A hacker has been sentenced to five years in a US prison for laundering the proceeds of one of the biggest ever cryptocurrency thefts.Ilya Lichtenstein pleaded guilty last year to hacking into the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange in 2016 and stealing almost 120,000 bitcoin.He laundered the stolen cryptocurrency with the help of his wife Heather Morgan, who used the alias Razzlekhan to promote her hip hop music.At the time of the theft, the bitcoin was worth around $70m (£55.3m), but had risen in value to more than $4.5bn by the time of they were arrested.The $3.6bn worth of assets recovered in…
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Republicans have won control of the House of Representatives, handing the party a CLEAN SWEEP as Socrates had forecast – the only unbiased forecaster out there. The projection for 2024 was similar to the case of a major victory in 1972, where two models out of six showed a big gap. People have been writing to various media outlets to ask why they will not report how Socrates beat everyone in 2016 and 2024. I seriously doubt they will ever report what Socrates has forecast. In the 2020 election, the computer showed neck & neck – evenly divided 3 for…
Screenshot: MSNBC In a must-see appearance on MSNBC, Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) went toe-to-toe with Andrea Mitchell, dismantling her far-left narratives with a calm yet relentless barrage of facts. The former U.S. Ambassador to Japan and staunch Trump ally delivered a masterclass in exposing the weaponization of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and highlighting the hypocrisy of the left-wing media. Mitchell, attempting to corner Hagerty on the controversial nomination of Matt Gaetz as Attorney General, found herself struggling to keep up as Hagerty systematically dismantled her talking points. Addressing Gaetz’s nomination, Hagerty didn’t shy away from defending Trump’s bold…
Moses “Shyne” Barrow has revealed that he has let go of his grudges against Sean “Diddy” Combs after the Bad Boy Records founder allegedly let him take the fall for the 1999 NYC nightclub shooting.The incident led to Shyne being sentenced to a decade in prison for his role in the incident while Diddy worked away scot-free.The former Bad Boy rapper also described Sean “Diddy” Combs as the “person who destroyed” his life and that the music mogul wasn’t there for his mother while he was away in prison.Article continues below advertisementFormer Bad Boy Rapper Claims He Has Moved On…
The reelection of Donald Trump to the US presidency will have no bearing on preparations for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, organisers said on Thursday (Nov 14), stating that the games were “above politics”. LA28 chairman Casey Wasserman said games organisers in the staunchly Democratic California metropolis were confident of working smoothly with the incoming Trump administration and had already been in contact with the president-elect’s transition team. “The Olympics aren’t about politics, and they’re not about red and blue – they’re about red, white, and blue,” Wasserman told a news conference. “These are America’s games taking place in Los…
Medan, Indonesia – Halimah Nasution used to feel as if she had it all. For years, she and her husband Agus Saputra made a good living renting out supplies for weddings, graduations and birthdays. Even after splitting their earnings among several of their siblings, the couple in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province took in about 30 million rupiahs ($1,917) each month. Spending about one-quarter of their takings each month, the couple belonged to the upper reaches of Indonesia’s middle class, officially defined as those with monthly outgoings of between two million rupiahs ($127) and 9.9 million rupiahs ($638). Then the COVID-19…
Even before superstar captain Sidney Crosby agreed to a two-year contract extension that could keep him attached to the Pittsburgh Penguins through at least the 2026-27 NHL season, fans hoped the trio of Crosby, center Evgeni Malkin and defenseman Kris Letang could help the club go on one last magical run before they retire.Instead, The Penguins started the season at 6-9-3 and recently traded veteran center Lars Eller to the Washington Capitals for two future draft picks. With Pittsburgh looking like one of the worst teams in the league, some understandably have wondered if Crosby is having second thoughts about retiring as a one-club man. “The Penguins…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Expanding your franchise concept internationally is a challenging decision. It can offer tremendous growth opportunities beyond your current home market. However, doing so prematurely can put undue stress on your system as you try to replicate your U.S. operations for a culturally different demographic while also managing domestic expansion and support.Before expanding to new international markets, ensure that your business concept is thoroughly developed, all intellectual property is registered and trademarked, marketing materials and manuals are translated, and you have a local team available in the targeted markets to assist with launching…
Factory aerosols can transform the clouds aboveGetty Images/iStockphoto Plumes of pollution from large factories can trigger snowfall and leave holes in clouds that stretch over large areas, satellite images have revealed. It has long been known that tiny particles of pollutants like soot, known as aerosol pollution, can affect clouds in many ways. Water vapour can condense on pollutant particles, triggering cloud formation, and pollutants can also alter the properties of existing clouds. While studying these effects, Velle Toll at the University of Tartu in Estonia noticed that there were sometimes holes in clouds downwind of major pollution sources. He…
The 2024 Latin Grammy Awards are here — and it’s a milestone anniversary. This year the event celebrates 25 years of honoring the best of Latin music in Spanish and Portuguese.Taking place Thursday night at the Kaseya Center in Miami, considered the epicenter of Latin culture in the U.S., the show will be packed with star-studded performances highlighting the explosive growth of Latin music in recent years — it’s now the nation’s fastest-growing streaming genre.More than 700 artists were nominated across 58 categories this year, according to Manuel Abud, CEO of the Latin Recording Academy.Shakira, Bad Bunny, Anitta and Karol G are…