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By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Alma Sanchez, 50, of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to distributing methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bob P. Beris announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Daniel J. Kafafian and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger announced a former office manager of a New Jersey medical practice admitted conspiring with the doctor who owned the practice to distribute prescription amphetamine to patients without a legitimate medical reason, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2023
A Los Angeles-based chiropractor who provided rehabilitation services to professional athletes and the public has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for defrauding the NBA Players Health and Welfare Benefit Plan of approximately $1.3 million.
By Press release submission | Feb 16, 2023
Deputy Attorney General (Deputy AG) Lisa O. Monaco visited Oklahoma to highlight the Justice Department’s work to increase public safety and reduce violent crime.
By Press release submission | Feb 16, 2023
The Justice Department announced that it has secured a settlement agreement with Navajo Express, a Colorado-based trucking company that operates nationwide.
By Press release submission | Feb 16, 2023
Danske Bank A/S (Danske Bank), a global financial institution headquartered in Denmark, pleaded guilty today and agreed to forfeit $2 billion to resolve the United States’ investigation into Danske Bank’s fraud on U.S. banks.
By Press release submission | Feb 16, 2023
Following a four-day trial, a federal jury awarded $70,500 in damages to six women who rented homes in Lexington, Tennessee, from defendant Chad David Ables.
By Press release submission | Feb 16, 2023
The Justice Department announced that Kenneth Pilon, 61, has pleaded guilty in federal district court to willfully intimidating and attempting to intimidate citizens from engaging in lawful speech and protests in support of Black Lives Matter.
By Press release submission | Feb 16, 2023
Charges in Connection with Task Force KleptoCapture’s Mission to Hold Accountable Corrupt Russian Oligarchs and Enforce Robust Export Restrictions
By Press release submission | Feb 16, 2023
A federal grand jury in Manhattan returned an indictment today charging Samuel Bankman-Fried, aka SBF, 30, of Stanford, California, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit commodities fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and conspiracy to defraud the Federal Election Commission and commit campaign finance violations.
By Press release submission | Feb 16, 2023
U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland met yesterday in Washington with Prosecutor General Le Minh Tri of the Supreme People’s Procuracy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
By Press release submission | Feb 16, 2023
The United States filed a complaint under the False Claims Act against Yury Gampel, a chiropractor, 15 Modern Vascular office-based labs located throughout the United States primarily owned by Gampel, and five Modern Vascular-affiliated companies owned by Gampel, for engaging in allegedly illegal financial relationships and transactions.
By Press release submission | Feb 16, 2023
In a decision issued on December 9, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California granted the request of the Justice Department to direct John Sweeney and his company, Point Buckler Club LLC, to restore sensitive tidal channels and marsh they unlawfully harmed.
By Press release submission | Feb 16, 2023
The Justice Department announced that a Missouri man pleaded guilty to hate crime and arson violations for burning down the Cape Girardeau Islamic Center (the Center) in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
By Press release submission | Feb 16, 2023
A federal grand jury in the Southern District of Texas returned an indictment that was unsealed yesterday charging eight men with conspiracy to commit securities fraud for a long-running, social media-based “pump and dump” scheme.
By Press release submission | Feb 16, 2023
The United States filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Dec. 12 seeking to bar a Dallas-area licensor of tax preparation businesses, and his business, from franchising or licensing the tax preparation business and from assisting in the preparing of federal income tax returns for others.
By Press release submission | Feb 16, 2023
A Southern California woman pleaded guilty yesterday to her involvement in an investment fraud scheme that caused more than $2.6 million in losses to investors.
By Press release submission | Feb 16, 2023
Consent Order Resolves Allegations of Race and National Origin Discrimination, Requires Complete Repeal of “Crime-Free” Program and Ordinance, and Creates Settlement Fund for Individuals Harmed by Program
By Press release submission | Feb 16, 2023
Mortgage company Academy Mortgage Corporation (Academy), based in Draper, Utah, has agreed to pay $38.5 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by improperly originating and underwriting mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA).
By Press release submission | Feb 16, 2023
A federal grand jury in Phoenix returned an indictment today charging an Ohio man for allegedly sending threatening communications to an election official with the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office.
