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Court artist sketches of Bulgarian nationals, from left, Katrin Ivanova, Vanya Gaberova, Orlin Roussev, Ivan Stoyanov and Bizer Dzhambazov appearing via video link at Westminster Magistrates' Court, London, on Sept. 26, 2023. (Bloomberg) -- Six Bulgarian nationals who were part of a Russian spy ring run by Wirecard’s fugitive ex-chief operating officer were sentenced to as long as 10 years in prison by a London judge.

6 days ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Upmanyu Trivedi

Artificial intelligence start ups backed by Saudi Aramcoand Sam Altman’s brother Jackare locked in a multi million dollar legal dispute over computing capacity that underpins AI technology. The Altman-backed San Francisco Compute Co. sued Ori Industries 1 Ltd.alleging the British firm made “fraudulent misrepresentation” about the availability of tech resources and failed to honor a $41 million deal to provide processing power used to train large language models, according to a UK court filing.

6 days ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Upmanyu Trivedi

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2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Upmanyu Trivedi

An Israeli private investigator, alleged to have worked for a Washington lobbying firm and hacked climate activists, failed to block his extradition to face criminal charges in the US. A London court refused to stop the extradition of Amit Forlit, facing charges linked to wire fraud and computer hacking between 2012 and 2019. The 57-year-old investigator was arrested last year at Heathrow Airport after the US authorities accused him being part of a “hacking for hire” scheme.

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Upmanyu Trivedi

(Bloomberg) -- An Israeli private investigator, alleged to have worked for a Washington lobbying firm and hacked climate activists, failed to block his extradition to face criminal charges in the US. A London court refused to stop the extradition of Amit Forlit, facing charges linked to wire fraud and computer hacking between 2012 and 2019. The 57-year-old investigator was arrested last year at Heathrow Airport after the US authorities accused him being part of a “hacking for hire” scheme.