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February 28, 2006 |
Justice Department Settles Civil Contempt Claim Against Rolex Watch U.s.a. Inc. (06-105)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rolex Watch U.S.A. Inc. has agreed to pay $750,000 as part of
a settlement with the Department of Justice that resolves Rolex’s alleged
violations of a 1960 consent decree that prohibited U.S. importers of Swiss
watches and watch parts from engaging in anticompetitive practices in the U.S.
watch industry. (Read more) |
Justice Department Announces Four Pleas In Internet Music Piracy Crackdown (06-103)
WASHINGTON, D.C.— The first guilty pleas involving members of pre-release music
piracy groups from Operation FastLink, a major Department of Justice initiative
against online piracy worldwide, were announced today by Assistant Attorney
General Alice S. Fisher of the U.S. Justice Department’s Criminal Division and
U.S. Attorney Paul J. McNulty of the Eastern District of Virginia. Derek A.
Borchardt, age 21, of Charlotte, North Carolina; Matthew B. Howard, age 24, of
Longmont, Colorado; and Aaron O. Jones, age 31, of Hillsboro, Oregon, each pled
guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit copyright infringement for
their involvement in the pre-release music group “Apocalypse Crew” or “APC.” (Read more) |
Ohio Companies to Pay $3.25 Million to Settle Alleged Natural Resources Damages Claims and Clean Water Act Violations (06-101)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Elkem Metals Company L.P, its two partners—Ferro Invest III
Inc. and Ferro Invest II LLC—and Eramet Marietta Inc. have agreed to pay $3.25
million to settle allegations that the companies injured natural resources and
violated the Clean Water Act (CWA) as a result of wastewater discharges from a
Marietta, Ohio, facility the Department of Justice, the Department of the
Interior (DOI), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. (Read more) |
February 27, 2006 |
Justice Department Settles Voting Rights Lawsuit with Hale County, Texas (06-102)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department announced today that it filed a
lawsuit against Hale County, Texas, alleging violations of the rights of
minority-language voters under two key provisions of the Voting Rights Act. The
Department simultaneously filed a consent decree resolving the lawsuit against
the county. (Read more) |
February 24, 2006 |
Justice Department Announces Public Education Campaign Grants
to Fight Immigration-Related Employment Discrimination (06-099)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department today announced the availability of
funds for its grant program funding public education efforts regarding
immigration-related employment discrimination. (Read more) |
Professional Tax Resister Sentenced to More
Than 12 Years in Prison for Tax Fraud
(06-098)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Longtime tax protestor Irwin Schiff was sentenced in federal
district court in Las Vegas to total of 163 months in prison—151 months for tax
fraud and an additional 12 months for contempt of court—the Department of
Justice and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. In addition,
Schiff was ordered to pay more than $4.2 million in restitution and to serve
three years of supervised release. (Read more) |
Allied Freight Forwarding Inc. Agrees to Plead Guilty to Participating in Two Bid-rigging Conspiracies (06-097)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Allied Freight Forwarding Inc. (Allied), headquartered in
Westmont, Illinois, has agreed to plead guilty and pay a criminal fine of
$1.043 million for its role in two separate bid-rigging conspiracies in
connection with a Department of Defense (DOD) program to transport the household
goods of military and civilian DOD personnel between Europe and the United
States and between the mainland United States and Hawaii, the Department of
Justice announced. (Read more) |
COURT OF APPEALS UPHOLDS DENATURALIZATION OF WISCONSIN MAN WHO HELPED CARRY OUT 1943 NAZI MASS MURDER OF JEWS (06-096)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A federal appeals court yesterday affirmed a lower court
ruling revoking the U.S. citizenship of a Wisconsin man who, by his own
admission, stood guard during a Nazi mass killing operation in occupied Poland
in 1943, with orders to “shoot to kill” any still-living Jewish victim who
attempted escape, announced Alice S. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General for the
Criminal Division. (Read more) |
February 22, 2006 |
Federal Court Bars Georgia Man from
Promoting Tax-Fraud Scheme (06-095)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A federal court in Georgia has enjoined Derrick Sanders, of
Atlanta, from promoting a tax-fraud scheme involving false claims that his
customers were members of a fictitious tribal organization—the so-called
Yamassee Native American Tribe—and further that his clients were exempt from
federal income tax. (Read more) |
WILLIAMS POWER COMPANY, INC., TO PAY $50 MILLION PENALTY
TO RESOLVE CRIMINAL ALLEGATIONS (06-094)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Williams Power Company Inc. (WPC), a Delaware corporation,
has entered into an agreement with the government resolving an ongoing federal
investigation into the submission of knowingly inaccurate reports by WPC
concerning a commodities market, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of
the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kevin V. Ryan of the Northern District
