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Once China’s Richest Man, Evergrande Founder Hui Ka Yan Gets Life In Prison — And The Property Crisis Rolls On

Hui Ka Yan, the founder and once richest man in China of property developer China Evergrande Group, has been sentenced to life in prison for fraud and bribery in one of the biggest corporate collapses in history.

Hui Ka Yan, the chairman of Evergrande Property Services, was found guilty of fraud by a Chinese court on Thursday and sentenced to life in prison, along with a number of other defendants, including his two sons. Xu Tenghe and Xu Zhijian were also found guilty of crimes committed as part of the business dealings of their father.

He was arrested in 2023 while abroad after he had pleaded guilty in April 2023 to multiple counts brought against him as the former chairman of the now-bankrupt property developer including dishonesty offenses and the misuse of funds. He was at one stage the world’s richest man and was the number one ranked person in China’s rich list, compiled by China’s rich list magazine Fortune China, which ranked individuals by their estimated net worth.

Evergrande became the symbol of China’s massive property market financed by massive amounts of debt that eventually collapsed under the weight of Beijing’s tighter leverage rules. Its highly publicized default in 2021 triggered a massive systemic crisis in China’s entire property sector and got the attention of investors worldwide, from Hong Kong to New York.

The liquidation of Evergrande Group’s Hong Kong incorporated entity was ordered by a Hong Kong court in early 2024. As a consequence, Evergrande Group was delisted from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. In the meantime, the Chinese mainland regulators and liquidators are trying to recover the large amounts of dividends and assets, which were distributed to Hui Ka Yan and his family members during the boom years.

In other news, China’s onshore bankruptcy proceedings against the mainland entity of Evergrande’s Hong Kong listed subsidiary have been launched this week and will complicate recovery for international creditors.

The severe sentence handed down to Hui Ka Yan, once China’s richest man, will be seen as a warning to the rest of the country’s business leaders that they will be held accountable for the debts that have so destabilized the economy. The developers are responsible for the mess left by Evergrande’s collapse, and for the hundreds of thousands of homebuyers left in the lurch – many still waiting in their half-finished apartments for the homes they had paid for in full.

China’s real estate market, once accounting for some 25% of China’s total GDP, continues to be a drag on the country’s broader economy with no end in sight to the downturn in home prices in major cities. China is prioritizing accountability over bailouts in the sector, believing that by putting the worst perpetrators of the crisis behind bars, they can restore confidence in the property market.

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Owner of San Francisco 49ers Arrested in Ohio Trailer Park in Prostitution Bust

San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York was arrested in a trailer park prostitution bust over the weekend.

York, 46, was arrested in East Palestine, Ohio, and charged with engaging in prostitution.

According to reports, York used an online prostitution site to “arrange sexual activity with a female in exchange for $140.”

The charge was later amended to disorderly conduct.

York is married and has two sons.

The New York Post reported:

San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York was arrested on suspicion of engaging in prostitution in Ohio over the weekend, the California Post confirmed.

York pleaded no contest on Monday after the state of Ohio amended the one count of engaging in prostitution to a disorderly conduct charge.

Court documents obtained by the California Post on Monday state York responded to an ad on a known prostitution website and “arranged to have sexual activity with the female in exchange for $140.”

The 46-year-old from Youngstown, Ohio was arrested in a trailer park on Sunday in East Palestine, 30 minutes south of Yorktown, and booked into Columbiana County Jail.

He was also convicted of “possessing criminal tools”, with a court filing also showing that York’s attorney stated he completed an online course.

York and his wife Danielle Belluomini have two sons, Jaxon and Brixton.

A judge sentenced York to one day in jail per each count, which will be served concurrently.

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Man Who Called for the Mass Slaughter of President Trump and The Entire Secret Service is Identified and Arrested

The FBI has taken a dangerous madman off the streets who wanted to kill President Trump and Secret Service agents.

Libs of TikTok exclusively broke the news a short time ago that the FBI has identified Ayden Langevin as the person who made these threats and has taken him into custody.

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Libs of TikTok shared a post from a lunatic fed up over the failed assassination attempts on Trump and called for mass action.

The man raged on TikTok that leftists have no choice but to grab guns, rush the White House with the intention of killing Trump and the entire Secret Service.

How he proposed to do this against several armed agents was unclear.

