo Agrizzi, a businessman — and now whistle-blower — who detailed, at a continuing government inquiry into public corruption, extravagant bribes doled out to members of the party, the African National Congress, at the highest levels of government.
Nearly 100 women — from Gwyneth Paltrow to Salma Hayek — have since come forward with their stories of how the burly, brash and bullying co-head of The Weinstein Company (and formerly of Miramax) reportedly engaged in inappropriate behavior against their will. (Weinstein, 66, is currently awaiting trial).
Fiat Chrysler is recalling more than 182,000 pickup trucks worldwide to fix an electrical problem that can knock out the power steering.
To become a whistle-blower, Darren Sewell had filed what is known as a "qui tam" complaint the term comes from a Latin phrase that translates as "he who brings an action for the king as well as for himself."
The Food and Drug Administration is sacrificing American lives by continuing to approve new high-strength opioid painkillers, and manipulating the process in favor of big pharma, according to the chair of the agency's own opioid advisory committee.
Police have charged a male nurse with sexual assault and abuse of a vulnerable adult less than a month after a woman in a vegetative state unexpectedly gave birth at a health-care facility in Phoenix.
How did the world's youngest self-made female billionaire lose it all in the blink of an eye?
John Varley, the former chief executive of Barclays, is the first bank boss in the world to face a jury trial over alleged crimes during the global financial crisis a decade ago.
The EPA and Department of Justice this month announced a settlement with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles that amounts to some $800 million in civil fines, recall repairs and environmental remediation, and, pending court approval, a settlement with vehicle owners.
Once again, in fiscal year 2018 health care fraud cases represented the overwhelming majority of successful qui tam cases filed under the federal False Claims Act. Nearly 90% of the money recovered under the False Claims Act last year a total of $2.51 billionwas recovered in health care fraud cases.
An elite all-boys private school in suburban Maryland revealed that seven of its alumni have reported sexual abuse by a longtime teacher, more than 50 years after the alleged acts.
