News and reports from the Department of Justice.

Fourteen individuals have been arrested in Los Angeles on charges related to the fraudulent acquisition of over $25 million in COVID-19 relief funds and small business loans.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago has secured the forfeiture of approximately $214 million linked to an alleged "pump-and-dump" investment fraud scheme.

David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has announced that MERCER (US), LLC, a consulting firm based in Hartford, has reached a civil settlement agreement and paid over $450,000 to address allegations of...

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland has unsealed two indictments against Patrick Britton-Harr, a South Carolina resident, alleging multi-million-dollar fraud schemes involving Medicare and a private charter jet company. U.S....

Nicholas J. Ganjei has officially taken the oath of office to continue serving as the chief federal law enforcement officer for the Southern District of Texas (SDTX).

Tywanna Johnson, a 29-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has been indicted by a grand jury on charges related to an incident aboard a Metro Bus in January 2025. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro and Chief Michael Anzallo of the Metro Transit...

Henry Joseph Garcia, a 49-year-old resident of Fresno, has been indicted on charges related to drug trafficking and firearm possession.

Jacob Murrell Wilson, a 24-year-old resident of Charleston, has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison.

United States Attorney Alina Habba has announced criminal charges and civil settlements against 15 defendants as part of the Department of Justice’s 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown.

A Great Falls man, Lane Thomas Lamere, 37, has been sentenced to 31 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for charges related to strangulation and child abuse.

Two Oklahoma City men have entered guilty pleas to firearms charges in separate cases.

The Department of Justice has initiated an investigation into whether Title IX is being violated by California's AB 1266, a law that allows males to participate in female sports teams at state schools.

A Selma resident, Mark Anthony Wallace, 26, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for the unlawful possession of machine gun conversion devices, known as "Glock-switches."

A Honduran national residing illegally in Corpus Christi, Texas, has been convicted for unlawfully possessing a firearm. U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei announced the conviction of 20-year-old Josias Eliseo Ulloa-Pavon.

Gurjeet Bath, a resident of Fresno, has entered a guilty plea to one count of theft of government property.