A 61-year-old Singaporean, Kwek Kee Seng, has been charged by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for violating U.S. and UN sanctions against North Korea.
According to a press release by the U.S. Attorney s Office in the Southern District of New York, Kwek had allegedly arranged for illicit deliveries of petroleum to North Korea through a ship called the M/T Courageous.
He also faces a second charge of laundering money on behalf of North Korea via the U.S. financial system by using front companies and false documentation, Manhattan U.S. attorney Audrey Strauss added.
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Evan McMahon, 23, pleaded guilty to two offences over his online bootlegging scheme.
An Australian “computer nerd” has avoided jail time for a sophisticated bootlegging scheme that provided people with cheap access to Netflix, Spotify, Hulu and other streaming services using large troves of stolen login details. Evan McMahon, 23, received a discounted sentence of two years and two months to be served under an intensive corrections order in the community, with New South Wales District Court judge John Pickering urging the man to use his valuable technical skills to achieve great things for society. McMahon, from Sydney, made about A$680,000 ($731,000) from the pirate subscription services, winnings that have gone on to generate an unexpectedly large windfall for authorities. Cryptocurrency held by McMahon was worth A$460,000 when it was transferred to Australian Federal Police control in June 2020 but, thanks to a boom in the digital assets, grew to over $1.3 million.
Paul Rusesabagina was called a hero after ‘Hotel Rwanda,’ now he’s on trial Hotel Rwanda hero stands trial on terror-related charges UP NEXT Paul Rusesabagina thought he was heading to Burundi when he boarded an airplane in the United Arab Emirates on the night of Aug. 27, 2020. But the 66-year-old former hotelier, who inspired the acclaimed 2004 film Hotel Rwanda, landed behind bars in Rwanda s capital. Rusesabagina s whereabouts were unknown for several days until Rwandan authorities paraded him in handcuffs during a press conference in Kigali on Aug. 31. Rusesabagina s adopted daughters, Anaise and Carine Kanimba, were together in Washington, D.C., when they got a telephone call from their brother, telling them about their father s arrest.
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Paul Rusesabagina, the hotel manager who allegedly housed thousands of refugees during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, is facing terror-related charges in Rwanda that could land him a life sentence. Muhizi Olivier/AP, FILE
LONDON Paul Rusesabagina thought he was heading to Burundi when he boarded an airplane in the United Arab Emirates on the night of Aug. 27, 2020. But the 66-year-old former hotelier, who inspired the acclaimed 2004 film Hotel Rwanda, landed behind bars in Rwanda s capital.