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Yesterday

Edmond Margjini has been an organiser with the CFMEU WA branch since 2022.

CFMEU official gets bail over violent home invasion

Construction union organiser Edmond “Monty” Margjini has been accused of attacking a woman with a machete more than a decade ago.

  • David Marin-Guzman and Tom Rabe

November

Andrew Waters, accused of fraud, has been living in Canggu, Bali, the SEC says.

Banker accused of fraud in Aspen and California appears in Australia

The US Securities and Exchange Commission says it has also detected Andrew Waters soliciting investment in Bali. He denies all wrongdoing.

  • Primrose Riordan
Russia-backed cybercriminal groups are among the most prominent ransomware operators.

If you don’t know who we are, Google us: how cybercriminals negotiate

Criminal groups are touting their reputations for following through on promises to delete data and providing reports on breaches to solicit ransom payments.

  • Max Mason
The meetings took place in high-end apartments in well-off suburbs of Washington.

Three charged over ‘high-end brothel’ for accountants, lawyers, execs

“Pick a profession, they’re probably represented in this case,” said an acting US attorney in revealing the alleged operation in Washington and Boston.

  • Aishvarya Kavi
Native Extracts founders Lisa Carroll and Ross Macdougald in an undated photo.

Entrepreneur proves ex-boyfriend faked ‘natural’ cosmetics range

The owner of a nature-themed cosmetics line was forced to acknowledge that a key anti-ageing ingredient was not real.

  • Aaron Patrick
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Police released these images of Pusey on Friday.

Porsche driver who filmed dying police wanted on new warrants

Police are seeking help to find Richard Pusey, who was banned from the financial services industry after recording the dying moments of four officers hit by a truck after pulling him over.

  • William Ton
Sam Bankman-Fried seemingly delighted in giving his Twitter followers an insight into his lifestyle.

Key moments in Bankman-Fried’s fraud trial

The fallen billionaire was convicted on fraud and conspiracy charges related to the collapse of FTX, the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange he founded and led.

  • Jody Godoy
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried in front of Manhattan federal court in June.

Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty of fraud

A US jury has convicted the FTX co-founder of all seven charges of stealing $12.5 billion of customers’ money. He could spend decades in prison.

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  • Luc Cohen and Jody Godoy
In this courtroom sketch, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is questioned during his trial in Manhattan federal court.

‘Come clean or double down’: Bankman-Fried’s tough choice

US prosecutors said the fallen crypto king could have chosen to admit stealing billions of dollars of customers’ money, but he instead stayed silent.

  • Matthew Cranston
A courtroom sketch showing Sam Bankman-Fried under questioning in court in New York.

‘Free entertainment’: Bankman-Fried feels the heat as case nears end

The former crypto king has finished days of withering cross-examination as the jury prepares to start deliberations in his fraud trial later this week.

  • Matthew Cranston

October

Bruce Lehrmann has lost a suppression order battle.

Bruce Lehrmann named in Toowoomba rape charge

The former Coalition staffer had had his identity suppressed until a court ruling on Thursday in Queensland.

  • Liam Walsh
Law enforcement officers carry rifles outside Central Maine Medical Centre.

At least 22 dead and dozens injured in Maine shooting spree

State police in Lewiston, the state’s second-largest city, confirmed an active shooter had attacked a restaurant and bowling alley.

  • Tony Diver
David Scott, Exxon’s senior vice president of unconventional upstream, faces allegations of sexual assault.

Exxon Australian exec arrested in sexual assault case

David Scott, vice president of the energy giant’s upstream unconventional unit, faces accusations of second-degree felony assault.

  • Eric Platt, Jamie Smyth and Myles McCormick
In this courtroom sketch, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, right, sits at the defense table next to his attorney Christian Everdell as jury selection began in his fraud trial.

Bankman-Fried brought to book

Sam Bankman-Fried fidgeted his way through his first week in court while onlookers juggled the blockbuster trial and Michael Lewis’ new book about him.

  • Matthew Cranston and Jessica Sier

Crypto FTX co-founder admits ‘we did it’

Gary Wang, co-founder of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has told a court that he and Sam Bankman-Fried committed wire and securities fraud.

  • Matthew Cranston
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Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial has begun.

Criminal or math nerd? Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial opens

Opening arguments in the FTX founder’s closely watched fraud trial have painted two very different pictures of the former crypto king before his company’s collapse.

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  • Matthew Cranston

The price of shoplifting is getting dangerously high

Target is among many retailers warning of a rise in organised theft, including “flash robs” of young thieves threatening staff, and others brazenly exiting with big bags filled with booty.

  • John Gapper

September

In this aerial view the ‘Sycamore Gap’ tree on Hadrian’s Wall lies on the ground leaving behind only a stump in the spot it once proudly stood.

Robin Hood tree on Hadrian’s Wall felled in ‘act of vandalism’

The fallen tree in England, which dates from the 18th century, was discovered by walkers in Northumberland after someone took a chainsaw to its trunk overnight.

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  • Sarah Knapton
Luxury cars are being targeted by thieves.

Your Ferrari could be gone in 60 seconds

Gangs are taking advantage of weaknesses in vehicle security and insurers are increasingly wary of modern prestige marques. Here’s what you can do.

  • Chris Bryant
A gavel and book.

Newsrooms prepare to name Queensland rape case’s ‘high-profile man’

From October 3, a change to Queensland sexual offender laws could prompt a tsunami of reporting about a case that has remained below the radar.

  • Sam Buckingham-Jones and Mark Di Stefano