Bastion Capital London, a now-defunct broker that traded over 70 billion pounds ($90 billion) worth of Danish and Belgian stocks for hedge fund Solo Group clients, has been fined for serious crime control failings in the latest London "cum-ex" crackdown.
The U.S. and European Union warned of a threat to democracy in Guatemala after a court suspended an anti-corruption party whose candidate is running for president.
Alex Mashinsky, the founder and former CEO of bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network, was arrested and charged with fraud, a U.S. prosecutor in New York said Thursday, while three federal regulatory agencies sued him and his company.
The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday launched a civil rights probe into conditions at the Fulton County jail in Atlanta, Georgia that will examine whether the facility is discriminating against incarcerated people with mental illnesses, a top department official said on Thursday.
Hackers suspected of working for Russia's foreign intelligence agency targeted dozens of diplomats at embassies in Ukraine with a fake used car advert in a bid to break into their computers, according to a cybersecurity firm report seen by Reuters.