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☆ Planet Fitness is raising prices even as it warns customers are growing cost-conscious
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Brandon Gomez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Planet Fitness said it's hiking its base-level membership prices for new customers for the first time since 1998, even as the gym operator warns that customers are growing increasingly cost-conscious. Current members will continue to pay $10 per month "for the duration of their membership," Planet Fitness said Thursday alongside its quarterly earnings report. Planet Fitness also said it will start testing higher prices for its top-tier membership, known as the Black Card, this summer. Life Time members tend to be older, more affluent gymgoers, whereas Planet Fitness appeals to a younger, more budget-conscious consumer. The Street is bullish on a company turnaround from Planet Fitness' incoming CEO, Colleen Keating, who assumes the role on June 10.

Persons: Tom Fitzgerald, Craig Benson, Benson, Piper Sandler, Korinne Wolfmeyer, Colleen Keating Organizations: Time Holdings, White, Fitness

☆ Planet Fitness shares fall as company announces new CEO, though analysts see upside
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Brandon Gomez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Planet Fitness announced Tuesday that Colleen Keating will take over as the fitness club's new CEO, effective June 10. Craig Benson, who has been serving as interim CEO since the departure of Chris Rondeau in September, will remain on the board of directors. The announcement comes after months of searching, and some analysts are calling it a positive for the stock, despite shares falling more than 3% following the announcement. Keating has 30 years of experience in large-scale operations and franchise management, as well as leadership in global consumer-facing operations across hospitality, real estate, operations and franchise management. She previously held leadership roles at InterContinental Hotels Group and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc.

Persons: Colleen Keating, Craig Benson, Chris Rondeau, Piper Sandler, Korinne Wolfmeyer, Wolfmeyer, Keating Organizations: Fitness, New, FirstKey, InterContinental Hotels Group, Starwood Hotels, Resorts Worldwide Inc

Justice Department prosecutors had recommended sentencing McGonigal to a prison term of two years and six months for the Washington case alone. McGonigal was scheduled to report to prison next month to begin serving his sentence in the New York case. McGonigal was separately charged with concealing his ties to the former Albanian official, a naturalized U.S. citizen who was living in New Jersey. McGonigal pleaded guilty last September to concealing material facts, a charge punishable by a maximum prison sentence of five years. McGonigal didn't need more prison time beyond his 50-month sentence in New York “to serve the ends of justice,” Ducharme argued.

Persons: —, Charles McGonigal, Colleen Kollar, McGonigal, ”, Kollar, “, Oleg Deripaska, didn't, McGonigle, Elizabeth Aloi, Seth Ducharme, ” Ducharme Organizations: WASHINGTON, FBI, U.S, Justice Department, Albanian Locations: New York, U.S, Albanian, Washington ,, Washington, Russia, Crimea, New Jersey, Albania, Russian, Europe

☆ Trump fraud-trial fireworks: 'You lied yesterday!' defense lawyer shouts while grilling an AG witness
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

A Trump attorney shouted, "You lied yesterday," while cross-examining a key state's witness. a lawyer for Trump's side shouted at the witness, prompting five minutes of sometimes shouted cross-accusations of perjury, witness intimidation, and showboating for the press. "Let's calm down," the judge told both sides after asking that the witness — Doug Larson, a former outside Trump Organization appraiser — be escorted out. A lawyer for Attorney General Letitia James of New York objected, without naming Trump, to the "exhortations" coming from the defense table. Soon enough — this time with the testimony highlighted on an overhead screen — the emails-waving Trump lawyer was back shouting, "You lied yesterday, Mr.

Persons: Trump's, Trump, —, Donald Trump's, Doug Larson, hadn't, who's, audibly, Letitia James of, Arthur Engoron, Lazaro Fields, Larson, Fields, Jeffrey McConney, McConney, Christopher Kise, Kise, Colleen K, Faherty, Kevin Wallace, Wallace, they're, I'm, perjured, Let's Organizations: Service, Trump Organization, Trump, New, Wakefield, St Locations: York, Trump, Manhattan

Two other defendants, American Airlines (AAL.O) and Southwest Airlines (LUV.N), previously settled for a respective $45 million and $15 million. Delta and United called their seating capacity reductions a legitimate response to reduced demand, rising fuel prices and the 2008 global financial crisis. Both carriers went through bankruptcy not long before the purported conspiracy began, with United emerging in 2006 and Delta emerging in 2007. United said it was disappointed with the judge's decision, and will seek to have it reconsidered or file an appeal. Payouts will not begin until claims against Delta and United are resolved.