of California announced today. (Read more) |
FORMER OFFICER OF INTERNET COMPANY SENTENCED IN CASE OF MASSIVE DATA THEFT FROM ACXIOM CORPORATION (06-088)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Scott Levine, 46, was sentenced today to 96 months in federal
prison after being found guilty on Aug. 12, 2005, by a jury in Little Rock,
Ark., of 120 counts of unauthorized access of a protected computer, two counts
of access device fraud, and one count of obstruction of justice, the Justice
Department announced. (Read more) |
February 21, 2006 |
Two Trust Promoters Convicted of Tax Crimes (06-092)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – David Carroll Stephenson was convicted today of conspiring to
defraud the United States and willful failure to file income tax returns for
1998 through 2000, in connection with his promotion of a tax evasion scheme
using “pure equity trust” organizations, the Justice Department and Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) announced. (Read more) |
Justice Department Asks Federal Court to Bar Minnesota Man From Preparing Tax Returns for Others (06-091)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Justice Department announced today that it has filed
suit in federal court in Minneapolis, Minnesota seeking to enjoin John R.
Bartels, who does business as John’s Tax Service, in St. Paul, from preparing
federal income tax returns. (Read more) |
Three Men Charged with Conspiring to Commit Terrorist Acts Overseas, Providing Material Support to Terrorists (05-090)
Three men who resided in the Toledo, Ohio area have been charged with conspiring
to commit acts of terrorism against persons overseas, including U.S. military
personnel serving in Iraq, and with conspiring to provide material support to
terrorists, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday.
(Read more) |
February 17, 2006 |
Justice Department Announces Appointment of
Rachel K. Paulose as United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota (06-087)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department today announced the appointment of
Rachel K. Paulose to serve as the United States Attorney for the District of
Minnesota. Ms. Paulose will serve under an Attorney General Appointment. She
will succeed Thomas B. Heffelfinger, who will resign from the position on
February 28, 2006. (Read more) |
February 16, 2006 |
Justice Department Announces Guilty Plea by Former Pensacola, FL
Deputy Sheriff for Excessive Force Against a Private Citizen (06-085)
WASHINGTON D.C.–The Justice Department today announced that Charles Dix, a
former deputy sheriff with the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, pleaded guilty
to willfully using excessive force. While employed as a deputy sheriff, Dix
used his stun gun on a citizen while she was in a store parking lot in
Pensacola, Florida. (Read more) |
Michigan Man Sentenced for Preparing Tax
Returns in Violation of Court Order (06-084)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Robert L. Mosher, of Cedar Springs, Michigan, was sentenced
to 105 days in prison for contempt of court after violating injunctions that
barred him from preparing tax returns for customers, the Justice Department
announced today. Mosher pleaded guilty to one count of a six-count indictment
charging him with criminal contempt on November 16, 2005. (Read more) |
McKesson Corporation to Pay United States $3 Million
to Settle Fraud Allegations (06-083)
WASHINGTON, D.C.- McKesson Corporation, a wholesale pharmaceutical distributor,
has agreed to pay the United States $3 million to settle claims that it
defrauded the Department of Defense from October 1997 to December 2001, the
Justice Department announced today. (Read more) |
February 15, 2006 |
Fact Sheet: Department of Justice
Initiative to Combat Gangs (06-082)
Gangs have become an increasingly deadly threat to the safety and security of
our nation’s citizens. Addressing this threat is one of the top priorities of
the Department of Justice, and today Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales
unveiled his plan to combat gang violence across America. (Read more) |
Fact Sheet: Department of Justice
Project Safe Childhood Initiative (06-081)
The growing threat of sexual exploitation crimes committed against children
through the Internet is a disturbing and unacceptable trend. Today, Attorney
General Alberto R. Gonzales announced the creation of Project Safe Childhood, an
initiative designed to protect our children as they navigate the Internet. (Read more) |
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales Outlines Key Priorities and Accomplishments for the Department of Justice in Annual Remarks (06-080)
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales today outlined the top priorities for the
Department of Justice for the upcoming year and highlighted the major
accomplishments of the Department during his first year as Attorney General. (Read more) |
Fact Sheet: Department of Justice
Initiative to Combat Housing Discrimination
“Operation Home Sweet Home” (06-079)
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales today announced Operation Home Sweet Home,
a concentrated initiative to expose and eliminate housing discrimination in
America. This initiative will focus on improved targeting of discrimination
tests, increased testing, and public awareness efforts. (Read more) |
February 14, 2006 |
Justice Department Sues to Bar Father and Daughter
from Preparing Tax Returns (06-077)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Justice Department filed suit today to stop Harrold E.
