All articles tagged with #prison sentence
Nicole Daedone, founder of OneTaste, was sentenced in a Brooklyn federal court to nine years in prison for her role in a forced-labor scheme tied to the organization.
Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro leaves a Brasilia hospital after a medical-warranted halt in his house arrest and returns home to serve a 27-year prison sentence.
Victoria Gotti is connected to a federal case in which her son allegedly fraudulently obtained about $1.1 million in COVID-19 relief funds; her lawyer says prison for him could endanger her life because she awaits a kidney transplant, underscoring the urgency of finding a donor as the case proceeds.
A south suburban Chicago-area man, Sharhabeel Shreiteh, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for leading a $14 million Paycheck Protection Program loan fraud scheme. He filed more than 1,500 false PPP loan applications for about 1,025 clients, causing roughly $14 million to be dispersed, most of which was forgiven. He received about $740,000 in kickbacks, spent it on luxury purchases and vacations, and sent hundreds of thousands of dollars to his second wife in Palestine. Co-defendant charges are pending, and he faces a related tax fraud case.
Americans reacted to South Korea sentencing former president Yoon Suk Yeol to life in prison for an insurrection bid after he allegedly mobilized military and police to seize the National Assembly. The piece highlights social-media reactions and cross-border comparisons to U.S. politics, with readers debating accountability, the rule of law, and how such an outcome would be handled in the United States.
Nobel Peace Prize recipient Narges Mohammadi was handed seven-and-a-half years in a Mashhad court (six years for 'gathering and collusion' and 1.5 years for 'propaganda'), plus a two-year travel ban and two-year exile, with supporters calling the hearing a sham; she has health concerns, a hunger strike, and the total time she has been ordered to spend in prison is now about 44 years.
Former President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to five years in prison for fabricating an official document to justify a martial-law declaration and for obstructing a police attempt to detain him on insurrection charges; the ruling marks the first of eight trials stemming from his martial-law episode, with a separate insurrection verdict due on Feb. 19 and prosecutors seeking the death penalty for that count.
Governor Jared Polis described Tina Peters' nine-year prison sentence as 'harsh,' prompting discussions about clemency or sentence reduction, with her defense team requesting a pardon amid ongoing legal appeals and political pressure.
A former Tennessee lawmaker, Robin Smith, received a reduced sentence to probation after cooperating in a corruption case involving ex-House speaker Glen Casada and aide Cade Cothren, whose prison sentences were pardoned by Trump. Smith's cooperation helped secure convictions, and her sentence was shortened from eight months to one year of probation, with her attorneys seeking a presidential pardon.
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was sentenced to 15 years in prison and fined over $3.3 billion for his role in the 1MDB corruption scandal, marking a significant milestone in one of the world's largest financial scandals. He was convicted of abuse of power and money laundering related to over $700 million channeled into his accounts, with the court rejecting his claims of political donations and asserting his involvement in the illicit activities.
Russian court sentenced pro-war activist and critic of Putin, Sergei Udaltsov, to six years in prison for justifying terrorism, amid a broader crackdown on dissent following Russia's actions in Ukraine. Udaltsov, a prominent opposition figure, has a history of activism and previous imprisonments, and he denounced the verdict as shameful, announcing a hunger strike.
Russian court sentenced pro-war activist and Putin critic Sergei Udaltsov to six years in prison for justifying terrorism, amid a broader crackdown on dissent following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Udaltsov, a prominent opposition figure, has a history of activism and previous imprisonments, and he denounced the verdict as shameful, going on a hunger strike.
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to 17 years in prison for corruption related to the illegal sale and retention of state gifts, including jewelry, with Khan planning to appeal the verdict. The case has sparked controversy over the fairness of the trial and political motivations, amid ongoing political tensions in Pakistan.
A Pakistani court sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to 17 years in prison for selling state gifts below market value, a verdict criticized by Khan's supporters as unjust and politically motivated.
Cedric Lodge, a former Harvard Medical School morgue manager, was sentenced to eight years in prison for stealing and selling human body parts from donated cadavers in a nationwide scheme, involving transportation and sale of organs, skin, and brains, with his wife also receiving a prison sentence.