“Ng Chong Hwa, also known as “Roger Ng,” a citizen of Malaysia and a former Managing Director of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (Goldman Sachs), was sentenced by United States District Judge Margo K. Brodie to 10 years’ imprisonment for conspiring to launder billions of dollars embezzled from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by paying more than $1.6 billion in bribes to a dozen government officials in Malaysia and Abu Dhabi, and conspiring to violate the FCPA by circumventing the internal accounting controls of Goldman Sachs.  The forfeiture amount will be determined at a later date.  In April 2022, Ng was convicted by a federal jury on all counts following a nine-week trial.”

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/former-goldman-sachs-managing-director-sentenced-10-years-prison-his-role-massive

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“The Justice Department announced today that five more directors resigned from four corporate boards and one company declined to exercise board appointment rights in response to the Antitrust Division’s enforcement efforts around Section 8 of the Clayton Act (Section 8). Section 8, which Congress made a per se violation of the antitrust laws, prohibits directors and officers from serving simultaneously on the boards of competitors, subject to limited exceptions. Today’s announcement brings the number of interlocks unwound or prevented as a result of the division’s recent efforts to at least thirteen directors from ten boards.”

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-s-ongoing-section-8-enforcement-prevents-more-potentially-illegal

A Norfolk Southern train derailed Thursday in Calhoun County, Alabama, hours before company CEO Alan Shaw faced lawmakers to answer questions about a Feb. 3 derailment that led to a toxic chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio.

There were no reports of injuries and no reports of a hazardous leak after approximately 30 cars derailed, an agency spokesperson said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna74183

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Earlier this week Temple Sheriff’s Station deputies along with the Richard Garvey Intermediate School conducted an active shooter & evacuation drill. This drill assisted the school staff and LASD on coordinating and working together as a team to keep our students safe.

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BREAKING: TikTok, the Chinese-owned app, has hired top Biden-connected consulting firm SKDK as it faces increasing scrutiny in Washington, Politico reports

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“A federal jury convicted former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder, 63, of Glenford, Ohio, and former Ohio Republican Party chair Mathew Borges, 50, of Bexley, Ohio, of participating in a racketeering conspiracy...

The government proved beyond a reasonable doubt at trial that Householder and his enterprise conspired to violate the racketeering statute through honest services wire fraud, receipt of millions of dollars in bribes and money laundering.

The conspiracy involved nearly $61 million in bribes paid to a 501(c)(4) entity to pass and uphold a billion-dollar nuclear plant bailout.”

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdoh/pr/jury-convicts-former-ohio-house-speaker-former-chair-ohio-republican-party

“FirstEnergy flipped in July 2020 in this case.

But it seems like they came under scrutiny for a failed effort to 'lobby' Trump into a similar bailout for them using the Defense Production Act.

That lobbying campaign got 20 members of Congress to sign a letter trying to convince Trump to do what FirstEnergy wanted.

Wonder if they called those political contributions not bribes too?”

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1633949239125454848.html