Alleged Transnational Human Smuggler Indicted and Sanctioned in the United States and Arrested in Mexico
An indictment was unsealed yesterday containing criminal charges against the alleged leader of a human smuggling organization responsible for unlawfully bringing thousands of migrants into...
Man Sentenced for Selling $3.5M in Counterfeit and Substandard Electronics for Use in Military Systems
A California man was sentenced yesterday to three years and six months in prison for a scheme to defraud the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Defense...
Man Sentenced for Selling $3.5M in Counterfeit and Substandard Electronics for Use in Military Systems
A California man was sentenced yesterday to three years and six months in prison for a scheme to defraud the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Defense...
Justice Department Sues Southwest Key for Sexual Abuse and Harassment of Children in Shelters
The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Southwest Key Programs Inc. (Southwest Key), a Texas-based nonprofit that provides housing to unaccompanied children who are encountered...
Readout of Justice Department Officials Participation in UN High Level Political Forum to Highlight UN Sustainable Development Goal 16
This past week, Acting Associate Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer and Director Rachel Rossi of the Office for Access to Justice participated in the United...
DaVita to Pay Over $34M to Resolve Allegations of Illegal Kickbacks
DaVita Inc., headquartered in Denver, Colorado, has agreed to pay $34,487,390 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to...
Justice Department Files Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Illinois Landlord for Sexually Harassing Tenants
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against Michael J. DeWitte, of Washington, Illinois, for sexually harassing female tenants and housing applicants in violation of the...
Alabama Man Pleads Guilty to Violating Iran Sanctions
Ray Hunt, also known as Abdolrahman Hantoosh, Rahman Hantoosh and Rahman Natooshas, 70, of Owens Cross Roads, Alabama, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to export...
Eighteen MS-13 Members and Associates Sentenced for 10 Murders, Seven Attempted Murders, Kidnapping, Drug Trafficking, and Firearms Offenses
The last defendant of 18 La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang members charged in connection with a multi-year investigation by federal, state, and local law enforcement...
Two Foreign Nationals Plead Guilty to Participating in LockBit Ransomware Group
Two foreign nationals pleaded guilty today to participating in the LockBit ransomware group—at various times the most prolific ransomware variant in the world—and to deploying...