Tag: Criminal Charges

El Chapo’s wife released from US custody after serving less than two years in prison

Prosecutors said Emma Coronel Aispuro played a role in helping plan her husband’s 2015 prison escape, which involved a tunnel being dug beneath a Mexican jail.

Emma Coronel Aispuro was jailed in 2021

The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been freed from US federal custody after serving less than two years in prison for her involvement in his multibillion-dollar criminal operation.

Emma Coronel Aispuro will now undergo four years of supervised release as part of a plea deal with prosecutors.

The 34-year-old woman had been sentenced to three years in prison in November 2021.

She was moved from a federal prison in Texas to a halfway house in Long Beach, California, in June, ahead of her release.

Coronel Aispuro expressed “true regret for any and all harm” during her sentencing, having pleaded guilty to money laundering and conspiring to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and marijuana for import into the US.

She was arrested in February 2021 at Dulles International Airport and was convicted of drug trafficking and money laundering charges by a jury in Washington DC later that year.

She played a role in aiding her husband’s elaborate prison escape plan in 2015, involving a tunnel dug beneath a Mexican prison, according to prosecutors.

They said she facilitated this escape by smuggling a GPS watch cleverly disguised as food, which allowed the tunnel builders to precisely locate and reach him.

Source: https://news.sky.com/story/el-chapos-wife-released-from-us-custody-after-serving-less-than-two-years-in-prison-12960769

Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio gets 22 years in Jan 6 case

A former leader of the right-wing Proud Boys group, Enrique Tarrio, was sentenced to 22 years in prison on Tuesday for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, the longest sentence so far in the case.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly imposed the sentence on Tarrio, 39, of Miami, for his role in the riot by then-President Donald Trump’s supporters. His lawyers said he would appeal.

Tarrio had been convicted of seditious conspiracy for his role in planning the Capitol riot that sought to stop Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s defeat of Trump in an election Trump falsely claimed was tainted by widespread fraud.

Tarrio’s lawyers said his absence from Washington on Jan. 6, the result of another judge’s earlier order, meant that he had no “direct influence” on the riot.

But in imposing the sentence, the judge said: “Mr. Tarrio was the ultimate leader of that conspiracy. Mr. Tarrio was the ultimate leader, the ultimate person who organized, who was motivated by revolutionary zeal.”

Prosecutors said Tarrio had remained in touch with the Proud Boys group and monitored their actions.

Members of the far-right Proud Boys, including leader Enrique Tarrio (C), rally in support of U.S. President Donald Trump to protest against the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in Washington, U.S. November 14, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights

“He was on a tier of his own,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Conor Mulroe said, adding Tarrio was a uniquely influential figure among the Proud Boys.

Prosecutors had asked Kelly to sentence Tarrio to 33 years behind bars, saying he helped direct the attack from Baltimore. His attorneys had asked for no more than 15 years.

Kelly last week sentenced another far-right Proud Boys leader, Ethan Nordean, to 18 years. Oath Keepers militia founder Stewart Rhodes in May was also sentenced to 18 years.

In court on Tuesday, Tarrio said he was sorry for his actions. “I am extremely ashamed and disappointed,” he said about violence against law enforcement on that day, adding: “What happened on Jan. 6 was a national embarrassment.”

Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ex-proud-boys-leader-be-sentenced-role-us-capitol-attack-2023-09-05/

Germany charges 98-year-old former Nazi camp guard with being accessory to murder

People walk the grounds of the former concentration camp at the Sachsenhausen Memorial, April 2023.
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A 98-year-old former Nazi concentration guard has been indicted on charges of aiding and abetting the murder of more than 3,300 people during the Holocaust, German authorities said on Friday.

The man’s name was not made public by prosecutors, in accordance with German privacy laws.

The public prosecutor in the western city of Giessen, near Frankfurt, said in a statement that the man worked at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp between 1943 and 1945.

The man, who was a minor at the time of the alleged crimes, is accused of “having assisted in the cruel and insidious killing of thousands of prisoners,” prosecutors said.

The man will face a juvenile court because he was under the age of 18 when he served at Sachsenhausen. The statement added that the trial is expected to be in Hanau, close to the man’s home, in accordance with juvenile law.

A psychiatric assessment of the suspect in October 2022 found that he is fit to stand trial within certain limits, the statement concluded.

Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/01/europe/germany-98-year-old-nazi-guard-intl/index.html

NYPD officer sucker-punched by 45-year-old man trying to evade arrest in Harlem, wild video shows

A masked man desperate to evade police sucker-punched a cop in Harlem Thursday — but didn’t make it far before he was cuffed again.

Startling footage showed the moment a repeat offender straddling a Citi Bike dealt a vicious blow to an NYPD officer in the crosswalk at Amsterdam Avenue and West 147 Street just past 4 p.m.

The man — identified by police as 45-year-old Evan Guerrero of Harlem — was apparently complying with the two officers and had his hands placed behind his head after he was stopped for a possible crime in progress.

Evan Guerrero was identified as the man who was caught on camera punching an NYPD officer in Harlem.
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The balaclava-wearing Guerrero can be seen looking over his shoulder before spontaneously delivering a blow to the male officer’s face and running off down West 147th Street.

He only made it to the curb, however.

The two cops immediately pounced on Guerrero, dragging him to the ground in front of a corner store, the video shows.

Guerrero can be seen continuing to escape — even losing a shoe in the process — but was ultimately subdued with the help of seven other officers who arrived as backup.

Guerrero can be seen looking over his shoulder before delivering the vicious blow.
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The unnamed cop whom Guerrero allegedly punched could be seen wiping his face where he was struck and checking for blood while holding down his assailant.

Police said the officer sustained “pain, bruising and a fracture.”

Guerrero was charged with assaulting a police officer.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/09/02/nypd-officer-sucker-punched-by-man-trying-to-evade-arrest-video/

TikTok influencer Mahek Bukhari and her mother jailed for life for double murder after sex tape threat

Mahek Bukhari and her mother Ansreen were convicted of double murder last month after killing Ansreen’s lover and another man during a high-speed chase through Leicestershire.

Mahek Bukhari (L) and her mother Ansreen Bukhari were handed life sentences for two murders on Friday

TikTok influencer Mahek Bukhari and her mother have both been jailed for life for double murder following a sex tape threat.

Bukhari sobbed in the dock last month as she was found guilty of murdering her mother’s lover and his friend in a high-speed car chase.

Her mother Ansreen Bukhari, 46, was also found guilty of the murders following a trial at Leicester Crown Court.

Saqib Hussain and Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin, both 21, died when their Skoda “virtually split in two” and caught fire after leaving the A46 dual carriageway near Leicester before hitting a tree in the early hours of 11 February 2022.

Mr Hussain had threatened to reveal the affair he and Ansreen Bukhari had been having.

Bukhari, 24, and her mother, from Stoke-on-Trent, denied two counts of murder but were convicted by jurors after more than 28 hours of deliberations.

On Friday, Mahek Bukhari was sentenced to life with a minimum of 31 years and eight months in prison, while Ansreen Bukhari also received a life sentence, and was jailed for a minimum of 26 years and nine months.

Rekan Karwan, 29, who brought in Raees Jamal, 23, to help carry out the murders after Bukhari approached him, were also jailed for life with a minimum of 26 years and 10 months and 31 years respectively for two counts of murder.

Three others, who were found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter, were also sentenced.

Natasha Akhtar, 23, was jailed for 11 years and eight months, while Ameer Jamal, 28, and Sanaf Gulamustafa, 23, were jailed for 14 years and eight months and 14 years and nine months respectively for two counts of manslaughter.

All were present in the two vehicles, an Audi TT and a Seat Leon, used in the fatal car chase.

Source: https://news.sky.com/story/tiktok-influencer-mahek-bukhari-and-her-mother-jailed-for-life-for-double-murder-after-sex-tape-threat-12951501

‘Raped at home, molested in church’ — FIR against suspended Delhi official, wife in minor’s assault case

51-year-old & his wife have been sent to 14 days’ judicial custody. Defence counsel says the accused underwent vasectomy in 2005. Medical report on whether it’s intact awaited.

Suspended rape-accused Delhi government official and his wife detained by Police in New Delhi | Photo: ANI

New Delhi: A now-suspended deputy director in the Delhi government’s Department of Women and Child Development (WCD) and his homemaker wife, who are accused in a case of sexual assault of a minor, were sent to 14 days’ judicial custody Wednesday.

According to the FIR registered in the case on 13 August, based on of the statement of the 17-year-old minor, the 51-year-old suspended WCD officer had not only sexually assaulted her when she was living at his Delhi house under his guardianship, but also molested her in the church attended by both families. The minor had also accused his wife of feeding her abortion pills following the assault at their house.

ThePrint has a copy of the FIR.

