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Chinese citizen charged with importing sufficient chemicals to manufacture millions of lethal doses of fentanyl

Jul 234 min read

Chinese citizen charged with importing sufficient chemicals to manufacture millions of lethal doses of fentanyl

The indictment alleges his involvement in a conspiracy linked to what authorities believe to be one of the largest amounts of fentanyl precu

TikTok contends in court that the recently implemented law, pushing a nationwide ban of the widely-used platform, infringes upon the rights protected by the First Amendment

Stephen Wick

Jun 232 min read

Social Media

TikTok contends in court that the recently implemented law, pushing a nationwide ban of the widely-used platform, infringes upon the rights protected by the First Amendment

Numerous legislators who backed the legislation expressed apprehensions about national security, emphasizing that ByteDance's affiliation wi

Pundits Argue U.S Dollar Likely To Diminish as Plan For the BRICS Currency Set into Motion

Stephen Wick

Jun 232 min read

News

Pundits Argue U.S Dollar Likely To Diminish as Plan For the BRICS Currency Set into Motion

There is currently no requirement for Riyadh to trade oil exclusively in US dollars, as the longstanding 50-year petrodollar agreement betwe

An ex-CIA agent who was charged with spying for China has admitted his guilt in a Honolulu courtroom

Stephen Wick

May 282 min read

Criminal Justice

An ex-CIA agent who was charged with spying for China has admitted his guilt in a Honolulu courtroom

In a covert operation, he willingly received a substantial sum of money as payment for his previous acts of espionage. Unbeknownst to him, t

Asia-Pacific Region: Cultivating Sea Cucumbers Could Help Preserve Coral Reefs

Stephen Wick

Apr 92 min read

Environment & Climate

Asia-Pacific Region: Cultivating Sea Cucumbers Could Help Preserve Coral Reefs

scientists observed that the corals they introduced became infected and perished in regions lacking sea cucumbers. Conversely, this phenomen

Aventura Technologies, Inc: Frances Cabasso, Jack Cabasso, & Jonathan Lasker, and others Admit Guilt for Wire Fraud and Unlawful Importation by Selling Chinese Products as American-Made

Stephen Wick

Mar 207 min read

Criminal Justice

Aventura Technologies, Inc: Frances Cabasso, Jack Cabasso, & Jonathan Lasker, and others Admit Guilt for Wire Fraud and Unlawful Importation by Selling Chinese Products as American-Made

To conceal the Chinese origin of its products, Jack Cabasso, Aventura's owner, took extensive measures. For example, he accused competitors

Haotian Sun Aka. Hao Sun Aka. Jack Sun Aka. Frank Sun of Baltimore and Pengfei Xue of Germantown Both in Maryland Foreign Nationals Convicted of Scheme to Defraud Apple Inc. Out of 5,000 iPhones

Stephen Wick

Feb 213 min read

Criminal Justice

Haotian Sun Aka. Hao Sun Aka. Jack Sun Aka. Frank Sun of Baltimore and Pengfei Xue of Germantown Both in Maryland Foreign Nationals Convicted of Scheme to Defraud Apple Inc. Out of 5,000 iPhones

The jury convicted Sun and Xue of mail fraud and conspiracy to commit mail fraud. They are set to be sentenced on June 21, each facing a max