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The Functional Government Initiative (FGI) announced it has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice (DOJ) seeking records of billings and payments made to law firm Steptoe & Johnson LLP for representing Lois Lerner and Holly Paz, key officials at the center of the IRS political targeting scandal.
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U.S. Attorney on two-year investigation: 'Mexican drug cartels cannot succeed without money launderers'
Twelve people have been charged and a global criminal organization that is accused of laundering at least $16.5 million for the Sinaloa cartel has been dismantled following a two-year investigation by the FBI and DEA, according to a news release.
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Clarke: Resolution compensates servicemembers 'whose vehicles were illegally taken from them while they were serving their country'
A Virginia Beach, Va., towing company has been required by the U.S. Department of Justice to pay $90,000 to resolve allegations the company illegally sold vehicles belonging to U.S. military personnel.
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Solomon: 'This has been a collective achievement'
U.S. justice officials and education leaders recently celebrated Second Chance Month in Miami, joining current and formerly incarcerated individuals, corrections officials and reentry advocates.
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Higgins: 'The work in this case is not over'
Five defendants were sentenced to prison terms between 6 and 40 years for their roles in a $1 billion biofuel-tax conspiracy, according to a Department of Justice press release issued April 7.
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Clarke: Employers 'cannot discriminate based on the employee’s citizenship status or national origin'
A Florida-based franchisee of a national restaurant chain has reached a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice for discriminating against a non-citizen worker.
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Bennet: 'We will continue to identify, arrest and prosecute those associated with violent carjackings'
Four men have been sentenced for their involvement in a series of carjackings in Kentucky.
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Piquero: Reports on youth in custody sexual victimization ‘give stakeholders a more complete picture’
The Bureau of Justice Statistics recently released a report that discusses youth sexual victimization perpetrated by youth or by staff in juvenile facilities.
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Grossman: Military healthcare dollars 'funded a fraudulent windfall’
A U.S Navy doctor appeared in federal court March 28 to plead guilty to defrauding the Navy, costing it upwards of $2 million by fabricating false or exaggerated injury reports.
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Williams: Former New York attorney 'manipulated the bankruptcy system'
A former attorney from New York is being charged with one count of falsification of bankruptcy records and one count of false oaths and claims in bankruptcy.
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Estrada: 'When elected leaders engage in acts of corruption, our community suffers immense damage'
Long-time politician Mark Ridley-Thomas was found guilty of bribery.
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'Before the ink was dry on legislation' defendant was conspiring to steal aid: Steinberg
In less than an hour, a Georgia man was found guilty of all charges brought against him for his role in a scheme to defraud the government of more than $1 million in pandemic-relief aid.
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Gupta: Mass-shooting settlement ends 'a painful chapter for the victims of this unthinkable crime'
The U.S. Department of Justice has reached an agreement in principle to settle civil cases filed in response to a mass shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Tex., in November 2017 which left 26 worshipers dead and 22 others injured.
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Costello: 'Criminals like Tarabein will not be allowed to escape the consequences of their conduct'
A former Baldwin County doctor was sentenced to four years in prison for charges including bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.
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Williams: 'Franklin Ray engaged in four separate fraudulent schemes'
A Michigan man pleaded guilty to four counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft in connection with his operation of trucking companies.
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Ison: Federal, military employees must be 'truthful and honest about their connections to foreign governments'
A man from Ypsilanti, Mich., pleaded guilty to making false claims in his security clearance application for the U.S. Navy.
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Polite: Ex-officer 'abused the respect that came with his badge'
A former vice detective with the San Diego Police Department and three co-defendants entered guilty pleas in connection with the operation of illegal massage parlors in Arizona and California that used women as prostitutes while pretending to provide therapeutic massage services.
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Driscoll: California man 'attempted to silence a journalist with threats of violence'
The U.S. Attorney’s Office reported the former leader the White Supremacist group Kuerkrieg Division was arrested for sending online death threats to a journalist reporting on his group.
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Clarke: ‘No one should feel unsafe in their home’
A Wisconsin man admitted his guilt in making racially charged threats to Black residents living in his apartment complex in West Allis.
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Hamdani: 'Perpetrators are off the streets' in Houston area home invasion, kidnapping
U.S. District Sim Lake Judge sentenced a 31-year-old Houston woman to 96 months in prison after she was convicted in connection with a series of home invasions leading to the federal kidnapping charges.
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