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11/13/2024 07:00 AM EST

A Chicago man was sentenced today to 30 years in prison for sex trafficking a minor victim and distributing child sexual abuse material. His co-defendant, a Chicago woman, was sentenced previously to 19 years in prison for conspiracy to sex traffic the minor.
11/13/2024 07:00 AM EST

A former corrections officer from the Southern Regional Jail in Beaver, West Virginia, pleaded guilty today for his role in an assault that resulted in the death of an inmate, identified by the initials Q.B., on March 1, 2022. Mark Holdren pleaded guilty to conspiring with other officers to violate inmate Q.B.'s civil rights which resulted in the death of Q.B.
11/13/2024 07:00 AM EST

Stanislav Romanyuk, 39, a citizen of Ukraine last residing in Estonia, was sentenced today to 33 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a scheme to violate U.S. export laws and regulations by attempting to smuggle a dual-use export-controlled item to Russia.
11/13/2024 07:00 AM EST

The USTP is warning consumer debtors of a scam operator calling itself the "Bankruptcy Fraud Watchdog Group," which sends letters falsely accusing debtors of failing to disclose assets in their bankruptcy cases and threatening "legal consequences" such as criminal prosecution unless debtors pay a "one-time amnesty fine." 
11/13/2024 07:00 AM EST

The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division held its quarterly convening of state and local civil and human rights partners to commemorate Veterans Day and discuss efforts to protect the civil rights of servicemembers and veterans.
11/13/2024 07:00 AM EST

An Ohio doctor pleaded guilty to corruptly endeavoring to obstruct the due administration of the internal revenue laws.
11/13/2024 07:00 AM EST

An Idaho man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for hacking into the computer servers of 19 victims across the United States, stealing personally identifiable information (PII) belonging to more than 132,000 people, and attempting to extort a Florida orthodontist for payment in Bitcoin by threatening to disclose stolen patient records and other PII.
11/13/2024 07:00 AM EST

The Justice Department announced today that it has opened an investigation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into whether the State of Michigan unnecessarily institutionalizes adults with serious mental illness in state psychiatric hospitals. The department will investigate whether the state fails to provide necessary community-based mental health services to enable people to transition from the state psychiatric hospitals and remain stable in the community.
11/13/2024 07:00 AM EST

Two tax attorneys and an insurance agent were sentenced to a combined 16 years in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States and helping clients file false tax returns, based on their promotion and operation of a fraudulent tax shelter.
11/13/2024 07:00 AM EST

A Maryland man who owns a retail store pleaded guilty today to evading his income taxes by not reporting cash taken from his business.
11/13/2024 07:00 AM EST

Alan W. Filion, 18, of Lancaster, California, pleaded guilty today to four counts of making interstate threats to injure the person of another. Filion faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison on each count. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
11/13/2024 07:00 AM EST

The Justice Department today announced a settlement agreement with the Providence, Rhode Island, Public School District to resolve an investigation into the district's programs and services for new immigrant English learner students with limited or interrupted education, known in the district as "newcomers." The Providence Public School District is the largest school district in Rhode Island, serving thousands of English learner students, including hundreds of newcomers.
11/13/2024 07:00 AM EST

A Miami man pleaded guilty yesterday for his role in a multimillion-dollar international bribery and money laundering scheme.
 

 

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