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Importer of Controlled Substances Application: Veranova, L.P. discussed on June 2 by Justice Department

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on June 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


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Motel Manager Pleads Guilty to Coercing Labor and Sex Acts by Female Victim

News Release: A hotel manager in Georgia pleaded guilty today to trafficking with respect to peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude or forced labor.


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Physician Sentenced for Stealing Approximately $250K from COVID-19 Relief Programs

News Release: A Colorado physician was sentenced today to two and a half years in prison for fraudulently obtaining and misappropriating approximately $250,000 from two separate COVID-19 relief programs.


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Foreign National Charged for $1.8M Wire Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme

News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in the Central District of California charging a California businessman for allegedly soliciting investments under false pretenses and using investors’ funds to support his own lavish lifestyle.


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Former New Mexico House of Representatives Candidate Charged for Shooting Spree

News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in the District of New Mexico charging a former candidate for the New Mexico House of Representatives for a shooting spree targeting the homes of four elected officials.


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Former Texas Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Sentenced for Using Excessive Force

News Release: A former Van Zandt County, Texas, Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy was sentenced today to 44 months in prison for violating an arrestee’s civil rights by using excessive force against him.


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USDOJ-OJP-BJS offers new grant application process starting June 1

FY 2023 Law Enforcement Transition to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) to Improve Hate Crime Reporting grant opened on June 1.


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United States Files Civil Action to Collect Unpaid Civil Penalties and Reclamation Fee Debts

News Release: The Justice Department today announced the filing of a civil action against James C. Justice III and 13 coal companies he owns or operates seeking to collect unpaid civil penalties previously assessed by the Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), as well as Abandoned Mine Land (AML) reclamation fee and audit debts.


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Two Nigerian Nationals Previously Extradited from the United Kingdom Plead Guilty to International Fraud Scheme that Defrauded Elderly U.S. Victims

News Release: Two Nigerian nationals who were extradited to the United States from the United Kingdom pleaded guilty to operating a transnational inheritance fraud scheme.


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USDOJ-OJP-OVW grant application closes on July 11

OVW Fiscal Year 2023 Training and Technical Assistance Initiative Solicitation grant opened on June 1.


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Detroit Medical Center, Vanguard Health Systems, and Tenet Healthcare Corporation Agree to Pay Over $29 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

News Release: VHS of Michigan Inc., doing business as, The Detroit Medical Center Inc. (DMC), Vanguard Health Systems Inc. (Vanguard), and Tenet Healthcare Corporation (Tenet), has agreed to pay $29,744,065 to the government to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by providing kickbacks to certain referring physicians.


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Court Permanently Bars Five Defendants From Promoting Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust Tax Scheme

News Release: On May 23, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri permanently barred Rhonda Eickhoff from organizing, promoting, selling or marketing a tax scheme involving the use of charitable remainder annuity trusts (CRATs).


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Justice Department Secures Over $3 Million Redlining Settlement Involving ESSA Bank & Trust in Philadelphia

News Release: The Justice Department announced today that ESSA Bank & Trust (ESSA) has agreed to pay over $3 million to resolve allegations that it engaged in a pattern or practice of lending discrimination by redlining majority-Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in and around Philadelphia. Redlining is an illegal practice ...


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Justice Department Highlights Initiatives to Prevent and Address Gender-Based Violence

News Release: This week, the Justice Department highlighted a series of initiatives aimed at preventing and addressing sexual violence, intimate partner violence, stalking, and other forms of gender-based violence (GBV). With its strong, longstanding commitment to upholding justice and pursuing equality for all, the ...


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Bodybuilding Coach Arrested for Child Exploitation

News Release: A bodybuilding coach was arrested today in Charlottesville, Virginia, for multiple child exploitation offenses.


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USDOJ-OJP-BJA offers new grant application process starting May 31

BJA FY 2023 Second Chance Act Training and Technical Assistance Program grant opened on May 31.


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Kansas Man Indicted for Using Guns, Death Threats and Racial Slurs to Intimidate Black People

News Release: A Kansas man was indicted by a federal grand jury for using guns, death threats and racial slurs to intimidate Black people and interfere with multiple federally-protected rights.


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Public notices: Justice Department publishes 10 in week ending May 13

There were 10 notices published by the Justice Department in week ending May 13, according to the Federal Register.


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Two Additional Oath Keepers Members Sentenced on Felony Charges Related to U.S. Capitol Breach

News Release: Two members of the Oath Keepers were sentenced today on felony and misdemeanor charges for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Their actions disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the presidential election.


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Illegal Agents of the PRC Government Charged for PRC-Directed Bribery Scheme

News Release: A federal court in the Southern District of New York today unsealed a complaint charging two individuals with acting and conspiring to act in the United States as unregistered agents of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), conspiring to bribe and bribing a public official, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.