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WASHINGTON (AP) An engineer at OpenAI has been charged with secretly installing a recording device inside a conference room in what officials said Tuesday was an effort to capture sensitive conversations about the company's technology . The employee, identified as a 35-year-old Saudi national named Abdulrahman Alfozan, was arrested Friday, a week after the ChatGPT maker discovered an audio recording device hidden in the conference room, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court in San Francisco. The complaint did not identify the company, but the company confirmed in a separate statement that it had discovered a sophisticated recording device that was hidden inside one of our offices, reported the finding to the FBI and fired the employee. We used our models to understand the device and where it had come from, identifying that a specific employee had planted it a few days earlier. We referred the matter to the FBI, and were grateful to the agents and prosecutors who moved quickly to make an arrest. The FBIs investigation is ongoing and we will continue to support their work, an OpenAI spokesperson said. At this time, we have no indications of this individual inappropriately accessing or exfiltrating model weights, source code, or customer data. The employee was terminated, the statement said. The complaint does not detail what Alfozan might have wanted to do with any captured communications. Alfozan made his first court appearance Tuesday on a charge of using or endeavoring to use an electronic, mechanical, or other device to intercept oral communications. It was not immediately clear if he had a lawyer who could speak on his behalf. The recording device was found September 30 concealed in toilet paper and inserted into a USB port on the back of a television in the conference room, according to the complaint. Though the conference room where the recording device was found did not have a camera at the time it was installed, closed-circuit television footage inside the company's offices revealed that Alfozan was near the conference room on a half-dozen occasions last month despite not having any authority to access the space, the complaint says. The company subsequently added a camera to the room that last week captured Alfozan entering and checking behind the television where the recording device was installed, according to the FBI. The complaint also he also used a productivity tool to make multiple inquiries about the company's building addresses, meeting rooms, meeting-room capacities and calendars. Before his arrest last week, the complaint says, Alfozan left an unattended bag in a different room in the building that included his wallet, identification and another recording device. This article originally appeared on Associated Press at https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/employee-arrested-listening-device-found-211029589.html
Pope Leo diagnosed with cancer, doctors remove lobe of lung, Vatican says
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Regulators fined Bank of America ( BAC ) more than $1.2 billion on Tuesday over widespread failures in the banking giant's safeguards against money laundering and other illicit financial activity. The Treasury Department said the nation's second-largest bank failed to properly monitor trillions of dollars in transactions and to report more than $5 billion in suspicious activity, including transactions potentially tied to Chinese money-laundering networks, narcotics trafficking, and fraud. The enforcement actions include a $1.2 billion penalty from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), the third-largest fine in the Treasury Department's history after it fined crypto exchange Binance $3.4 billion in 2023 and TD Bank for $1.3 billion in 2024. The fine also includes a $750 million penalty from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the largest ever imposed by that regulator. The OCC penalty will be credited against FinCEN's assessment rather than added to it. Separately, a $11.6 million sanctions settlement brings the total penalties to more than $1.21 billion. Even the biggest financial institutions are not above the law, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement. Bank of America's stock fell more than 2% after markets closed on Tuesday. It reports third quarter earnings Wednesday morning. The bank said it will include a non-tax-deductible charge of $1.2 billion impacting net income by approximately 17 cents per share in its third quarter results. Financial crime compliance is serious, and we are responsible for getting it right, a Bank of America spokesperson said in an email statement, adding that the Charlotte, North Carolina based lender has invested billions of dollars in technology and dedicated thousands of employees to combat financial crime to resolve the deficiencies. Regulators said Bank of America's failures extended across its transaction monitoring systems, customer due diligence, and internal oversight. The bank failed to report more than $5 billion in suspicious transactions, including over $1 billion involving national security-related and other priority illicit finance risks. FinCEN said Bank of America admitted to willfully violating the Bank Secrecy Act and had effectively outsourced substantial portions of its suspicious activity detection responsibilities to law enforcement and other financial institutions. The bank also prioritized revenue over compliance resources, according to Treasury, allowing suspicious transactions to go uninvestigated for extended periods. The penalties come nearly two years after Bank of America agreed to a December 2024 cease-and-desist order requiring it to address longstanding weaknesses in its anti-money laundering controls. The OCC said the bank failed to make sufficient progress despite that earlier enforcement action. Bank of America's poor response to its [Bank Secrecy Act] deficiencies is unacceptable, Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould said, describing continued breakdowns in internal controls. Separately, Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control announced an $11.6 million settlement involving 475 apparent violations of sanctions programs targeting Russia, Iran, and other countries and activities. As part of the latest enforcement actions, Bank of America must conduct a review of previously undetected suspicious transactions with an outside party and undergo independent assessments of its compliance controls. David Hollerith covers a range of developments throughout the financial sector, from Wall Street to banking and asset management to crypto and fintech. Email him at david.hollerith@yahoofinance.com. Follow him on X at @DsHollers. Click here for in-depth analysis of the latest stock market news and events moving stock prices Read the latest financial and business news from Yahoo Finance This article originally appeared on Yahoo Finance at https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/article/bank-of-america-hit-with-12-billion-penalty-over-money-laundering-failures-201623796.html
