A former US congressman has been sentenced to 10 years in a federal prison for money laundering and working as an undeclared foreign agent. David Rivera, 61, who was elected as a Florida Republican, was found guilty in May after a seven-week trial heard Venezuela’s state-run oil company hired his consulting firm to lobby members
MIAMI — A former Miami congressman and longtime friend of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison in connection with a secret $50 million lobbying campaign on Venezuela’s behalf during the first Trump administration. Republican David Rivera has been jailed since jurors found him guilty in May on
Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, after a jury found him guilty last year of committing a criminal sexual act against a former assistant. In a victim impact statement in court, Miriam Haley said the assault had had a “devastating effect on my life and sense of security
Siddharth Jawahar ran a nearly decade-long scheme through his firm Swiftarc Capital, court records show, before pleading guilty to wire fraud. A federal judge in St. Louis sentenced Siddharth Jawahar to 11 years in prison this week for running a Ponzi scheme that took in more than $35 million from investors, according to court filings
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — An Islamic State group member was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison for aiding the terrorist organization that took credit for a suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members and about 160 Afghans at the Kabul airport five years ago during the American military’s chaotic withdrawal from the country. A
Three Hong Kong activists who organised annual vigils commemorating Beijing’s 1989 crackdown on Tiananmen Square protests have been handed prison sentences of up to seven years. Two of the defendants – Lee Cheuk-yan, 69, and Chow Hang-tung, 41 – were convicted last month of inciting others to subvert state power, under the city’s controversial national