“It’s as simple as: we all grab guns,” he shouted. “We all group together.

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Switzerland’s Asylum Crisis: 80% of North African Applicants Accused of Crimes as Calls Grow for Mass Deportations

Switzerland is facing renewed demands for mass removals of failed asylum seekers after an internal government analysis found that 80.5% of applicants from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia were accused of at least one criminal offense during or after their asylum proceedings.

The same group, interestingly, has virtually no prospect of being allowed to remain—around 99 percent of their asylum applications are rejected.

The figures, compiled by Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Migration and reported on by Blick, have intensified criticism of an asylum system that opponents say allows large numbers of young foreign men with almost no chance of receiving protection to remain in the country long enough to commit offenses.

The contrast with other asylum seekers is stark. Among applicants from all other countries of origin, 12.3% were recorded as accused in criminal proceedings—a fraction of the rate among Maghreb (North African) nationals.

“Only one fifth of this group of people did not attract criminal attention during their stay in Switzerland,” the SEM said in its internal assessment. Officials say the figures confirm a problem that police and asylum-center employees have confronted for years.

SEM chief spokesman Daniel Bach said young men from North Africa account for a disproportionate share of incidents inside federal asylum centers. “They commit most of the crimes that are attributed to asylum seekers,” he said.

The overwhelming rejection rate has made the figures particularly damaging politically. If roughly 99 percent of these applicants ultimately have no entitlement to Swiss protection, critics argue that the priority should be swift removal rather than prolonged accommodation inside an asylum system financed by working taxpayers.

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Police officer arrested after using Flock cameras 717 times to track ex-wife

A police officer faces two criminal charges after being accused of using Flock cameras to track his estranged ex-wife over 700 times while on and off duty.

Christopher Goodson, an officer in Haines City in central Florida, was found to have looked up his ex-wife’s license plate number in the Flock database 717 times between Sept. 1, 2024, and June 30, 2026, according to an affidavit. Goodson told a supervisor he had looked up his ex-wife’s car to keep track of his children’s location.

Goodson has been charged with one count of offenses against users of computers and electronic devices, and one count of official misconduct, according to a Haines City Police Department news release.

The officer has indicated that he plans to resign due to the investigation, according to police.

Goodson’s arrest is part of a growing number of documented abuses of the Flock camera surveillance system by police.

A man in North Manchester, Indiana, who has repeatedly criticized his local government and the police at town council meetings, told the press that he noticed he was being frequently followed by police. “It started to be more than a coincidence; it kept happening more and more,” Bob Sklar told WWSB. “I didn’t understand why.”

He then realized that Flock cameras were being used to track him. Sklar said he is not aware of any legitimate reason he is being tracked.

Currently, there are over 116,000 such surveillance cameras, placed mostly at intersections in urban and suburban neighborhoods.   

Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, supervisor Andy Parrish is fighting Flock camera surveillance locally and nationally through his online campaigns. 

“People are being hurt. There are young women whose lives have been changed forever,” Parrish told LifeSiteNews. “We’ve got 80 women stalked and terrorized.”

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Toronto homeowner charged after opening fire during potential car theft

The case has raised the issue of how Canadians can protect themselves, their families and their property when faced with a potential break-in or theft.

Earlier this year in Vaughan, a homeowner got his gun out to protect himself and his family during a home invasion. York Regional Police did not press charges in that case.

The Toronto case has also renewed attention on “Castle Law” protections in Canada. The idea has gained support from some Canadians who believe people should be able to defend themselves and their property when police cannot respond immediately.

Police response times can be 10 to 12 minutes, and an armed attacker can do significant harm during that time.

The broader concern raised was that Canadians defending themselves, their families, homes and businesses can face criminal charges while dealing with people who have entered their property.

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Man Reportedly Fires Gunshots at Maine Jewish Summer Camp

A man in Maine allegedly fired several gunshots at a Jewish summer camp earlier this month, forcing the campus into lockdown.

The alleged attack occurred on August 7 at Camp Modin in Belgrade, Maine, when 36-year-old Nathan Hewett launched into a drunken antisemitic attack and fired several shots toward the camp basketball courts, per the New York Post:

Hewett, 36, allegedly fired several rounds from a rifle near camp grounds, triggering a lockdown with children as young as 7, Central Maine reported.

Security guards put on ballistic vests and armed themselves to protect the children.

