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US charges Hong Kong based-Russian with smuggling military technology to Russia
18Sep By Gloomberg NewsNo Comments
Science

US charges Hong Kong based-Russian with smuggling military technology to Russia

An American flag waves outside the U.S. Department of Justice Building in Washington, U.S., December 15, 2020. REUTERS/Al Drago/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Sept 18 (Reuters) - A Russian man who has lived in Hong Kong has been taken into U.S. custody and charged with smuggling large quantities of American-made, military-grade microelectronics to Russia, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Monday.Maxim Marchenko, 51, and two unnamed Russian co-conspirators were accused of using his shell companies to conceal the fraudulent procurement of so-called OLED micro-displays.The case was coordinated through the Justice Department's Task Force KleptoCapture, which was created to enforce sanctions, export restrictions and other measures in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine....
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George and Amal Clooney ‘have formed a real parental partnership’ | Entertainment
2Sep By Gloomberg NewsNo Comments
Entertainment

George and Amal Clooney ‘have formed a real parental partnership’ | Entertainment

George and Amal Clooney have "formed a real partnership" as parents to their six-year-old twins.The 62-year-old actor and Amal, 45, have twins Ella and Alexander together, and an insider has revealed that they share their parental responsibilities, explaining that they are "taking turns with taking the kids to activities".The family have spent the summer at Lake Como in Italy, and the human rights lawyer has made a concerted effort to spend quality time with her family.The source told Us Weekly: "Amal has a big home office and is working on cases this summer, but both her and George really try to do life the European way and take August off from work."The twin...
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Donald Trump’s team launch mugshot-inspired merchandise | Entertainment
25Aug By Gloomberg NewsNo Comments
Entertainment

Donald Trump’s team launch mugshot-inspired merchandise | Entertainment

Donald Trump's campaign team have started selling merchandise that features his mugshot.The historic mugshot was released by authorities in Georgia after the former US President - who has been accused of trying to overturn his electoral defeat in 2020 - turned himself in at the Fulton County jail in Atlanta.Trump, 77, subsequently posted his own mugshot on X, which was formerly known as Twitter.The post was Trump's first message on X since January 2021 and the message also featured a link to his official website.The mugshot has already been attached to various bits of merchandise by Trump's team, including T-shirts, coffee mugs and bumper stickers. ...
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Drew Barrymore’s ex husband becomes a dad again | Entertainment
18Jun By Gloomberg NewsNo Comments
Entertainment

Drew Barrymore’s ex husband becomes a dad again | Entertainment

Will Kopelman has welcomed a baby boy with Alexandra Michler.The 44-year-old art consultant was married to Hollywood star Drew Barrymore from 2012 until 2016 and already has Olive, 10, and eight-year-old Frankie with her but took to social media on Father's Day (18.06.23) that his wife Alexandra, 42, had given birth to a little boy three days earlier.Alongside a snap of himself and his wife kissing in the hospital, he wrote on Instagram: "John Keats Kopelman [blue heart emoji] born at sunrise 6/15/2023."Will went on to explain that the baby's middle name is part of a family tradition that goes back to honouring 1800s poet John Keats and assured his followers o...
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Cocaine Operation That Used Pokémon Art Cases Got Busted
13Jun By Gloomberg NewsNo Comments
Gaming

Cocaine Operation That Used Pokémon Art Cases Got Busted

Hold it right there, scoundrel.Image: Gorodenkoff / Pokémon / Kotaku (Getty Images)Two New Bedford, Massachusetts men were arrested on June 6 for allegedly smuggling some four pounds of cocaine in a couple of adorable yellow Pokémon art cases that seem to feature the electric mouse Pikachu on the front.This Lesbian Mafia Anime Might Actually Make You Want To Play GolfAccording to a June 8 report from the news channel ABC6, an undercover United States Postal Service inspector put together a sting operation with New Bedford police detectives for 20-year-old Darren Casado Ruiz and 19-year-old Angel Rodriguez, who allegedly trafficked the Pika-cocaine from Puerto Rico to an apartment in the Massachusetts town. After the coordinated delivery between operatives, it was reported that Ruiz snatche...
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18Nov By Gloomberg NewsNo Comments
Gaming

Sonic Co-Creator Yuji Naka Arrested Over Dragon Quest Game

Over the past 24 hours a number of people in Japan—including a Square Enix employee—have been arrested on insider trading charges related to a Dragon Quest game announcement. Legendary Sega designer Yuji Naka is reportedly among them.The scandal centers around a studio called Aiming, which in 2020 was announced as the developer of a new Dragon Quest game, called Tact. Last night, it was first alleged that 38-year-old Square Enix employee Taisuke Sazaki, who has worked on Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts games, knew of the deal before it was publicly announced, and along with a friend purchased a ton of shares in Aiming, hoping to profit when their share price (presumably) went up.Naka, 57, who is credited as one of the main creators of Sonic the Hedgehog and who has also worked on everythi...
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27Oct By Gloomberg NewsNo Comments
Gaming

Father & ‘Adult Son’ Found Guilty Over 2018 Pokémon Go ‘Brawl’

Photo: Tomohiro Ohsumi (Getty Images)In June 2018 a brawl erupted in a park in St Louis that led to a victim suffering a “traumatic eye injury”. The fight was captured on video and led to two men being arrested on serious assault charges. Those men have finally been tried, with a court finding both guilty of felony third-degree assault.As the St. Louis Post-Dispatch report, the two men charged—75 year-old Robert Matteuzzi and his 35 year-old son Angelo Matteuzzi—were recorded in 2018 assaulting a man near a lake in Kirkwood Park, where they were seen “repeatedly punching the victim and holding the man down in the water”.Kirkwood Park is apparently a Pokémon Go hotspot, with locals constantly vying over the gym there, and it’s this conflict that sparked the brawl. Angelo had been trying to ...
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Anne Heche’s son bids to ‘expand authority’ over late mum’s estate | Entertainment
23Oct By Gloomberg NewsNo Comments
Entertainment

Anne Heche’s son bids to ‘expand authority’ over late mum’s estate | Entertainment

Anne Heche’s son is bidding to “expand his authority” over his late mum’s estate.Homer Laffoon, 20, asked for a bond of $800,000 (£703,000) as part of his ‘ex-parte application’ with the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles County to extend his control as special administrator of the estate.Documents obtained by Entertainment Tonight lodged on Thursday (20.10.22) and reported on Sunday (23.10.22) show the 20-year-old asserts the expansion is “necessary” as the “tangible personal property of the estate” located in Anne’s apartment needs to be moved as soon as possible in order to “avoid additional fees, costs and possible loss”.Homer also claims cheques ...
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