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General Electric Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion Penalty

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April 15, 2019

The Department of Justice announced that General Electric (GE) will pay a civil penalty of $1.5 billion under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA) to resolve claims involving subprime residential mortgage loans originated by WMC Mortgage (WMC), a GE subsidiary. WMC, GE, and their affiliates allegedly misrepresented the quality of […]

WikiLeaks Founder Charged in Computer Hacking Conspiracy

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April 12, 2019

Julian P. Assange, 47, the founder of WikiLeaks, was arrested today in the United Kingdom pursuant to the U.S./UK Extradition Treaty, in connection with a federal charge of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion for agreeing to break a password to a classified U.S. government computer. According to court documents unsealed today and an announcement by […]

Former CFO at Publicly Traded Company Charged with $245 Million Securities Fraud

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April 4, 2019

The former chief financial officer (CFO) of Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. (Roadrunner), a publicly traded transportation and trucking company formerly headquartered in Cudahy, Wisconsin, was charged in a superseding indictment unsealed today for his alleged role in a complex securities and accounting fraud scheme that resulted in a loss of more than $245 million in […]

DOJ Alleges Alabama Men’s Prisons Conditions Violate the Constitution

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April 3, 2019

The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Alabama today concluded that there is reasonable cause to believe that the conditions in Alabama’s prisons for men violate the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The Department concluded that there is reasonable cause to […]

Government Contractor Pleads Guilty for Retention Of Defense Materials

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March 28, 2019

Harold Thomas Martin, III, age 54, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to the federal charge of willful retention of national defense information.  The guilty plea was announced by Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, U.S. Attorney Robert K. Hur for the District of Maryland, Assistant Director John Brown of the […]

Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Texas to Pay $75,000 for Discrimination Lawsuit

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March 27, 2019

Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Texas (BCBS), a Dallas health care company, will pay $75,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. According to EEOC’s lawsuit, Sheryl Meador, who is deaf, applied through an online process for an open claims […]

Duke University Agrees to Pay U.S. $112.5 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

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March 25, 2019

Duke University has agreed to pay the government $112.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting applications and progress reports that contained falsified research on federal grants to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Justice Department announced today. “The resources utilized […]

North Carolina Man Pleads Guilty for Role in Global Tech Support Scam

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March 21, 2019

A Charlotte, North Carolina man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to access a protected computer, for his role in an international “Tech Support Scam” that defrauded hundreds of victims, including seniors, of more than $3 million. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, First Assistant U.S. Attorney William Stetzer for […]

Former Defense Intelligence Officer Pleads Guilty to Attempted Espionage

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March 15, 2019

The Department of Justice has announced today in a press release that Ron Rockwell Hansen, 58, a resident of Syracuse, Utah, and a former Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) officer, pleaded guilty today in the District of Utah in connection with his attempted transmission of national defense information to the People’s Republic of China.  Sentencing is […]

ExxonMobil to Pay Civil Penalty & Take Measures to Resolve Clean Air Act

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March 8, 2019

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) & The Department of Justice announced a settlement with ExxonMobil Oil Corporation (ExxonMobil) today to resolve federal Clean Air Act claims arising from a 2013 fire at the company’s oil refinery in Beaumont, Texas that killed two employees and injured ten others.  In a complaint filed today with the settlement, […]

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