“A risk to the community”—Counter-Strike co-creator faces $150K bail post-arrest

Enlarge / The King County courthouse, circa 2007. (credit: Joe Mabel / Wikimedia) SEATTLE—Counter-Strike video game co-creator Jess Cliffe appeared in a King County courtroom on Friday, where his bail was set for $ 150,000 following his booking in a King County jail on Thursday over allegations of sexual exploitation of a minor. Cliffe doesn’t have […]

Ghosting Bail 👻📝

Former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort — under house arrest since late October — was trying to ghostwrite an editorial in recent weeks about his political work for Ukraine, working with a “Russian colleague” with ties to a Russian intelligence service, special counsel prosecutors claimed in a court filing on Monday. Such an editorial, if […]

California teen confesses to molesting 50 children, judge sets bail of $1mn

Published time: 3 Dec, 2017 19:01 Bail has been set at $ 1 million for an 18-year-old California man who was turned into the police by his mother after confessing to molesting at least 50 children. Joseph Hayden Boston’s mother flagged down a police sergeant outside Riverside Police Department at 3am local time on Saturday […]

Spanish court sets €150,000 bail for Catalan parliamentary speaker

Published time: 9 Nov, 2017 22:16 Edited time: 9 Nov, 2017 22:27 Spain’s Supreme Court has ordered that Catalan parliamentary speaker, Carme Forcadell, be released on bail of €150,000 ($ 174,615) pending an investigation into her role in Catalonia’s referendum, Reuters report citing a court source. Four other lawmakers would also be released once they […]

Turkish court releases 8 activists on bail in terrorism trial

Published time: 25 Oct, 2017 21:55 A Turkish court has ordered the release, on bail, of eight defendants, including the director of Amnesty International in Turkey and two foreign nationals, pending a verdict in their ongoing terrorism trial. Eleven activists, most of whom were detained in July, having participated in a digital security workshop held […]

34 Russian artists, celebrities go bail for renowned theater director accused of embezzlement

Dozens of famous Russian actors, film and theater directors, and other public figures personally went bail for revered theater director Kirill Serebrennikov, who was accused of fraud and put under house arrest. Serebrennikov was detained by authorities on Tuesday. The award-winning director faces charges of fraud “in a particularly large amount” over allegedly embezzling “at […]

A former Jefferies trader faces prison after losing his bail request

Thomson Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected former Jefferies Group mortgage bond trader Jesse Litvak’s request to stay out of prison while he appeals his second conviction and two-year sentence for defrauding customers on bond prices. The order by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan likely […]

How did the bail stay on?

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