News and reports from the Department of Justice.

A former Tennessee law enforcement officer was convicted of federal civil rights offenses on Friday after using excessive force against two arrestees.

A Reading, PA, man who was on the run for about a month was caught in a town just west of Harrisburg​, PA

A Texas man is facing federal charges after being arrested for allegedly making election-related threats against government officials in a Craigslist post on Jan. 5, 2021.

Four Belarusian officials are facing charges of conspiracy to commit aircraft piracy after a federal grand jury in New York issued an indictment alleging they diverted a flight to arrest a dissident journalist last year.

A loan servicer has agreed to pay nearly $8 million to resolve alleged false claims and violation of the False Claims Act.

The Columbia, South Carolina office of the Federal Bureau of Investigations is reaching out to seniors in the Palmetto State to beware of criminals committing financial fraud targeted at older people.

Financial manager gets 87 months in federal prison for stealing $1.6 million from the law firm where she worked.

A federal grand jury in Maryland indicted eight members of La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, with racketeering conspiracy involving the murder of a witness, extortion and money laundering, according to the Department of Justice.

The former financial controller of a San Diego-based investment company has recently been sentenced to 20 months in prison for embezzling more than $400,000 by issuing checks to himself using the company CFO’s electronic signature.

The United States Department of Justice recently reported that a onetime Aiken County, South Carolina educator was sentenced to over 11 years in prison for sexually exploiting a minor.

A Washington man who led a Neo-Nazi group responsible for intimidating journalists and advocates in several states by mailing or attaching threatening posters to victims’ homes was recently sentenced to seven years in prison.

Agrees to penalties for discriminating against black families

A San Diego real estate agent has been sentenced to 64 months in prison for defrauding investors through multiple Ponzi real estate investment schemes.

A San Diego resident was indicted in federal court last month on charges of selling a 15-year-old Coronado High School sophomore fentanyl that resulted in his death.

An Iowa sex offender received a 22-year prison sentence for child enticement crimes, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice.