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Jury Convicts Two Kansas City Men of Kidnapping, Murder

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Two Mexican nationals have been convicted in federal court of kidnapping and murder.


USDOJ-OJP-OVW grant application closes on March 6

OVW Fiscal Year 2023 Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program Expanding Legal Services Initiative - Solicitation grant opened on Dec. 21.


News Release: MIAMI - Oscar Williams Jr., 30, of Opa-Locka, Fla., has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for extorting four girls into producing child sexual abuse material. He previously had been convicted on four counts of production of child sexual abuse material and one count of extortion.


News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A Canyon Lake man was sentenced Thursday to 360 months in prison and lifetime supervised release for distribution and receipt of child pornography.


Cardiac Monitoring Companies to Pay More than $44.8 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Liability Relating to Services Performed by Offshore Technicians

News Release: BioTelemetry Inc. and its subsidiary CardioNet LLC, both headquartered in Pennsylvania (collectively “BioTelemetry"), have agreed to pay $44,875,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting claims to Medicare, TRICARE, the Veterans Health Administration, ...


News Release: Defendant Accused of Stealing from Labor Union while Serving as its Chairman.


News Release: A federal jury in the Northern District of Illinois convicted a former trader at JPMorgan Chase and Credit Suisse today of fraud in connection with a spoofing scheme in the gold and silver futures markets.


News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Justice Statistics is announcing the release of statistical tables on Jail Inmates in 2021 and Prisoners in 2021. Of note, the two incarcerated populations diverged in 2021, with the number of persons held in local jails increasing by 16% from 2020, while the number of persons in prison decreased 1%. Both populations decreased from 2019 to 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


Federal Grand Jury Indicts Two on Charges of Selling Fentanyl, Other Narcotics Through Darknet and Encrypted Messaging Applications

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury has indicted two men who allegedly used the darknet and encrypted messaging applications to sell over 120,000 fentanyl-laced pills and other drugs to thousands of customers across the country.


News Release: POCATELLO and BOISE - Walter High Eagle, 51, of Fort Hall, and John Roger March, 60, of Boise, were each sentenced this week in U.S. District Court for separate crimes against federal officers, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that TROYLYNN BROWN (“BROWN"), age 35, agreed to plead guilty on Dec. 14, 2022 to count one (1) of her indictment, charging Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371. In...


South Georgia Man Sentenced to More Than 10 Years in Prison for Drug, Gun Felonies

News Release: WAYCROSS, GA: An Atkinson County man has been sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison after admitting to charges involving methamphetamine trafficking and illegal gun possession.


News Release: A California man pleaded guilty today in the Western District of Texas to participating in a scheme to solicit millions of dollars in contributions to two political action committees (PACs) based on false and misleading representations that the funds would be used to support presidential candidates during and after the 2016 election cycle.


The US Justice Department published a three page notice on Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - Eight Burlington individuals were charged by criminal complaint in federal court as a result of a joint federal and state investigation of a drug trafficking organization that operated out of Burlington.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Advanced Bionics LLC to Pay Over $12 Million for Alleged False Claims for Cochlear Implant Processors

News Release: Advanced Bionics LLC, a Valencia, California-based manufacturer of cochlear implant system devices, has agreed to pay more than $12 million to resolve allegations that it misled federal health care programs regarding the radio-frequency (RF) emissions generated by some of its cochlear implant processors.


News Release: LOS ANGELES - A real estate developer was sentenced today to 48 months in federal prison for offering to buy a million-dollar home for a Los Angeles County public official in exchange for the official’s assistance securing a $45 million county lease for the developer.


News Release: LOS ANGELES - The Justice Department today announced the court-authorized seizure of 48 internet domains associated with some of the world’s leading DDoS-for-hire services, as well as criminal charges against six defendants who allegedly oversaw computer attack platforms commonly called “booter" services.


Justice Department Secures Settlement with Southern California School District to Protect the Civil Rights of English Learner Students

News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement agreement with the Colton Joint Unified School District in California to resolve an investigation into the district’s program for students learning English. The department’s investigation, conducted jointly by the Civil Rights Division ...