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Man admits damaging computer, causing PPE delivery delay
ATLANTA (AP) — A former employee of a medical device packaging company has pleaded guilty to damaging a computer belonging to his former employer, which prosecutors said caused a delay in the delivery of personal protective equipment to health care providers. Christopher Dobbins, 40, pleaded guilty to a...
Ex-Tennessee pain clinic CEO sentenced in fraud scheme
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The former CEO of a Tennessee pain management company has been sentenced to three years and six months in federal prison for his role in a $4 million Medicare kickback scheme. John Davis, 42, of Franklin, was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Nashville for his conviction on one...
UK, Australia investigate Clearview facial recognition firm
LONDON (AP) — Privacy watchdogs in Britain and Australia have opened a joint investigation into facial recognition company Clearview AI over its use of personal data “scraped” off social media platforms and other websites. Thursday's announcement by the U.K.'s Information...
Judge dismisses GM's bribery lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler
DETROIT (AP) — A federal judge in Detroit has tossed out General Motors’ lawsuit alleging that Fiat Chrysler paid off union leaders to get better contract terms than GM. In a ruling Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Paul Borman wrote that GM’s alleged injuries were not caused by FCA violating...
Frontier Northwest to pay over undisclosed customer fees
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Frontier Communications Northwest will pay $900,000 to Washington state after an investigation by the attorney general’s office found the company charged customers undisclosed fees and misled them about the speed of its internet service. The Seattle Times reports that Attorney...
US: Ex-Nissan boss wired money to man who helped him flee
Former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn wired more than $860,000 to a company linked to one of the men accused of helping smuggle him out of Japan in a box last year, prosecutors said in a new court filing. Prosecutors filed documents Tuesday detailing two wire transfers made by Ghosn in October 2019 as...
Sons of ex-Panama president held in Guatemala on US charges
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Two sons of former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli will be held in jail in Guatemala pending hearings Friday, officials said Tuesday as the U.S. government seeks their extradition for their alleged role in a bribery and money laundering scheme. Luis Enrique, 38, and Ricardo...
Private prison firm drops efforts to keep Nashville contract
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A private prison company abruptly dropped efforts to keep running a jail in Nashville, saying it won't be used as a “punching bag" as city officials take steps to end the agreement on their own. Damon Hininger, CEO of Tennessee-based CoreCivic, informed Nashville-Davidson...
Russian space official, ex-journalist, charged with treason
MOSCOW (AP) — A former journalist who worked as an adviser to the director of Russia's state space corporation was arrested and jailed Tuesday on charges of passing military secrets to Czech intelligence, accusations that many of his colleagues dismissed as absurd. Ivan Safronov, who had written about...
Portuguese energy firms replace CEOs amid corruption probe
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Shares in Portugal’s blue-chip national energy provider EDP and its international renewable energy division rose Tuesday after the companies replaced their CEOs amid a corruption investigation. An investigating magistrate on Monday ruled that Energias de Portugal CEO Antonio...
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