On Tuesday, defense counsel Umashankar Gautam said that the accused had undergone vasectomy in 2005. A medical report on whether the vasectomy remained intact is awaited and the next hearing is scheduled to be held on 6 September.

“After my father’s death on 1 October, 2020, my mother and I got depressed. I went to my uncle’s house [the minor referred to the accused as mama or maternal uncle] to divert my mind and started attending online classes from there [the minor was enrolled in an open school, according to police sources]. From November 2002 to January 2021, uncle raped me. He would touch my private parts,” states the FIR.

The FIR goes on to detail that the minor was left with swelling in her private parts after the first instance of sexual assault and that the accused’s wife, who is also an accused in the case, blamed the minor when she told him about it.

“She [the wife] was strict and would hit me when I would score less marks. The last time he sexually assaulted me was in January 2021 after which I missed my periods [indicating that she may have been pregnant]. Aunty said that they will get [an] abortion done since it’s the first month and asked her son to get a test kit,” states the FIR.

The FIR adds: “After which they gave me abortion pills and I started bleeding. I told my mother on 16 January [2021, on the minor’s birthday when she visited] to take me from there [though she purportedly did not tell her mother about the alleged assault].”

Source: https://theprint.in/india/raped-at-home-molested-in-church-fir-against-suspended-delhi-official-wife-in-minors-assault-case/1727068/

Rape-Accused Delhi WCD Official, Wife Arrested. NCW Questions AAP Govt, DCW — Top Points

The accused, a deputy director in the WCD department, accommodated the girl and her family at his residence following her father’s demise on October 1, 2020.

A Delhi govt official and his wife have been arrested on Monday in the minor’s rape case. ( Image Source : ANI )

New Delhi: A senior government official was arrested by the Delhi Police on Monday after he was accused of raping his deceased friend’s minor daughter for several months and causing her pregnancy. The accused, a deputy director in the Women and Child Development (WCD) department, accommodated the girl and her family at his residence following her father’s demise on October 1, 2020. Police on Monday also arrested his wife for allegedly giving the girl medication to terminate the pregnancy.

Meanwhile, a four-member team of the National Commission for Women (NCW) visited the hospital where the minor girl has been admitted for inquiry into the case, as reported by news agency ANI.

The incident came to light when the girl, presently in Class 12, disclosed the events to a counsellor at a hospital where she sought treatment for an anxiety attack, the police said.

Here’s everything that has happened so far: 

  • The rape-accused official and his wife were arrested by Police. His wife was arrested for allegedly giving the girl pregnancy termination medication.
  • DCP North District Sagar Singh Kalsi informed that the accused couple has been arrested. He told ANI, “In the case of sexual assault with a minor, we have arrested two persons. One of them is Premoday Khakha, 51 years old, he is a Deputy Director in the Department of Women and Child Development of GNCT and the second accused is his wife, Seema Rani, 50 years old. The investigation is in progress.”
  • Explaining the facts in the case, he informed that the accused was a local guardian of the victim after her father’s death. “The victim is undergoing treatment and is currently stable. We have arrested Seema Rani as she was also aware of the incident and she has been effective in getting the abortion done. The investigation is in progress,” he said.
  • Rekha Sharma, the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW), said that the NCW has taken suo-moto cognisance of the case. “We will conduct an inquiry into the case. The accused and his wife had kept the girl with them illegally. When an employee of the Women & Child Development Dept of Delhi govt who was also working with DCW doing all this, were the Delhi govt & DCW doing? We are hearing that some people from the government were trying to save the accused officer,” she said, questioning the Delhi government and the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW).
  • A four-member team of the NCW visited the hospital in Delhi where the minor girl has been admitted. One of the members, Mamta Kumari told ANI, “We came here after forming a committee for enquiry into this case. We went to the office of the Police Commissioner but he did not meet us there. We were told that he is out for some work. We tried to meet the IO but we were told that he has gone to Court. When we came here to meet the victim, we are being told that her mother does not want to meet us…They are doing this to cover this up.”
  • DCW chief Swati Maliwal sat on a protest at a hospital on Monday after she alleged that she was not allowed to meet the minor girl. “The (accused) Delhi government official has exerted clout that’s why he was not arrested for 10 days by Delhi Police. We have come here to meet the victim but we are not allowed by police to do so,” she told PTI.
  • Earlier in the day, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal ordered the accused WCD official’s suspension and had sought a report from Chief Secretary by 5 pm today.
  • While speaking to ANI, Mahila Congress President Netta D’Souza said, “It is unfortunate that such a person is in the Woman and Child Development ministry that speaks volumes about sensitivity towards the cause of women and child development. If he’s involved in such a grievous crime, such a person should be terminated and imprisoned. The police must take immediate action. We request the Delhi CM (Arvind Kejriwal) to ensure that the strictest of actions should be taken against such officers.”

