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A Chennai special court rejected the bail plea <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=yogendra+vasupal&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Yogendra Vasupal</a>, co-founder of online home stay aggregator <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=stayzilla&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Stayzilla</a>. 
 
Vasupal, who was arrested on March 14 on the charges of cheating and criminal intimidation, has been sent to Central Crime Branch (CCB) police custody till tomorrow. 
 
Vasupal argued the charges against him were "foisted" and claimed it was part of "pressure tactics" to settle a "civil dispute." 
 
On a complaint from C S Aditya, representing Jigsaw Advertising and Solutions, a case was filed against Vasupal and his partner Sarjit Singi by CCB. IPC provisions relating to cheating, criminal intimidation and criminal breach of trust were invoked against the duo. 
 It was alleged by the advertisement firm that <keyword id="1112419" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Stayzilla">Stayzilla</keyword> had defrauded it to the tune of about Rs 1.68 crore for services it had rendered since last year. 
 
The counsel for Vasupal contended that the dispute was of a civil nature and police should not have gone solely on the basis of the complainant's version and arrest his client. 
 
Police should have at least enquired with the petitioner about the dispute, he submitted. 
 
Additional Public Prosecutor S Manual Arasu, however, opposed the bail plea and moved an application seeking two days' custody of the accused. He maintained that it was prima facie a case of cheating. 
 
He said the other accused was absconding and it was "premature" to allow the bail application.

Stayzilla CEO Yogendra Vasupal to remain in police custody as special court rejects bail plea

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The Manhattan DA on Saturday sent an office-wide email warning of intimidation and threats to staff.</li><li>Trump called for protests as the office investigates his alleged hush-money payments to Stormy Daniels.</li></ul>Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg privately warned his staff of possible threats and intimidation in an email sent Saturday as a grand jury appears poised to indict former President Donald Trump on criminal charges related to his 2016 campaign.While Trump posted Saturday in all-caps on Truth Social <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-calls-supporters-protest-indictment-january-6-2023-3">calling on his supporters to "protest" and "take our nation back</a>," Bragg's email sent the same day told staff "we do not tolerate attempts to intimidate our office or threaten the rule of law in New York," <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/18/manhattan-da-bragg-privately-warns-on-intimidation-threats-to-rule-of-law-00087745">Politico</a> first reported."Our law enforcement partners will ensure that any specific or credible threats against the office will be fully investigated and that the proper safeguards are in place so all 1,600 of us have a secure work environment," <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/18/manhattan-da-bragg-privately-warns-on-intimidation-threats-to-rule-of-law-00087745" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Politico</a> reported Bragg wrote, though he did not mention the former president by name. Representatives for the Manhattan DA's office and Trump did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.Trump is <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-trump-grand-jury-room-70s-era-furniture-indictment-2023-3">expected to be indicted</a> following a criminal inquiry the New York prosecutors have been conducting related to a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-biographer-tim-obrien-stormy-daniels-trump-fear-melania-2023-3">"hush money" payment to Stormy Daniels</a> made two weeks prior to the 2016 presidential election that resulted in criminal charges against <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/michael-cohens-crazy-thing-with-the-manhattan-da-trump-probe-2023-2">Michael Cohen, Trump's former personal attorney turned critic</a>.Cohen <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/michael-cohen-plea-deal-prosecutors-trump-2018-8">plead guilty to violating campaign finance laws</a> related to the payment and has been cooperating with the Manhattan DA's probe.