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By Jack Queen and Steve Gorman LAS VEGAS, Oct 13 (Reuters) - A former gang leader was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison on Tuesday for orchestrating the 1996 drive-by shooting death of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas, capping the prosecution of a long-unsolved murder that shaped the golden age of rap music. Duane Keffe D Davis, 63, found guilty of first-degree murder in August, received the sentence during a hearing in a Las Vegas courtroom. In tearful testimony before Judge Carli Kierny, Shakur's younger sister Sekyiwa Shakur said their mother had raised him to be a human rights activist and treated him as if he had the potential to change the world. He believed her, saidSekyiwa Shakur, wearing a black shirt. He went out in the world to do that. And I believe he would have done it. Until Davis' 2023 arrest, the killing of Shakur, shot dead in the passenger seat of an SUV driven by his record executive, Marion Suge Knight, had stood for nearly three decades as one of America's most notorious cold cases. The murder, which silenced one of rap's most commercially successful and influential artists, heightened the image of violence permeating 1990s hip-hop culture while stoking the infamous East Coast-West Coast gangsta rap feud of the era. Despite Davis' conviction, the question of who pulled the trigger in the fatal shooting of the 25-year-old rap legend has never been conclusively decided. Davis was tried and convicted for masterminding the murder to avenge the beating of his nephew by Shakur and members of the rapper's entourage inside the MGM Grand casino on the Las Vegas Strip on September 7, 1996. Davishas said he would appeal his conviction. 'THE WORLD NEVER FORGOT' Authorities said they long believed Davis was involved in Shakur's killing but lacked sufficient evidence to charge him. That changed when he went public with his story in media appearances and a memoir that, along with tapes of his secret meetings with investigators, formed the bulk of the prosecutions murder case. In his book, Compton Street Legend, Davis himself wrote that he was considered a suspect in the murders of both Shakur and Christopher Wallace, a rival rapper. Addressing Davis on Tuesday, Kierny said his assertions that he had changed since the 1990s fell short. You don't get to take a man from his family, Kierny said, referring to Shakur. The world never forgot about him. FATAL SHOOTING SPARKED BY CASINO BRAWL The clash at the casino stemmed from hostility between two Los Angeles-area street gangs the South Side Compton Crips, of which Davis was the self-described leader, and Mob Piru, which was associated with Shakur, Knight, and their music label, Death Row Records. Members of both groups were in Las Vegas to see a world heavyweight title boxing match that night between Mike Tyson and Bruce Seldon. Within hours of the casino brawl, Davis ushered his nephew and two other associates into a white Cadillac and went looking for Shakur and Knight, determined to settle scores, according to an account Davis later gave police in an unrelated investigation and that prosecutors cited during his murder trial. Davis said he passed a gun to the two men seated behind him in the Cadillac, one of whom opened fire through the window when they caught up with, and pulled alongside of, Knight and Shakurs vehicle in traffic. Shakur was struck four times and died in a hospital six days later. Knight, who suffered a minor injury from a bullet fragment that grazed his head, is now serving a 28-year prison term on an unrelated voluntary manslaughter conviction. While Davis was never accused of actually firing the shots that killed Shakur - Nevada law allows someone to be charged with murder as a participant in the crime - prosecutors have never named a suspected gunman. All three other men in the Cadillac with Davis that night have since died. (Reporting by Jack Queen in New York; Writing and additional reporting by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles and by Luc Cohen in New York; Editing by Clarence Fernandez and Daniel Wallis) This article originally appeared on Reuters at https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/ex-gang-leader-faces-maximum-090311630.html
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President Trump has begun to downplay his new deal with Russia after a plan to allow imports of Russian diesel into the US came under withering criticism, even from members of his own party. It's a deal for the world ... It's not a deal with me, Trump told reporters on Tuesday morning, repeating that it was not a USA deal. They're releasing it to the entire world, Trump added, after making similar comments on Monday that the deal would help US farmers, but said, It's not really a deal with me, it's a deal for the rest of the world. President Trump speaks to members of the media as he departs the White House on Oct. 13 to travel to Alaska for a rally. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images The contention is a marked shift since Trump announced the plans last week. I have just concluded a highly successful discussion with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, he wrote on Truth Social , adding that it will be a great announcement...for Americans and, indeed, the World. The deal will include a quick release of 300,000 tons (about 2.2 million barrels) of diesel. That would then be followed by another 500,000 in November and 1 million tons immediately thereafter for a total of about 13.5 million barrels. His administration quickly authorized US purchases of Russian diesel through next April. Calls on the president to 'immediately reverse course' Blowback to the plan has been notable even within Trump's own party. A bipartisan group of senators called on the president to immediately reverse course, in a letter signed by Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, and John Curtis of Utah, along with three Democrats. The plan has also received a lukewarm reception on the midterm campaign trail, with figures like Republican Mike Rogers, who is locked in a tight Senate contest in Michigan, distancing himself from it . Some energy experts suggest the deal might run afoul of US law, while others suggest it simply won't work since Russia seems to lack enough excess diesel refining capacity to markedly increase exports and move US or global diesel prices. Read more: How oil price shocks ripple through your wallet, from gas to groceries In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin is seen in Moscow on Oct. 11. