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Meta Settles With Teen During Trial Over Social Media Addiction Claims
Meta settled a lawsuit Friday with an 18-year-old Mississippi plaintiff, identified only as K.D.B., while a jury was being selected in a Los...
DOJ Unveils Ghost Students Scam Indictments Against 5 People
Five people have been indicted, accused of stealing the identities of U.S. citizens to enroll “ghost students” in educational institutions across the country,...
Chinese National Gets 12 Years for Transporting Cocaine for Terrorist-Listed Cartel
A Chinese citizen has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after being convicted of conspiring to import cocaine, conspiring to launder drug...
US Charges 6 Alleged Scammers in Africa With Links to China, Southeast Asia
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Scam Center Strike Force has announced charges against six Africa-based individuals, with connections to China and Southeast Asia,...
Guatemalan Sentenced to 30 Years for 2022 Human Trafficking Case That Left 53 Dead
A Guatemalan national was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Oct. 20 for his part in a 2022 mass casualty human smuggling...
Iowa Attorney General Sues Camera Company Over Ties to China
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird speaks during the second day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wis.,...
Iranian National Sentenced to 18 Months for Smuggling US Technology to Iran via China
Federal agents escort a 2014 China-Iran trade scheme suspect, Reza Dindar, also known as Renda Dindar—who was arrested in 2025 in Panama and...
Libyan Acquitted of Lockerbie Bombing in 2001 Dies, With Alleged Bombmakers Trial Still Pending
A former Libyan Airlines manager who was acquitted of being involved in the Lockerbie bombing, which killed 270 people when Pan Am Flight...
