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The importance of innovation in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space must be balanced with public safety and financial stability, according to a group of government officials who spoke at the 2023 D.C. Blockchain Summit this week.
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Office of Justice Programs Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Amy L. Solomon announced today that President Biden has appointed Judge Helena Heath of Queens, New York, as Director of the Office of Justice Programs’ Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking Office. Her appointment is effective Monday, January 30.
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A U.S. Trustee with the Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed an objection to Sullivan & Cromwell working as lead counsel for FTX in bankruptcy proceedings. Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of crypto exchange FTX, wrote in a Substack post that he sees Sullivan & Cromwell's current work for FTX as a potential conflict of interest, given the law firm's previous work for FTX. A bipartisan group of U.S. senators recently expressed the same concern.
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Sheila Warren, CEO of the Crypto Council for Innovation, an organization of crypto industry leaders, said that the collapse of FTX has prompted some to call for more regulation of the crypto industry.
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Today, Representatives Jim Banks, Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jim Jordan, Troy Nehls, Kelly Armstrong and House Administration Committee Ranking Member Rodney Davis released a report on their investigation into the security failure at the U.S. Capitol on January 6.
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Charges against Chinese agents in a "multi-year campaign of harassment" to bully a Chinese national into returning to China demonstrates the communist country's determination to undermine the United States' judicial system, U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said in a news release
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A former city treasurer has pleaded guilty to naturalization fraud and failure to file taxes.
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A Texas man was found guilty Oct. 5 of several federal crimes related to a murder in Carrollton, Texas.
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A California former FBI special agent was found guilty Oct. 4 by a federal jury of accepting bribes from a lawyer tied to organized crime.
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A New Hampshire man has been sentenced to 72 months in federal prison for drug trafficking, conspiracy and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
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Eleven people from several states have been charged in an international money laundering and drug trafficking conspiracy.
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News Release: CAPE GIRARDEAU - The United States Attorney's Office announced that Haoyu Wang, age 29, has been sentenced to serve seven years in federal prison for the offense of Possession of Child Pornography. Wang appeared for his sentencing hearing Monday before United States District Judge Stephen R. Clark at the federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
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News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
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News Release: LAS VEGAS - A Henderson, Nev., resident pleaded guilty today to fraudulently obtaining over $500,000 in loans under the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, and then laundering the funds through family and friends to buy a house.
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News Release: PITTSBURGH - Khaled Miah, 29, a former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and former student at the University of Pittsburgh, was sentenced yesterday by Judge W. Scott Hardy to 72 months’ imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release. Miah was found guilty by a federal jury in December...
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News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A federal grand jury today indicted two men in connection with the armed robbery of a bank in Union City, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
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News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that SLOANE SIGNAL-DEBOSE, age 51, a resident of Slidell, pled guilty to misappropriating funds from a veteran while SIGNAL was the veteran’s fiduciary.
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There is one release scheduled to be published on Oct. 21.
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News Release: ST. LOUIS - Three men accused of federal crimes connected to the theft of mail or attempted theft of mail appeared in court Tuesday to face charges and a fourth has also been indicted.
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News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Lawrence Guerain Fleming, 38, of Sacramento, was sentenced today to three years and one month in prison for two counts of being a felon in possession of ammunition, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.