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Ison: Federal, military employees must be 'truthful and honest about their connections to foreign governments'
Justice

A man from Ypsilanti, Mich., pleaded guilty to making false claims in his security clearance application for the U.S. Navy.


Polite: Ex-officer 'abused the respect that came with his badge'
Justice

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.


Driscoll: California man 'attempted to silence a journalist with threats of violence'
Justice

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.


Clarke: ‘No one should feel unsafe in their home’
Justice

A Wisconsin man admitted his guilt in making racially charged threats to Black residents living in his apartment complex in West Allis.


Hamdani: 'Perpetrators are off the streets' in Houston area home invasion, kidnapping
Justice

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.


Williams: Security officer 'ironically failed to keep the confidential information he was trusted with'
Justice

The former Chief Information Security Officer at Lumentum Holdings Inc. aas pleaded guilty to multiple charges related to his role in an insider-trading scheme resulting in more than $4 million in illegal profit for friends and family.


Ihlenfeld: 'Department of Justice will continue to pursue white-collar wrongdoers'
Justice

Two employees of a Morgantown, W.V., medical facility, including its former chief operating officer, have been charged with stealing more than $650,000 in assets and funds.


Newly unsealed superseding indictment alleges Bankman-Fried 'directed a bribe of at least $40 million to one or more Chinese government officials'
Justice

A newly unsealed superseding indictment signed by U.S. Attorney Damian Williams of the Southern District of New York and Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite alleges that Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of the now bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, bribed at least one Chinese government official with tens of millions of dollars in an attempt to persuade the Chinese government to unfreeze accounts associated with Alameda Research, FTX's hedge fund sister company. This new charge brings the total number of Bankman-Fried's criminal charges up to 13.


Bulgarian woman charged for role in 'wide-ranging' multi-billion-dollar cryptocurrency pyramid scheme
Justice

A Bulgarian woman has been charged for her role in a cryptocurrency pyramid scheme and has been extradited to the United States.


Esparza: 'SIM swapping is a rapidly growing type of fraud scheme'
Justice

A man and a woman from San Antonio were recently given sentences for using SIM swapping in November 2021 to gain access to and transfer more than $250,000 from the cryptocurrency accounts of their victims.


Graves: 'Juries have now convicted all defendants tried to date' in Jan. 6 insurrection cases
Justice

Six more Oath Keepers members and associates were found guilty in the District of Columbia on March 21 for their participation in the Capitol breach on Jan. 6, 2021.


Brown: Defendants were 'key players' in Washington drug ring
Justice

Two prominent members of a drug-trafficking organization who are also related to the cartel's ringleader have been sentenced to "significant amounts of time" in prison.


Graves: Defendants sought goods 'that could assist Iran's military and WMD aspirations'
Justice

A federal court in the District of Columbia unsealed two indictments accusing numerous defendants of violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the Arms Export Control Act for their roles in various schemes to obtain and export American technology to Iran between 2005 and 2013.


Myers: 'Trafficking vulnerable minors’ bodies for financial gain is a despicable crime'
Justice

An Indiana man was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for pimping out a 17-year-old girl online to perform sex acts at multiple Indianapolis area hotels.


Coinbase chief legal officer: 'After years of asking for reasonable crypto rules, we're disappointed that the SEC is considering courts over constructive dialogue'
Justice

Crypto exchange company Coinbase has repeatedly asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for regulatory clarity, but the requests have gone unanswered, and the SEC has now sent the company a "Wells notice" warning of possible enforcement action, said Paul Grewal, Coinbase chief legal counsel.


Peace: Defendant 'threatened the integrity of our justice system and the safety of government witnesses'
Justice

A former paralegal from the U.S. Department of Justice has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for engaging in witness retaliation and obstructing justice-related crimes.


Cunha: Rhode Island woman sentenced for 'brazenly laying claim to the honor, service and sacrifice of real veterans'
Justice

A Rhode Island woman has been sentenced to federal prison for the crimes of falsifying military service, false use of military medals, identify theft and more charges related to the impersonation of military veterans.




Chinese businessman indicted on charges stemming from $1 billion fraud conspiracy
Justice

The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced March 15 a 12-count indictment charging Ho Wan Kwok, also known as “Miles Guo,” with wire fraud, securities fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering.