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Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh pleads guilty to financial crimes

Alex Murdaugh did something Thursday he hasn’t done in the two years since his life of privilege and power started to unravel — plead guilty to a crime. Murdaugh admitted in federal court to 22 counts of financial fraud and money laundering. Murdaugh, 55, is serving life without parole in a South Carolina prison for shooting his wife and son. He has denied any role in the killings since their deaths in June 2021 and insisted he was innocent in two days of testimony earlier this year before he was convicted of two counts of murder. The federal guilty plea likely locks in years if not decades in prison for the disbarred lawyer, even if his murder conviction and sentence in state court are overturned on appeal. Murdaugh told the judge he wanted to be held accountable for stealing from his clients and do right by his surviving son. “I want to take responsibility. I want my son to see me take responsibility. It’s my hope that by taking responsibility that the people I’ve hurt can begin to

FBI probes Baton Rouge police for torture allegations in 'Brave Cave'

Federal authorities are investigating the Baton Rouge police department after lawsuits allege officers “may have abused their authority." The release comes after a string of federal lawsuits against the BRPD, where officers are accused of torturing civilians in an unmarked warehouse known as the “Brave Cave," a name linked to the extinct Baton Rouge Area Violence Elimination initiative. That Brave unit was disbanded a few years ago because of misconduct. So for a facility like this to still be in use by the current street crimes unit, which included some of the former Brave members... It calls into question the accountability,” said Jessica Hawkins, attorney for Ternell Brown and Jeremy Lee. The most recent lawsuit alleges officers “sexually humiliated" a woman after she was stopped on suspicion of criminal wrongdoing while carrying prescription pills. After being stopped, she was later taken to the warehouse for examination and strip-searched for contraband. “The poli

FBI: Qakbot ransomware removed from thousands of infected computers

U.S. officials said Tuesday that the FBI and its European partners infiltrated and seized control of a major global malware network used for more than 15 years to commit a gamut of online crimes including crippling ransomware attacks. They then remotely removed the malicious software agent — known as Qakbot — from thousands of infected computers. Cybersecurity experts said they were impressed by the deft dismantling of the network but cautioned that any setback to cybercrime would likely be temporary. Nearly ever sector of the economy has been victimized by Qakbot,” Martin Estrada, the U.S. attorney in Los Angeles, said Tuesday in announcing the takedown. He said the criminal network had facilitated about 40 ransomware attacks alone over 18 months that investigators said netted Qakbot administrators about $58 million. Qakbot's ransomware victims included an Illinois-based engineering firm, financial services organizations in Alabama and Kansas, along with a Maryland defense manuf

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