By DOJ Newswire Report | Jan 9, 2023
Sheila Warren, CEO of the Crypto Council for Innovation, an organization of crypto industry leaders, said that the collapse of FTX has prompted some to call for more regulation of the crypto industry.
By DOJ Newswire Report | Dec 30, 2022
The leader of a multi-state retail theft and wire fraud scheme against a major retailer is going to prison for 12 years, the final defendant of seven sentenced in the conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire Report | Dec 29, 2022
An immigration services firm CEO and an immigration attorney were convicted of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and conspiracy to commit immigration fraud.
By DOJ Newswire Report | Dec 28, 2022
A career criminal with multiple convictions for drug trafficking is headed to prison for more than a decade after he was apprehended with methamphetamine following a car crash.
By DOJ Newswire Report | Dec 28, 2022
A Department of Justice update on federal efforts to combat violent crime in the Chicago area was released by the agency's Northern District of Illinois last week.
By DOJ Newswire Report | Dec 23, 2022
U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced that Kurtis James VanderMolen, 50, of Grand Rapids, MI, pleaded guilty to bank fraud and money laundering in connection to a scheme aimed at obtaining approximately $170,000 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans for a nonexistent company
By DOJ Newswire Report | Dec 14, 2022
A spokesperson for Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume in the world, said Binance has a highly skilled financial crimes team comprised of former members of international law enforcement agencies that works to protect legitimate Binance users.
By DOJ Newswire Report | Dec 12, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced a man has been convicted on charges of bribing New York City correctional officers to smuggle contraband into Rikers Island jail.
By DOJ Newswire Report | Dec 11, 2022
The U.S Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts recently filed a civil forfeiture action against a document signed by Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortés in 1527 and stolen at least 30 years ago from the Mexico’s national archives in Mexico City.
By DOJ Newswire Report | Dec 10, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced 14 New York gang members and associates have been charged with offenses related to racketeering, narcotics and firearms crimes.
By DOJ Newswire Report | Dec 6, 2022
Gene Hamilton, Vice President and General Counsel of America First Legal (AFL), an organization dedicated to advancing equality under law and protecting freedom of speech and religion through litigation and oversight, said America First Legal's lawsuit over the Education Department's National Parents and Families Engagement Council has resulted in the council being disbanded.
By DOJ Newswire Report | Nov 28, 2022
A Baton Rouge man was sentenced to a year and a day in prison for owning canines with the intent to use them in a dogfighting business.
By DOJ Newswire Report | Nov 27, 2022
A former supervisory correctional officer at the Hawaii Community Correctional Center has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for encouraging an assault on an inmate and concealing the abuse for years.
By DOJ Newswire Report | Nov 26, 2022
A former New Orleans police officer pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the sexual assault of a 15-year-old victim.
By DOJ Newswire Report | Nov 25, 2022
After three days of testimony, a federal jury has convicted a Birmingham woman on kidnapping related charges in connection to the 2019 abduction and death of three-year-old Kamille "Cupcake" McKinney.
By DOJ Newswire Report | Nov 24, 2022
Dion Oliver has been found guilty for his part in the June 2017 shootings that killed a Newark woman and permanently injured a six-year-old boy.
By DOJ Newswire Report | Nov 23, 2022
A former loan officer at SunMark Community Bank in Bonaire, Ga., pleaded guilty to charges related to a $1.2 million asset misapplication scheme.
By DOJ Newswire Report | Nov 14, 2022
The owner and employees of the Sayville Motor Lodge in New York have been indicted on charges of sex trafficking and managing a premises for drugs.
By DOJ Newswire Report | Nov 13, 2022
A formerly famous Instagram influencer known as Jay Mazini pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire Report | Nov 9, 2022
Three Michigan men pleaded guilty for their roles in staging the armed robbery of a courier van carrying more than $1.2 million.
