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By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2023

News Release: An indictment was unsealed today charging six Nigerian nationals - three residing in the United Kingdom and three residing in Spain - with operating a large transnational fraud scheme. One of the charged defendants made his initial appearance today, after being extradited from the United Kingdom.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2023

News Release: A man who received $20,665 from the Small Business Administration after fraudulently applying for a Paycheck Protection Program loan pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2023

News Release: A federal jury convicted a Washington man on Feb. 17 of using a firearm in connection with murder and robbery.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2023

News Release: Witness Also Charged with Lying to Federal Grand Jury.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2023

FY 2023 COPS Technology and Equipment Program Invitational Solicitation grant opened on Feb. 22.

By Andy Nghiem | Feb 22, 2023

Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange by volume, said that after a turbulent year for the crypto industry, prioritizing risk management, transparency, disclosures and security is paramount to restoring trust in the industry. Binance recently released a policy paper, which outlines actionable framework detailing the company’s efforts to build a secure crypto ecosystem with a foundation of trust and safety and which contains guidelines for all centralized exchanges (CEXs) to raise the bar in these critical areas.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2023

News Release: Memphis, TN - Good afternoon. Thank you so much for being here.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2023

News Release: EL PASO, Texas - A Seminole man was arrested Thursday in El Paso on criminal charges related to his alleged bribery of a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agent.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2023

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ANTHONY RICCARDI, an owner and manager of the Connecticut insurance firm Employee Benefit Solutions LLC (“EBS"), pled guilty today in White Plains federal court to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and...

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2023

News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Woodland, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to a total of 120 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release on her convictions of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2023

BJA FY 23 Invited to Apply - Administrative Funding Adjustments to BJA Previously Funded Awards 2 grant opened on Feb. 22.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2023

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A South St. Paul felon has been charged in a federal indictment for illegal possession of ammunition, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2023

News Release: A federal jury convicted a Washington man on Feb. 17 of using a firearm in connection with murder and robbery.

By Press release submission | Feb 22, 2023

Good morning. Thank you for joining us, both in person and via livestream, for this important event marking Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month.

By Press release submission | Feb 22, 2023

The Justice Department announced today that it filed a complaint and proposed consent decree with the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota to resolve allegations that the Minnesota Department of Corrections (MNDOC) violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

By Press release submission | Feb 22, 2023

The Justice Department announced today 49 awards to states, territories, and the District of Columbia as part of the Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program.

By Press release submission | Feb 22, 2023

A former Memphis Police Department (MPD) officer pleaded guilty in federal court in the Western District of Tennessee to one felony count of deprivation of rights under color of law for assaulting an arrestee in January 2021.

By Press release submission | Feb 22, 2023

Victims include the University of Connecticut, the City of Hartford, PepsiCo. Inc., Stamford Hospital, and Yale University

By Press release submission | Feb 22, 2023

Thank you to the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles and Silvia Argueta, to Bet Tzedek and Diego Cartagena, and to Cindy Panuco and Public Counsel. And thank you to all the staff of these organizations here today for this important conversation.

By Press release submission | Feb 22, 2023

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Remarks at the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons