News and reports from the Department of Justice.

FY23 COPS Anti-Heroin Task Force Program grant opened on Feb. 22.

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that EDIBERTO SANTANA, a/k/a “Flaco Veneno," was sentenced to life imprisonment for leading the Sunset Trinitarios gang from at least 2010 through 2019 and, in that capacity, ordering multiple acts of brutal...

A New York City man has been found guilty of wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy in a scheme to steal nearly $1 million from a tech company in which his brother was the CEO.

News Release: An indictment was unsealed today charging six Nigerian nationals - three residing in the United Kingdom and three residing in Spain - with operating a large transnational fraud scheme. One of the charged defendants made his initial appearance today, after being extradited from the United Kingdom.

News Release: A man who received $20,665 from the Small Business Administration after fraudulently applying for a Paycheck Protection Program loan pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.

News Release: A federal jury convicted a Washington man on Feb. 17 of using a firearm in connection with murder and robbery.

News Release: Witness Also Charged with Lying to Federal Grand Jury.

FY 2023 COPS Technology and Equipment Program Invitational Solicitation grant opened on Feb. 22.

Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange by volume, said that after a turbulent year for the crypto industry, prioritizing risk management, transparency, disclosures and security is paramount to restoring trust in the industry. Binance recently released a policy paper, which outlines actionable framework detailing the company’s efforts to build a secure crypto ecosystem with a foundation of trust and safety and which contains guidelines for all centralized exchanges (CEXs) to raise the bar in these critical areas.

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News Release: EL PASO, Texas - A Seminole man was arrested Thursday in El Paso on criminal charges related to his alleged bribery of a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agent.

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ANTHONY RICCARDI, an owner and manager of the Connecticut insurance firm Employee Benefit Solutions LLC (“EBS"), pled guilty today in White Plains federal court to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and...

News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Woodland, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to a total of 120 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release on her convictions of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.

BJA FY 23 Invited to Apply - Administrative Funding Adjustments to BJA Previously Funded Awards 2 grant opened on Feb. 22.

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A South St. Paul felon has been charged in a federal indictment for illegal possession of ammunition, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.