
Yesterday, a federal jury convicted a New York man of conspiracy to commit economic espionage following a four-week jury trial.
According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Xiaoqing Zheng, 59, of Niskayuna, was employed at GE Power & Water in Schenectady, New York, as an engineer specializing in sealing technology. He worked at GE from 2008 until the summer of 2018.
Study conspiracy theories with compassion

In 2019, a senior colleague warned me that my research focus was a niche area of a frivolous topic: conspiracy theories related to vaccine hesitancy among parents in Ireland.
My area is niche no longer. Motivated to end the pandemic, and to encourage vaccination and other health-promoting behaviours, many researchers new to the subject are asking how best to 'confront' or 'fight' conspiracy theories, and how to characterize people wary of medical technologies.
High value metals fraud: unlawful means conspiracy | White & Case LLP

Forged warehouse receipts have proved fertile ground for commodity finance disputes in recent years. In Natixis S.A.
The Commercial Court has handed down another commodity financing judgment in E D & F Man Capital Markets Limited v Come Harvest Holdings Limited. 2 On its face, the judgment is analogous with Natixis: both concern the use of forged nickel warehousing receipts in respect of repo transactions.
Three Worcester Men Convicted of Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy | USAO-MA | Department of Justice

BOSTON – Three Worcester men have been convicted by a federal jury in Worcester of trafficking cocaine.
Junior Melendez, 41, Juan Rodriguez, 31 and Kevin Jean, 31, all of Worcester, were convicted on Wednesday, March 30th by a federal jury of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute over 500 grams of cocaine. District Judge Timothy S.
Defendant Sentenced for Dog Fighting Conspiracy and Illegal Possession of Firearms | OPA | ...

During the investigation, Johnson communicated with his co-conspirators about breeding and fighting dogs, past dog fights, coordination of upcoming dog fights, and other topics detailing the business and the brutality of dog fighting.
Agents also recovered firearms and ammunition from Johnson's residence, including an AK47 style rifle. As a convicted felon, it was illegal for Johnson to possess those firearms and ammunition.
COVID, election conspiracy theorist Karen Mueller enters Wisconsin AG race | Local Government | ...

She filed an unsuccessful lawsuit in November 2020 asking the state Supreme Court to throw out the results of the presidential election, alleging that the election was tainted by the use of illegal drop boxes across the state. The justices refused to take the case.
SFU researchers find Google algorithms place innocuous job titles on prominent conspiracy ...

QAnon is calling the Will Smith Slap a deep state conspiracy

The Oscars's most viral moment serves as the center for mass speculation, with some claiming this 'manufactured distraction' contains a secret message
The rabbithole of Will Smith slap conspiracies is already unending. While the invalidity of some more-extreme perspectives makes the whole thing easy to dismiss, its virality points to a cultural weight.
Former GE Power Engineer Convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Economic Espionage Jury Finds Xiaoqing Zheng Conspired… https://t.co/06uYEQNFu0 DOJNatSec (from Washington, DC) Fri Apr 01 16:17:10 +0000 2022
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