Appeals court: Uber engineer can’t plead the 5th

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Anthony Levandowski, the embattled Uber engineer who has been accused of illegally downloading thousands of documents while he worked at Google, won’t be able to avoid handing over documents by pleading the Fifth Amendment. That’s the decision (PDF) of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, published today. Levandowski filed an […]

Florida man accused of hacking the Clinton Foundation to plead guilty

Thomson Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Florida man accused of trying to hack the Clinton Foundation in 2015 is expected to plead guilty on Thursday, months after he was sentenced in a related case to 42 years in prison over child pornography discovered on his computers during the probe. Timothy Sedlak, 43, is scheduled […]

The man accused of buying the guns used in the San Bernardino mass shooting to plead guilty

Reuters/Mike Blake A man who prosecutors say purchased the guns used by the San Bernardino attackers has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to provide material support to terrorists and lying when he bought the weapons used in the deadly attack, according to court documents released Tuesday. Enrique Marquez Jr., 25, of Riverside, admitted in […]

Two Americans plead guilty to bomb plot, admit supporting ISIS

A pair of New York City men who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, researched pressure cooker bombs and scouted tourist attractions have pleaded guilty to all charges in a federal terrorism case. On Thursday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released a statement confirming that Fareed Mumuni, 22, pled guilty to conspiring and attempting to […]