Manhattan DA's office issues staff-wide warning as Trump calls for protests over hush-money investigation: 'We do not tolerate attempts to intimidate our office or threaten the rule of law in New York'

<div class="image-container float_right" style="width:480px"><div class="image">U.S. Attorney's Office of Massachusetts/Handout via ReutersJames "Whitey" Bulger holds John Martorano's youngest son, John Jr., during his Christening ceremony in this undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Massachusetts. </div></div>When a <keyword id="6414389" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="witness">witness</keyword> in the case against Boston mobster <keyword id="1546791" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Whitey-Bulger">Whitey Bulger</keyword> <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/key-witness-in-mobster-whitey-bulgers-trial-found-dead-2013-7">turned up dead</a> last week — from suicide although speculations remain — thoughts surfaced of the bad, old days of mobsters intimidating or even murdering witnesses.
While groups like Bulger's Boston Irish <keyword id="24186" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="mob">mob</keyword> or the Italian-American <keyword id="51552" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Mafia">mafia</keyword> don't wield the same power they did in the past, the number of people heading into the<a href="http://www.usmarshals.gov/witsec/"> Federal Witness Security Program</a> (WitSec) has stayed pretty constant and potentially even grown, a criminologist told Business Insider.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the U.S. saw a boom in cases against the mafia and mob, criminologist and professor at Virginia State Commonwealth University <a href="http://jayalbanese.com/">Jay Albanese</a> said. Now most big crime bosses are behind bars, thanks in part to the <a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/racketeer_influenced_and_corrupt_organizations_act_rico">Racketeering and Corrupt Organizations Act</a> (RICO), which imposes harsh penalties for acts committed as part of a criminal enterprise.
Even though the old-world mob has died down, there's still organized crime in America. Members of criminal enterprises don't have strong allegiances to their leaders, making <keyword id="459837" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="witness-protection">witness protection</keyword> more important than ever.
"In the past, you had friendships, bloodlines, even some inter-marriage going on. That bond isn't really there anymore," Albanese said. Now, groups emerge based on opportunities for money-making in the crime market. Albanese used a example based on modern technology: ATM hack jobs. You need someone to scoop the bogus accounts number, another to make the cards, and even more to visit the various ATMS to collect the cash.
"These people are from a variety of countries, different nationalities. These people aren't necessarily friends. They're just networked. They link up for jobs, but they might not link up again. It's a much more diffused kind of organized crime," Albanese said.
This new type of organized crime means a lot of people are still heading into witness protection. Why? The weaker ties mean criminals will more likely cooperate in prosecutions against other criminals.
"The little fish testify against the big fish," Albanese said. "People are concerned about their own skin, and less concerned about their loyalty or the past."
More criminal enterprises also exist today, meaning more witnesses that need protection. Most Italian-American groups lost control, but that created opportunities for new groups.
"Let's face it, if an Italian-American group in your neighborhood gets prosecuted out of existence — which many of them have — there are probably still people looking for drugs, prostitution, those kinds of things," Albanese said.
Between the emergence of the Hispanic and Asian mobs as well as local gangs, police stay pretty busy. "In addition to mob prosecutions, we also have terrorism now. That's a whole new category that didn't exist 15 years ago," he said. With the nation's recent war on terror, many witnesses in those cases have entered into the program.
Gangs, specifically, thrive on intimidation. A study conducted in 2005 on <a href="http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/html/cd_rom/solution_gang_crime/pubs/2005NationalGangThreatAssessment.pdf">national gang violence </a>reported that 66% of respondents reported witness intimidation as a common occurrence. According to the <a href="http://www.nationalgangcenter.gov/Content/Documents/Gang-Related-Witness-Intimidation.pdf">National Gang Center,</a> the Los Angeles Police Department alone dealt with 778 cases of witness intimidation from 2000 to 2005. The nature of a gang's core relies on violence, and they carry those tactics right to the courtroom.
According to the U.S. Marshalls <a href="http://www.usmarshals.gov/duties/factsheets/witsec-2011.html">fact sheet</a> on witness protection, about 18,000 people have entered into the program since its start.
There's some good news for people who go into witness protection. The U.S. Marshalls says not a single person in the witness relocation program who has followed the guidelines has been harmed while under their protection.

