Former Foreign Exchange Trader Sentenced To Prison For Price Fixing And Bid Rigging
Akshay Aiyer, a former currency trader at a major multinational bank, was sentenced to serve eight months in jail and ordered to pay a $150,000 … Read More
Blue Bell Creameries Ordered To Pay $17.25 Million In Criminal Penalties In Connection With 2015 Listeria Contamination
A federal court in Texas sentenced ice cream manufacturer Blue Bell Creameries L.P. to pay $17.25 million in criminal penalties for shipments of contaminated products … Read More
Defense Health Care: Implementation of Value-Based Initiatives in TRICARE
What GAO Found
The Defense Health Agency (DHA)—the agency within the Department of Defense (DOD) that administers DOD’s health care program, TRICARE—has identified a number … Read More
Critical Infrastructure Protection: Treasury Needs to Improve Tracking of Financial Sector Cybersecurity Risk Mitigation Efforts
What GAO Found
The federal government has long identified the financial services sector as a critical component of the nation’s infrastructure. The sector includes commercial … Read More
Former Veterans Affairs Doctor Pleads Guilty to Three Civil Rights Offenses
A doctor of osteopathic medicine who formerly worked at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Beckley, West Virginia, pleaded guilty today to three counts … Read More
International Competition Network Addresses Enforcement And Policy Challenges of the Digital Economy at United States-Hosted 19th Annual Conference
The International Competition Network (ICN) held its 19th annual conference on September 14-17, 2020. Co-hosted by the Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission … Read More
Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard A. Powers Delivers Remarks at Cartel Working Group Plenary: Big Data and Cartelization, 2020 International Competition Network Annual Conference
Virtual Event
Good Morning. Thank you for the opportunity to address the International Competition Network and to be here with all of you.
We have … Read More
State-Sponsored Iranian Hackers Indicted for Computer Intrusions at U.S. Satellite Companies
An indictment was unsealed today charging three computer hackers, all of whom were residents and nationals of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran), with engaging … Read More
Operation Legend: Case of the Day
KC Man Who ‘Terrorized His Neighborhood’ Charged with Illegally Possessing Firearm
Each weekday, the Department of Justice will highlight a case that has resulted from
Remarks by Attorney General William P. Barr at Hillsdale College Constitution Day Event
Remarks as prepared for delivery
I am pleased to be at this Hillsdale College celebration of Constitution Day. Sadly, many colleges these days don’t even … Read More
United States Citizen Who Joined ISIS Charged With Material Support Violations
An indictment and arrest warrant were unsealed today in the federal court of the District of Columbia charging Lirim Sylejmani, a Kosovo-born naturalized U.S. citizen, … Read More
Federal Court Bars Florida Tax Preparation Businesses and Their Tax Return Preparers From Preparing Tax Returns
The Justice Department announced today that a federal court in Orlando, Florida, permanently enjoined Advanced Tax Services Inc. and Genson Financial Group LLC from preparing … Read More
Kansas Man Indicted on Federal Child Pornography Charges
A resident of Topeka, Kansas, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas on federal … Read More
U.S. Seeks to Recover More Than $300 Million in Additional Assets Traceable to Funds Allegedly Misappropriated from Malaysian Sovereign Wealth Fund
The Justice Department announced today the filing of civil forfeiture complaints seeking the forfeiture and recovery of more than $300 million in additional assets allegedly … Read More
Minnesota Man Charged with Providing Material Support to ISIS
Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers and U.S. Attorney Erica H. MacDonald for the District of Minnesota today announced that Abdelhamid Al-Madioum, … Read More
Jacksonville Woman Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Illegally Exporting Maritime Raiding Craft and Engines to China
Yang Yang (34, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to conspiring to submit false export information through the federal government’s Automated Export System and to fraudulently export … Read More
Two Iranian Nationals Charged in Cyber Theft Campaign Targeting Computer Systems in United States, Europe, and the Middle East
Two Iranian nationals have been charged in connection with a coordinated cyber intrusion campaign – sometimes at the behest of the government of the Islamic … Read More
Veterans Affairs: VA Needs to Address Persistent IT Modernization and Cybersecurity Challenges
What GAO Found
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has faced challenges in its efforts to accomplish three critical information technology (IT) modernization initiatives: the … Read More
Private Health Coverage: Results of Covert Testing for Selected Offerings
What GAO Found
GAO performed 31 covert tests to selected sales representatives and stated that we had pre-existing conditions, such as diabetes or heart disease, … Read More
Quantadyn Corporation And Owner Settle False Claims Act Allegations of Bribery To Obtain Government Contracts For Simulators
The Department of Justice announced today that QuantaDyn Corporation (QuantaDyn), headquartered in Ashburn, Virginia, has agreed to resolve civil claims arising from allegations that it … Read More
Texas Woman Charged with Fraudulently Obtaining Nearly $2 Million in COVID Relief Funds
A Texas woman has been taken into custody on allegations she fraudulently obtained more than $1.9 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, announced Acting … Read More
Somerset County Man Admits Concealing Material Support to Hamas
A Somerset County, New Jersey, man admitted today that he concealed his attempts to provide material support to Hamas, Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers … Read More
District Court Orders Illinois Sprouts And Soybean Products Company To Comply With Food Safety Rules
A federal court permanently enjoined a Chicago firm from preparing and distributing adulterated sprouts and soybean products in violation of federal law, the Department of … Read More
Justice Department Settles With Texas Based Furniture and Appliances Chain for Charging Servicemembers Excess Interest
The Justice Department reached an agreement today with Conn Credit I, LP, Conn Appliances, Inc. and Conn’s, Inc. (Conn’s), to resolve allegations that they violated … Read More
Vermont Man Charged with Hiring Person to Kidnap and Kill a Man in a Foreign Country, and Producing and Receiving Child Pornography
A federal grand jury in the District of Vermont returned a third superseding indictment today against a Burlington man for conspiring to kidnap and kill … Read More
Former Employee At Los Alamos National Laboratory Sentenced To Probation For Making False Statements About Being Employed By China
Turab Lookman, 68, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, was sentenced on Sept. 11 to five years of probation and a $75,000 fine for providing a … Read More
Associate Deputy Attorney General Sujit Raman Delivers Remarks at the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)/Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) Facial Recognition Technology Forum
“Five Principles That Inform the Justice Department’s Use of Facial Recognition Technology”
Remarks as Prepared for Delivery
As the Nation’s primary federal law enforcement agency, … Read More
Two Alleged Hackers Charged with Defacing Websites Following Killing of Qasem Soleimani
Two alleged computer hackers were indicted in the District of Massachusetts on charges of damaging multiple websites across the United States as retaliation for United … Read More
Steel and Aluminum Tariffs: Commerce Should Improve Its Exclusion Request Process and Economic Impact Reviews
What GAO Found
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) has a four-phase process to review companies’ requests to be excluded from having to pay Section 232 … Read More
Justice Department Settles Claims Against Borough of Woodcliff Lake Involving Denial of Permit to Orthodox Jewish Group to Construct Worship Center
The Justice Department today announced an agreement with the Borough of Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, to resolve allegations that the Borough violated the Religious Land … Read More