Jones and Evelyn Johnson from preparing tax returns for others. The civil
complaint, filed in federal court in Wichita, alleges that the
father-and-daughter team—who do business as Evelyn=s Secretarial and Tax
Service—have repeatedly created fictitious businesses that they have used to
fraudulently inflate customers' tax deductions.
(Read more) |
February 10, 2006 |
Justice Department Settles Voting Rights Lawsuit
with Long County, Georgia
(06-076)
WASHINGTON, D.C.–The Justice Department today announced the filing of a lawsuit
under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act against Long County, Georgia, alleging
that the county violated the rights of Hispanic voters. With the complaint, the
Department filed a consent decree negotiated with Long County to correct the
alleged violations. (Read more) |
Corporate Express Pays United States $5.02 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations (06-074)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Corporate Express Office Products has paid the United States
$5.02 million to settle allegations that it submitted false claims when it sold
office supply products manufactured in countries not permitted by the Trade
Agreements Act to United States government agencies, the Justice Department
announced today. (Read more) |
Commercial Fishing Vessel's Crewmember Pleads Guilty to Concealing Thousands of Pounds of Red Snapper Smuggled into the United States (06-073)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tam Le, crewmember of the Galveston, Texas-based commercial
fishing vessel Thanh Tam, pleaded guilty in federal court to concealing red
snapper which was illegally imported into the United States, the Justice
Department announced today. (Read more) |
February 9, 2006 |
Minnesota-Based Home Health Care Chain Pays U.S. $8 Million to Settle Civil Fraud Allegations (06-072)
WASHINGTON, DC – Intrepid U.S.A. has paid the United States $8 million to
resolve allegations that the company fraudulently overbilled three government
health care programs – Medicare, Medicaid, and the military health care
programs, TRICARE/CHAMPUS – the Justice Department and the United States
Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota announced today.
(Read more) |
Department Holds Ceremony to Recognize ADA Certification Equivalency for North Carolina Accessibility Code (06-071)
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Department of Justice today announced during a ceremony
in Cary, North Carolina, that the state’s Accessibility Code has been awarded
certification for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
North Carolina is the sixth state in the country to receive ADA certification. (Read more) |
American International Group, Inc. Enters into Agreement with the United States (06-070)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – American International Group, Inc. (AIG) has agreed to
resolve criminal liability arising from misstatements in its periodic financial
reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) between
2000 and 2004 by paying $25 million in penalties to the United States and
cooperating fully in the government’s continuing criminal investigation, Acting
Deputy Attorney General Paul J. McNulty and Assistant Attorney General Alice S.
Fisher of the Criminal Division announced today. (Read more) |
February 8, 2006 |
Justice Department Reaches Settlement Regarding Conditions at the Hawai'i Youth Correctional Facility (06-069)
WASHINGTON, D.C.–The Justice Department today announced a settlement agreement
with the State of Hawai’i regarding civil rights violations in the juvenile
justice facility, the Hawai’i Youth Correctional Facility in Kailua, Hawai’i,
operated by the Hawai’i Department of Human Services. The three year agreement,
filed yesterday in the United States District Court for the District of Hawai’i,
requires the state to implement reforms to ensure that juveniles in the facility
are adequately protected from harm and receive adequate access to medical and
mental health services and special education. (Read more) |
Justice Department Reaches Agreement with Southern Illinois University to End Race and Sex Discrimination in Paid Fellowship Programs (06-068)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department today announced that it has reached a
consent decree with the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University
(“SIU”) that, if approved and entered by the court, would resolve the
Department’s lawsuit against the Board. (Read more) |
Justice Department Charges California Company In Probe Of Federal E-rate Program In California And Michigan (06-067)
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Premio Inc., a California-based company, has agreed to plead
guilty and to pay $1.7 million in criminal fines and restitution relating to
charges of collusion and fraud in the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC)
E-Rate program involving schools in California and Michigan, the Department of
Justice’s Antitrust Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern
District of California announced today. (Read more) |
Justice Department Reaches Settlement Regarding Conditions
at Two Indiana Juvenile Justice Facilities (06-066)
WASHINGTON, D.C.–The Justice Department today announced that it has reached a
settlement agreement with the State of Indiana regarding civil rights violations
at two state-operated juvenile justice facilities: Logansport Juvenile
Intake/Diagnostic Facility in Logansport and South Bend Juvenile Correctional
Facility in South Bend. (Read more) |
McWane, Inc. And Company Executive Plead Guilty and McWane Sentenced for Environmental Crimes (06-065)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Cast-iron pipe manufacturer McWane, Inc. (McWane) and former
vice president and general manager, Charles Matlock, pleaded guilty today in
federal court to environmental crimes in connection with the operation of
Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe Company (Pacific States). Specifically, McWane
pleaded guilty to two counts of submitting a document to the State of Utah
containing falsified emission test results. Matlock pleaded guilty to one count
of rendering inaccurate a testing method required by the Clean Air Act (CAA).