Why America Still Needs A Witness Protection Program

<ul><li>Candidates with criminal records contesting the <keyword id="2458524" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Haryana-assembly-election">Haryana Assembly Election</keyword> has increased from 94 to 117 individuals between 2014 to 2019. </li><li>Five candidates are accused of crimes against women and another five are accused of attempted murder.</li><li>Sirsa and Rohtak (Mehem constituency) have the highest number of candidates with criminal records.</li></ul>It’s been five years since Haryana’s last Assembly Election and the number of candidates with criminal cases registered against them has only increased. In 2014, only 7% of the candidates had criminal cases declared against them. Come 2019, it has increased to 10%, according to a report by the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR). This is an increase of 53 from 94 candidates during the last election to 117 in the upcoming election. 
 <div type="image" title="Haryana Assembly Elections 2019 (8)" msid="71630397" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Increase in criminals with criminal records from 2014 to 2019&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div>



 Even when it comes to serious criminal cases the percentage of candidates has increased from 5% in 2014 to 6% in 2019. These are crimes, which are not bailable and can result in at least five years of jail. Specifically, five candidates are accused of crimes against women — including two candidates who were accused of rape. Another five are accused of attempted murder. Criminals and their offences Amongst the national parties contending the elections, Indian National Congress (INC) leads the pack with the 13 candidates with criminal cases. This makes up for 15% of the party’s candidates who will be eligible on the polls. 
 
 <div type="image" title="Haryana Assembly Elections 2019 (7)" msid="71630135" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Party-wise division of candidates with criminal cases&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div>





 INC is followed by the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which has 12 candidates with criminal cases registered against them. But, BSP comes in ahead of INC when looking at serious criminal cases with 9 candidates. Tayub Husain of the BSP is one such candidate accused of rape, kidnapping, criminal intimidation and rioting. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on the other hand, only has three candidates with a criminal record — one with a serious criminal case registered against them. BJP’s criminal count is the lowest amongst the national political parties. Overall, 11 of the 117 candidates with criminal accusations have even convicted of the crimes registered against them. ‘Red Alert’ constituencies According to ADR’s report, 15 out of 90 constituencies where elections will take place are ‘Red Alert’ constituencies. These constituencies have at least three or more contesting candidates with criminal cases registered against them. Sirsa and Rohtak — in the Mehem constituency — have the highest number of <keyword id="884815" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="criminal-candidates">criminal candidates</keyword> with 18 aspirants. Gurgaon and Charkhi Dadri constituencies are on their coat tails with 16 candidates accused of crime. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/elections/news/the-top-richest-haryana-vidhan-sabha-election-2019-candidates-are-worth-1200-crore/articleshow/71628240.cms">The top richest Haryana Vidhan Sabha Election 2019 candidates are worth ₹1,200 crore</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/elections/news/haryana-assembly-election-2019-over-40-candidates-are-crorepatis/articleshow/71630154.cms">Over 40% of Haryana Assembly Election 2019 candidates are crorepatis</a>

Criminal offenses among Haryana Election 2019 candidates on the rise — accusations of rape, attempted murder and rioting

