April 2024 - cypherpunks - lists.cpunks.org

UN Insurance Climate Group Relaunched After Backlash
by Gunnar Larson 27 Apr '24

27 Apr '24

UN Insurance Climate Group Relaunched After Backlash <https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/1829426?nl_pk=59612751-8689-4b1e-…> By Joel Poultney An alliance of global insurers formed to accelerate the sector's move to a carbon-neutral economy was replaced on Thursday by a group encompassing less stringent requirements, after attempts to establish shared climate efforts prompted legal and regulatory backlash last year. Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/1829426?nl_pk=59612751-8689-4b1e-…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/1829426?nl_pk=59612751-8689-4b1e-…>

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Office of Public Affairs | Man Convicted for $110M Cryptocurrency Scheme | United States Department of Justice
by Gunnar Larson 27 Apr '24

27 Apr '24

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-convicted-110m-cryptocurrency-scheme Justice Department’s First Cryptocurrency Open-Market Manipulation Case A federal jury in New York convicted a man residing in Puerto Rico today of commodities fraud, commodities market manipulation, and wire fraud in connection with the manipulation on the Mango Markets decentralized cryptocurrency exchange. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Avraham Eisenberg, 28, engaged in a scheme to fraudulently obtain approximately $110 million worth of cryptocurrency from Mango Markets and its customers by artificially manipulating the price of certain perpetual futures contracts. “Avraham Eisenberg executed a manipulative trading scheme on a cryptocurrency exchange, defrauding the exchange and its investors out of $110 million,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri, head of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “Manipulative trading puts our financial markets and investors at risk. This prosecution—the first involving the manipulation of cryptocurrency through open-market trades—demonstrates the Criminal Division’s commitment to protecting U.S. financial markets and holding wrongdoers accountable, no matter what mechanism they use to commit manipulation and fraud.” “Moments ago, Avraham Eisenberg was found guilty by a unanimous jury in the first-ever cryptocurrency open-market manipulation case,” said U.S. Attorney Damian Williams for the Southern District of New York. “This ground-breaking prosecution epitomizes this office’s ability to employ innovative methods and cutting-edge law enforcement tools to continue to protect all financial markets. The career prosecutors of this office continue their expertise in prosecuting financial fraud, one of our core priorities, and would-be financial criminals should think twice before daring to engage in illicit conduct on our watch.” “The FBI and its partners will not stand by when criminals engage in illicit activity at the expense of the American people and our financial institutions,” said Executive Assistant Director Timothy Langan of the FBI’s Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch. “If you engage in fraudulent activity, whether that be in the cryptocurrency space or through other forms of market manipulation, you will be held accountable for your ill-gotten gains.” Eisenberg is scheduled to be sentenced on July 29 and faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison on the commodities fraud count and the commodities manipulation count, and a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison on the wire fraud count. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors. The FBI investigated the case, with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations and IRS Criminal Investigation. Trial Attorney and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Tian Huang of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section, a member of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET), and Assistant U.S. Attorneys Thomas Burnett and Peter Davis for the Southern District of New York are prosecuting the case. The NCET was established to combat the growing illicit use of cryptocurrencies and digital assets. Within the Criminal Division’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, the NCET conducts and supports investigations into individuals and entities that are enabling the use of digital assets to commit and facilitate a variety of crimes, with a particular focus on virtual currency exchanges, mixing and tumbling services, and infrastructure providers. The NCET also works to set strategic priorities regarding digital asset technologies, identify areas for increased investigative and prosecutorial focus, and lead the department’s efforts to collaborate with domestic and foreign government agencies as well as the private sector to aggressively investigate and prosecute crimes involving cryptocurrency and digital assets.

