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JD.com’s CEO Richard Liu Arrested Against Sexual Misconduct

3Sep By Gauri SinghNo Comments

CHINA

JD.com’s CEO Richard Liu Arrested Against Sexual Misconduct

Chinese billionaire Richard Liu who founded the one of the largest Chinese e-commerce platform JD.com was reportedly arrested by Minneapolis police Friday night. He was suspicious of criminal sexual misconduct. However, he was released later stating that he was falsely accused. The Minneapolis Police Department said the investigation remained active and would not confirm details of the arrest against the CEO, Liu. "The individual was arrested Friday evening and released Saturday afternoon. He was released pending formal complaint," Public Information Officer John Elder stated. JD.com is China’s second-largest online shopping platform after Alibaba. Liu founded the venture about two decades ago. The company has been listed on the Nasdaq since 2014 and has reached to around $45 billion...

24Jun By PriyankaNo Comments

CHINA

16 Apple Employee Arrested in China For Selling iPhone Data

Chinese police have arrested 16 employees of an Apple contractor for selling personal information of iPhone users from eastern Chinas Zhejiang Province. In January, police in Cangnan county Zhejiang Province suspected several employees or former employees of an Apple distributor and a contractor of stealing user data, the county procuratorate said in a statement today. In May, police caught 22 people, 20 of whom worked for the two companies, from Guangdong, Jiangsu and Fujian provinces, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. So far, 16 people have been arrested and four remain under investigation. Fifteen of those arrested work for Guangzhou Telecom Yingke Company, a contractor which provides consulting and after-sales service for Apple. Prosecutors said that starting from A...

TVF Founder Arunabh Kumar Arrested, Released on Bail

26Apr By Saumya SunderNo Comments

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TVF Founder Arunabh Kumar Arrested, Released on Bail

In the latest development, Arunabh Kumar, CEO and founder of TVF online channel has been arrested and then re leased on bail on the same day after paying a bond of Rs 10,000. Arunabh was earlier booked for molestation based on a complaint by former office employee in Mumbai, almost two weeks after a blog detailing the harassment first surfaced on the internet. After getting anticipatory bail, Arunabh issued a press statement to the police in which he alleged that the harassment claims were a conspiracy against him. "I have strong feeling that someone is trying to hamper my business by doing all of this," Kumar said. The creative director of TVF, Nidhi Bisht, sent out a letter to the 200 employees of the organisation condemning all the allegations made against Arunabh Kumar.

World’s Largest Piracy Website Torrent Kickass Founder Arrested

21Jul By AnkitaNo Comments

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World’s Largest Piracy Website Torrent Kickass Founder Arrested

Founder of KickassTorrents, the world's largest piracy website has been arrested by the USA. The 30-year-old Artem Vaulin, from Ukraine, was arrested today in Poland and is charged with criminal copyright infringement and money laundering. In addition, a federal court in Chicago has ordered the seizure of several KAT domain names. With millions of unique visitors per day KickassTorrents (KAT) has become the most-used torrent site on the Internet, beating even The Pirate Bay. Today, however, the site has run into a significant roadblock after U.S. authorities announced the arrest of the site’s alleged owner. In a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, the owner is charged with conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement, conspiracy to commit mo...