Persons: Doug Parker, Gary Kelly, Scott Kirby, John Laughter, Sara Nelson, Colleen Kollar, Defendants, Kotelly, United, Jonathan Stempel, Grant McCool Organizations: American Airlines Group Inc, Southwest Airlines Co, United Airlines Holdings Inc, Delta Air Lines Inc, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, Washington , D.C, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, U.S . Department of Justice, Passengers, United, Delta, Antitrust Litigation, District of Columbia, Thomson Locations: U.S, Washington ,, New York

☆ US man pleads guilty to laundering crypto stolen from Bitfinex hack
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Luc Cohen | Thomson Reuters | Reports On The New York Federal Courts. Previously Worked As A Correspondent In Venezuela | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Photo illustration of Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange website taken September 27, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationWASHINGTON, Aug 3 (Reuters) - A New York technology entrepreneur pleaded guilty on Thursday to laundering funds stolen from Bitfinex, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, with his wife, an online rapper, expected to follow. His wife Heather Morgan, who used the hip-hop alias "Razzklekhan" to promote her music, is expected to enter her own plea later on Thursday. Lichtenstein and Morgan had been arrested in February 2022 on charges of laundering more than 100,000 bitcoin that was stolen after a hacker attacked Bitfinex in 2016. A docket entry in late July shows that Lichtenstein and Morgan reached their plea deal with the U.S. Attorney's office in Washington.

Persons: Bitfinex, Dado Ruvic, Ilya Lichtenstein, Colleen Kollar, Heather Morgan, Lichtenstein, Morgan, Lisa Monaco, Luc Cohen, Andrea Ricci Organizations: REUTERS, WASHINGTON, U.S, U.S . Department of Justice, Prosecutors, Thomson Locations: York, Washington, United States, U.S

☆ ‘Bitcoin Bonnie and Clyde’ plead guilty to money laundering
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A husband and wife, whose eccentricities and alleged crimes earned them the nickname “Bitcoin Bonnie and Clyde,” pleaded guilty to orchestrating a $4.5 billion money-laundering scheme linked to the 2016 hack of crypto exchange Bitfinex. Until Thursday’s hearing in Washington, DC, federal court, neither Morgan nor Lichtenstein had been directly implicated in the hacking of Hong Kong-based crypto exchange Bitfinex. “Lichtenstein then took steps to cover his tracks” and enlisted his wife’s help in laundering the funds, prosecutors said. Lichtenstein pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, according to a press release from the Justice Department. Morgan pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering conspiracy and one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, each of which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.

Persons: Bonnie, ”, Ilya Lichtenstein, Heather Morgan, “ Razzlekhan, Lichtenstein, Morgan, Colleen Kollar, Kotelly, Lichtenstein “, “ Lichtenstein, Clarissa, ” Lichtenstein Organizations: CNN, Justice Department, New Locations: Clyde, Russian, Washington , DC, Hong Kong, New York, Manhattan, Russia, United States

☆ Judge resets cypto couple plea hearings ahead of Trump appearance in D.C. court
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Trump was charged Tuesday on four felony counts related to his efforts to overturn his loss in the 2020 election to President Joe Biden. The former president was summoned to appear in U.S. District Court in Washington at 4 p.m. The bitcoin couple, Ilya "Dutch" Lichtenstein and Heather "Razzlekahn" Rhiannon Morgan, were already due to appear in the same court on the same day for separate plea hearings at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. respectively. Court filings last month suggested that they will plead guilty at those hearings. But on Wednesday, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly moved Lichtenstein's hearing to 9:30 a.m. and his wife Morgan's hearing to 11 a.m. Thursday.

