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Georgia Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Attack the White House

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April 3, 2020

Hasher Jallal Taheb, 23, of Cumming, Georgia, has pleaded guilty to a charge of attempting to destroy, by fire or an explosive, a building owned by or leased to the United States. Taleb had planned an attack on the White House using weapons and explosives.  As part of the plea agreement, the defendant and the […]

Final Judgment in T-Mobile/Sprint Transaction

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April 1, 2020

A Federal District Court in Washington, D.C., announced that the Antitrust Division’s resolution of its challenge to the merger between T-Mobile and Sprint was in the public interest and entered the proposed final judgment following an extensive Tunney Act process.  This order gives effect to the settlement that the Department of Justice and numerous states […]

Wells Fargo Agrees to Pay $3 Billion to Resolve Criminal Investigations

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February 24, 2020

Wells Fargo & Company and its subsidiary, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., have agreed to pay $3 billion to resolve their potential criminal and civil liability stemming from a practice between 2002 and 2016 of pressuring employees to meet unrealistic sales goals that led thousands of employees to provide millions of accounts or products to customers […]

Four Charged in Conspiracy to Distribute Steroids

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February 20, 2020

Four individuals have been arrested, four locations searched, and several motor vehicles and bank accounts seized today during a series of early morning law enforcement actions in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, as part of an on-going multi-agency investigation led by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) into the illegal importation, preparation, rebranding, and distribution of steroids throughout […]

Two New Yorkers indicted For Passing Counterfeit Currency

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February 19, 2020

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Daumoniqe Jackson, age 22, and Christopher De Codio, age 24, both of Brooklyn, New York, were indicted on February 19, 2020, by a federal grand jury for passing counterfeit U.S. currency. According to United States Attorney David J. Freed, the indictment alleges […]

Defendant Convicted in Stanford International Bank $7 Billion Fraud Scheme

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January 30, 2020

The former chief of Antigua’s Financial Services Regulatory Commission (FSRC) has pleaded guilty for his role in connection with the Stanford International Bank (SIB) Ponzi scheme. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick of the Southern District of Texas made the announcement. Leroy King, […]

Harvard Professor Charles Lieber Charged With Two Chinese Nationals

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January 28, 2020

The Department of Justice announced today that the Chair of Harvard University’s Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department and two Chinese nationals have been charged in connection with aiding the People’s Republic of China.   Dr. Charles Lieber, 60, Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University, was arrested this morning and […]

Former Police Detective & FBI Task Force Officer Indicted for Bribery

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January 22, 2020

A veteran detective for the Carlisle, Pennsylvania Police Department, who was also a task force officer with the FBI and a member of the Cumberland County Drug Task Force, was indicted by a federal grand jury for bribery, drug distribution, fraud and making false statements. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s […]

Eight Charged in Multi-Million Dollar Conduit Campaign Contribution Case

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December 3, 2019

Earlier today, an indictment was unsealed against the CEO of an online payment processing company, and seven others, charging them with conspiring to make and conceal conduit and excessive campaign contributions, and related offenses, during the U.S. presidential election in 2016 and thereafter. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division […]

119 Illegal Aliens Prosecuted For Stealing Identities of Americans

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November 7, 2019

Jackson, Miss. – U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst announced today that 119 illegal aliens have been prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office since the execution of multiple federal criminal and administrative search warrants at seven sites across the State of Mississippi on August 7, 2019. The federal indictments charge the defendants with crimes ranging from misusing […]

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