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Montevideo, November 5th 2024 - 03:41 UTC

Tag: James B. Comey

  • Tuesday, February 23rd 2016 - 06:07 UTC

    Apple and US government appeal to public opinion on the court's privacy dispute

    Apple’s CEO Tim Cook said the case “is about much more than a single phone or a single investigation”, it risks a precedent that “threatens everyone’s civil liberties”

    The public dispute in the United States between the Justice Department and Apple continued Monday as the tech giant called on the government to withdraw its demand for help in unlocking a phone used by one of the shooters in December’s terrorist attacks in San Bernardino, Calif., and instead let a commission of experts discuss the issue.

  • Thursday, May 28th 2015 - 05:56 UTC

    FIFA's key sponsor express “serious concern” following corruption allegations

    FIFA's sponsors such as Adidas, Coca-Cola, Visa, Sony, Gazprom and Hyundai/KIA have faced increasing calls to put pressure on FIFA

    Key sponsors of FIFA have expressed “serious concern” after the US accused senior officials of football's governing body of racketeering, fraud and money laundering. Coca-Cola said the World Cup had been “tarnished” by “lengthy controversy”.

  • Thursday, May 28th 2015 - 00:18 UTC

    “Red Card” for 14 FIFA and sports marketing officials

    U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch laid out charges against FIFA officials, who used the US financial system for bribes and kickbacks

    The United States Department of Justice brought charges on racketeering, wire fraud, and money laundering on 14 FIFA and sports marketing officials. Dubbed the “World Cup of corruption” by Richard Weber, chief of the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation unit, the charges are the result of an investigation from the U.S. District Attorney’s office in Eastern New York.