Source: https://news.abplive.com/delhi-ncr/rape-accused-delhi-wcd-official-wife-arrested-ncw-questions-aap-govt-dcw-top-points-1624356

Testimony from Sam Bankman-Fried’s trusted inner circle will be used to convict him, prosecutors say

Testimony from FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s “trusted inner circle” of former executives at his collapsed cryptocurrency empire will be used to prove at an October trial that he misappropriated billions of dollars from his investors to fuel his businesses, make illegal campaign contributions and enrich himself, prosecutors said Monday.

Prosecutors made the assertions in papers filed in Manhattan federal court, where Bankman-Fried is charged with defrauding investors in his businesses and illegally diverted millions of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency from customers using his FTX exchange. He has pleaded not guilty.

The court filing, in which prosecutors describe evidence they plan to present to jurors, came three days after Bankman-Fried was sent to a federal jail in Brooklyn to await trial by Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, who said there was probable cause to believe he had tried to tamper with witness testimony at least twice since his December arrest.

It also came on the same day that prosecutors filed a streamlined indictment that contains the seven charges Bankman-Fried faces at the Oct. 2 trial — but there’s no longer a campaign finance charge for now, though it could go to trial later if they are found to conform with the terms of an extradition treaty with the Bahamas.

Still, prosecutors said in the latest indictment that Bankman-Fried misappropriated customer money to help fund over $100 million in political contributions in advance of the 2022 election. The indictment said he sought to “maximize FTX’s political influence” and use “these connections with politicians and government officials to falsely burnish the public image of FTX as a legitimate exchange.”

Late Monday, Bankman-Fried’s lawyers filed their own court papers related to trial evidence. In them, they asked that the trial judge exclude evidence about the FTX bankruptcy, the solvency of FTC and its affiliated trading platform, Alameda Research, and their ability to pay customers back.

They also asked that the judge ban prosecutors from telling jurors that Bankman-Fried resigned from FTX. They said they may oppose the prosecution’s plans to introduce evidence related to severed or withdrawn counts, such as the campaign finance charge.

Before Friday, Bankman Fried, 31, had been living with his parents in Palo Alto, California, after signing a $250 million personal recognizance bond following his extradition from the Bahamas last December.

Prosecutors recently sought his detention, saying he had tried to intimidate his former girlfriend, Caroline Ellison — the onetime CEO of Alameda Research — by releasing some of her writing to a journalist.

Source : https://apnews.com/article/sam-bankman-fried-court-hearing-b6bd0749ccac16f5c05d9aa7be4c8818

Georgia court charges Donald Trump with trying to illegally overturn 2020 election

Trump is already defending several other cases – just a year before he hopes to reclaim the presidency.

Pic: AP

A court in Georgia has charged Donald Trump with trying to illegally overturn the 2020 election.

Among the charges is ‘solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer’ in other words trying to persuade someone to betray their office.

It is the fourth set of charges against the former president.

Prosecutors brought 13 counts against Trump and his associates, including forgery and racketeering, which is most often used to target members of organised crime groups.

Ten other people have been charged including former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, Trump’s former lawyer and ex New York mayor Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman, another of Trump’s ex lawyers.

The court in Atlanta sat beyond usual working hours as a grand jury decided whether or not to charge the former president.

Trump narrowly lost to Joe Biden in Georgia and his lawyers, including former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, made false claims of election fraud.

Audio of a call by Trump to Georgia’s secretary of state also emerged in January 2021 in which he suggested election officials could “find” the votes he needed to win.

Trump is already defending several other cases – just a year before he hopes to reclaim the presidency.

The most serious concern allegations he plotted to overturn his election loss, laying the ground for the infamous US Capitol riots.

He denies the claims and says they are politically motivated.

In a statement, the Trump campaign said: “They could have brought this two and a half years ago, yet they chose todo this for election interference reasons in the middle of President Trump’s successful campaign.

Source : https://news.sky.com/story/georgia-court-investigating-donald-trump-over-2020-election-delivers-10-indictments-12940272

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