The CEO of a California biotech company, Decision Diagnostics, claimed to have a finger-prick test that could detect Covid-19 and used multiple fake identities to pump up the company’s stock price, authorities said. The CEO, Keith Berman, was sentenced on Friday to seven years in prison for the fraud that led to $28 million in […]
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Murder suspect paid $120,000 to his lawyer who relied on Google during trial
The judge’s decision was stunning, but so were the allegations. After the 2014 murder trial of a New York man accused of killing his wife, the judge wrote that the defendant’s lawyer was so unprepared and inexperienced that he relied on Google for help with forensics and pulled questions directly from an Australian web page, […]
Relied on by Parents, Hailed by Schools, GPS Bus Trackers Raise Security Risks
Louisville father Robert Bramel began to panic. Hours after the first day of elementary school ended in August, his two sons hadn’t yet returned home, and he grew frightened for their safety. It wasn’t until after 7 p.m. that evening when the boys, 5-year-old William and 8-year-old Joseph, arrived on a school bus unharmed.Their delayed […]
‘I Relied on Others,’ ‘Documents Were Filed in the Wrong Place,’ and Other Memorable Excuses
After two former Georgia election workers sued Rudy Giuliani for falsely accusing them of committing massive fraud in 2020, his attorney argued that the real culprit in that calumny was The Gateway Pundit. Meanwhile, Gateway Pundit publisher Jim Hoft, who faced a separate defamation lawsuit by the same plaintiffs, was arguing that his website “fairly […]
Charges against Chicago man dropped in murder case that relied on legally blind witness’ testimony
A Chicago man whose murder conviction was overturned this month was released from jail after prosecutors on Tuesday dropped all charges against him in a case that relied primarily on the testimony of a legally blind witness. Darien Harris spent 12 years in prison after he was convicted in the 2011 shooting death of Rondell […]