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12/14/2023 07:00 AM EST

A Tennessee man was arraigned today on charges that he tortured prisoners during the armed conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s.
12/14/2023 07:00 AM EST

A former Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the FBI Counterintelligence Division in New York, was sentenced to 50 months in prison and ordered to pay a $40,000 fine for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and to commit money laundering in connection with his 2021 agreement to provide services to Oleg Deripaska, a sanctioned Russian oligarch.
12/14/2023 07:00 AM EST

The Justice Department today announced that 20 individuals were charged in federal court in connection with firearms-trafficking, narcotics, conspiracy, or other firearms offenses after a targeted violent crime reduction initiative in West Columbia, South Carolina. The indictments are a result of a series of coordinated arrests made following a targeted multi-agency operation that spanned several months.
12/14/2023 07:00 AM EST

A Maine man was sentenced today to 25 years in prison for the production and distribution of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) depicting a minor in the Philippines.
12/14/2023 07:00 AM EST

Freepoint Commodities LLC (Freepoint), a commodities trading company based in Stamford, Connecticut, has agreed to pay over $98 million to resolve an investigation by the U.S. Justice Department into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) stemming from the company's involvement in a corrupt scheme to pay bribes to Brazilian government officials. 
12/14/2023 07:00 AM EST

A Maryland man was sentenced to 13 months in prison for evading his federal income taxes.
12/14/2023 07:00 AM EST

On Nov. 29, a federal grand jury in Tucson returned an 11-count indictment against Jorge Damian Roman-Figueroa, Luis Eduardo Roman-Flores, Manuel Jose Bernal, Joel Salazar-Ballesteros, and Jesus Armando Gonzalez-Villela, all of Mexico, for conspiracy to transport aliens; conspiracy to launder monetary instruments; conspiracy to distribute marijuana, methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine; distribution of  marijuana, methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine; and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
12/14/2023 07:00 AM EST

A seven-count indictment was unsealed yesterday in Los Angeles charging four individuals for their alleged roles in a scheme to launder the proceeds of cryptocurrency investment scams and other fraudulent schemes involving millions of dollars in victim funds.
12/14/2023 07:00 AM EST

A federal court yesterday enjoined a Massachusetts company from manufacturing and distributing adulterated drugs in violation of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA).
12/14/2023 07:00 AM EST

A New York man pleaded guilty yesterday to engaging in an extensive multi-year conspiracy to fraudulently obtain over $165 million in loans and fraudulently acquire multifamily and commercial properties.
12/14/2023 07:00 AM EST

The CFO Council's latest public meeting showcased how agencies are leveraging advanced technology in FOIA and included updates from the Council's two committees. 
12/14/2023 07:00 AM EST

A federal grand jury in Miami returned an indictment yesterday charging a Texas man for his alleged role in a $60 million health care fraud, wire fraud, and kickback scheme involving the submission of false and fraudulent claims to Medicare for medically unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME), genetic tests, and foot bath medications.
12/14/2023 07:00 AM EST

The Justice Department issued the following statement from Attorney General Merrick B. Garland on the planned departure of Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta at the start of February:
 

 

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