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li>Democrats and legal experts say <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-donald-trump-bio-age-family-key-positions-2019-4">President Donald Trump</a>'s attacks on Marie Yovanovitch, the former US ambassador to Ukraine, while she testified before Congress on Friday amounted to witness intimidation.&#xa0;</li><li>As Yovanovitch testified on Friday about what she called a "smear campaign" that led to her abrupt ousting last May, Trump took to Twitter to lob attacks at the 30-year veteran diplomat.&#xa0;</li><li>House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff announced that he believed Trump was attempting to illegally intimidate Yovanovitch and other witnesses.&#xa0;</li><li>And legal experts told Insider that Trump's attacks amounted to illegal witness intimidation and were evidence that the president believes the former ambassador's testimony is damaging.&#xa0;</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-impeachment-hearings-schedule-how-to-watch-live-updates-2019-11">Follow along here for live updates on the Trump impeachment hearings</a>.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>Democrats and legal experts say <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-donald-trump-bio-age-family-key-positions-2019-4">President Donald Trump</a>'s attacks on Marie Yovanovitch, the former US ambassador to Ukraine, while she testified before Congress on Friday amounted to witness intimidation.&#xa0;As Yovanovitch testified on Friday about what she called a "smear campaign" that led to her abrupt ousting last May, Trump took to Twitter to lob attacks at the 30-year veteran diplomat.&#xa0;"Everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went turned bad," Trump <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1195356198347956224">tweeted</a>. "She started off in Somalia, how did that go? Then fast forward to Ukraine, where the new Ukrainian President spoke unfavorably about her in my second phone call with him. It is a U.S. President's absolute right to appoint ambassadors."&#xa0;Soon after Trump sent several tweets attacking Yovanovitch, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff read the president's tweets aloud and asked Yovanovitch to respond to Trump's claim that she made things worse in the war-torn countries she served in.&#xa0;"I don't think I have such powers, not in Mogadishu, Somalia, and not in other places," Yovanovitch replied. "I actually think that where I've served over the years, I and others have demonstrably made things better for the US as well as for the countries that I've served in."Schiff, a California Democrat, then announced that he believed Trump was attempting to illegally intimidate Yovanovitch and other witnesses.&#xa0;"I want to let you know, ambassador, that some of us here take witness intimidation very, very seriously," Schiff said.&#xa0;Legal experts argued that Trump's attacks amounted to illegal witness intimidation and were evidence that the president believes the former ambassador's testimony is damaging.&#xa0;Former federal prosecutor Patrick Cotter told Insider that Trump's attacks are "exactly the type of action and words mobsters use to attack straight arrow government witnesses; though mobsters didn't use Twitter."&#xa0;He went on, "Such criminals use crude lies to attack the witness' competence and integrity. I've seen it many times over the years from professional criminals who lack any fact based response to damning testimony."&#xa0;Jeffrey Cramer, a longtime former federal prosecutor, told Insider that Trump's attacks were "certainly was intended to intimidate future witnesses and/or her future willingness to talk on this subject."&#xa0;He argued that if these proceedings were being held in court, any federal judge would "lose their mind if a defendant threatened a witness in their courtroom."&#xa0;Cramer concluded, "This isn't complicated - Ambassador Yovanovitch was in the way, so Rudy and the president professionally kneecapped her while Secretary Pompeo turned his back."&#xa0;The president's attacks provoked immediate condemnation from critics online, who argued that the president was simply making matters worse for himself.&#xa0;&#xa0;<div></div><div></div><div></div> <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/can-president-trump-be-tried-for-treason-ukraine-president-impeachment-2019-9">A law professor weighs in on how Trump could beat impeachment</a></h3> <div> </div> </div>

 Experts say Trump's attacks on Marie Yovanovitch during the impeachment hearing amount to witness intimidation 

