Europe
UK: Solicitor fined for failing to spot cyber fraud
A British solicitor was fined by the country's Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) for inappropriate handling of a fraudulent payment as part of a conveyancing cyber scam.
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Africa
Nigerian ex-President Muhammadu Buhari's signature forged to withdraw $6m, court hears
Authorities believe that the suspects conspired with Nigeria's former central bank chief Godwin Emefiele
BBC
Europe
UK: Unregistered barrister reprimanded over overseas conviction for possession of Indian Hemp
Allan Zalimba Joel Ntata, called to the Bar in March 2004, was convicted before the First Grade Magistrate sitting at Chisenjere in Malawi, East Africa, of being in possession of 38.1g of Indian Hemp without a license or lawful excuse
Law Society Gazette
Courts
Businessman charged with fraud and forgery of KMA letters remanded
Bernard Oduro Takyi is accused of forging the embarkation and disembarkation stamps of Singapore, South Africa, Mauritius and Turkey in the various passports of the two complainants.
GNA
Courts
Man jailed 20 years for impregnating daughter
Korledzo was on Friday, February 02, convicted on the charge of incest under section 105 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29)
GNA
Europe
UK solicitor who borrowed £630,000 from clients is struck off lawyers roll
Jack Grunhut was found to have backdated an application for stamp duty land tax relief, took out loans from clients and received referral payments for referring clients to a short-term lender.
The Law Society Gazette
Courts
Queen mother in court over GH₵93k enlistment scam
Appearing before an Accra Circuit Court, Jewel pleaded not guilty to defrauding by false pretences. She, however, told the Court that she was making frantic efforts to refund the money to the complainant.
GNA
Others
Pakistan former PM Imran Khan jailed for leaking state secrets
Khan, who was ousted by his opponents as PM in 2022, is already serving a three-year jail term after being convicted of corruption.
BBC
US
Taylor Swift: Man charged with stalking near singer's New York home
David Crowe, 33, from Seattle, was arrested on Monday after complaints about an "emotionally disturbed male acting erratically".
BBC
Crime
Lawyer in court for alleged perjury
Ekua Ofori is also said to have forged the company’s regulation for GFX Company Limited.
GNA
Europe
Arbitrator jail sentence and ban raises questions in ‘highly unusual’ case
Stampa was found guilty of contempt for his role as arbitrator in an international contract dispute which centred on an alleged breach of contract against the government of Malaysia
The Law Society Gazette
Tech
eBay pays $3m fine in blogger harassment case
Executives at eBay sent live spiders and cockroaches to Ina and David Steiner, according to court papers.
BBC
Courts
Pastor in court over visa fraud
Bismark Quaoo Yankey, charged with five counts of defrauding by false pretences, pleaded not guilty.
GNA
Tech
OpenAI says it's 'impossible' to train AI without copyrighted materials
OpenAI faces multiple lawsuits over its use of copyrighted articles, books, and art to train its generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools.
Euronews
US
Tupac murder suspect granted $750,000 bail ahead of trial
Duane 'Keffe D' Davis is said to be the only person still alive who was in the vehicle from which shots were fired in Las Vegas on 7 September 1996. Rapper Tupac Shakur died from his injuries six days later
Sky News
Others
South Korea passes law banning dog meat trade
The law aims to end the centuries-old practice of eating dog meat.
BBC
Africa
Gambian ex-minister goes on trial in Switzerland for murder
Ousman Sonko fled there in 2016, shortly before Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, accused of heading a repressive regime, lost power.
BBC
Africa
Nigeria seeks to ban degrees from Kenya, Uganda in crackdown
This comes days after the West African country suspended the accreditation of degrees from Benin and Togo.
BBC
US
Trump’s legal defeat in Colorado may turn into political gold
The Colorado Supreme Court's ruling to disqualify the former president from the Republican Party's upcoming primary ballot is yet another unprecedented moment in US politics.
BBC
Tech
Trevor Milton sentenced to prison after fraud conviction
Trevor Milton, who led Nikola Corporation, was convicted of fraud last year after a jury found he had lied persistently about the company.
BBC