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☆ Madeleine McCann Suspect to Face Trial on Separate Sex Assault Charges
  + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +1 min
BERLIN (Reuters) - The main suspect in the 2007 disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann goes on trial in Germany on Friday on separate charges relating to child sexual abuse crimes in Portugal. He has not yet been required to enter a plea and his legal team have made no public comment about the charges. Portuguese prosecutors in the disappearance of the British child identified as an official suspect a person whose details corresponded to that of Brueckner two years ago. Brueckner has denied being involved in the disappearance and has not been charged with any crime related to it. McCann disappeared from her bedroom on May 3, 2007, during a family holiday while her parents were dining with friends nearby in the resort of Praia da Luz.
Persons: Madeleine McCann, Christian Brueckner, McCann, Brueckner, Thomas Escritt, Alison Williams Organizations: BERLIN Locations: Germany, Portugal, Portugal's Algarve, Brunswick, Algarve, knifepoint, Praia da Luz
☆ Venmo and other payment app theft is ‘skyrocketing,’ Manhattan DA warns
  + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Mark Morales | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +4 min
CNN —Venmo, Cash App, PayPal, Zelle and other payment apps may be convenient ways to send cash with a few taps of your smartphone, but they’re a breeding grounds for theft, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg tells CNN. Bragg says he’s seen so many instances of criminals using payment apps as a crime of opportunity. The passenger would ask to put in a new address into the Lyft driver’s phone and once inside, they would transfer the in-app earnings to their own bank accounts using Cash App, the records show. Once in custody, investigators found that the pair has sent themselves $1,749 using Cash App, the records show. Bragg said his team has been trying to get the word out in recent years and have heard from victims who never came forward during outreach campaigns about cash app thefts.
Persons: CNN —, Attorney Alvin Bragg, swindlers, Bragg, Sen, Elizabeth Warren’s, “, ” Bragg, Zelle, he’s, It’s, ” Organizations: CNN, PayPal, Attorney, Consumer Financial Locations: Manhattan, New York, Zelle, Los Angeles, Boston
☆ Tech CEO Pava LaPere's rape and murder has spurred lawmakers to curb early-release credits for violent sex offenders
  + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Glynis Kazanjian | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
Pava LaPere, 26, the founder and CEO of EcoMap Technologies, was raped and murdered in 2023. Her death has spurred Maryland legislators to introduce a law to stop violent offenders from accruing early release credits. Her father, Frank LaPere, told Business Insider that it was time to change the justice system. The Pava Marie LaPere Act would require the Maryland Parole Commission to approve an offender's early release. "This bill is a little different because of Frank [Pava LaPere's father], to be honest," Bates said.
Persons: Pava LaPere, Frank LaPere, —, Jason Dean Billingsley, LaPere, Billingsley, Marilyn Mosby, Ivan Bates, Marie LaPere, Del, Elizabeth Embry, Embry, you've, Bates, Frank, Pava, Jason Billingsley, State's, Mayor Scott, Moore Organizations: EcoMap Technologies, Service, Authorities, State's, Baltimore City, Maryland Attorney General's, EcoMap, Maryland Division, Probation, Baltimore City Police Department, Police, Associated Press, Business, Gov Locations: Maryland, Baltimore, West Baltimore
☆ Uber is trying to sway Chicago's mayor and Illinois Democrats against a bill seeking to make rides safer for customers
  + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Ethan Dodd | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
An Illinois bill could hold companies like Uber and Lyft liable for harm done to passengers. Uber launched a "pressure campaign" to avoid liability for these incidents, the law group behind the bill said. JB Pritzker, it would eliminate an exemption in Illinois law that has protected ride-hailing companies since 2015. Salvi said Illinois exempted ride-hailing companies from the state's common-carrier civil-liability doctrine in 2015 to "allow them to come to market" and "give them an ability to compete." Moreover, the exemption has protected ride-hailing companies in even more extreme cases.
☆ Satanic panic is making a comeback, fueled by QAnon believers and GOP influencers
  + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Brandy-Zadrozny-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Brandy Zadrozny | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +23 min
Utah County Attorney David O. Leavitt speaks on July 31, 2019, in Provo. The accusations were part of a new case from Utah County Sheriff Mike Smith. Discussion about satanism and satanic abuse has increased in recent years, according to data provided to NBC News by Zignal Labs, which analyzes social media conversations. Popular culture and social media have also ferried ideas about satanism and widespread child abuse from fringe to the mainstream. (Anti-LGBTQ politicians and activists have equated LGBTQ people with predators who abuse children as part of a “gay agenda,” the well-worn panic that the gay rights movement’s true motivation is recruitment.
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