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool/AFP via Getty Images) VYACHESLAV PROKOFYEV via Getty Images Indeed, the current average price of diesel, according to the American Automobile Association, was almost $6.28 per gallon on Tuesday, a tick up from almost $6.27 per gallon on Monday. Wholesale diesel prices are not blinking over Russia/US 'deal' Patrick De Haan, the head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, noted on Tuesday . Truckers and farmers not going to see any relief anytime soon. But Trump continued to defend the deal and dodged a question about another major critique, which is that it could fund Russia's war efforts against Ukraine. Nobody's told me anything, the president said Tuesday in response to whether Russia could use any of the funds to further attack Ukraine. Trump also claimed without evidence that the deal had brought down prices and reaffirmed that his larger goal was to end the overall conflict. He said of Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, I think they both want it to end, you know, honestly, they both want it to end, and they don't know how to get to that point. Ben Werschkul is a Washington correspondent for Yahoo Finance. Click here for political news related to business and money policies that will shape tomorrow's stock prices Read the latest financial and business news from Yahoo Finance This article originally appeared on Yahoo Finance at https://finance.yahoo.com/energy/article/not-a-usa-deal-trump-downplays-russian-diesel-plan-in-the-face-of-gop-criticism-182030595.html
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Pope Leo has lung nodule removed after doctors found it during routine checks
Leo XIV is having a pulmonary nodule removed in his first hospitalisation since he became head of the Catholic Church last year. (Filippo MONTEFORTE) Pope Leo XIV's underwent an operation at a Rome hospital Tuesday to remove a nodule from his lung that was successfully completed, the Vatican said. Pope Leo XIV entered the hospital smiling and waving on Tuesday morning hours before the surgery to remove the growth that looks like a coin on the lung. The procedure was successfully completed, within the expected time and in the planned manner, the Vatican said in a brief statement. The Holy Father has returned to his room, it said, adding that more details would be given later. The surgery marks the 71-year-old Leo's first hospitalisation since he became head of the Catholic Church on May 8, 2025. Vatican officials who saw the pope on Monday said he appeared relaxed about the hospital stay. In a surprise announcement following Angelus prayers on Sunday, Leo told crowds in St Peter's Square that doctors had discovered the nodule at a very early stage during medical checks. The doctors believe it would be right to intervene, he said. The Vatican has historically been very secretive about the health of popes, but began to be more transparent during the illness of Leo's predecessor Francis, an Argentine who freely discussed his ailments. People outside the hospital expressed concern over the pope's condition. Giorgia Fei, a 57-year-old Italian, said she had been worried by the news. However, the Holy Father is in very good hands here at the hospital because we have some outstanding doctors, she said. I will pray a lot for him. Giuseppe Purpura, 72, said he was also concerned. He's still quite young and I really wasn't expecting this. I thought he was in better health, he said, noting that thankfully it was caught in time. The Vicar General for the Diocese of Rome, Cardinal Baldassare Reina, led a rosary prayer for the pope inside the hospital chapel which was broadcast by the Vatican. Dozens of people attended and Reina asked all the city's parishes to join in. Ahead of the surgery, the Vatican said the pope's recovery time was expected to be about a week. His audiences have been cancelled until October 20. The Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, told ANSA news agency that Leo had been very calm about his condition when they met on Monday. - Routine health checks - Chicago-born Leo, the first US pope, is sporty and believed to generally be in good health. He is scheduled to travel to South America from November 6-17 to visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru. It was not immediately clear what would happen if the pope was forced into a longer recovery. Under Church law, a figure known as the Cardinal Camerlengo -- or chamberlain -- takes over administrative duties if the pope dies, but pontiffs do not have a deputy to replace them if they become incapacitated. Marco Scarci, a thoracic surgery expert in the UK, told AFP it was not a particularly risky operation and he expected Leo's recovery to be quick. Most pulmonary nodules are benign, or non-cancerous, but a small percentage can be an early indication of lung cancer. The Vatican told AFP the nodule was found during routine health checks, and there were no symptoms that led to checking the pope's lungs. - 'Coin lesion' - A small nodule is called a coin lesion because on X-rays it looks like a coin, Professor Federico Venuta, head of thoracic surgery at the Policlinico Umberto 1 hospital in Rome, told AFP. Small nodules tend not to cause symptoms, but larger ones can cause shortness of breath, chest pain and persistent coughing -- sometimes with blood. Such nodules could be a whole range of benign lesions-- inflammatory, infectious, autoimmune, or congenital -- or they could be malignant, Venuta said. Removing the nodule can take place under general anaesthetic with the patient breathing through a tube. Even if the nodule was not benign, the pope's outlook would be very positive, Venuta said. For a generally healthy person, the prognosis for lung cancer caught at such an early stage -- specifically a pulmonary nodule with no distant spread -- is absolutely favourable, he said. ide-ams/dt/tw This article originally appeared on AFP at https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/pope-leo-admitted-hospital-lung-112153448.html
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