All articles tagged with #criminal sentencing
A doctor, Salvador Plasencia, who distributed ketamine to Matthew Perry before his death, is set to be sentenced, marking the first among five convicted individuals involved in Perry's fatal overdose, with prosecutors seeking a 36-month sentence due to exploitation of Perry's vulnerability.
Sean 'Diddy' Combs, 55, is being transferred to a federal prison after being sentenced to 50 months for interstate prostitution, following an eight-week trial where he was acquitted of racketeering and sex trafficking charges; he maintains his innocence and plans to appeal.
China sentenced 11 members of the Ming crime family to death for their roles in a billion-dollar scam and criminal empire operating across Myanmar and China, involving online fraud, gambling, and trafficking, with the group responsible for multiple deaths and extensive illegal activities.
Two men involved in the 2019 theft of an 18-carat gold toilet from Blenheim Palace in England were sentenced to two to four years in prison, with evidence revealing their detailed planning and subsequent dismantling of the artwork for sale.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, also known as CZ, has been barred from leaving the United States before his criminal sentencing due to his "enormous wealth" and lack of ties to the country, according to a federal judge. The ruling overturns a previous decision that allowed Zhao to travel to his home in the United Arab Emirates. Zhao pleaded guilty to violating federal money laundering rules, and Binance itself pleaded guilty to related charges and agreed to pay over $4.3 billion in financial penalties. Prosecutors argued that there was no guarantee Zhao would return to the U.S., as the UAE has no extradition treaty with the country and most of his wealth is held overseas.
The US Supreme Court has narrowed the scope of a 2004 federal law related to identity theft, ruling that the government had interpreted what can count too broadly. The case centered on a Texas man, David Dubin, who was convicted of overbilling Medicaid for a psychological services firm. The court unanimously ruled that a defendant’s misuse of another person’s identity must be “at the crux of what makes the underlying offense criminal, rather than merely an ancillary feature of a billing method.”
A Louisiana man, Ryan Clark, convicted of raping a girl under the age of 13, has been sentenced to 35 years in prison and chemical castration upon his release. He was also ordered to make no contact with the victim, register as a sex offender for life, and forfeit all his parental rights to any children. Chemical castration was made legal in Louisiana in 2008 as a sentencing for those found guilty of certain crimes, including molestation of a juvenile, aggravated rape, forcible rape, second-degree sexual battery, aggravated incest, and aggravated crime against nature.