Washington, May 22 (IANS) The US Justice Department has charged four major shipping container manufacturers and seven executives in an alleged global conspiracy to restrict supply and fix prices during the Covid-19 pandemic.Prosecutors said the conspiracy ran from November 2019 through January 2024. It involved efforts to limit production and raise prices for standard dry shipping containers used in global trade.The companies charged are Singamas Container Holdings Ltd., China International Mari…
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Washington, May 22 (IANS) Democratic lawmakers have accused the US Justice Department of failing to protect some of America’s most sensitive government sites from the sale of mobile phone location data that could be exploited by China, Iran and other foreign adversaries using artificial intelligence tools.In a sharply worded letter to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Senator Ron Wyden, Senator Martin Heinrich and Representative Sara Jaco…
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) The US authorities are moving to resolve the allegations of fraud against Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani and bring to an end the case, which has been lingering for more than a year, according to sources.The US Justice Department may announce the dropping of charges as early as this week. Besides, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is also moving to settle a parallel civil fraud case it brought against the billionaire industrialist and others in November 2024…
Washington, April 25 (IANS) The US Justice Department has filed a civil complaint to revoke the citizenship of a Pakistan-born man convicted of sexually grooming and abusing a minor, alleging he obtained naturalisation by concealing his crimes and giving false testimony.The case targets Hassan Sherjil Khan, who was granted US citizenship in May 2013 despite what prosecutors describe as years of criminal conduct involving a child. The government argues his citizenship was “illegally procured”…
Washington, April 9 (IANS) The US Justice Department has secured a $313,420 settlement with a New Jersey-based technology services firm after finding that its recruiters used job advertisements that discouraged American workers and favoured foreign visa holders.The Civil Rights Division said Compunnel Software Group Inc. violated the Immigration and Nationality Act by posting vacancies that included unlawful citizenship restrictions, excluding US citizens and permanent residents while preferring…
New York, Feb 11 (IANS) US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick admitted that he and his family had lunch with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on the latter’s private island in 2012.”I did have lunch with him, as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation,” Lutnick said during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on Tuesday. “And we had lunch on the island, that is true, for an hour.””I did not have any relationship with him. I barely had anything to do with that person,” …
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) India on Friday slammed any reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an email message from the “so-called” Epstein files as “trashy ruminations” by a “convicted criminal”, which deserve to be dismissed with the utmost contempt. The issue cropped up as the US Justice Department released a large batch of files — encompassing over three million pages of records, 2,000 videos, and 180,000 images — related to its investigation into financier Jeffrey Epstein.Jeffrey Epst…
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates contracted sexually transmitted disease (STD) after alleged sexual encounters with “Russian girls”, and asked for antibiotics for his then-wife, Melinda French Gates, according to the latest claim in the Epstein files.The fresh allegations come as the US Justice Department released a large batch of files — encompassing over three million pages of records, 2,000 videos, and 180,000 images — related to its investigation into financier Je…
Washington, Jan 31 (IANS) The U.S. Justice Department began releasing millions of records linked to the investigations and prosecutions of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, saying it had completed an unprecedented review ordered under a new transparency law signed by President Donald Trump.Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told reporters that the department was producing more than three million pages of material, including over 2,000 videos and about 180,000 images, as part of its compli…
Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) Gold and silver prices eased on Tuesday amid profit booking, after they surged to record high levels over worries of the US Justice Department’s action against the Federal Reserve Chair.MCX gold February futures eased 0.44 per cent to Rs 1,41,400 per 10 grams around 1.15 pm, while MCX silver March futures traded flat with a negative bias down 0.01 per cent at Rs 2,68,926 per kg.The price of 10 grams of 24-carat gold was at Rs 1,40,482 down from Rs 1,40,499 of previous day’s…