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In May 2012, Joseph Blimline was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for operating two oil and gas Ponzi schemes. He operated a Ponzi scheme from 2003 to 2005 in Michigan, netting over $28 million. He then operated a Ponzi scheme in Texas, using a company called Provident Royalties, that lasted from 2006 to 2009 and netted over $400 million ...
Sam Bankman-Fried. Samuel Benjamin Bankman-Fried[ 2] (born March 5, 1992), commonly known as SBF, [ 3] is an American entrepreneur who was convicted of fraud and related crimes in November 2023. Bankman-Fried founded the FTX cryptocurrency exchange and was celebrated as a "poster boy" for crypto. [ 4] At the peak of his net worth, he was ranked ...
The Department of the Treasury, on 20 May 2021, announced that it would require any transfer worth $10,000 or more to be reported to the Internal Revenue Service since cryptocurrency already posed a problem where illegal activity like tax evasion was facilitated broadly. This release from the IRS was a part of efforts to promote better ...
Travis County commissioners approved $115,000 in extra security funding for District Attorney José Garza after meeting in secret, according to multiple reports.
The champions' checks jump 20% from last year's $3 million, but the amount remains below the pre-pandemic paycheck of $3.85 million that went to each winner in 2019.
Texas can keep a 1,000-foot (300-meter) long floating barrier in the Rio Grande to deter illegal border crossings by migrants at the river separating the United States and Mexico, a U.S. appeals ...
For six hours two bitcoin networks operated at the same time, each with its own version of the transaction history. The core developers called for a temporary halt to transactions, sparking a sharp sell-off. [58] Normal operation was restored when the majority of the network downgraded to version 0.7 of the bitcoin software. [58]
The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state. [ 1] While only about 20% of Texas counties are generally located within the Houston—Dallas—San Antonio—Austin areas, they serve a majority of the state's population with approximately 22,000,000 inhabitants. Texas was originally divided into ...