Qakbot Disrupted by International Cyber Takedown
- August 31, 2023
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
An international consortium of law enforcement agencies has disrupted Qakbot in the largest U.S.-led takedown of a botnet infrastructure. Between October 2021 and April 2023 Qakbot administrators received fees of approximately $58 million in ransomware payments. The investigation identified over…
Dishonesty Lies at the Heart of Trump Indictments
- August 15, 2023
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
Former vice president Mike Pence said the president pressured him to reject the certification of the election result. And he said the president’s cabal of crackpot lawyers pressured him. They asked him to literally reject electoral votes at a ceremonial…
The Meandering Saga of Keenan Corner
- July 31, 2023
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
Three men burst into the garage and shot Shabir Niazi. It was a drug rip off. That’s what Keenan Corner told the police at the scene. But at his trial for second degree murder he told an Oshawa jury he…
Supreme Court of Canada Advances the Law of Organized Crime
- July 15, 2023
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
The Supreme Court of Canada ordered a new trial yesterday for a Toronto man convicted by a jury of participation in the activities of a criminal organization. The charges stemmed from a police probe into illegal firearms trafficking in Ontario…
Trump Attorney John Eastman Faces State Bar Charges
- June 30, 2023
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
During the final weeks of the Trump administration attorney John Eastman promoted false conspiracy theories and allegations of fraud to pressure Republican state legislatures to appoint alternate slates of presidential electors. Based on a contorted reading of constitutional history he…