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A Ukrainian man accused of conspiring to set fire to a car linked to Sir Keir Starmer has told a court that he refused to film the attack despite an alleged accomplice "begging" him to.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

The Quintanas were each sentenced in February 2024 in Miami’s federal court to serve 57 months in prison after pleading guilty to failing to make customs declarations and conspiring against the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Sanberg pleaded guilty in October to the federal charges of conspiring to bilk investors out of $248 million for portraying the now-defunct Aspiration as a “socially-conscious and sustainable banking services and investment products” firm.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

In May 2025, the firm pleaded guilty “to conspiring to hide more than $4 billion from the IRS in at least 475 offshore accounts” and agreed to pay nearly $511 million, according to the DOJ.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald