Justice Department files charges against local penny stock traders …

The stakes have become decidedly higher for two of the three local stock traders accused of running a penny stock pump-and-dump scheme.A federal grand jury has indicted Alexander Hawatmeh of Salem on charges of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and money laundering. It charged Mikhail Galas of Vancouver, Wash. with conspiracy to commit securities fraud.Galas pleaded not guilty Thursday at […]

Holder Cautions on Risk of Bias in Big Data Use in Criminal Justice …

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WASHINGTON—Attorney General Eric Holder warned Friday that a new generation of data-driven criminal justice programs could adversely affect poor and minority groups, saying such efforts need to be studied further before they are used to sentence suspects.In a speech in Philadelphia to a gathering of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Mr. Holder cautioned that […]