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><a href="http://www.apimages.com/metadata/Index/Les-Moonves-Accused-of-Sexual-Misconduct-7-27-18/6d86f3e4a14d4d178ec6b4668b8b7aef/3/0">Dennis Van Tine/STAR MAX/IPx/AP</a>CBS CEO Les Moonves is facing six more accusations of sexual harassment.</div></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li>Six additional women have accused CBS Corporation CEO and Chairman Leslie Moonves of unwanted sexual advances and intimidation, according to a new report from The New Yorker.</li><li>Adding to the original report that details intimidation and harassment from Moonves, the new claims include that Moonves exposed himself to women and forced them to perform oral sex on him.</li><li>These are the latest accusations against Moonves after a July report prompted the CBS board to investigate Moonves' conduct and consider his possible departure.</li></ul>Six additional women have accused CBS Corporation CEO and Chairman Leslie Moonves of unwanted sexual advances, intimidation, and retaliation, according to a bombshell Sunday <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/as-leslie-moonves-negotiates-his-exit-from-cbs-women-raise-new-assault-and-harassment-claims" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report from The New Yorker</a>.The new claims detailed by the report include that Moonves physically exposed himself to women without their consent, and forced women to perform oral sex on him. Women told journalist Ronan Farrow that Moonves physically intimidated them and sometimes retaliated if they rejected his advances to damage their careers.The report identifies a named accuser, television executive Phyllis Golden-Gottlieb, who filed a criminal complaint last year that accused Moonves of "physically restraining her and forcing her to perform oral sex on him, and of exposing himself to her and violently throwing her against a wall in later incidents," during their work together in the late 1980s.Golden-Gottlieb said Moonves retaliated against her after she refused him."Every two days, he'd find a darker space, or a place downstairs," she said. "He absolutely ruined my career."Despite what police sources told The New Yorker was credible evidence, the statute of limitations for the alleged crimes had expired and prosecutors did not pursue the charges. Early this year, Moonves informed a portion of the CBS board about the criminal investigation.When reached for comment by Business Insider, CBS provided the following statement: "CBS takes these allegations very seriously. Our Board of Directors is conducting a thorough investigation of these matters, which is ongoing."These are the latest accusations against Moonves after a <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/08/06/les-moonves-and-cbs-face-allegations-of-sexual-misconduct" target="_blank" rel="noopener">July report</a> from Farrow in The New Yorker prompted the CBS board to look at Moonves' departure and current investigation, which CBS said was being handled by outside counsel. Moonves has since remained in his position with CBS.Moonves <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cbs-ceo-chairmain-les-moonves-to-remain-at-work-during-sexual-misconduct-investigation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously denied</a> allegations in the July report. Moonves told The New Yorker that some of the incidents from his 12 accusers were consensual.The CBS board is negotiating a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cbs-board-negotiating-100-million-exit-ceo-les-moonves-report-2018-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$100 million exit package</a> for Moonves, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/06/cbs-board-in-negotiations-for-ceo-moonves-exit-from-the-company-sources.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNBC reported</a> on Thursday.Jessica Pallingston, who accused Moonves of forcing her to perform oral sex on him while she was his assistant in the 1990s, called his reported golden parachute "completely disgusting.""He should take all that money and give it to an organization that helps survivors of sexual abuse," she told The New Yorker.<h2><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/as-leslie-moonves-negotiates-his-exit-from-cbs-women-raise-new-assault-and-harassment-claims" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read the full New Yorker report here »</a></h2> <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-actors-fake-fight-movies-2018-8">How actors fake fight in movies</a></h3> <div> </div> </div>

