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Two Colorado Farmers Contaminated Cantaloupe to Interstate Commerce
Jan 17, 2014Two Colorado farmers who pleaded guilty to six counts of introducing contaminated cantaloupe to interstate commerce in one of the deadliest foodborne illness outbreaks in U.S. history have asked a federal judge for probation sentences. ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
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Porsche'S Former CFO Has Been Convicted of Credit Fraud by a German Court Over Failed Bid
Jun 6, 2013Porsche’s former chief financial officer has been convicted of credit fraud by a German court in a criminal case relating to a failed 2009 bid by the sports car maker to buy Volkswagen. Bloomberg reports Holger Haerter was convicted ...
Tags: Porsche, Fraud, Volkswagen Bid
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Trade Secrets Is Revealed by Biggest Wine Hoax in History
Mar 29, 2013Farmscrapers are vertical farming on steroids A glass of Hitler Cabernet with a Mussolini chaser Farm murders met with media silence The wine rumors were always there. Whispers and suspicion over various vintages were a constant. But the ...
Tags: Wine Hoax, Trade Secrets
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Japanese Police Arrested Man Suspected of Being Behind a Computer Hacking Campaign
Feb 18, 2013Japanese police have arrested a man suspected of being behind a computer hacking campaign following an exhaustive hunt that at one stage had authorities tracking down a cat for clues, reports said. Yusuke Katayama, 30, was arrested on ...
Tags: computer hacking campaign, cat, Tokyo
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Phone Unlocking Services Face The Biggest Legal Risk From Mobile Operators
Jan 31, 2013U.S. phone unlocking services face the biggest legal risk from mobile operators keen to enforce a change in copyright law that now makes it illegal to modify a mobile device to work on another network, according to the Electronic Frontier ...
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Indicted Megaupload Founder Kim Dotcom Launched a New File-Sharing Website
Jan 22, 2013Indicted Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom launched a new file-sharing website today, promising users amped-up privacy levels in a defiant move against the US prosecutors who accuse him of facilitating massive online piracy. The colourful ...
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Lawyers for Megaupload Filed Another Motion on Wednesday
Dec 25, 2012Lawyers for Megaupload filed another motion on Wednesday asking a federal court to dismiss its criminal case, continuing its argument that the company can't be served a summons since it was headquartered outside the U.S. Megaupload wants ...
Tags: Megaupload, federal court, criminal case, U.S.
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New Zealand's Government Admitted It Illegally Spied on Dotcom
Dec 5, 2012New Zealand's High Court ruled Wednesday that Kim Dotcom and a Megaupload colleague can pursue damages against police and one of the country's spy services for illegally intercepting their communications. In her judgment,Justice Helen ...
Tags: Megaupload, New Zealand, Dotcom, intelligence system
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Francisco Decided to Fine $87 Million to Keep LCD Prices Artificially High
Jul 3, 2012A jury in San Francisco on Tuesday decided to fine Toshiba?$87 million for colluding with other vendors to keep LCD prices artificially high, but the Tokyo-based company doesn't expect to have to pay anything. U.S. antitrust law calls for ...
Tags: Toshiba, LCD, LCD Display, Sharp, LG