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Compelled production of a passcode for a digital device by state authorities violates the right to silence under s. 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. But whether the compelled use of biometrics yields the same result has been an open question. And a recent ruling of the Ontario Court … Read more »

A young man who laundered $3.5 million for a crime syndicate dubbed the Crypto Kids has been sentenced to 70 months by a federal judge in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Investigators said the group formed through online gaming platforms and squandered its loot on an e … Read more »

Ali Lalji got involved in a cocaine smuggling conspiracy during the time he worked at Vice Media where he made friends with Yaroslav Pastukhov. They used the company’s headquarters in Toronto, Canada, to recruit couriers for the operation. But the plot may now be less remembered for its notoriety … Read more »

Do you have a sweetheart who sends you loving emails but you have never met in person? Does he say you make him feel like he’s known you forever? But you can’t arrange a date because he’s in the military overseas. Did you send him money when his bank account was frozen last month? And are you now ab … Read more »

Ransomware operations are not only a technological problem. They have evolved into systematized extortion campaigns that weaponize stolen data. Although two recent cases in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland involved standard tactics from the ransomware playbook they also … Read more »