6 more women are accusing CBS Chairman Les Moonves of sexual harassment, assault

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Michael Stepanek, 45, was arrested by police in <keyword id="3046" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Iowa">Iowa</keyword> City, Iowa, and charged with intimidation with a dangerous weapon and willful injury.</li><li>Police said in a criminal complaint seen by Insider that Stepanek drove into a crowd of protesters who were blocking a street in Iowa City, Iowa, on August 21. </li><li>Stepanek later told police that the demonstrators needed "an attitude adjustment."</li></ul>A man in Iowa suspected of driving his car into a crowd of <keyword id="2771111" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="black-lives-matter">Black Lives Matter</keyword> protesters told police that the demonstrators needed "an attitude adjustment," officers said in a criminal complaint.The criminal complaint, <a href="https://www8.iowa-city.org/weblink/0/edoc/1956922/Stepanek%20-%20Intimidation.pdf">seen by Insider</a>, said Michael Stepanek, 45, drove into a crowd of protesters who were blocking a street in Iowa City on August 21.The report said that Stepanek was stopped behind vehicles at the intersection where demonstrators were standing before the incident. Police say he made a U-turn, drove around the block, turned his lights off, then drove into the crowd."The defendant intentionally struck multiple people with his vehicle and sped away," police officer Michael Smithey said in the report.<a href="https://dailyiowan.com/2020/08/25/iowa-city-man-arrested-charged-with-hitting-black-lives-matter-protesters-with-car/">Witnesses told the Daily Iowan</a> that no one was seriously injured in the incident, but one victim told police he was in pain from being hit by the vehicle.Police arrested Stepanek after video of the incident <a href="https://twitter.com/Big55fish48/status/1297020378204774401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1297020378204774401%7Ctwgr%5E&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdailyiowan.com%2F2020%2F08%2F25%2Fiowa-city-man-arrested-charged-with-hitting-black-lives-matter-protesters-with-car%2Fr%2F">circulated on social media</a>. They identified Stepanek via his license plate.Stepanek has since been charged with two felonies: intimidation with a dangerous weapon and willful injury.<a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ny-protester-plow-20200827-ofpmydj4w5bmlhvbpa2zmkbbve-story.html">New York Daily News</a> reported that Stepanek was being held in Johnson County Jail on a $15,000 bond as of Wednesday. By Thursday, according to court records, he had posted bond.<ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/kenosha-sheriff-2018-rant-about-black-shoplifters-2020-8">Kenosha sheriff took heat in 2018 after a no-mercy rant about a group of shoplifters who were Black: 'We need to build warehouses to put these people into it and lock them away the rest of their lives.'</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/jacob-blake-police-shooting-timeline-kenosha-wisconsin-2020-8">A timeline of the police shooting of Jacob Blake, which has reignited anti-racism protests nationwide</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/jacob-blake-3-sons-saw-shooting-psychiatrist-explains-trauma-2020-8">A psychiatrist explains how Jacob Blake's 3 sons seeing police shoot their father could affect them for years to come</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/protester-shot-black-lives-matter-march-from-wisconsin-to-dc-2020-8">A white man shot at a group of Black Lives Matter activists on a 730-mile march from Wisconsin to DC. One protester was hospitalized and demonstrators refused to leave him behind.</a></li></ul>

A man accused of driving into a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters in Iowa City told police the demonstrators needed 'an attitude adjustment'

There is a disconnect between the <keyword id="22195" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Inflation">inflation</keyword> rate reported by INDEC, <keyword id="5927" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Argentina">Argentina</keyword>'s bureau of statistics, and the numbers reported by independant statisticians.
It's a big disconnect — 10% vs. 25% — and more importantly, those who insist upon it face criminal charges, fines of up to $250,000 and 5 years in prison (Think of what they'd do to Nate Silver!). All that is part of why <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/anonymous-hacks-argentina-stat-website-2013-1">Anonymous hackers took over INDEC's</a> website earlier this month, and it's why tomorrow, the IMF will decide on how (if at all) <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/fernandez-de-kirchner-fight-with-laguard-2012-11">to punish Argentina</a> for failing to improve its statistical analysis.
In short: These are some powerful numbers.
Today in Washington, Carnegie Mellon Statistics Professor Joseph B. Kadane presented on two things. First, on why it's obvious that Argentina is not being forthright about its inflation rate. Second, on why the government's pursuit of statisticians with a differing view from INDEC's is a human rights violation.
Business Insider spoke with Kadane before his testimony, and he was kind enough to provide us with some cool charts that illustrate his first point.
This first group of charts compares government inflation numbers in four Latin American countries to prices online. As you can see, they match up fairly well.
<div class="image-container click-to-enlarge" style="width:591px"><div class="image"><a title_source="Prof. Joseph Kadane, Carnegie Mellon" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/510ac49569beddb52a000010-960/screen%20shot%202013-01-31%20at%202.21.10%20pm.png"></a></div>Prof. Joseph Kadane, Carnegie Mellon</div>
Now here's what happens when you when you look at the same chart for Argentina.
<div class="image-container click-to-enlarge" style="width:588px"><div class="image"><a title_source="Prof. Joseph Kadane, Carnegie Mellon" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/510ac536ecad043657000005-960/screen%20shot%202013-01-31%20at%202.25.06%20pm.png"></a></div>Prof. Joseph Kadane, Carnegie Mellon</div>
Not quite the same experience. And that brings us to Professor Kadane's second point, that the suppression of these numbers is a violation of human rights.
In 2007 Argentina fired all of INDECs staff<a href="http://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2012/12/01/argentinastatistics/"> responsible for calculating CPI</a> (the Consumer Price Index) and has since also filed <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-02/argentina-firing-of-inflation-expert-signaled-start-of-dubious-price-data.html">criminal charges against </a>former employees charging them with endangering the state.
Some of those criminal charges have been dropped while others are still pending. Meanwhile, the government has carried on with its pursuit of independant statisticians through administrative hearings during which they are slapped with fines in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Those fines have yet to be adjudicated.
It's not just statisticians that are being intimidated either. Guillermo Moreno, the country's Secretary of Domestic Trade, has no problem threatening bankers, rolling into a debate with boxing gloves, and carried a gun.
<a href="%20http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2011/11/15/guillermo-moreno-argentinas-lethal-weapon/#ixzz2JaIpBgB">From the FT:</a>
Moreno, Argentina’s pugnacious internal trade secretary, is reported to have told a key banker on Friday : “You’ve got 72 hours to get the parallel (dollar rate) to 4.50 pesos. Tell everyone what I want.”...
His methodology is intimidation – he has been rumored in the past to carry a gun and he took boxing gloves to a meeting of shareholders of a key newsprint company in which the state has a stake in a bid to show who was boss. And he has slapped private economists with fines for estimating inflation data way above official statistics. He has been described as Argentina’s de facto economy minister and many businessmen prefer silence to crossing with him – perhaps remembering Martín Lousteau, a former economy minister, who defied him over farm export tariffs. Moreno was seen at an event running his fingers across his throat, indicating Lousteau was playing a fatal game: the minister indeed lost his job, while Moreno has gone from strength to strength.
On top of all that, observers believe that the Kirchner administration has been intimidating the press in order to keep this story in the shadows.
The one bright spot here is that politicians are immune from criminal prosecution, so the opposition party does its part to release inflation numbers through the legislature.
All this shows that the IMF has plenty of reason to be upset with Argentina. IMF head Christine Lagarde has said she may "red card" the country (kicking them out of the game, so to speak), and that could mean that Argentina could also be forced out of the G20.
We'll find out tomorrow.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>The Jan. 6 case judge warned Trump against intimidating witnesses or influencing jurors.</li><li>Judge Chutkan said "even arguably ambiguous statements" could "threaten the process."</li></ul>Former President Donald Trump was warned by a federal judge against making public statements on the January 6 insurrection case that could intimidate witnesses or influence potential jurors. US District Judge Tanya Chutkan told Trump's defense team during a hearing on Friday that "even arguably ambiguous statements by the parties or their counsel if they could be reasonably interpreted to intimidate witnesses or to prejudice potential jurors can threaten the process." Trump's lawyers, Chutkan and prosecutors discussed a possible protective order that special counsel Jack Smith's team is seeking for the January 6 case. Prosecutors wanted to bar Trump from speaking about sensitive topics in the case, a request Chutkan agreed with.The January 6 case is the Justice Department's <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-indictment-jan-6-election-doj-2023-7">latest indictment</a> against the former president and includes <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-january-6-criminal-indictment-charges-explained-2023-7">four charges</a> related to the deadly Capitol riot and Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Chutkan, who has a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tanya-chutkan-trump-election-indictment-judge-ruled-against-him-before-2023-8">history of throwing the book at Jan. 6 rioters</a>, also said she intends to "ensure the orderly administration of justice in this case as I would with any other case," noting that "the more a party makes inflammatory statements about this case which could taint the jury pool," then "the greater the urgency will be that we proceed to trial quickly."Chutkan's warnings shouldn't come as a surprise.Trump has a history of making inflammatory comments and social media posts about his legal troubles. He's trashed prosecutors, Smith, and Chutkan herself in online posts and declared the ongoing criminal cases against him are part of a political "witch hunt."

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