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News Release: The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division and the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) today. Strengthening the partnership between the two agencies will enable both to better protect health care consumers ...


Schedules of Controlled Substances: Placement of Methiopropamine in Schedule I discussed on Dec. 9 by Justice Department

The US Justice Department published a four page rule on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


New Jersey Electronics Businessman Pleads Guilty to Filing False Tax Return

News Release: A New Jersey man pleaded guilty yesterday to filing a false personal tax return, stemming from inaccurate information he deliberately provided to his company’s accountants.


Victims Sought in Relation to Violent Robberies of Transgender Victims

News Release: HOUSTON - A 28-year-old Houston man remains in custody pending trial on federal hate crime charges allegedly motivated by gender identity and sexual orientation, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


News Release: Memphis, TN - The U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Fugitive Task Force arrested a fugitive wanted for First Degree Murder and several other violent crimes.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler today delivered the following remarks, as prepared, during a markup of the American Music Fairness Act (H.R. 4130)...


Jury Convicts Former Federal Prison Warden for Sexual Abuse of Three Female Inmates

News Release: A federal jury convicted former prison warden Ray J. Garcia of seven counts involving sexually abusive conduct against three female victims who were serving prison sentences and one count of making false statements to government agents.


U.S. Marshals Seek Information in Search for Local Fugitive

News Release: Alaska - The U.S. Marshals, Anchorage Police Department and Alaska State Troopers have partnered to create a Sex Offender Task Force utilizing the resources and jurisdictions of each agency to ensure the compliance of convicted sex offenders living in Alaska. The overall mission of this recently created, ...


USDOJ-OJP-BJA offers new grant application process starting Dec. 9

BJA FY 2022 State Criminal Alien Assistance Program grant opened on Dec. 9.


News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Jorge Torres, 23, of Hartford, Connecticut, was sentenced to 27 months of imprisonment today in United States District Court by United States District Judge William K. Sessions III. Torres previously pleaded...


Two Illinois Men Charged in Fraudulent Payment Processing Scheme

News Release: A federal grand jury in Chicago returned an indictment charging two Illinois men with bank fraud in connection with payment processing companies they operated.


14-Year-Old Wanted for Homicide Arrested by U.S. Marshals

News Release: Scranton, PA - Today, U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced that the United States Marshals Service New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested Blair Dawn Hart, 31 years old, of Scranton.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: FAIRBANKS - Jared Wilkes Post, 26, of Fairbanks was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline to 78 months of imprisonment and ordered to pay at least $100,000 in restitution for defrauding banks and other victims of over $100,000 through a sophisticated check kiting and identity theft scheme.


News Release: NEW BRITAIN, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford has returned an indictment charging NERICK DIAZ-QUESADA, 24, of New Britain, with cocaine trafficking and firearm possession offenses.


Memphis Murder Suspect Captured by U.S. Marshals In Missouri

News Release: Concord, NH - Early this morning, Daren Keith Gragg, Sr., 43 years-of-age was arrested in a family member’s apartment on Pembroke Drive in Derry, NH. Mr. Gragg was being sought on a State of New Hampshire Parole Warrant. Gragg was on parole as a result of being found guilty and sentenced in connection with multiple firearm related offenses. Additionally, Gragg has an outstanding arrest warrant for stalking issued out of the Manchester Police Department.


Springfield Felon Indicted for Illegal Firearm, Meth Trafficking

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for illegally possessing a firearm and methamphetamine to distribute.


Northeast Hospital Agrees to Pay $1.9 Million To Resolve Allegations of Controlled Substance Recordkeeping Violations

News Release: BOSTON - Northeast Hospital Corporation (Northeast), part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, has agreed to pay $1.9 million in civil penalties to resolve allegations that Northeast violated the Controlled Substance Act (the CSA) by failing to keep accurate records of controlled substances, including opioids.


News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the unsealing today of an indictment charging RIKESH THAPA with operating...


Former Police Officer Admits to Lying to Investigators About Stealing $345 While On-Duty

News Release: A former Sapulpa police officer pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court for lying to law enforcement about a theft he committed while on-duty, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.