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The United States obtained a settlement of $629 million with British American Tobacco and its subsidiary BAT Marketing Singapore to resolve charges of bank fraud and sanctions violations related to the sale of tobacco products to North Korea.
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Graves: 'Indictments reveal North Korea’s continued use of various means to circumvent U.S. sanctions'
The U.S. Department of Justice announced the indictment of a representative of the North Korean Foreign Trade Bank for participating in schemes to launder money using cryptocurrencies in order to benefit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
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Olsen: 'Justice Department will not tolerate the use of violence to advance any extremist ideology'
Two men have been sentenced for their involvement in a plot to attack the American electrical grid in support of white supremacy.
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Jung: 'McAnulty supported the opioid and heroin epidemic' in Alaska
An Alaska man has been sentenced to 10 years and 5 months in prison, followed by eight years of supervised release, for the distribution of heroin.
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Talbert: 'Bribes have no place in government contracting'
A former public official and California contractor was recently sentenced for bid rigging and bribery.
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Sheriff Robinson: 'Alleged crimes committed by these officials are a slap in the face to the community in which we live'
The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of Indiana announced that a Pigeon Township trustee and a pair of co-conspirators have been charged with wire fraud and committing wire fraud in an effort to steal thousands from local taxpayers in a kickback scheme.
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Florida man sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for fraud involving 'We Build the Wall' and false income tax returns
The U.S. Attorney’s Office Northern District of Florida announced that the local president of “We Build the Wall” has been sentenced to 51 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to crimes related to his 2019 federal income taxes.
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Evans: 'Our office will hold anyone accountable'
The U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Louisiana announced that three men from St. Bernard Parish have been convicted of federal bank fraud and money laundering dating back to 2017.
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Boynton: DOJ will 'pursue and hold accountable payment processors who facilitate tech support scams'
The Federal Trade Commission had taken action against several payment processors for facilitating credit card laundering and fraudulent tech support schemes.
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Peace: U.S. Attorney's Office will fight 'the opportunistic fraud that occurred in connection with the pandemic'
Charges have been filed in the Eastern District of New York federal court against five individuals accused in separate pandemic-related fraud schemes.
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Nordall: Parole officer's attack on woman 'was in violation of the oath he took and cannot be tolerated'
A former West Virginia parole officer will spend the next 15 years in prison after being convicted for sexually assaulting a female parolee.
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Hamden: Prosecutors will pursue abuse case 'to ensure justice is served overall, but especially on behalf of any potential young victim'
A former employee working at two Texas shelters for unaccompanied immigrant children has been charged with several counts of sexual abuse of minors in his custody.
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Farley: 'Burns is charged for allegedly stealing millions of dollars from clients'
Federal Bureau of Investigations agents are after the former Georgia financial adviser indicted earlier this month for his part of an investment fraud scheme that defrauded investors of millions of dollars.
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Muldrow: Puerto Rico 'case is a prime example of successful drug interdiction operations'
A federal grand jury in Puerto Rico recently returned a six-count indictment which charges 63 people with drug trafficking in San Germán, Puerto Rico.
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Mekki: 'We look forward to litigating this important case' against Google's monopoly
Nine additional states joined in the U.S. Department of Justice's civil antitrust lawsuit against Google.
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Ison: 'Our community deserves school systems free of corruption'
A Michigan contractor pleaded guilty to bribery and conspiracy in a half-million dollar "pay-to-play" scheme with the former school board president of Madison District Public Schools, U.S. Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced.
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Ross: Convicted Arkansas doctor 'will trade hospital scrubs for a prison uniform'
An Arkansas doctor will spend 102 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme to defraud a military health insurer for $12 million.
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Muldrow: Defendants harmed program in Puerto Rico 'designed to help underprivileged homeowners'
Three American Management and Administration Corp. executives pleaded guilty on April 13 to stealing $3.7 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) federal assistance programs.
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Featherston: 'Our office is committed to ensuring that importers are transparent'
A New York-based pharmaceutical distributor is resolving allegations of False Claims Act violations.
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Grossman: 'Mexican drug cartels cannot succeed without money launderers'
Twelve people have been charged after a two-year federal investigation of a global criminal organization that is accused of laundering at least $16.5 million for the Sinaloa drug cartel.
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