DOJ Posts
Texas Couple Each Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Forced Labor and Related Offenses | OPA | Department of Justice
Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid (ARPO) Strike Force Takedown Results in Charges Against 60 Individuals, Including 53 Medical Professionals | OPA | Department of Justice
Department of Justice Releases Reports Focused on Improving Safety and Wellness of the Nation’s 800,000 Law Enforcement Officers | OPA | Department of Justice
General Electric Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion Penalty for Alleged Misrepresentations Concerning Subprime Loans Included in Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities | OPA | Department of Justice
Mississippi Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime For Crossburning | OPA | Department of Justice
Bureau of Prisons Tests Micro-Jamming Technology in South Carolina Prison to Prevent Contraband Cell Phones | OPA | Department of Justice
Maryland Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison for Distribution of Child Pornography | OPA | Department of Justice
The Department of Justice Files Amended Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against Owner and Manager of Rental Properties in Lexington, Tennessee | OPA | Department of Justice
UniCredit Bank AG Agrees to Plead Guilty for Illegally Processing Transactions in Violation of Iranian Sanctions | OPA | Department of Justice
Felicity Huffman to plead guilty in college admissions scandal:
Three Texas Men Arrested and Charged with Bribery Conspiracy | OPA | Department of Justice
Defense Department Employee Sentenced to Prison for Receipt of Child Pornography | OPA | Department of Justice
‘The largest facilitator of child porn on the planet’
Alleged Dark Web Child Pornography Facilitator Extradited to the United States to Face Federal Charges | OPA | Department of Justice
Michael Avenatti Is Charged With Trying to Extort Nike (NKE) – Bloomberg
Mother Whose Son Was Killed By An Illegal Immigrant Demands Justice After Judge’s Light Sentence – True Pundit
Smoke Always Leads to the Fire as FBI Revelations Prove Clinton Was Protected by the Obama DOJ
Judicial Watch Files FOIA Lawsuit Against DOJ for Rosenstein Discussions of 25th Amendment and Removal of President Trump
Priceless…..The DOJ
DOJ Justice News
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Kentucky Woman Charged With Sex Trafficking Two Victims
on April 25, 2019 at 4:00 am
An indictment was unsealed yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky charging Cleoretta Allen, 41, of Louisville, Kentucky, with two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion and one count of interstate transportation for prostitution, announced Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband for the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, U.S. Attorney Russell M. Coleman of the Western District of Kentucky, and Special Agent in Charge James Robert Brown Jr. of the FBI’s Louisville Division.&nbs […]
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on April 25, 2019 at 4:00 am
“Peri yerego.” Good evening. Rick, I am grateful for your friendship and for your 20 years of exceptional service to the Department of Justice — including seven years as the United States Attorney for Northern New York. I am pleased to see several U.S. Attorneys here tonight: Geoff Berman from Southern New York, Richard Donoghue from Eastern New York, Grant Jaquith from Northern New York, and Craig Carpenito from New Jersey; as well as eight former U.S. Attorneys, and many other current and former government employees. […]
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on April 25, 2019 at 4:00 am
The Justice Department today announced a settlement with Robert Hatfield to resolve a lawsuit alleging that he violated the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act by subjecting 17 actual and prospective female residents of homes he owned in Wilkes County, North Carolina, to sexual harassment over the course of more than 10 years. […]
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on April 25, 2019 at 4:00 am
The Department of Justice announced today that two more pharmaceutical companies – Astellas Pharma US Inc. (Astellas) and Amgen Inc. (Amgen) – have agreed to pay a total of $124.75 million to resolve allegations that they each violated the False Claims Act by illegally paying the Medicare copays for their own products, through purportedly independent foundations that the companies used as mere conduits. […]
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Federal Court Shuts Down Florida Tax Return Preparers
on April 25, 2019 at 4:00 am
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida entered a permanent injunction against Guary Louima, Guy Telfort, and Tax Houses and Accounting Services Inc., barring them from preparing federal tax returns for others and owning or operating a tax preparation business, the Justice Department announced today.&nbs […]
DOJ AntiTrust Division
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Kentucky Woman Charged With Sex Trafficking Two Victims
