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The Federal Reserve Board has fined the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd. and its New York branch approximately $2.4 million for unauthorized use and disclosure of confidential supervisory information, including reports of bank examinations and other confidential communications by banking regulators, totaling approximately $32.4 million in penalties with the New York Department of Financial Services.
Charles Littlejohn, a former contractor with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), has been accused of unauthorized disclosure of tax returns and return information, including those of former President Donald Trump and thousands of wealthy individuals. Littlejohn allegedly provided this information to news organizations, including The New York Times and Pro Publica, who published articles based on the leaked data. If convicted, Littlejohn could face up to five years in prison. The news organizations have not been accused of any wrongdoing.
An IRS consultant, Charles Littlejohn, has been charged with unauthorized disclosure of tax return information. Littlejohn allegedly stole tax return information associated with a high-ranking government official and disclosed it to one news organization, as well as stealing tax return information for thousands of wealthy individuals and disclosing it to another news organization. If convicted, Littlejohn could face up to five years in prison. The case is being investigated by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.
Federal prosecutors argued in a court filing that Jack Teixeira, the 21-year-old airman accused of leaking classified Pentagon records, shared sensitive information with people in foreign countries and repeatedly told his online associates that he was violating military rules he had signed. Prosecutors urged the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts to keep Teixeira detained until trial, saying foreign adversaries would "salivate" at the prospect of helping him evade the U.S. government. Teixeira's lawyers submitted their own filing asking the court to release him.