Man who killed 100s of deer is sentenced to watch cartoon classic Bambi repeatedly

A Missouri man, convicted for illegally killing hundreds of deer just for their heads, has been jailed and ordered by a judge to repeatedly watch Disney’s Bambi as part of his punishment. David Berry Jr. was told to watch the classic animated movie at least once every month during his one-year jail sentence. Lawrence County […]

The Turkish Reporter Sentenced to 22 Years — for a Magazine Cover

Cevheri Güven and his family watched the coup attempt unfold in Turkey on July 15, 2016, from their home near Istanbul’s Bosporus Strait. Acting on a hunch that he might be targeted by the government, Güven went into hiding in a friend’s home as soon as the smoke cleared. Güven had been targeted by the […]

NSA employee who brought hacking tools home sentenced to 66 months in prison

The National Security Operations Center at NSA, photographed in 2012—the nerve center of the NSA’s “signals intelligence” monitoring. A former NSA coder has been sentenced to 66 months in prison for bringing home the code that drove much of the NSA’s signals intelligence operations. (credit: National Security Agency) Nghia Hoang Pho, a 68-year-old former National […]

Insecure Season 3 Premiere Recap: Sentenced to Lyft — Plus, Grade It!

If ever anyone needed to do what Insecure’s Molly would call some “blooping, blipping and blapping,” it was her bestie, Issa. In the HBO dramedy’s Season 3 premiere, she was still crashing on Daniel’s couch (and doing her damnedest not to hear the noisy sex he was having a room away) and working as a […]

24 people have now been sentenced in India-based phone-scam case

Enlarge / A sign identifies the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington, D.C., on Friday, May 7, 2010. (credit: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images) A total of 24 people who pleaded guilty to their involvement in a massive years-long phone scam often involving fake Internal Revenue Service and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services […]

ISIS-linked cleric sentenced to death in Indonesia

An Indonesian court has sentenced to death Aman Abdurrahman, a cleric considered to be the ideological leader of Jemaah Ansharut Daulah, the Indonesian supporters of the terrorist group Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS). He was convicted of masterminding several militant attacks across the country, Reuters reported. Let’s block ads! (Why?)

Yahoo hacker whose work compromised 500M accounts sentenced to 5 years

Enlarge / Yahoo! Inc. signage is displayed at the company’s headquarters in Sunnyvale, California in 2016. (credit: Noah Berger/Bloomberg via Getty Images) The Canadian man who pled guilty last year to a massive spear-phishing operation of Yahoo employees—which ultimately resulted in 500 million accounts being compromised—has been sentenced to five years in prison. Karim Baratov, […]

Former boss of Anbang Insurance Group sentenced to 18 years in prison for fraud

Reuters Wu Xiaohui, former chairman of Anbang Insurance Group, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for fundraising fraud and embezzlement. Anbang was founded in 2004 and bought the famed Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. It also has significant stakes in Chinese banks and property developers.  Wu Xiaohui, former chairman of Anbang […]

A Danish inventor has been sentenced to life in prison for killing journalist Kim Wall

Reuters/BI Danish inventor Peter Madsen has been sentenced to life in prison for killing journalist Kim Wall. Madsen invited Wall to board his home-made submarine last August. He was the last person to see her alive. Gruesome details of Wall’s death have emerged over the past few months. Warning: Readers may find details of the […]