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California Husband & Wife Indicted on Charges of Forced Labor

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June 24, 2019

An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in the Eastern District of California following the arrests of Nery A. Martinez Vasquez, 50, and Maura N. Martinez, 50, of Shasta Lake, California. The indictment charges the defendants with conspiracy, forced labor, and alien harboring for financial gain. Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband of the Justice […]

Aaron’s Rent to Own Pays $425,000 to Settle Race Harassment Suit

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June 12, 2019

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Aaron’s, Inc., a nationwide chain of rent-to-own furniture stores, will pay $425,000 and furnish other relief to settle a lawsuit for racial harassment filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Aaron’s subjected black employees to a race-based hostile work […]

Los Angeles Doctor Found Guilty in $33 Million Medicare Fraud

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June 11, 2019

A federal jury found a Los Angeles doctor and patient recruiter guilty today for their roles in a $33 million Medicare fraud scheme in which Medicare was billed for clinic, home health, hospice services and durable medical equipment that patients did not need or did not receive. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the […]

CEO of Las Vegas Investment Company Sentenced

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May 28, 2019

The former president and CEO of MRI International Inc. (MRI), a purported investment company and medical collections business located in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Tokyo, Japan, was sentenced to 50 years in prison today for his role in a $1.5 billion Ponzi scheme. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, […]

Justice Department Honors Tennessee Firefighters

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May 22, 2019

The Department of Justice announced today they have recognized two Tennessee-based firefighters who led a seven-hour search that led to the discovery of a missing six-year-old boy and his dog. Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Ed O’Callaghan, Office of Justice Programs Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Matt Dummermuth, and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency […]

Leader of Nine Trey Gangsters Sentenced to Life in Prison

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May 13, 2019

A Norfolk, Virginia, man was sentenced today to three consecutive life terms plus an additional 40 years in prison for his leadership role in a racketeering conspiracy, multiple murders, multiple attempted murders and various drug and gun crimes, all as part of his leadership of the Nine Trey Gangsters Bloods gang according to a press […]

Six Men Charged in Five-Year High-Yield Investment Fraud Scheme

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May 9, 2019

Six men were charged in an indictment unsealed today for their alleged participation in a five-year high-yield investment fraud scheme according a press release issued by the Department of Justice. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas and Inspector […]

Greek Shipping Companies Illegally Discharged Oil Into Port Arthur

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May 6, 2019

Two Greek shipping companies, Avin International LTD and Nicos I.V. Special Maritime Enterprises, were sentenced today in the Eastern District of Texas before Judge Marcia A. Crone on charges stemming from several discharges of oil into the waters of Texas ports by the oil tanker M/T Nicos I.V., announced Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Bossert Clark for […]

California Man Arrested in Terror Plot to Detonate Explosive Device

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April 29, 2019

Mark Steven Domingo, 26, of Reseda, California, was arrested Friday night after he received what he thought was a live bomb, but in fact was an inert explosive device that was delivered by an undercover law enforcement officer as part of an investigation by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force. Domingo, a former U.S. Army […]

Texas Couple Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Forced Labor

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April 22, 2019

U.S. District Court Judge Reid O’Connor sentenced defendants Mohamed Toure, 58, and Denise Cros-Toure, 58, of Southlake, Texas, to seven years in prison each and ordered them to pay $288,620.24 in restitution. A federal jury convicted the defendants of forced labor, conspiracy to commit alien harboring, and alien harboring on Jan. 11 following a four-day […]

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