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President Donald Trump pardoned Binance founder  Changpeng Zhao.

Zhao had earlier pleaded guilty to enabling money laundering.

President Donald Trump has pardoned Binance founder  Changpeng Zhao, who had previously pleaded guilty to enabling money laundering, the White House said Thursday.

“President Trump exercised his constitutional authority by issuing a pardon for Mr. Zhao, who was prosecuted by the Biden Administration in their war on cryptocurrency,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.

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A Connecticut gang member received a five-year federal prison sentence on Tuesday for trafficking narcotics throughout the southwestern part of the state. Modeste Adodo, 29, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut. On Sept. 16, he…

The operator of a Newington-based counseling business who had pleaded guilty in connection with a scheme that defrauded the Connecticut Medicaid program of more than $1.8 million, has been sentenced to prison. Ramon Apellaniz, also known as “Kristopher Rockefeller” and “Kris,” 40, of Middletown, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison. Apellaniz in May waived his right to be indicted and…

A former Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to several bank robberies across Connecticut, officials said. Taylor Dziczek, 43, formerly of Chicopee, Mass., pleaded guilty Friday before U.S. District Judge Sarala Nagala in Hartford to bank robbery charges, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Connecticut. According to court documents and statements made in court, the FBI and state and…

Mississippi Man Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud, Money Laundering, Tax Evasion Charges for Role in $200 Million Compounding Pharmacy Scheme

(STL.News) – A Hattiesburg, Mississippi man pleaded guilty yesterday for his role in a $200 million compounding pharmacy scheme to defraud health care benefit programs, including TRICARE, which is the program that covers U.S. military service members and their families.

Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst of the…

WASHINGTON | Flynn’s sentencing postponed: 4 takeaways

WASHINGTON— The unexpected delay in Michael Flynn’s sentencing raised a new wrinkle in the Russia probe.

The former national security adviser, who pleaded guilty to lying the FBI about his contacts with Russia’s ambassador, had expected to face no jail time after prosecutors vouched for him, saying he had provided substantial assistance in their investigation.

But when a federal judge lambasted…