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Lalu Prasad Yadav, the Rastriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo on Monday posted his reply with the Supreme Court of India on Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) opposing his bail in the Fodder case. On Monday, Lalu Prasad Yadav said that the CBI cannot ask the apex court to revoke the bail order ‘simply because the agency is dissatisfied’. The investigative agency challenged orders of Jharkhand High Court that granted bail to the RJD president in four cases relating to multi-crore fodder scam (Dumka, Chaibasa, Doranda, Deogarh treasuries).

A public filing released by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shows that the law enforcement agency seized around $1.7 million worth of digital assets from March to May.

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is going into his third night with over 1,500 other inmates in one of New York's most notorious prisons — a far cry from his parent's multi-million dollar five-bedroom home in Stanford.

By Evan Garcia

Binance continues to experience an increase in regulatory heat as the Federal Government of Nigeria is being urged by the Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) to prohibit the activities of Binance within the nation.

Today’s US jobs data has lifted hopes that the country's economy could achieve a soft landing.

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension announced the cancellation of an Amber Alert issued for a 2-year-old boy late Saturday night. The child was reported to be found safe, and authorities took a 41-year-old suspect into custody early Sunday. The Becker Police Department also confirmed the child's safe return to his family but refrained from providing immediate details on the circumstances of his recovery or the arrest of the suspect.

US lawmakers has urged the Biden administration to take executive action to make priority dates current for Green Card applicants from India to reduce the 195-year-long wait period which has left them in a constant state of limbo. Led by Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi and Larry Bucshon, the bipartisan group of 56 lawmakers sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas requesting the administration take executive action to provide relief to high-skilled employment-based visa holders. In their letter, the US lawmakers also appealed to the administration to mark all dates for filing of employment-based visa applications in the Bureau of Consular Affairs' published Employment-Based Visa Bulletin as «current». A Green Card, known officially as a Permanent Resident Card, is a document issued to immigrants to the US as evidence that the bearer has been granted the privilege of residing permanently. The current situation surrounding the seven per cent country cap on employment-based Green Card allocation is causing severe repercussions, particularly for countries such as India, where the backlog has reached an astonishing 195 years, said Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies (FIIDS USA) in a separate appeal to the US President Joe Biden. This backlog disproportionately affects Indian tech professionals, who constitute a significant portion of the highly skilled STEM talent and US-educated graduates, playing a crucial role in maintaining the United States' competitive edge in the technology industries, it said.

Ukrainian former military official was detained on Monday for suspected corruption following reports his family bought real estate worth millions of dollars in Spain after the Russian invasion.Yevgen Borisov was in charge of mobilisation and conscription in the southern Odesa region until his dismissal in late June. Investigators in May accused Borisov of accepting bribes in return for exempting some people from being mobilised in the army.Ukraine's State Bureau of Investigation, which probes high-level corruption, said Borisov had been detained in Kyiv in a joint operation with the prosecutor general's office.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he accepted the resignations of speaker Tan Chuan Jin and MP Cheng Li Hui to «maintain the high standards of propriety and personal conduct» of the People's Action Party (PAP). He said they were in an «inappropriate relationship» that continued even after he had told them to stop in February. It was the latest development to rock the PAP, which has ruled Singapore uninterrupted for 64 years and has prided itself on a corruption-free government.

Associated Press, while the Fargo police referred to it as a "critical incident," they refrained from providing specific details or confirming if anyone had been injured from the shooting. Sanford Medical Center Fargo spokesperson Paul Heinert said in an email that the hospital “did receive patients stemming from today’s shooting incident in Fargo." He said updates on their conditions would come from the Fargo Police Department. Surveillance video provided by Fargo resident Allison Carlson captured the rapid sounds of gunfire lasting just seconds.

The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Federal Bureau of Investigation have announced fraud charges against the former CEO of bankrupt crypto lender Celsius, Alex Mashinsky.

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) reportedly searched the home of Kraken co-founder Jesse Powell in March as part of an investigation into claims he hacked and cyber-stalked a nonprofit arts group.

A push to bring more competition into the Canadian grocery sector in the form of discount European brands such as Aldi and Lidl would face steep obstacles in Canada’s fragmented marketplace, experts say.

Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation says it has uncovered an illegal crypto mining farm in a state-owned enterprise in the Western region of Lviv.

The New Jersey Bureau of Securities has issued a Summary Cease and Desist Order against leading cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, Inc. for allegedly offering unregistered securities tied to its cryptocurrency staking services. The Bureau has further levied a hefty penalty of $5 million against Coinbase.

The amount of cryptocurrency lost to "rug pull" or "exit scams" — where founders suddenly up and leave with investors’ money — had outpaced the amount stolen from decentralized finance (DeFi) projects in May, a blockchain security firm has revealed.

The influx of new crypto projects in the market, seeking to leverage the growing interest in artificial intelligence, has attracted US regulators. 

Nine digital currency exchanges allegedly aiding and abetting cybercriminals had their domains seized by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Ukrainian law enforcement.

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Cryptocurrency exchanges Binance and Huobi have again frozen accounts linked to the $100 million Harmony Horizon bridge attack on Jun. 24, 2022.