Law

It appears JPMorgan has employee screening - or perhaps retention - problems.

According to Reuters, a (now former) JPMorgan employee, who was ordered to attend counseling for gambling, is facing criminal charges that he engaged in a scheme to steal $5 million from the bank in order to pay personal debts.

That in itself would not be exciting, however the details of how he planned on stealing from the bank to repay his debt, is. 

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has once again defied Swedish authorities by releasing his full 19-page testimony that was previously turned over to investigators last month.  Among other things, the testimony includes several text messages, being revealed for the first time, from his accuser which he claims serve to prove his innocence.

A popular children’s doll has been found to collect and transmit personal information from unsuspecting children to a U.S. defense contractor. According to a complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, the My Friend Cayla doll and I-Que Intelligent Robot toy, made by Genesis Toys Inc., secretly record everything children say and send the information to  a defense contractor named Nuance Communications.

Former President George. W Bush may face trial at a California court for committing war crimes in Iraq, in an unprecedented announcement made by the U.S. Court of Appeal. The United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit today confirmed that Judges Susan Graber and Andrew Hurwitz will hear arguments on December 12, 2016, in the case of Saleh v. Bush. Witnessiraq.com reports: Saleh v. Bush involves claims by an Iraqi woman, Sundus Shaker Saleh,  that former President George W. Bush and other high ranking Bush-era officials broke the law when they planned and waged the Iraq War.

Donald Trump has reportedly fired a member of his transition team for spreading a ‘fake news’ story about an alleged child sex ring involving Hillary Clinton and her campaign chief, John Podesta. The decision to remove Michael Flynn Jr., the son of incoming national security advise retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn,  came from Trump himself, two transition officials said. The “fake news” story was apparently the motive behind an alleged armed incident at Comet Ping Pong, a Washington pizzeria on Sunday. Though many believe the incident itself was a false flag event. RT reports: Michael G.