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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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Published on September 16, 2025 - 20:01 GMT

Justice Department Files Motion for Summary Judgment in Challenge to Vermont’s “Climate Superfund” Law

Note: View motion here. The Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) yesterday filed a motion for summary judgment in its challenge to the State of Vermont’s “climate superfund” law, which imposes what will likely be billions …

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Published on September 16, 2025 - 20:01 GMT

Justice Department Secures Denaturalization of Maryland Man Who Repeatedly Raped Minor Victim

On September 15, a U.S. District Court in Maryland granted a Justice Department motion for judgment revoking the naturalization of convicted sex offender Jorge Antonio Graciano Lara. The government sued in November 2024 to strip Graciano Lara of his U.S. …

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Published on September 16, 2025 - 20:01 GMT

Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater Delivers Keynote Address at the 2025 Georgetown Law Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium

Thank you for having me. It’s such a pleasure to be here at this incredibly important moment in antitrust and technology policy. We are at an inflection point in both. In antitrust enforcement, for the first time in decades we are beginning to implement …

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Published on September 15, 2025 - 22:11 GMT

CEO of Georgia Company Convicted in International Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme

A federal jury in Miami, Florida, convicted a U.S. businessman today for his role in a nearly five-year long scheme to bribe Honduran government officials and to launder money to secure business for a Georgia-based manufacturer of law enforcement uniforms …

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Published on September 13, 2025 - 01:32 GMT

Former Plant Supervisors Indicted for Discharging Wastes to Nashville Sewer System and Tampering with a Monitoring Device

A grand jury indictment was unsealed today charging two individuals for their alleged involvement with bypassing treatment processes and tampering with a monitoring device at a Nashville waste treatment facility. The indictment alleges that Randall Ray …

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Published on September 13, 2025 - 01:32 GMT

Jury Convicts California Man of Receipt of Child Sexual Abuse Material

A federal jury convicted a California man today for receipt of child pornography. “The defendant was convicted by a jury for collecting videos depicting the sexual exploitation of children, including toddlers and infants who were subject to horrific abuse …

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Published on September 13, 2025 - 01:32 GMT

Environmental Crimes Bulletin - August 2025

View All Environmental Crimes Bulletins In This Issue: Cases by District/Circuit Trials United States v. Leshon E. Johnson No. 6:25-CR-00012 (Easten District of Oklahoma) ECS Senior Litigation Counsel Todd Gleason ECS Trial Attorney Sarah Brown AUSA …

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Published on September 12, 2025 - 19:29 GMT

Co-CEO of Chinese Publicly Traded Technology Company and Financial Advisor Indicted for Over $100M Securities Fraud Scheme

An indictment was unsealed yesterday in the Eastern District of Virginia charging two men with orchestrating a securities fraud scheme utilizing Ostin Technology Group Co. Ltd. (OST) stock to target American retail investors. The charged scheme netted over …

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Published on September 12, 2025 - 19:29 GMT

Florida Businessman Charged with Tax Evasion

A federal grand jury in Miami returned an indictment on Wednesday charging a Florida businessman with evading taxes on millions in income and filing false tax returns. The following is according to the indictment: from 2013 to 2021, Joseph Stewart, of …

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Published on September 12, 2025 - 19:29 GMT

Tennessee Man Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Employment Tax Fraud Scheme

A Tennessee man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to tax crimes and wire fraud for his role in a scheme to claim fraudulent refunds based on false COVID-19 employment tax credits. The following is according to court documents and statements made in court: Edward …

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Published on September 12, 2025 - 19:29 GMT

Louisiana Chiropractor Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Health Care Fraud and Unemployment Insurance Fraud Schemes

A Louisiana chiropractor was sentenced today to seven years in prison for his role in health care fraud and unemployment insurance fraud schemes. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Dr. Benjamin Tekippe, 40, of New Orleans, was a …

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Published on September 11, 2025 - 20:17 GMT

Employee at Multinational DVD Company Sentenced to Over Four Years Prison for Stealing, Selling Pre-Release Commercial DVDs for ...

A court in Tennessee today sentenced a former employee of a DVD and Blu-ray manufacturing and distribution company used by major movie studios to 57 months in prison for stealing DVDs and Blu-rays of blockbuster movies from the company and selling them …

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Published on September 11, 2025 - 01:39 GMT

Debtor Who Led Crypto Investment Scheme Denied Bankruptcy Discharge

The U.S. Trustee Program (USTP) recently obtained a judgment denying a bankruptcy discharge of more than $12.5 million to a Texas man who concealed assets and lied in his bankruptcy case to evade his creditors, including investors in his cryptocurrency …

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Published on September 11, 2025 - 01:39 GMT

Virginia Nurse Sentenced to Over Seven Years in Prison for Distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material

A Virginia nurse was sentenced today to over 87 months in prison and ten years of supervised release for distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on an end-to-end encrypted messaging application. He was also ordered to pay a $20,000 fine. “The …

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Published on September 11, 2025 - 01:39 GMT

Justice Department Sues Fort Worth-Area Tax Preparation Business and Its Owners

Note: View complaint here. The Justice Department today filed a civil injunction suit in federal court in Fort Worth, Texas. The lawsuit seeks to bar Amberley Ritter, Wesley Franklin, Mark Burkart, Kenneth Garner, and DFW Integrity Taxpros Services LLC, …

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Published on September 11, 2025 - 01:39 GMT

Attorney General Bondi, HHS Secretary Kennedy Make Significant Law Enforcement Announcement

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