A Colorado funeral home director was sentenced to 40 years in prison for abusing corpses, while a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange accidentally gave away billions in Bitcoin, and Uber was ordered to pay millions over a rape claim. These are among the top news stories emerging from various sources.
Jon Hallford, co-owner of the Return to Nature funeral home in Colorado, received a 40-year prison sentence for corpse abuse, according to BBC World. Prosecutors said 189 bodies were improperly stored in the building over four years. Hallford apologized in court, and family members described their nightmares about their loved ones decomposing in his care, calling him a "monster." His ex-wife and co-owner, Carie Hallford, has pleaded guilty to similar charges and awaits sentencing. The funeral home also gave fake ashes to grieving relatives instead of their loved ones' remains.
In South Korea, the cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb accidentally gave away over $40 billion worth of Bitcoin to customers, as reported by BBC World. The platform had planned to give customers a small cash reward of 2,000 won, but instead gave them 2,000 bitcoins. Bithumb quickly realized its mistake and recovered almost all the missing tokens, restricting trading and withdrawals for the 695 affected customers within 35 minutes. The company stated it had recovered 99.7% of the mistakenly sent bitcoins.
Uber was ordered to pay $8.5 million to a woman who said she was raped by a driver for the ride-share company, according to BBC Business. The federal lawsuit was heard in Arizona, where a jury found Uber responsible for the driver's behavior. Uber said it intended to appeal the verdict. The plaintiff, Jaylynn Dean, said she was sexually assaulted in the car.
Emails have shed new light on Prince Andrew's relationship with financier David Rowland, revealing that Andrew considered Rowland his "trusted money man," according to BBC Business. The emails show Andrew trying to promote Rowland's financial ventures while he was the UK's trade envoy. However, Jeffrey Epstein appeared reluctant to engage with Rowland after being warned about the "shady financier" label from the UK press.
In Nigeria, the traditional chief of a village in Kwara state recounted a night of terror when jihadists massacred residents, according to The Guardian. Umar Bio Salihu, the local head of Woro, said gunmen killed two of his sons and kidnapped his wife and three daughters.
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