on April 25, 2019 at 4:00 am
An indictment was unsealed yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky charging Cleoretta Allen, 41, of Louisville, Kentucky, with two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion and one count of interstate transportation for prostitution, announced Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband for the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, U.S. Attorney Russell M. Coleman of the Western District of Kentucky, and Special Agent in Charge James Robert Brown Jr. of the FBI’s Louisville Division.&nbs […]
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on April 25, 2019 at 4:00 am
“Peri yerego.” Good evening. Rick, I am grateful for your friendship and for your 20 years of exceptional service to the Department of Justice — including seven years as the United States Attorney for Northern New York. I am pleased to see several U.S. Attorneys here tonight: Geoff Berman from Southern New York, Richard Donoghue from Eastern New York, Grant Jaquith from Northern New York, and Craig Carpenito from New Jersey; as well as eight former U.S. Attorneys, and many other current and former government employees. […]
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on April 25, 2019 at 4:00 am
The Justice Department today announced a settlement with Robert Hatfield to resolve a lawsuit alleging that he violated the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act by subjecting 17 actual and prospective female residents of homes he owned in Wilkes County, North Carolina, to sexual harassment over the course of more than 10 years. […]
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on April 25, 2019 at 4:00 am
The Department of Justice announced today that two more pharmaceutical companies – Astellas Pharma US Inc. (Astellas) and Amgen Inc. (Amgen) – have agreed to pay a total of $124.75 million to resolve allegations that they each violated the False Claims Act by illegally paying the Medicare copays for their own products, through purportedly independent foundations that the companies used as mere conduits. […]
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Federal Court Shuts Down Florida Tax Return Preparers
on April 25, 2019 at 4:00 am
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida entered a permanent injunction against Guary Louima, Guy Telfort, and Tax Houses and Accounting Services Inc., barring them from preparing federal tax returns for others and owning or operating a tax preparation business, the Justice Department announced today.&nbs […]
DOJ Criminal Division News
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on April 25, 2019 at 4:00 am
Celadon Group Inc. (Celadon) has agreed to pay total restitution of $42.2 million for filing materially false and misleading statements to investors and falsifying books, records and accounts. […]
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on April 25, 2019 at 4:00 am
After a three day trial, a federal jury in Little Rock, Arkansas, convicted a man who was then-residing on the Misawa Air Base, a military base in Japan, of multiple charges, stemming from the assault of three U.S. Air Force airmen and resisting military police who attempted to restrain him. […]
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on April 25, 2019 at 4:00 am
Two owners of an Arizona business were charged in an indictment unsealed today for overseeing a scheme to forge hundreds of thousands of counterfeit documents containing improperly obtained personal information, primarily relating to senior citizens, which they allegedly sold to their clients, who then allegedly provided this information to telemarketers. […]
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on April 23, 2019 at 4:00 am
An Indian national was sentenced today for his leadership role in a complex, transnational conspiracy to smuggle aliens from India to the Unites States for profit, which claimed at least one life and endangered many others […]
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on April 23, 2019 at 4:00 am
An Oregon aluminum extrusion manufacturer has agreed to pay $46 million to NASA, the Department of Defense, and others to resolve criminal charges and civil claims relating to a 19-year fraud scheme that included falsifying thousands of certifications for aluminum extrusions provided to hundreds of customers. […]
Organized Crime/Drug Stories
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Operation SaboTor
on March 26, 2019 at 8:30 am
The Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement (J-CODE) team is delivering results through coordinated efforts and the commitment of the nation’s law enforcement agencies to address opioid sales on the Darknet. […]
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Drug Trafficking
on August 23, 2018 at 1:14 pm
A West Virginia man already serving a 20-year federal prison term for his role in a drug distribution conspiracy received an additional 20 years for directing a second drug ring from behind bars. […]
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$100 Million Pharmacy Fraud