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Vince McMahon Accuser Says Arbitration Bid Is Full Of 'Lies'
by Gunnar Larson 27 Apr '24

27 Apr '24

Vince McMahon Accuser Says Arbitration Bid Is Full Of 'Lies' <https://www.law360.com/compliance/articles/1829366?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1fb-4d8e…> By Brian Steele The former World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. legal staffer who accused founder Vince McMahon of sexually abusing and trafficking her is fighting his bid to arbitrate the explosive lawsuit, arguing that he used a recent motion to mount a "vicious" and untrue attack on her character. 2 documents attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/compliance/articles/1829366?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1fb-4d8e…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/compliance/articles/1829366?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1fb-4d8e…>

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You weep for Santiago and curse the Marines
by pro2rat＠yahoo.com.au 27 Apr '24

27 Apr '24

Youse have that luxury! Our mighty past is not dead. Its not even past. https://www.anarchistnews.org/content/chile-interview-espacio-f%C3%A9nix-en… In this way we fight with death, with resignation, oblivion and silence. Memory is always a dangerous element for power, which does not seek to accommodate or position our dead in the ordered rhythm of the city, the academy or melancholy, but rather to allow them to continue taking anarchic steps towards total liberation, dangerously free and alive… even when they are no longer physically alive.

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Outlets Ask Fla. Court To Toss Trump's $1.5B Truth Social Suit
by Gunnar Larson 27 Apr '24

27 Apr '24

Outlets Ask Fla. Court To Toss Trump's $1.5B Truth Social Suit <https://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/1829495?nl_pk=a34c25b5-…> By David Minsky Several news outlets that were sued by Donald Trump's social media company over reports that it lost $73 million following a merger have urged a Florida state court to dismiss the lawsuit, saying defamation wasn't sufficiently alleged and the articles were substantially true. 14 documents attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/1829495?nl_pk=a34c25b5-…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/1829495?nl_pk=a34c25b5-…>

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Bloomberg support for biometric fascism
by pro2rat＠yahoo.com.au 26 Apr '24

26 Apr '24

Bloomberg's fascist affinities should be well known by now https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-04-22/internet-of-finance-w… Cypherpunks reject the dossier society. Bloomberg types go fuck yourself.

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Autodesk Faces Investor Suit Over Internal Controls
by Gunnar Larson 26 Apr '24

26 Apr '24

Autodesk Faces Investor Suit Over Internal Controls <https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/1829489?nl_pk=2bd720dd-746c-4744…> By Sydney Price Software company Autodesk has been hit with a proposed class action alleging the company's stock price dropped after investors learned it lacked proper internal controls due to issues with its free cash flow and operating margin practices. Complaint attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/1829489?nl_pk=2bd720dd-746c-4744…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/1829489?nl_pk=2bd720dd-746c-4744…>

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Atty Slams Mogul's Fight For Bank Records As Waste Of Time
by Gunnar Larson 26 Apr '24

26 Apr '24

Atty Slams Mogul's Fight For Bank Records As Waste Of Time <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1829631?nl_pk=153d4a8a-6fb9-4a5…> By Travis Bland An attorney struck back against an airline mogul's attempt to acquire his bank records as part of a hacking lawsuit, telling a federal court that a subpoena was invalid because it was sent under an improper bank name. Response attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1829631?nl_pk=153d4a8a-6fb9-4a5…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1829631?nl_pk=153d4a8a-6fb9-4a5…>

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Morehouse Med Fired Staffer Who Exposed Affair, Suit Says
by Gunnar Larson 26 Apr '24

26 Apr '24

Morehouse Med Fired Staffer Who Exposed Affair, Suit Says <https://www.law360.com/health/articles/1829705?nl_pk=6422bbc2-a823-4be5-9a9…> By Chart Riggall A former diversity staffer at Atlanta's Morehouse School of Medicine alleged an array of workplace violations in a new lawsuit, claiming he was denied overtime pay for after-hours work and fired when he complained about harassment stemming from sexual entanglement among the school's executives. Complaint attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/health/articles/1829705?nl_pk=6422bbc2-a823-4be5-9a9…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/health/articles/1829705?nl_pk=6422bbc2-a823-4be5-9a9…>

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Houston Surgeon OKs Order For Docs In Wrongful Death Suit
by Gunnar Larson 26 Apr '24

26 Apr '24

Houston Surgeon OKs Order For Docs In Wrongful Death Suit <https://www.law360.com/health/articles/1829654?nl_pk=6422bbc2-a823-4be5-9a9…> By Catherine Marfin A transplant surgeon at Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center in Houston and the families of three patients who died while on the hospital's liver transplant waiting list told a judge Thursday that they had agreed to a temporary restraining order preventing the doctor from deleting or altering any documents related to the families' wrongful death claims. Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/health/articles/1829654?nl_pk=6422bbc2-a823-4be5-9a9…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/health/articles/1829654?nl_pk=6422bbc2-a823-4be5-9a9…>

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