days after he was ousted. mr altman s sacking astonished many and led to staff threatening mass resignations until he was reinstated. the battle at the top of openai began when the original board decided to remove mr altman, saying they had lost confidence in his leadership. binance chief executive changpeng zhao has resigned after pleading guilty to money laundering violations. the usjustice department said the world s biggest cryptocurrency exchange had helped users bypass sanctions. it s ordered the firm to pay for your $5 billion in penalties and forfeitures. mr zhao said he made mistakes and stepping down was the best move for the company. scientists in scotland are using robotic sub sea gliders to check a system of ocean currents for signs of climate change. they re monitoring the conveyor belt which regulates global temperatures by carrying warm and cool air around the world.
time for a look at this week s tech news. openai cofounder sam altman is returning to the company days after he was ousted. mr altman s sacking astonished many and led to staff threatening mass resignations until he was reinstated. the battle at the top of openai began when the original board decided to remove mr altman, saying they had lost confidence in his leadership. binance chief executive changpeng zhao has resigned after pleading guilty to money laundering violations. the usjustice department said the world s biggest cryptocurrency exchange had helped users bypass sanctions. it s ordered the firm to pay $4.3 billion in penalties and forfeitures. mr zhao said he made mistakes and stepping down was the best move for the company. scientists in scotland are using robotic sub sea gliders to check a system of ocean currents for signs of climate change.
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customer: and they recycled my old glass. now that s a company i can trust. tech: don t wait. schedule today. pop rock music singers: safelite repair, safelite replace. 42 past the hour. the justice department arrested 21 people in a takedown of what they say was a multimillion dollar national network profiting from stealing catalytic converters. officials say they will seek half a billion of forfeitures of cash, luxury cars and real estate. theft of catalytic converters is a key car part, costs between $1200 have skyrocketed since the beginning of the pandemic. in 2021 there were 12 times more catalytic convertes thefts than in 2019. nbc s ken delanian is here with more. ken, this is something that has
it involves stolen parts, and agents have searched a home in new jersey, allegedly owned by the head of an auto parts firm who has already been charged in california. joining me now is justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. a walk around this building and you will talk to a lot of folks who say it is happening in their neighborhoods. what s going on? absolutely, this is a crime most people can relate to. catalytic converter thefts are up 12-fold since 2019. they really exploded during the pandemic, as the value of the rare earth minerals inside them, including palladium and platinum has gone way up. so these things go for a thousand dollars on the black market and this is a national takedown involving the fbi, the irs, homeland security, raids and arrests in eight states. 21 arrests all told. as you said, forfeitures in the neighborhood of half a billion, and this is really, this is a distribution ring, these people are accused of re-selling