on August 15, 2018 at 7:00 am
A group of Florida scammers who set up pharmacies to bilk government and private insurance companies ended up writing themselves a prescription for prison time. […]
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Indian Country Gang Dismantled
on August 10, 2018 at 8:27 am
The violent Red Skin Kingz gang, led by a mother-son team on the Navajo Nation, has been dismantled and its leaders sent to prison thanks to an investigation by an FBI-led Safe Trails Task Force. […]
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Justice for Murdered Witness
on July 30, 2018 at 7:20 am
Twelve members of a violent gang operating in the Charlotte, North Carolina area have been sent to prison for their roles in the cold-blooded murders of a robbery witness and his wife. […]
DOJ Civil Division
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on April 25, 2019 at 4:00 am
The Department of Justice announced today that two more pharmaceutical companies – Astellas Pharma US Inc. (Astellas) and Amgen Inc. (Amgen) – have agreed to pay a total of $124.75 million to resolve allegations that they each violated the False Claims Act by illegally paying the Medicare copays for their own products, through purportedly independent foundations that the companies used as mere conduits. […]
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on April 23, 2019 at 4:00 am
An Oregon aluminum extrusion manufacturer has agreed to pay $46 million to NASA, the Department of Defense, and others to resolve criminal charges and civil claims relating to a 19-year fraud scheme that included falsifying thousands of certifications for aluminum extrusions provided to hundreds of customers. […]
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on April 16, 2019 at 4:00 am
Following objections raised by the United States and others, the parties in a class action matter involving Lenny & Larry’s cookies filed an amended proposed settlement that would direct additional value toward consumer plaintiffs, the Department of Justice today announced.&nbs […]
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Four Extradited from Peru for Operating Spanish-Speaking Call Centers that Extorted U.S. Consumers
on April 16, 2019 at 4:00 am
Four Peruvian residents have been extradited to the United States, where they stand accused of operating a large-scale extortion scheme from 2012 through 2015, the Justice Department and U.S. Postal Inspection Service today announced.&nbs […]
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on April 12, 2019 at 4:00 am
The Department of Justice today announced that General Electric (GE) will pay a civil penalty of $1.5 billion under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA) to resolve claims involving subprime residential mortgage loans originated by WMC Mortgage (WMC), a GE subsidiary. WMC, GE, and their affiliates allegedly misrepresented the quality of WMC’s loans and the extent of WMC’s internal quality and fraud controls in connection with the marketing and sale of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS). FIRREA authorizes the federal government to seek civil penalties for violations of various predicate criminal offenses, including wire and mail fraud where the violation affects a federally insured financial institution. […]
DOJ Civil Cases Filings
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U.S. and the State of North Carolina v. Carolinas Healthcare System
on April 25, 2019 at 9:01 pm
Document filed on April 24, 2019
FInal Judgment […]
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U.S. and Plaintiff States v. CVS Health Corp., and Aetna, Inc.
on April 23, 2019 at 8:57 pm
Document filed on April 18, 2019
Motion of the United States to Treat Filings as Part of Evidentiary Record in the Tunny Act Hearing […]
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U.S. and the State of North Carolina v. Carolinas Healthcare System
on April 17, 2019 at 4:40 pm
Documents filed on April 11, 2019
Plaintiff United States’ Unopposed Motion and Memorandum for Entry of Modified Proposed Final Judgment and Clarification of Response to Public Comment
Exhibit A- [Modified Proposed] Final Judgment
Exhibit C – Certificate of Compliance with Provisions of the Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act […]
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U.S. and the State of North Carolina v. Carolinas Healthcare System
on April 9, 2019 at 8:17 pm
Documents filed on April 1, 2019
Response of Plaintiff United States to Public Comment on the Proposed Final Judgment
Exhibit A […]
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U.S. v. Hyundai Oilbank Co., Ltd. and S-Oil Corporation
on March 21, 2019 at 4:27 pm
Documents filed on March 20, 2019
Stipulation by the United States and Defendant S-Oil Corporation
Proposed Final Judgment as to Defendant S-Oil Corporation
Stipulation by the United States and Defendant Hyundai Oilbank Co., Ltd.
Proposed Final Judgment as to Defendant Hyundai Oilbank Co., Ltd.
Competitive Impact Statement
United States’ Explanation of Consent Decree Procedures
Complaint […]