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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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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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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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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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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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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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Four men have been sentenced for their involvement in a series of carjackings in Kentucky.
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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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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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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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Long-time politician Mark Ridley-Thomas was found guilty of bribery.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.