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Historic Danish verdict – financier gets jail

The British financier Sanjay Shah is sentenced to twelve years in prison and deportation for defrauding the Danish tax authorities of billions.

Danmarks Radio describes the judgment as a new chapter in Danish legal history. Never before has anyone been sentenced to more than nine years in prison for economic crime in the country.

Sanjay Shah was arrested at Danish request in the United Arab Emirates in 2022. According to the verdict, he has embezzled nine billion Danish kroner, which corresponds to around 14 billion Swedish kroner.

Sanjay Shah has appealed the verdict.

Father of three arrested after high-profile scam

After faking his own death and abandoning his family to start a new life in Eastern Europe with his Uzbek mistress, father-of-three Ryan Borgwardt has returned to the US and been arrested. The Washington Post reports. He is now suspected of attempting to obstruct the exercise of authority, which can result in a fine or imprisonment for up to nine months.

45-year-old Borgwardt was reported missing after a fishing trip in Wisconsin, and shortly thereafter his kayak was found capsized. Just over a month and a half later, the police announced that the man was alive and had faked his own death.

On Thursday, Ryan's wife filed for divorce and a request for sole custody of the three teenage children, AP writes.

The drone alarm in the US
Mysterious drones over the US worry the population

In recent weeks, several residents of the state of New Jersey in the United States have sounded the alarm that they have seen mysterious drones in the air. The local media's reporting combined with a large spread on social media has led to wild speculation, writes AFP.

Neither the military nor local politicians have given any explanation for what drones are. Governor Phil Murphy has urged calm but many are still worried.

- It is quite worrying that they have been seen without explanation. It feels alarming, says 23-year-old Sam Lugo, who has seen several of the drones.

The Pentagon has hit back at rumors that the drones come from a foreign power. At the same time, the US Department of Defense has said that the drones do not belong to the military.