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Russian national arraigned in Georgia on bank fraud charges after extradition
Sergei Anatolyevich Filimonov, a 36-year-old Russian web developer, was arraigned on September 4, 2026, in the Northern District of Georgia on federal charges of fraud and aggravated identity theft, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
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ICE agent charged with lying about shooting of Venezuelan man in Minnesota
A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was federally charged on September 3, 2026, with making false statements about a shooting that killed a Venezuelan immigrant in Minnesota.
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KKR to pay $250 million to settle repeated antitrust filing failures
KKR & Co. GP LLC agreed to pay $250 million to resolve federal allegations that it repeatedly bypassed required premerger antitrust review, the U.S. Department of Justice said on August 26, 2026.
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Justice Department secures $400 million from TikTok over children's privacy law
The U.S. Department of Justice reached a $400 million agreement on August 21, 2026, with TikTok, ByteDance, and their affiliated entities to resolve allegations that the companies broke federal children's privacy law.
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CaaStle founder gets five-year term in $300 million fraud case
Christine Hunsicker, founder of the fashion tech company CaaStle, received a five-year prison sentence on August 20, 2026, for securities fraud, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.
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Albany woman charged with plotting ISIS-inspired attack on state capitol
A 35-year-old Albany woman appeared in federal court on August 20, 2026, facing a charge of attempting to provide material support to ISIS in connection with an alleged plot against the New York State Capitol.
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764 extremist gets 77-year sentence for child sexual abuse material
Kyle William Spitze, 27, was sentenced to 77 years in prison on August 19, 2026, for producing child sexual abuse material and related offenses, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
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Evergrande founder Hui Ka Yan sentenced to life in prison
A Chinese court sentenced Hui Ka Yan, founder and former chair of Evergrande, to life in prison on August 20, 2026, in a case tied to the property developer's catastrophic collapse.
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Former NIAID official pleads guilty to hiding COVID research records
David M. Morens, a former senior official at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and one-time aide to Dr. Anthony Fauci, pleaded guilty on August 18, 2026, to two federal conspiracy charges tied to a scheme to conceal…
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Federal trial opens against Meta over children's social media addiction claims
Opening arguments began on August 18, 2026, in a federal trial in which four U.S. states accuse Meta of deliberately designing Facebook and Instagram to addict children while hiding the mental health risks.
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Disney and ABC sue FCC over alleged First Amendment retaliation
Disney and its ABC network filed a lawsuit in the United States against the Federal Communications Commission on August 18, 2026, alleging the Trump administration is targeting the broadcaster because it "disapproves of what ABC…
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BBC seeks to subpoena Trump children and Kushner in defamation case
The BBC filed a motion on August 14, 2026, asking a US court to authorize subpoenas against Donald Trump Jr, Ivanka Trump, and Jared Kushner as part of its defense against President Trump's defamation lawsuit.
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Kentucky woman charged with federal crimes for vandalizing WWII Memorial
Melissa Farris, 41, of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, was arrested on the morning of August 14, 2026, and charged with two federal felonies for vandalizing the National World War Two Memorial on Washington D.C.'s National Mall.
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Luigi Mangione pleads guilty in federal court over killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO
Luigi Mangione, 28, entered a guilty plea on August 14, 2026 to federal stalking charges tied to the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson, admitting in open court that he fired the shots that killed Thompson in…
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Press groups sue Trump over paid Truth Social access service
U.S. press organizations filed a federal lawsuit against President Trump on August 12, 2026, challenging a paid service that grants subscribers faster access to his Truth Social posts.
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Leeds man sentenced to two years for coercing 117 girls into self-harm
A UK cybercriminal who was still a juvenile at the time of his offenses was sentenced to two years in jail on Monday, August 10, 2026, after coercing 117 girls into self-harm and sexual abuse.
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New Mexico judge orders Meta to pay $567 million over child harm
A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $567 million on Thursday, August 6, 2026, in what BBC News described as the largest child safety ruling ever issued against a social media company.
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Belarusian national gets 16-year sentence for Ransom Cartel ransomware scheme
A U.S. federal court sentenced Maksim Silnikau to 16 years in prison on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, for founding and running the Ransom Cartel ransomware operation.
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Canadian man pleads guilty in Snowflake cloud hacking case
Connor Moucka, a 26-year-old from Ontario, Canada, entered a guilty plea on August 5, 2026, to fraud, identity theft, and conspiracy counts tied to a 2024 campaign that compromised the Snowflake cloud platform across 165 separate customer…
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Man arrested near Trump golf club charged with federal firearm offense
A man from Downey, California was arrested near Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles while carrying armor-piercing ammunition on his person and a loaded pistol in his pickup truck, the U.S. Department of Justice said.