Persons: Thursday's, Donald Trump, Barrett Prettyman, Trump, Joe Biden, Judge Moxila Upadhyaya, Ilya, Dutch, Lichtenstein, Heather, Razzlekahn, Rhiannon Morgan, Colleen Kollar, Kotelly Organizations: Washington , D.C, Justice Locations: Washington ,, U.S, Washington

☆ US couple accused of laundering crypto from Bitfinex hack reach plea deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

NEW YORK, July 21 (Reuters) - An American couple accused of laundering $4.5 billion in cryptocurrency stolen from the 2016 hacking of virtual currency exchange Bitfinex have entered into a plea agreement with federal prosecutors in Washington, court records showed on Friday. They are set to appear for a plea hearing on Aug. 3 before U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington, court records showed. A lawyer for Lichtenstein and Morgan and a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's office in Washington did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The pair was accused of conspiring to launder more than 100,000 bitcoin that was stolen, after a hacker attacked Bitfinex and initiated more than 2,0000 unauthorized transactions. Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York; editing by Jonathan Oatis and Marguerita ChoyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Ilya Lichtenstein, Heather Morgan, Colleen Kollar, Lichtenstein, Morgan, Bitfinex, Luc Cohen, Jonathan Oatis, Marguerita Choy Organizations: YORK, U.S, Thomson Locations: American, Washington, Manhattan, New York

The New York couple charged with trying to launder $4.5 billion in bitcoin stolen in a 2016 hack of Bitfinex appear set to plead guilty in the case. An information is a type of charging document that federal prosecutors typically use when defendants have agreed to plead guilty. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly on Friday ordered prosecutors and defense lawyers to provide plea paperwork to her by Thursday, the docket shows. The couple was not charged in the hack of the Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange. The bitcoin stolen in the hack was worth just $70 million at the time of the theft, but soared in value in the following years.

Persons: Ilya Lichtenstein, Heather Rhiannon Morgan, Lichtenstein, Morgan, Colleen Kollar, didn't Organizations: D.C, Attorney's, CNBC, Prosecutors, Department of Justice, Netflix Locations: York, Washington, United States, Russian, U.S, Hong Kong

☆ Ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro ordered to turn over hundreds of emails to the National Archives
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Rebecca Shabad | Daniel Barnes | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday ordered former Donald Trump aide Peter Navarro to hand the National Archives 200 to 250 emails that he sent during his time in the Trump administration using a private email account instead of his White House email. Lawyers for Navarro alleged the Justice Department was using the Presidential Records Act, which requires that official White House records be preserved, as a way to gather evidence against him in his ongoing criminal contempt of Congress case. They argued that forcing Navarro to produce the emails could violate his 5th amendment right against self-incrimination. Navarro did not copy his official White House account on the email exchanges, nor did he forward the email chains to his White House account, a violation of the Presidential Records Act, the department said. The National Archives had reached out to Navarro to ask that he turn over the records, but he did not respond, the Justice Department's complaint said.

☆ Judge Orders Ex-Trump Adviser Peter Navarro to Turn Over Missing Emails
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Jan Wolfe | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Peter Navarro argued in an earlier filing that the civil case should be dismissed. WASHINGTON—A federal judge said Peter Navarro has to hand over unlawfully retained emails from his time in the White House, granting a victory to the Justice Department in its civil lawsuit against the longtime adviser to former President Donald Trump. In a 22-page ruling issued Thursday, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ordered Mr. Navarro to produce to the U.S. government more than 200 emails from a nonofficial email account he used to conduct official business.

☆ In battle with Attorney General Letitia James, Trump may force his nemesis Michael Cohen to testify in his defense
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

A new round of subpoenas has been served by both sides in New York's massive Trump fraud lawsuit. Attorney General Letitia James said in court papers she may try to redepose Donald and Eric Trump. It's over this and another approaching deadline that the two sides in James' lawsuit are now battling. Excerpt from court filing in New York attorney general's lawsuit against Donald Trump and the Trump Organization. Michael Cohen's subpoena from the Trump defendants in New York Attorney General Letitia James' fraud lawsuit.

☆ Dr. Harvey Karp planned to tell the press the $1,700 Snoo was 'proven to reduce SIDS' last summer. But the FDA stamp of approval never came.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Kate Taylor | Jake Swearingen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Dr. Harvey Karp nearly announced last summer that the FDA certified that Snoo reduces SIDS. But 15 years later, the ability of the Snoo — now on the market as a $1,700 high-tech bassinet — to reduce SIDS remains unproven. Despite lofty promises from Karp and Nina Montée Karp, his wife and cofounder, experts who spoke with Insider remain skeptical. Karp said he and his wife created the Snoo to reduce parent stress and reduce SIDS. But the FDA approval never came, and the press release was never officially distributed.

