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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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A former U.S. Attorney General is joining the NAACP Office of General Counsel in a lawsuit filed in federal court challenging two Mississippi statues that allegedly restrict the rights of the state's residents.
- 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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A noteworthy drug seizure has been carried out at the Otay Mesa port of entry.
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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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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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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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A Brazilian national convicted and sentenced to prison for armed robbery in Brazil, was arrested in Massachusetts by U.S. federal agents,
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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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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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Nine additional states joined in the U.S. Department of Justice's civil antitrust lawsuit against Google.
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A California construction-company owner who participated in a bid-rigging and bribery conspiracy involving contracts for California Department of Transportation projects was given a 78-month prison term and required to pay nearly $1 million.
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A multinational payment processing company, its CEO and its chief strategy officer have been ordered by the Federal Trade Commission to stop helping tech support scammers through credit-card laundering.
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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has blamed Biden Administration policies for an assault on U.S. Border Patrol agents at the southern border.
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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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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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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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A New York-based pharmaceutical distributor is resolving allegations of False Claims Act violations.
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Dr. Joel Wuthnow is a senior research fellow at the Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs at the Institute for National Strategic Studies at National Defense University. He is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service.
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Members of the Mayflower Church have been granted humanitarian parole status in the United States and arrived in Texas on April 7 after fleeing persecution in China three years ago.