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Judge Tosses Road Rage Killer's Sentence over AI-Generated Video of Victim Played in CourtAn Arizona appeals court has overturned the prison sentence of a man convicted of manslaughter after a road rage incident, determining that an AI-generated video of his deceased victim used during sentencing was unreliable and created fundamental unfairness in the proceedings. The post Judge Tosses Road Rage Killer’s Sentence over AI-Generated Video of…

Breitbart News Network2d agoWhole story →

Inmates getting paper straws in Canadian prisons for 'safer snorting'Canada is giving paper straws to convicts across federal prisons for “safer snorting,” according to a memo to Corrections Canada staff shared on social media.

New York Post3d agoWhole story →

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Ex-US congressman sentenced to 10 years in prison for $50m lobbying schemeRiver's ex-housemate, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, testified he had no idea about his activities.

BBC News4d agoWhole story →

Delaware men sentenced for fraud scheme that included Iowa victimsTwo Delaware men received federal prison sentences for a wire fraud scheme that included Iowa victims.

Des Moines Register6d agoWhole story →

Technology cyber fraud sentencing

California tech CEO busted in international $2M smart ring Ponzi schemeMichelle Bisnoff, CEO of Esos Rings Inc., will spend decades in prison for running a Ponzi scheme that duped investors with fabricated patent ownership and fraudulently obtained a federal business relief loan during the pandemic.

New York Post8d agoWhole story →

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Sanders bill would ban superintelligence and create a Department of AI‘You hit the brakes’: a superintelligence ban from Sanders and Casar would pause advanced AI and punish violators with up to 20 years in prison.

TNW11d agoWhole story →

Technology ai regulation bill introduced

Elizabeth Holmes Can't Contact Her Investor Victims After Prison ReleaseElizabeth Holmes is barred from reaching out to the many investors she was convicted of ripping off -- to the tune of over $452 million -- once she gets out of federal prison ... TMZ has learned.

TMZ11d agoWhole story →

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67-year-old sentenced to federal prison for mailing threatening letters, white powder to Texas judges67-year-old Donald Ray McCray was sentenced to over 17 years in federal prison for mailing threatening communications towards several judges in Fort Worth and Amarillo.

FOX 4 News12d agoWhole story →

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Bernie Sanders proposes banning ‘superintelligence’ and putting violators in prisonSen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar have introduced the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act, a bill that would prevent companies from developing technology capable of the “destruction or disempowerment of humanity.”

The Verge13d agoWhole story →

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Newly sentenced Snapchat hackers called stolen explicit photos 'wins'In case in Erie federal court, ringleader and another high-level defendant get prison for hacking into Snapchat accounts and stealing intimate images.

Erie Times-News14d agoWhole story →

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Eugene man flies drones to assist with public safetyAfter prison, Bill Barnard is using his tech skills to help Lane County residents track emergency calls live.

Eugene Register-Guard16d agoWhole story →

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North Texas Man Who Threatened to “Open Fire” on ICE Agents Sentenced to 17 Months in Federal PrisonA North Texas man who threatened to shoot and kill Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents online has been sentenced to 17 months in federal prison.

The Gateway Pundit18d agoWhole story →

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Judge imprisons former coach, ex-PNC worker who stole intimate images in Snapchat hackOne of them was a high school coach with a master’s degree in education. The other has a degree in mathematics and worked for PNC. Now, both of them are going to federal prison after admitting to illegally hacking into the Snapchat accounts of unknowing victims and selling and trading

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review19d agoWhole story →

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Ohio man sentenced to more than 6 years for cyberstalking 3 womenLogan Stanford, 28, of Shelby, Ohio, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for cyberstalking and threatening three women online over three years, using fake social media accounts to evade blocks.

cleveland.com20d agoWhole story →

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Ames man sentenced 27 years for sexual exploitation of a childLuke Crouse of Ames, a former middle school teacher, was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for the sexual exploitation of a child online.

Ames Tribune20d agoWhole story →

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Muskegon County woman sent to prison for fraudulent Hurricane Ian disaster aidFederal prosecutors say a Twin Lake woman obtained emergency housing funds after Hurricane Ian destroyed her second home in Florida.

M Live Michigan21d agoWhole story →

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JCPenney credit card identity theft scheme leads to prison sentences for North Texas womenThree North Texas women face federal prison and probation after pleading guilty to an identity theft scheme using JCPenney credit cards to purchase and resell merchandise on social media.

FOX 4 News22d agoWhole story →

Commerce identity theft sentencing

Detainees confined to small metal cages at Alligator Alcatraz, report findsMIAMI — The state-run immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz” violated a host of federal and state detention standards, according to a new government report. At the center, which cost an estimated $1 billion and closed on June 25, detainees lacked adequate living space, access to showers, legal information and…

Spokane Spokesman-Review22d agoWhole story →

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New Bernie Sanders bill would ban superintelligent AI and threaten developers with 20 years in prisonThe first paragraph of the announcement states that the Act would stop AI oligarchs from building machines humans cannot control.

TechSpot22d agoWhole story →

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Contractor sentenced in fraud case for leaving asbestosA suburban contractor was sentenced Thursday to more than 6 1/2 years in federal prison for causing a potential "environmental disaster" by leaving large amounts of cancer-causing asbestos material during the 2023 demolition of a Waukegan medical campus in order to line his own pockets.

Chicago Tribune26d agoWhole story →

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