☆ Judge suggests abortion might be protected by 13th Amendment despite Supreme Court ruling
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Monday suggested in a court order in a criminal case against a group of anti-abortion activists that the federal right to abortion — which was overturned last year by the Supreme Court — might still be protected by the Constitution's 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery. The 14th Amendment covers several rights, including citizenship rights and a prohibition against the government depriving "any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law." The amendment's due process clause was a keystone of the Supreme Court's ruling in Roe v. Wade that established the federal right to abortion. Kollar-Kotelly in her order, which was previously reported by Politico, wrote that the 13th Amendment "has received substantial attention among scholars and, briefly, in one federal Court of Appeals decision." A 1990 paper by a Northwestern University School of Law professor found that the 13th Amendment, with its prohibition against involuntary servitude, provides a textual basis for the right to abortion.

☆ Marine veteran who boasted about assaulting police officers with chemical spray on Jan. 6 is sentenced to more than 5 years
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Marine veteran was sentenced to more than 5 years in prison on a Jan. 6 charge on Wednesday. Prosecutors say he was caught on camera assaulting police officers and later bragging about it. Caldwell pleaded guilty to one count of assaulting police officers with a deadly weapon in September 2022. US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly sentenced Caldwell to 68 months in prison on Wednesday, as well as $2,000 in restitution for damage to the Capitol. In a separate video, Caldwell discussed the assault, telling the person behind the camera that he "got like 15 of them," referring to the officers.

☆ Threats against judges skyrocketed during the Trump era, and experts are now fearing for the worst
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Federal judges involved in matters related to the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago have also faced threats. The number of logged threats to judges and other officials nearly doubled early in the Trump era. He's a hater," Trump said of Judge Gonzalo Curiel, a 2012 appointee to the federal trial court in San Diego. But, as the threats to the federal judges in South Florida showed, the trend is extending down through the lower courts. It declined to give a broader assessment for the increase in threats to judges and other Marshals Service protectees.

☆ Suspicious packages, white powdery substances, and a 'swatting': Inside the threats federal judges are facing across the country
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

The US Marshals Service has been responding to a remarkable rise in threats against federal judges. At least three times this year, the federal court in Washington, DC, received suspicious packages. Arriving just months apart, the packages sent to DC's federal courthouse served as reminders of threats judges are increasingly facing across the country. Lawmakers have blamed Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, for blocking legislation to help protect federal judges. Greg Nash/AP ImagesCongressional solutionsCongress has approved additional funding for bolstering the security of federal judges.

☆ Cât timp vom mai purta mască? Ce spun experţii
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-28 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

În cazul omologării vaccinului anti-COVID, principala provocare o va reprezenta rapiditatea cu care acesta va ajunge pe piaţă. În plus, vaccinul va trebui administrat în mai multe doze la o persoană pentru a fi eficient, fapt ce reprezintă o provocare logistică suplimentară. „Cred că abia iarna viitoare vom putea vorbi de o acoperire satisfăcătoare în ceea ce priveşte vaccinarea populaţiei generale”, a spus Kachur. „Nu cred că vom renunţa prea curând la purtatul măştii, dacă oamenii continuă să se comporte aşa cum o fac acum”, a spus Kraft. De asemenea, Kraft a spus că, din moment ce vaccinul va trebui administrat în două doze, cei care îl vor face vor trebuie să continue să poarte mască.

Persons: Patrick Kachur, Kachur, Dr . Colleen Kraft, Kraft, purtatul Organizations: Columbia University Mailman School, Public Locations: New York, Emory, Atlanta, purtatul

☆ Cât timp vom mai purta mască? Ce spun specialiștii
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-28 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

În cazul omologării vaccinului anti-COVID, principala provocare o va reprezenta rapiditatea cu care acesta va ajunge pe piață. În plus, vaccinul va trebui administrat în mai multe doze la o persoană pentru a fi eficient, fapt ce reprezintă o provocare logistică suplimentară. „Cred că abia iarna viitoare vom putea vorbi de o acoperire satisfăcătoare în ceea ce priveşte vaccinarea populaţiei generale”, a spus Kachur. „Nu cred că vom renunţa prea curând la purtatul măştii, dacă oamenii continuă să se comporte aşa cum o fac acum”, a spus Kraft. De asemenea, Kraft a spus că, din moment ce vaccinul va trebui administrat în două doze, cei care îl vor face vor trebuie să continue să poarte mască.

Persons: Patrick Kachur, Kachur, Dr . Colleen Kraft, Kraft, purtatul Organizations: Today, Columbia University Mailman School, Public Locations: New York, Emory, Atlanta, purtatul

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