Obama shortens prison sentences for 98 convicts: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama shortened the prison sentences for 98 convicts serving time for drug-related offenses in his latest round of commutations, including for 42 people serving life sentences, the White House said on Thursd…
Florida man pleads guilty to hacking, spamming scheme
(Reuters) – A Florida man pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges stemming from his role in wide-ranging hacking scheme that generated $1.3 million through the hijacking of customer email accounts to send unsolicited “spam” messages, prosecutors said.
U.S. lawmakers raise privacy concerns over new hacking rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the U.S. Congress on Thursday asked the Justice Department to clarify how a looming rule change to the government’s hacking powers could impact privacy rights of innocent Americans.
U.S. charges 61 over India-based impersonation scam
(Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department charged 61 people and entities on Thursday with taking part in a scam involving India-based call centers where agents impersonated Internal Revenue Service, immigration and other federal officials and demanded pa…
Florida man pleads guilty in case linked to JPMorgan hacking probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Florida man pleaded guilty on Thursday to obstructing a regulatory examination of a credit union linked to an illegal bitcoin exchange owned by an Israeli accused of being behind hacking attacks on companies including JPMorgan Chase & Co. Michael Murgio, 66, admitted in Manhattan federal court he drafted a letter in 2014 with a false statement that was sent to the National Credit Union Administration during an examination of the New Jersey-based credit union.
Hyundai, Kia to pay $41.2 million to U.S. states over mileage claims
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Korean carmakers Hyundai Motor Co and affiliate Kia Motors Corp will pay $41.2 million to resolve an investigation by 33 U.S. states over the their 2012 mileage restatements, state attorneys general said on Thursday.
Man arrested for defacing Trump’s Walk of Fame star in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A man was arrested on Thursday for defacing Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s star a day earlier on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles with a sledgehammer and a pickax, police said.
Texas college student takes topless selfie, hits police car, gets arrested
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A 19-year-old Texas A&M University student taking a topless selfie while driving slammed into the rear of a stopped police car and was arrested, police said on Thursday.
New Jersey man pleads guilty to charge in Rutgers cyber bullying case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The former Rutgers University student whose high-profile cyber bullying conviction was overturned last month pleaded guilty on Thursday to attempted invasion of privacy, prosecutors said.
U.S. judge OKs historic $265 million settlement in 2015 Amtrak derailment
(Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Thursday signed off on a record $265 million settlement over an Amtrak passenger train crash in Philadelphia in 2015 that killed eight people and injured about 200 others, court records showed.
