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Paedophile Hugh Nelson who made AI child abuse images from real pictures sent to him jailed for 18 years in ‘deeply horrifying’ landmark case | UK News
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A paedophile who made thousands of pounds by creating child abuse images using AI and real pictures of children has been jailed for 18 years in a landmark case. Hugh Nelson used a 3D character generator to turn ordinary, non-explicit pictures of children into child abuse images, before selling them on an internet forum used…
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UK’s worst catfish jailed after driving father and daughter to take own lives | UK News
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An online predator who led an American girl and her father to take their own lives has been jailed for at least 20 years after the UK’s largest “catfishing” case. Warning: This article contains references to suicide and child sex abuse which readers may find distressing. Alexander McCartney, 26, previously admitted 185 charges, including the…
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How parents and teenagers can tackle ‘sextortion’ as online predator jailed | Science, Climate & Tech News
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A UK-based safety watchdog that tackles online child abuse has warned it is “overwhelmingly” dealing with images taken by children themselves, usually after being groomed. It comes as a Northern Ireland man, who exploited more than 70 children online, was given a life sentence with a minimum of 20 years in jail on Friday. Catfish…
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Chinese takeaway worker Jian Wen jailed for money laundering after £3bn Bitcoin seizure | UK News
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A former Chinese takeaway worker found guilty of money laundering after police seized more than £3bn worth of Bitcoin has been jailed for more than six years. Jian Wen, 42, came to the attention of police when she tried to buy some of London’s most expensive properties, including a £23.5m seven-bedroom Hampstead mansion with a…
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Changpeng Zhao: Former boss of world’s largest crypto exchange Binance jailed for allowing money laundering | Business News
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The former boss of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange has been jailed for four months for allowing money laundering. The sentence was handed down to Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, nicknamed CZ, after he pleaded guilty to breaching US anti-money laundering laws designed to prevent terrorist financing and funds going to sanctioned countries. The prison term…
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Sam Bankman-Fried: Disgraced ‘crypto king’ jailed for 25 years after stealing billions of dollars from FTX customers | Business News
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Disgraced crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after being convicted of stealing billions of dollars from his customers. He was the chief executive of FTX, which suddenly went bankrupt in November 2022 – leaving millions of users frozen out of their accounts and unable to make withdrawals. The 32-year-old…
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Nathan Bake: Mechanic from Cheshire jailed for 16 years for role in child sex abuse website | UK News
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A mechanic who helped run one of the dark web’s biggest child sex abuse websites has been jailed for 16 years after he was convicted under organised crime laws in the first case of its kind. Nathan Bake, a 28-year-old tyre fitter from Runcorn, Cheshire, was the head moderator and second in command of The…
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‘Kingpins’ among more than 400 criminals jailed in Met Police EncroChat operation | UK News
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More than 400 criminals, including senior “kingpins” in organised crime, have been jailed for a total of 3,722 years after a Metropolitan Police operation targeted the EncroChat encrypted messaging platform. Commander Paul Brogden, head of specialist crime at the Met, said it was “the most significant operation targeting organised crime figures in the Met’s history”.…
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Man jailed for the insider trading of NFTs – in what is believed to be the first case of its kind | Science & Tech News
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A man has been jailed for the insider trading of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) – in what prosecutors say is the first case of its kind. Nathaniel Chastain was working as a product manager at OpenSea, which is the world’s biggest marketplace for the crypto collectibles. The 33-year-old purchased NFTs that he knew were going to…
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‘Evil’ child rapist jailed for life after being unmasked by technology that unpixelated image of him | UK News
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A prolific and “evil” child rapist has been jailed for life after he was unmasked by technology that unpixelated an image of his face discovered in photos he took of himself abusing his victims. Martyn Armstrong, from Pembrokeshire, documented himself committing “depraved” acts against three children, including a victim aged one, and posted the pictures…