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After the confrontation, the two guards heard the shots being fired from a high-powered rifle, according to the court documents.

Hewett was arrested but later released on bail, with reports indicating that his father has since been harassing employees at the camp. Timothy Black, a security guard for the camp, wrote in a letter to the Capital Judicial Center that the harassment comes “when he is intoxicated.”

“He harasses us by coming to the property line and screaming at us,” said Black.

Hewett has since claimed that his tractor was damaged after hitting something, which he blamed on the camp.

At least 23 firearms were seized from Hewett’s property following the incident. He has been charged with reckless conduct with a firearm, criminal threats with a dangerous weapon, terrorizing with a dangerous weapon, and discharging a firearm near a dwelling.

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Massachusetts Sanctuary Politicians Released A Man Charged With Vehicular Homicide Three Times — ICE Finally Got Him

Massachusetts Democrats protected an illegal immigrant three times while one of their constituents lost his life.

Heriton Da Silva Aredes is a deported Brazilian national who came back to the United States and continued to engage in a career of criminality by committing assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, reckless operations of a motor vehicle, and furnishing a false ID among other illegal acts.

He started to come on ICE Boston’s radar in August 2023, after the Massachusetts State Police apprehended him in Middleboro. He was released by the state authorities before immigration agents were able to act. Not long after his release, he was arrested for the same transgressions by the Stoughton Police Department. Once again, ICE was unable to act before he was released.

The situation was the most grave in July 2026 when Aredes was charged with the negligent homicide of a motor vehicle victim. With his posting of bail, the Bristol House of Corrections released him without notifying ICE or honoring the immigration detainer.

It was not until August 6 of 2026 that ICE was able to arrest Aredes in the targeted operations in Taunton, Massachusetts.

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Judge denies Karmelo Anthony’s request for new trial in Austin Metcalf murder case

A judge denied a request from Karmelo Anthony seeking a new trial in the murder case of Austin Metcalf.

Retired District Court Judge Michael Chitty handed down the decision on Saturday.

Anthony, now 19 years old, was convicted by a jury in June for fatally stabbing Metcalf, 17 years old, at a Texas high school track meet in 2025 and was sentenced to 35 years in prison.

Last month, Anthony’s defense team filed two motions, one seeking to disqualify State District Judge John Roach Jr. from overseeing posttrial proceedings, and the other requesting a retrial.

The defense argued that the judge’s posttrial comments and rulings created an “appearance of bias” and deprived Anthony of his right to a fair trial.

Roach was recused and Chitty was appointed to review the motion for a new trial.

The request for the retrial also reportedly involved an off-the-record “gentleman’s agreement” between the defense and the prosecution to not bring up the backgrounds of the defendant and the victim.

The day after his conviction, Anthony had also filed a notice of appeal. According to The Dallas Morning News, after Chitty’s Saturday decision, the case now moves to the Fifth Court of Appeals in Dallas.

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Convicted Murderer Karmelo Anthony’s Terrifying School Records and More Stunning Texts are Revealed for the First Time, Including “Imma Shoot the School Up Tmr”

Karmelo Anthony’s re-trial bid continues to go off the rails for him as more shocking information comes to light about his past.

As The Daily Mail’s MaryAnn Martinez reported, Collin County prosecutor Bill Wirskye delivered explosive new evidence on Friday that was never heard by the jury in Anthony’s June trial for killing Austin Metcalf, which took place in Collin County.

Such evidence included Anthony’s school disciplinary records, which date back to when he was just 6 or 7 years old in Baton Rouge.

His problems were so severe that he was placed on a behavioral plan at the LSU Psych Department when he was just 10 YEARS OLD!

From Martinez:

He lived in Louisiana before moving to the Dallas area for high school. His discipline history began when he was just 6 or 7 years old in Baton Rouge.

There’s an incident where Anthony punched another student despite being repeatedly asked to keep his hands to himself. There were other incidents of “willful disobedience,” or habitually violating rules.

This led to Anthony being placed on a behavioral plan at the LSU Psych Department when he was 10.

However, the problems did not stop. In 2021, he was “getting into it with teachers” again.

But this was just the beginning of the revelations. The state also showed Anthony’s writing racist slurs on his phone and admitting to assaulting an innocent girl.

He also boasted about shooting up a school.

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