Crime

Texas attorney tries to shoot his ex-girlfriend at bar but is tackled to the ground by patrons

A lawyer was caught on video pulling a gun on his ex-girlfriend at a Texas bar and allegedly fired three shots before customers pinned him down.

Gavin Rush, 41, was then released just two days later on a $40,000 bond despite facing a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon involving family violence.

Rush, who according to his LinkedIn page works on ‘sexual assault, embryo destruction and fertility center misconduct, complex commercial litigation, civil rights actions, FINRA arbitrations, and financial services disputes’ only had to post 10 percent of that, or $4,000.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime

Inside FTX’s wild spending: All-expense trips, packages by private jets and free massages

FTX executives spent wildly and showered workers with lavish perks such as free food and massages, and Amazon deliveries by private jet in the months before the cryptocurrency site’s catastrophic collapse, according to former employees.

FTX’s headquarters in the Bahamas featured daily catering “in addition to the free groceries, barbershop pop-up and bi-weekly massages,” a former worker told the Financial Times.

Workers also enjoyed a “full suite of cars and gas covered for all employees [and] unlimited, full expense covered trips to any office globally,” the ex-employee added.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Digital Currency", Crime

‘I didn’t try to commit fraud’: Visibly nervous FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried speaks publicly for 1st time since $32B bankruptcy

… In response to allegations that he had run a ‘massive Ponzi scheme, he said: ‘I was CEO of FTX and that means whatever happened I had a duty to our stakeholders … to do right by them.’

‘I didn’t do a good job of that, I made a lot of mistakes,’ he added. ‘I did not try to commit fraud on anyone.’

Liar.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Digital Currency", Crime

Study: U.S. gun death rates hit highest levels in decades

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. gun death rate last year hit its highest mark in nearly three decades, and the rate among women has been growing faster than that of men, according to study published Tuesday.

The increase among women — most dramatically, in Black women — is playing a tragic and under-recognized role in a tally that skews overwhelmingly male, the researchers said.

“Women can get lost in the discussion because so many of the fatalities are men,” said one the authors, Dr. Eric Fleegler of Harvard Medical School.

Among Black women, the rate of firearm-related homicides more than tripled since 2010, and the rate of gun-related suicides more than doubled since 2015, Fleegler and his co-authors wrote in the paper published by JAMA Network Open.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime, Gun Control, Gun Rights

FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried claims he only has $100K left in bank account

Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried claims he has just $100,000 left in his bank account after the implosion of his cryptocurrency empire.

The remarks Monday marked Bankman-Fried’s first attempt to explain his current personal wealth during intense scrutiny over his handling of FTX’s finances. The firm’s new leaders have condemned Bankman-Fried’s management of the company as they navigate a disastrous bankruptcy.

For some reason I don’t believe him.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Digital Currency", Crime

University of Idaho murders: Cops believe killer ‘proud of’ the ‘brutal weapon’

The father of one of the four victims in the Nov. 13. University of Idaho stabbings says his daughter suffered “large punctures” from a “brutal weapon.”

Steve Goncalves — father of slain Kaylee Goncalves, 21 — said he learned a little more about who the police believe is responsible for the attack Tuesday.

“The detective said this weapon is probably something [the killer] paid money for and something that they’re proud of,” he told ABC news in his first on-screen interview.

He also vented his upset that the killer is “having a great life out there, and [we’re] just left in shambles.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime

Thousands of convicted pedophiles in California are being released after serving less than a year for horrific acts

Pedophiles are getting less than a year prison time after a range of horrific acts, including raping kids under 14, a DailyMail.com investigation reveals.

Analysis of a California database of sex offenders shows thousands of child molesters are being let out after just a few months, despite sentencing guidelines.

Current and former sex crime prosecutors said the figures are ‘terrifying’ and ‘shameful’.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime, WTF?

Idaho Murders: All the Rumors Dismissed by Police As Mystery Continues

“At this time, no suspect has been identified and we have only released vetted information that won’t hinder the investigation,” Moscow Police spokesman Aaron Snell

Police investigating the deaths of four University of Idaho students have moved to shut down rumors about the case.

The students were found stabbed to death in their beds on November 13 in a rental house. They were housemates Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, and Kernodle’s boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, 20.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime

Analysis: What in the Actual F— Is Wrong With These People?

You can’t make this up. Earlier this month, some dough-faced dork named Sam Bankman-Fried—an MIT grad and son of Stanford law professors—vaporized the GDP of a small country after successfully conning the entire world of so-called educated elites.

All of them. The freaks in Silicon Valley, the freaks on Wall Street, the freaks in Hollywood, and the freaks in Washington. Even (or especially) the journalists who are supposed to be holding everyone accountable. The smartest, most enlightened professional experts and self-appointed moral referees.

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Police still yet to name suspect nearly 2 weeks after University of Idaho murders

Nearly two weeks after four University of Idaho students were found knifed to death in their off-campus home, police have still not publicly identified a suspect.

As students emptied out of the college town for Thanksgiving, investigators once again returned to the taped-off murder scene in Moscow on Friday — 13 days after Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Madison Mogen, 21 were found stabbed to death at the house.

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FTX fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried funded half a dozen media companies – including ProPublica to the tune of $5 million – with at least one, The Intercept, warning staff it now has a significant hole in its budget

Disgraced former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried financially backed half a dozen media outlets including ProPublica, Vox and the Intercept, it has emerged.

SBF’s crypto exchange sensationally collapsed earlier this month, after the company filed for bankruptcy amid reports it owes billions of dollars to customers.

But the repercussions could be even more far-reaching, with one media outlet warning it has a ‘significant hole’ in its budget now FTX has folded.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Digital Currency", Crime, WTF?

Sam Bankman-Fried’s elitist altruism

Billionaires signal virtue to avoid paying tax

Elizabeth Holmes dressed in the same style every day: black turtleneck sweater, black slacks, and black low-slung shoes. This “uniform” underlined her deified status as a busy billionaire dedicated to changing the world, setting her apart from mere mortals with time to choose their clothes. “My mom had me in black turtlenecks when I was, like, eight,” she told one women’s magazine. “I probably have 150 of these. It makes it easy, because every day you put on the same thing and don’t have to think about it — one less thing in your life. All my focus is on the work. I take it so seriously; I’m sure that translates into how I dress.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Digital Currency", Crime