Tag: prison
Vice-President of the European Parliament in prison until at least Sunday
In the corruption investigations into the Vice-President of the European Parliament, Eva Kaili, a decision will be made on Sunday whether the Greek politician and four other suspects will remain…
In Hong Kong, Jimmy Lai, figure of the opposition to Chinese power, sentenced to more than five years in prison for fraud
Jimmy Lai, in Hong Kong on February 9, 2021. KIN CHEUNG / AP Hong Kong media magnate Jimmy Lai was again sentenced on Saturday December 10 to five years and…
Moscow court sentences Yashin to eight and a half years in prison
Dhe Kremlin critic Ilya Yashin has been sentenced to eight and a half years in prison in Moscow for allegedly disparaging the Russian armed forces. The guilt of the accused…
Former Theranos number two Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani sentenced to 13 years in prison
The two instigators of the Theranos fraud will go to prison. This Wednesday, December 7, Ramesh Balwani, nicknamed Sunny, was sentenced by an American federal judge to spend 155 months,…
Political chaos in Peru – President Castillo is in prison – and the people are politically exhausted – News
President of Peru in the morning, in prison in the evening: Pedro Castillo fell quickly. First parliament removed the president, then he was arrested. The accusations of the judiciary are:…
Prisoner swap – US basketball player Brittney Griner released from Russian prison – News
US basketball player Brittney Griner, sentenced to nine years in prison in Russia, has been released in a prisoner swap. It was exchanged for the Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout,…
Theranos scandal: 13 years in prison for the ex-number two
Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, ex-director of operations, is sanctioned even more severely than his former partner, Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the fallen Californian start-up. Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, former chief operating…
Laurent Bigorgne, former director of the Institut Montaigne, sentenced to twelve months in prison suspended for drugging his former sister-in-law
The director of the Institut Montaigne, Laurent Bigorgne, during a press conference in Paris, November 13, 2019. CHRISTOPHE MORIN / IP3 PRESS / MAXPPP Laurent Bigorgne, the former director of…
Fictitious job: Lagarde sentenced to 10 months suspended prison sentence
The former deputy was found guilty of embezzlement of public funds for having paid nearly 40,000 euros in wages to his mother-in-law for a job deemed fictitious. SourceAFP Jean-Christophe Lagarde…
Co-founder Balwani sentenced to 13 years in prison
The former CEO and life partner of Elizabeth Holmes has almost 13 years in prison. She has since appealed against her sentence. Ramesh Balwani outside the federal district court in…
Iraq: three years in prison for an activist accused of insulting Hachd al-Chaabi
An Iraqi court sentenced a young activist accused of insulting the powerful pro-Iran paramilitaries of Hachd al-Chaabi to three years in prison, the NGO Human Rights Watch deploring the instrumentalization…
Fictitious job at the Assembly: Jean-Christophe Lagarde sentenced to ten months in prison suspended
The Paris Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced the former UDI deputy for Seine-Saint-Denis Jean-Christophe Lagarde to a ten-month suspended prison sentence for having provided his mother-in-law with a fictitious job…