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A spokesperson for Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume in the world, said Binance has a highly skilled financial crimes team comprised of former members of international law enforcement agencies that works to protect legitimate Binance users.
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Las Vegas Woman Pleads Guilty in $7.1 Million Wire Fraud Scheme to Defraud Federal Pandemic Programs
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Las Vegas woman pleaded guilty today to one count of wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
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Readout of Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco’s Trip to Oklahoma
News Release: Yesterday, Deputy Attorney General (Deputy AG) Lisa O. Monaco visited Oklahoma to highlight the Justice Department’s work to increase public safety and reduce violent crime.
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Five Aryan Brotherhood Members Charged in Superseding Indictment with Murder in Aid of Racketeering
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment Thursday that adds four counts of murder in aid of racketeering against defendants alleging that the four murders were committed in furtherance of criminal acts perpetrated by the California Aryan Brotherhood, a white supremacist prison gang, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bob P. Beris announced.
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Michigan Man Pleads Guilty to Hate Crimes for Death Threats Targeting Black Lives Matter Supporters
News Release: The Justice Department announced that Kenneth Pilon, 61, has pleaded guilty in federal district court to willfully intimidating and attempting to intimidate citizens from engaging in lawful speech and protests in support of Black Lives Matter. Pilon will be sentenced on March 23, 2023.
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FBI Media Alert: Annual FBI Holiday Scam Warning for New Mexico Includes “Pig Butchering”
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Annual FBI Holiday Scam Warning for New Mexico Includes “Pig Butchering".
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Public press releases: U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Marshals Service publishes 28 in November
There were 28 press releases published by the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Marshals Service in November.
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FTX Founder Indicted for Fraud, Money Laundering, and Campaign Finance Offenses
News Release: A federal grand jury in Manhattan returned an indictment today charging Samuel Bankman-Fried, aka SBF, 30, of Stanford, California, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit commodities fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and conspiracy to defraud the Federal Election Commission and commit campaign finance violations.
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Danske Bank Pleads Guilty to Fraud on U.S. Banks in Multi-Billion Dollar Scheme to Access the U.S. Financial System
News Release: Danske Bank A/S (Danske Bank), a global financial institution headquartered in Denmark, pleaded guilty today and agreed to forfeit $2 billion to resolve the United States’ investigation into Danske Bank’s fraud on U.S. banks.
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Missouri Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime and Arson Charges for Burning Down Islamic Center
News Release: The Justice Department announced that a Missouri man pleaded guilty to hate crime and arson violations for burning down the Cape Girardeau Islamic Center (the Center) in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
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Readout of U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland’s Meeting with Vietnamese Prosecutor General Le Minh Tri
News Release: U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland met yesterday in Washington with Prosecutor General Le Minh Tri of the Supreme People’s Procuracy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
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Maguire: Philadelphia South Street 'store wasn’t a legitimate business – it was a front for fraud'
A Pennsylvania man was convicted of selling counterfeit Rolex watches and financial fraud crimes.
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Justice Department Secures Award Against Tennessee Landlord for Sexually Harassing Female Tenants
News Release: Following a four-day trial, a federal jury awarded $70,500 in damages to six women who rented homes in Lexington, Tennessee, from defendant Chad David Ables. The jury found that Ables sexually harassed these women at his properties, located in or near his trailer park known as Pop’s Cove, in violation of the Fair Housing Act.
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Court Orders Remedy in Clean Water Act Case, Directs Individual and Company to Restore Sensitive Tidal Channels and Marsh
News Release: In a decision issued on December 9, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California granted the request of the Justice Department to direct John Sweeney and his company, Point Buckler Club LLC, to restore sensitive tidal channels and marsh they unlawfully harmed. The court’s decision follows ...
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Tennessee Law Enforcement Officers Graduate From the FBI National Academy
News Release: Tennessee Law Enforcement Officers Graduate From the FBI National Academy.
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1,425 press releases published in November by U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
There were 1,425 press releases published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys in November.
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BJS Releases Female Murder Victims and Victim-Offender Relationship, 2021
News Release: The Bureau of Justice Statistics, a division of the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, today released Female Murder Victims and Victim-Offender Relationship, 2021.
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Justice Department Secures Settlement with Trucking Company to Resolve Immigration-Related Discrimination Claims
News Release: The Justice Department announced that it has secured a settlement agreement with Navajo Express, a Colorado-based trucking company that operates nationwide. The settlement resolves the department’s determination that Navajo Express violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by discriminating against non-U.S. citizen workers when checking their permission to work in the United States.
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Roseville Man Pleads Guilty to International Drug Trafficking Conspiracy in the United States and Canada
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Amandeep Multani, 34, of Roseville, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, heroin, opium, and ketamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bob P. Beris announced.
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The United States Attorney of Puerto Rico and the FBI San Juan Encourage You to Think Before You Post (#ThinkBeforeYouPost)
The United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, W. Stephen Muldrow, and the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the San Juan Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Joseph González, today warned the public about the serious consequences of issuing threats to schools or colleagues and reminded the community that hoax threats are no joke.
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