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News Release: Yesterday, Deputy Attorney General (Deputy AG) Lisa Monaco traveled to Florida to highlight the Department of Justice’s wide-ranging efforts to pursue equal justice under the rule of law, including by combatting corporate crime and by ensuring the right to counsel for all criminal defendants.


Justice Department Sues Jacksonville, North Carolina-based Goines Towing Company For Violating Rights of Servicemembers

News Release: The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit in the Eastern District of North Carolina alleging that Billy Joe Goines, the owner and operator of Goines Towing & Recovery (Goines), auctioned off, sold or otherwise disposed of motor vehicles owned by servicemembers using court judgments obtained without filing proper military affidavits, in violation of federal law.


Justice Department Announces Application Form for Marijuana Pardon Certificates

News Release: Today, the Justice Department is launching an application for eligible individuals to receive certificate of proof that they were pardoned under the Oct. 6, 2022, proclamation by President Biden. On Oct. 6, 2022, the President announced a full, unconditional and categorical pardon for prior federal and ...


Pennsylvania Man Charged with Two Felonies for Actions During January 6 Capitol Breach

News Release: WASHINGTON - A Pennsylvania man has been charged with felony and misdemeanor counts, including assaulting a law enforcement officer, for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.


News Release: EL PASO, TX-The FBI will host an invitation-only Diversity Agent Recruitment (DAR) event in El Paso on Thursday, March 9, 2023, for select individuals considering a future career as an FBI special agent. Throughout their careers, law enforcement officials meet and work with individuals from all walks...


Jackson Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon

News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Jackson man pled guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.


Florida’s Lakeland Regional Medical Center Agrees to Pay $4 Million to Settle Common Law Allegations for Impermissible Medicaid Donations

News Release: Lakeland Regional Medical Center (LRMC) in Lakeland, Florida, has agreed to pay the United States $4 million to resolve allegations that it made donations to a local unit of government to improperly fund the state’s share of Medicaid payments to LRMC.


Repeat Sex Offender Convicted of Second Federal Child Pornography Offense

News Release: DETROIT - A federal jury today convicted the former resident of a Detroit residential reentry center of receiving child pornography, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today.


Justice Department Secures Settlement in Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against Michigan Landlord

News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has secured an agreement to resolve a lawsuit alleging that landlord Darrell Jones of Muskegon, Michigan, violated the Fair Housing Act by sexually harassing female tenants. The settlement also resolves claims against Fatima Jones and Jones Investing, LLC, which, along with Jones, owned the properties where the alleged harassment occurred.


News Release: Two North Carolina men were sentenced today for violations of the Animal Welfare Act for engaging in dog fighting and related criminal conduct.


News Release: Update: Date Change for FBI Richmond 2023 Teen Academy.


Seven Defendants Sentenced for Defrauding Federal Program That Provided Technology Funding for Rockland County Schools

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the sentencing of all seven defendants who previously pled guilty to defrauding the federal “E-Rate" program, designed to provide information technology to underprivileged schools, in connection with E-Rate...


News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Minneapolis man has been found guilty by a federal jury of possession of a machinegun and illegal possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


Federal Jury Finds Convicted Felon Guilty of Illegally Possessing a Firearm

News Release: OXFORD, MS - A federal jury convicted a Marshal County man on Wednesday of illegally possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony.


News Release: A Massachusetts man and a Florida man were sentenced for their roles in perpetrating a foreign exchange trading scheme to steal $30 million from their investor victims.


News Release: Two Kansas men were arrested today on charges related to a years-long scheme to circumvent U.S. export laws that included the illegal export of aviation-related technology to Russia after Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, and the imposition of stricter restrictions on exports to Russia.


Woman Pleads Guilty to Threatening Election Official

News Release: A New Hampshire woman pleaded guilty today to sending multiple threatening communications to a Michigan election official in the wake of the 2020 election.


MS-13 gang murder of Maryland autistic woman sparks investigation of Biden administration

News Release: EXCLUSIVE - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) has demanded two Biden Cabinet officials explain how an MS-13 gang member who was charged in the murder of an autistic Maryland woman was allowed into the United States after illegally crossing the border, according to a letter obtained exclusively by the Washington Examiner.


FBI Returns Fugitive to Sacramento County to Face Sex Crime Charges

News Release: FBI Returns Fugitive to Sacramento County to Face Sex Crime Charges.


Justice Department Files Statements of Interest in Servicemembers’ Lawsuits Asserting Their Rights Against Major Banks in Federal Court

News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it filed statements of interest in Espin et al. v. Citibank, N.A. and Padao v. American Express National Bank, two lawsuits currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, to address the right of the nation’s servicemembers ...