District of Puerto Rico Press Releases

• Published on September 20, 2025 - 01:39 GMT

  

  Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew R. Galeotti Delivers Remarks at the Global Investigations Review Annual Meeting

  Remarks as Prepared for Delivery Thank you, Winston and Patrick, for that kind introduction. Just a few months ago, the Criminal Division laid out an ambitious roadmap for white-collar enforcement to make our nation safe and prosperous, vindicate victims’ …

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• Published on September 18, 2025 - 23:09 GMT

  

  Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater Delivers Keynote at Fordham Competition Law Institute’s 52nd Annual Conference on ...

  Remarks as Prepared for Delivery, “Winning the Race in Artificial Intelligence Through Real Competition” Thank you for the kind introduction. Thanks to the organizers and to those who have traveled from near and far to exchange ideas at this conference. It …

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• Published on September 18, 2025 - 23:09 GMT

  

  United Kingdom National Charged in Connection with Multiple Cyber Attacks, Including on Critical Infrastructure

  A complaint filed in the District of New Jersey was unsealed today charging Thalha Jubair, a United Kingdom national, with conspiracies to commit computer fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering, in relation to at least 120 computer network intrusions and …

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• Published on September 18, 2025 - 23:08 GMT

  

  New Hampshire Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Filing a False Tax Return

  A New Hampshire woman pleaded guilty yesterday to filing a false tax return. The following is according to court documents and statements made in court: Denise Thibodeau, of Berlin, owned and operated North Country Angels, a home health care business. Most …

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• Published on September 18, 2025 - 23:08 GMT

  

  Justice Department Investigates Austin, Texas for Racially Discriminatory Employment Practices

  Today, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division launched an investigation into the City of Austin, Texas, to determine whether it engages in employment practices that discriminate based on race, sex, color, and national origin in violation of Title …

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• Published on September 18, 2025 - 23:08 GMT

  

  Virginia Man Found Guilty of Repeat CSAM Offenses

  A district court judge yesterday convicted a previously convicted sex offender of distributing and possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) while on supervised release. “This defendant continued to sexually exploit children online while on court- …

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• Published on September 18, 2025 - 23:08 GMT

  

  Mississippi Man Convicted of Federal Civil Rights and Arson Charges for Setting Fire to Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day ...

  Yesterday, a federal jury in Gulfport, Mississippi, convicted Stefan Day Rowold on six counts of federal arson and civil rights charges for vandalizing and setting fire to a house of worship. On July 5, 2024, and July 7, 2024, Rowold vandalized and set …

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• Published on September 18, 2025 - 23:08 GMT

  

  BofA Securities Inc. Resolves Criminal Investigation with Justice Department Pursuant to Part I of the Criminal Division’s ...

  BofA Securities, Inc. (BoAS) a North Carolina-based financial institution, has agreed to resolve a criminal investigation involving alleged market manipulation schemes by former BoAS employees pursuant to Part I of the Criminal Division’s Corporate …

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• Published on September 18, 2025 - 01:40 GMT

  

  OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Restorative Practice Pre Application Information Session

  OVW conducted a pre-application information session for its Fiscal Year 2025 Restorative Practices Pilot Sites Program. During the presentation, OVW staff reviewed this NOFO’s requirements and discussed the program.

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• Published on September 18, 2025 - 01:40 GMT

  

  Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew R. Galeotti Delivers Remarks at Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering ...

  It is great to speak with you today at ACAMS’ Assembly. The Assembly brings together the largest group of anti-financial crime and anti-money laundering professionals to learn about critical issues facing the U.S. and global financial systems. Today, I’d …

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• Published on September 18, 2025 - 01:40 GMT

  

  Oklahoma City Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime Violation

  Braden Birdsong, 28, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, appeared before U.S. District Court Judge Bernard M. Jones for the Western District of Oklahoma today and pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime violation. According to filed plea documents and today’s court …

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• Published on September 18, 2025 - 01:40 GMT

  

  United States Files Suit Against California-Based Health Plan for Alleged False Claims to California’s Medicaid Program

  The United States has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act in a lawsuit against Local Initiative Health Authority for Inland Empire Health Plan doing business as Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP), a California Local Initiative Health Plan based in …

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• Published on September 18, 2025 - 01:40 GMT

  

  Two Florida Men Charged for $34.8M Fraud Scheme Targeting Medicare Beneficiaries

  An indictment was unsealed Friday charging two Florida men for their roles in a scheme to submit approximately $34.8 million in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare for medically unnecessary products. As part of the scheme, the defendants and their co- …

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• Published on September 18, 2025 - 01:40 GMT

  

  Guatemalan National Illegally Residing in the United States Indicted on Fraud Charges Related to the Sponsorship of Unaccompanied ...

  An indictment unsealed today in the Middle District of Louisiana charges a Guatemalan national residing illegally in the United States with fraud related to the submission of an application to sponsor an unaccompanied alien child (UAC). “As alleged, this …

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• Published on September 17, 2025 - 18:20 GMT

  

  Antitrust Division Contributes to Historic Efforts to Unleash Prosperity Through Deregulation

  Today, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice announces its collaboration with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to identify over 125 anticompetitive regulations in response to the President’s Executive Order on Reducing Anti-Competitive …

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• Published on September 17, 2025 - 03:08 GMT

  

  Tren de Aragua Members Charged with May 2024 Double Murder in the Bronx and Other Racketeering Offenses

  The Justice Department announced today the unsealing of a superseding indictment (the “superseding indictment”) charging 10 members of the designated foreign terrorist organization Tren de Aragua (TdA) with participating in a racketeering conspiracy and …

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• Published on September 17, 2025 - 03:08 GMT

  

  Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Act as Illegal Agent of the Chinese Government in the United States

  Yuanjun Tang, 68, a naturalized citizen of the United States and resident of Flushing, Queens, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to act in the United States as an unregistered agent of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). According to court documents, …

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• Published on September 17, 2025 - 03:08 GMT

  

  Executive of Miami-Based Seafood Wholesale Company Pleads Guilty to Price-Fixing Conspiracy

  The vice president of a Miami-based seafood wholesaler pleaded guilty today to conspiring with competitors to fix prices for the purchase of stone crab claws and spiny lobster in Florida. According to court documents filed in the U.S. District Court in …

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• Published on September 17, 2025 - 03:08 GMT

  

  Justice Department Sues Oregon and Maine for Failure to Provide Voter Registration Rolls

  Today, the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division sued the states of Oregon and Maine, and their respective Secretaries of State, for failing to provide information regarding voter list maintenance procedures and electronic copies of statewide voter …

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• Published on September 16, 2025 - 20:01 GMT

  

  Justice Department Sues Rhode Island Department of Education and Providence Public School District for Racial Discrimination ...

  The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit today against the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) and the Providence Public School District (PPSD) over their “Educators of Color Loan Forgiveness Program” (Program) through which new PPSD teachers who …

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