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BBC News
3 days ago
- BBC News
Promes extradited to Netherlands to serve prison sentence
Former Ajax winger Quincy Promes has been extradited to the Netherlands, where he will serve a seven-and-a-half year prison sentence for drug trafficking and aggravated assault. The 33-year-old was arrested in Dubai last week following a request by the Dutch capped 50 times for the Netherlands, was sentenced to six years in jail in February 2024 for his part in smuggling more than a tonne of cocaine into the Netherlands from Belgium in 2020. He had previously been sentenced to 18 months in prison for stabbing his cousin in the knee at a family gathering in 2020 but is yet to serve any time in prison for either of the crimes. A spokesperson for the prosecutors has confirmed that the Dutchman has now returned to the Netherlands. Promes denies the charges and has filed appeals in both cases. Promes made his senior debut for Twente in 2009 and spent three years at the club before earning the first of his two stints with Russian side Spartak four years in the Russian capital, Promes joined Sevilla in La Liga but spent just one year in Spain before returning to the Netherlands with Ajax. He re-joined Spartak Moscow in 2021, spending a further three years in Russia before a move to Dubai United in first of Promes' 50 caps for the national side came in 2014, with the winger netting seven goals in that time. His last cap was in 2023. It is yet to be determined where Promes will serve his sentence in the Netherlands.
Washington Post
5 days ago
- Washington Post
DOD engineer gets 18-month sentence for taking classified records home
A Defense Department engineer who held a sensitive job pinpointing adversaries' technological weak spots was sentenced to a year and a half in prison Tuesday after admitting he removed classified documents from his agency and stored them at his Northern Virginia home. Gokhan Gun, a dual citizen of Turkey and the United States, was a wireless communications specialist at the Joint Warfare Analysis Center, where he held a top-secret security clearance and devised 'system characterizations and mathematical models to identify critical adversary vulnerabilities,' according to the center's director.
CTV News
5 days ago
- Politics
- CTV News
Argentine tribunal allows ex-President Fernández to serve corruption sentence at home
A supporter of Argentina's former President Cristina Fernandez uses a boom to paste a photo of her on the wall outside her home after the nation's Supreme Court upheld Fernandez's corruption conviction in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — An Argentine federal court on Tuesday granted former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's request to serve a six-year prison sentence for corruption at her home in Buenos Aires. Judges ruled that Fernández, 72, can serve time in the apartment where she lives with her daughter and her granddaughter, citing her age and security reasons. Fernández was the victim of an attempted assassination attempt three years ago. The Associated Press
The Independent
5 days ago
- Politics
- The Independent
Argentine tribunal allows ex-President Fernández to serve corruption sentence at home
A federal court on Tuesday granted former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's request to serve a six-year prison sentence for corruption at her home in Buenos Aires. Judges ruled that Fernández, 72, can serve time in the apartment where she lives with her daughter and her granddaughter, citing her age and security reasons. Fernández was the victim of an attempted assassination attempt three years ago.
New York Times
6 days ago
- Sport
- New York Times
Former Shohei Ohtani interpreter Ippei Mizuhara begins 57-month prison sentence
Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, reported to prison Monday to begin his 57-month sentence, his attorney, Michael Freedman, confirmed to The Athletic. Mizuhara pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud and one count of subscribing to a false tax return, after stealing nearly $17 million from Ohtani to cover sports gambling debts. Mizuhara is currently in custody at Federal Correctional Institution at Allenwood Low, located in Allenwood, Pennsylvania. Advertisement Mizuhara, 40, acknowledged his severe gambling addiction at sentencing and pleaded with the court to limit his sentence. However, Judge John W. Holcomb strongly criticized Mizuhara's pre-sentencing letter to the court and sided with the government, which had recommended he serve 57 months. 'I give it no credit,' Holcomb said, adding that he believed it was full of misleading excuses for his conduct. After being sentenced in January, Mizuhara was initially instructed to report to prison in March. However, a judge granted multiple delays for undisclosed reasons. He had requested to be housed in Southern California, though it is unclear why he is serving his sentence elsewhere. Both Freedman and prosecutors believe that Mizuhara will be deported to Japan following his prison term. Mizuhara is a legal permanent resident of the United States, where he grew up, but is a citizen of Japan. Mizuhara gambled more than $300 million, and was nearly $41 million in debt. He largely placed bets through Matthew Bowyer, an illegal bookmaker who is awaiting sentencing for his own charges. Mizuhara was fired from the Dodgers in March of 2024, and was formally charged a month later. (Photo of Ippei Mizuhara in February: Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)
