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Today's Crime and Trials News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Mizuho replaces compliance officer after crime loans reprimand Man arrested in Florida airport bomb hoax Lithuania frees Irish man sentenced over gun-running to Real IRA AFA's CyberPatriot Welcomes Back the Digital Crime Scene Challenge to the National Finals Competition for Season VI Vietnam dissident sentenced to 30 months in jail

Mizuho replaces compliance officer after crime loans reprimand  Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 12:45 AM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Mizuho Financial Group said on Thursday it had replaced its chief compliance officer almost a week after Japan's banking regulator reprimanded it over loans extended through consumer credit agencies to members of organized crime networks. Japan's second-largest lender has also come under fierce public criticism over the loans scandal. A Mizuho spokeswoman said that Masakane Koike, managing director in charge of risk management and compliance at Mizuho Bank, was relieved of the compliance role on Monday. ... Full Story	Top
Man arrested in Florida airport bomb hoax  Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013 11:33 AM PDT JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - A trucking company worker was arrested on charges of making a false bomb threat that prompted a five-hour evacuation at Jacksonville International Airport in Florida, jail records showed on Wednesday. Zeljko Causevic, 39, of Jacksonville, walked up to a Transportation Security Administration agent on Tuesday evening, pointed to his camouflage backpack and said, "I got a bomb in here," the arrest report said. He carried a luggage scale, batteries and cell phone in the backpack and had a remote-control device that he referred to as a "detonator," the report ... Full Story	Top
Lithuania frees Irish man sentenced over gun-running to Real IRA  Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013 10:16 AM PDT VILNIUS (Reuters) - An Irish citizen sentenced to 12 years in prison in Lithuania for trying to arm a Northern Irish Republican militant group was freed on Tuesday by a court of appeal. Michael Campbell, 41, was arrested in the Baltic state in January 2008 after a sting operation involving Lithuanian, Irish and British secret services. Lithuania's Court of Appeal overturned the sentence on Wednesday, deciding British security services had illegally encouraged Campbell to go to Lithuania to attempt to buy arms and explosives. ... Full Story	Top
AFA's CyberPatriot Welcomes Back the Digital Crime Scene Challenge to the National Finals Competition for Season VI  Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013 05:00 AM PDT ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Air Force Association's CyberPatriot program announced today the return of the Digital Crime Scene Challenge to its National Finals Competition.  This addition to the competition has been made possible by eventPower and the U.S. Cyber Crime Conference.During the National Finals Competition of CyberPatriot VI, 26 teams will compete in a dynamic forensics exercise that will put competitors' cyber skills to the test. ... Full Story	Top
Vietnam dissident sentenced to 30 months in jail  Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013 03:24 AM PDT HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A Vietnamese court sentenced a U.S-trained lawyer and well-known dissident to 30 months in jail Wednesday after finding him guilty on tax evasion charges, the latest salvo in a crackdown against activists in the authoritarian Southeast Asian nation. Full Story	Top

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