A US federal judge permanently dismissed securities-fraud charges against Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani, his nephew Sagar Adani and former executive Vneet Jaain, ending the case before trial. The court cited legal grounds but stressed the dismissal was not a verdict on allegations
A US federal judge has asked prosecutors to provide a fuller explanation before dismissing criminal charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani. The Department of Justice is expected to file its detailed explanation by July 13, after which the case is likely to be dismissed.
Former US National Security Adviser John Bolton has pleaded guilty to one count of retaining classified national defence information in a federal court in Maryland. The plea deal includes a recommended sentence of up to five years in prison and a $2.25 million fine.
US lawmakers from both parties welcomed a federal court ruling striking down the Trump administration’s $100,000 H-1B visa application fee. Supporters said the fee worsened staffing shortages in healthcare and education, while the White House plans to appeal the decision in court
A US federal judge dismissed without prejudice an Espionage Act case against Indian-American scholar Ashley J. Tellis, ruling prosecutors used an incorrect legal provision for alleged classified document retention. The decision halts charges but allows potential refiling under a different statute
Do Kwon was sentenced to 15 years for orchestrating the US$40 billion collapse of Terraform Labs’ crypto ecosystem, labelled a massive fraud that devastated countless investors. Judge Engelmayer condemned the scheme’s human toll as victims detailed life-altering losses caused by Kwon’s deception and evasion
Gregory Gumucio, founder of the "Yoga to the People" chain, was sentenced to four years in prison for conspiring to defraud the IRS. He failed to pay over $2.5 million in taxes while operating a multimillion-dollar international yoga business
US District Judge William Alsup ordered the Office of Personnel Management to inform certain federal agencies that it had no authority to order the firings of probationary employees, including at the Department of Defence
The judge ruled that the 62 months Assange spent in a UK cell counts as his sentence. "You will walk out of this courtroom a free man," Judge Manglona said.
