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The Lawrence Township Police Department recovered 223 of 675 SpaceX Starlink Terminals allegedly purchased using stolen credit card numbers, the department said Tuesday. A New Jersey man was arrested on charges for allegedly trafficking 675 SpaceX Starlink terminals purchased with stolen credit card accounts or hacked Starlink billing accounts, police said Wednesday. The man, 35-year-old Kelvin Rodriguez-Moya, was stopped by police Dec. 4 while driving 223 Starlink terminals in a pickup truck and trailer after leaving a residence in Lawrence Township, New Jersey, a criminal complaint said. Lawrence Township police had been tipped off about a suspiciously large number of Starlink terminals being shipped to that home, the complaint said. The total value of the 675 fraudulently purchased Starlink terminals that police subsequently learned had been shipped to the Lawrence Township address is about $400,000, police said.

Persons: Kelvin Rodriguez, Moya, Detectives, Rodriguez Organizations: Police Department, SpaceX Starlink, SpaceX, FedEx Locations: Lawrence, New Jersey, Lawrence Township , New Jersey, Newark

Berkshire Hathaway settled a billion-dollar lawsuit with the Haslam family over how Berkshire accounted for the value of Pilot Travel Centers, which would affect the price paid in a forced buyout of the family's remaining stake in that truck-stop giant, both sides said Sunday night. The Haslam family and its Pilot Corp. in the suit filed this fall alleged that Berkshire Hathaway improperly adopted a form of accounting of the value of Pilot Travel Centers that would have led to a sharply lower price Berkshire would pay to acquire the family's remaining 20% stake in PTC. Berkshire in turn had accused Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam of offering payments to PTC executives to boost the value of the company so that his family would get a bigger buyout from Berkshire, which controls PTC. The Haslam family and Pilot Corp. strongly denied those claims. Berkshire and Pilot Corp. in similar press statements Sunday night said that they had reached an agreement to fully settle the Delaware Chancery case.

Persons: Berkshire Hathaway, Haslam, Greg Abel, Warren Buffett, Jimmy Haslam Organizations: Berkshire, Travel Centers, Pilot Corp, PTC, Cleveland Browns Locations: Berkshire, Delaware Chancery, New York, Delaware

U.S. Rep. George Santos leaves the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Central Islip, New York, May 10, 2023. A man who was a paid campaign fundraiser for Rep. George Santos was indicted in New York on federal criminal charges related to his allegedly impersonating a top aide to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as he solicited donations for Santos. Santos, who was first elected in 2022, represents a House district that covers parts of Queens in New York City, and Nassau County in Long Island. McCarthy, a California Republican, has defended Santos' right to continue serving in the House even as he fights his own criminal charges. "According to a federal indictment, George Santos paid someone to impersonate Kevin McCarthy's chief of staff to raise money, yet McCarthy continues to protect Santos," Goldman wrote.

Persons: George Santos, Kevin McCarthy, Santos, Samuel Miele, Miele, Dan Meyer, McCarthy, Kevin Marino, John Marzulli, Dan Goldman, Kevin McCarthy's, Goldman, CNBC's Kevin Breuninger, Brian Schwartz Organizations: Rep, Eastern, of, Santos, New York Republican, CNBC, U.S, California Republican, Democrat, Court Locations: U.S, of New York, Central Islip , New York, New York, Miele, Queens, New York City, Nassau County, Long, California, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Eastern

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

☆ Mormon church, affiliated nonprofit to pay $5 million to settle SEC charges alleging disclosure failures
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Chelsey Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The forms were filed in the name of the shell companies, instead of Ensign Peak Advisers. Ensign Peak Advisers agreed to pay a $4 million penalty to the SEC, while the church agreed to pay $1 million, the agency said. "Since 2000, Ensign Peak received and relied upon legal counsel regarding how to comply with its reporting obligations while attempting to maintain the privacy of the portfolio. As a result, Ensign Peak established separate companies (LLCs) that each filed Forms 13F instead of a single aggregated filing. Ensign Peak and the Church have cooperated with the government over a period of time as we sought resolution," Moore added.

☆ Talent agency CAA drops Ye, as film studio MRC ditches documentary because of his antisemitic remarks
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Jessica Golden | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Kanye West attends the Givenchy Womenswear Spring/Summer 2023 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on October 02, 2022 in Paris, France. Major Hollywood talent agency CAA on Monday dropped Ye, also known as Kanye West, as the rapper and business mogul faces intensifying criticism over his recent antisemitic remarks. The film studio MRC also said it was dropping a documentary about the artist. The moves come as athletic apparel maker Adidas faces growing calls to end its relationship with Ye. At least three legal organizations have written letters to the German company to cut ties with Ye due to his recent antisemitic comments.

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