After spending four days in police custody, the founder and CEO of messaging app Telegram, Pavel Durov, was put under formal investigation in France on Thursday for a wide range of criminal charges. He was also released from custody on the condition that he does not leave French territory during the investigation. Bail was set […]
Popular Celebrity Rocked By Drug Charges After Bizarre Behavior
Rapper Sik-K has been indicted on drug charges. Sik-K On August 22, it was belatedly reported that the rapper was indicted on drug charges last June. Previously, the rapper turned himself in to police for drug use. During the investigation, Sik-K tested positive for methamphetamine. The rapper’s lawyer has since denied charges of methamphetamine while […]
SEC charges crypto firm NovaTech with fraud
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is suing a crypto startup, NovaTech, for allegedly fraudulently raising more than $ 650 million from over 200,000 investors, many in the Haitian-American community. The SEC frames NovaTech, founded in 2019 by husband-and-wife duo Cynthia and Eddy Petion, as a multi-level marketing (MLM) scheme — one that lured […]
Manchester City Hearing Over Premier League Charges May Be Brought Forward: Report
Team Manchester City in action© AFP Manchester City’s hearing into 115 alleged breaches of Premier League financial regulations could be brought forward to next month, according to a report in The Times. The newspaper said on Monday that the start of an independent commission hearing, planned for November, would now begin in mid-to-late September. the […]
Yelp’s lack of transparency around API charges angers developers
On July 19, Yelp informed select indie developers that they would have to switch to paid accounts, due to high API usage. Developers were given four days to make the change, in a move that echoes recent communication bungles by Reddit and Twitter. When the developers replied to the July 19 email, Yelp sent a […]