McWane was ordered to pay a $3 million fine—the largest criminal environmental
fine in the state of Utah—and to serve a three-year period of probation.
Sentencing for Charles Matlock is scheduled for May 2, 2006. (Read more) |
February 7, 2006 |
Justice Department Asks Federal Court to
Bar Minnesota Man from Preparing Tax Returns for Others (06-064)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Justice Department filed suit in federal court today,
seeking to enjoin Nash Sonibare and Liberty Financial Group, located in St.
Paul, Minnesota, from preparing federal income tax returns. The civil suit,
filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, alleges that
Sonibare prepares federal income tax returns for customers that contain false or
inflated deductions and credits. According to the complaint, Sonibare has
prepared an estimated 3,373 returns since 2002 that have caused an estimated
loss to the U.S. Treasury of over $8 million. (Read more) |
February 6, 2006 |
Justice Department Requires West Virginia Medical Center To End Illegal Agreement (06-063)
The Department of Justice announced today that it will require a West Virginia
hospital--Charleston Area Medical Center Inc. (CAMC)--to terminate an agreement
with HCA Inc. that prevents HCA from developing a cardiac surgery program in
Raleigh County, West Virginia. The Department said that terminating the
agreement is necessary to restore competition between CAMC and HCA for cardiac
surgery services. (Read more) |
Department of Justice FY 2007 Budget Request (06-062)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales today announced that the
President’s FY 2007 budget proposal for the Department of Justice (DOJ) is $20.8
billion. The President’s overall FY 2007 budget requests $330.8 million in new
enhancements for counterterrorism and intelligence, which reflects the
Department of Justice’s top priority: the prevention of terrorist attacks. (Read more) |
February 3, 2006 |
MEDIA ADVISORY
Department of Justice Officials to Hold Briefing on the FY 2007 Budget Request (06-061)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Justice Department officials will hold a press briefing on
the FY 2007 budget request for the Department of Justice on MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6,
2006 at 2:00 P.M. EST. (Read more) |
February 2, 2006 |
Statement of Assistant Attorney General Eileen J. O'Connor on the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Decision in Black & Decker Corporation V. United States of America (06-060)
“Today’s decision by the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals will help to
maintain the integrity of our federal tax system. The decision reverses the
trial court’s summary allowance of over $560 million in loss deductions claimed
by the Black & Decker Corporation as a result of a ‘contingent liability’ tax
shelter—a tax shelter that was widely marketed to other companies. (Read more) |
Justice Department Sues
to Bar Michigan Man’s Alleged Tax-Fraud Schemes (06-059)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department today filed a civil injunction suit
seeking to bar Daniel Doyle Benham of Twin Lake, Michigan, from marketing
alleged tax-fraud schemes. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for
the Western District of Michigan in Grand Rapids, alleges that Benham,
conducting business as R.O.C. Group International, falsely advises prospective
customers that they can use so-called “corporation sole” and “strategic
withdrawal” schemes to remove themselves from the federal tax system and avoid
paying federal income taxes. (Read more) |
MEDIA ADVISORY
Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Alice S. Fisher to Hold News Conference on a Corporate Fraud Matter (06-058)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Alice
S. Fisher will hold a news conference on a corporate fraud matter TODAY,
FEBRUARY 2, 2006 at 11:30 A.M. EST.
(Read more) |
Three Former Gen Re and One Former AIG Senior Executives Charged in Connection with Fraud Scheme (06-057)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A federal grand jury in Norfolk, Va., has indicted three
former senior executives of General Re Corporation (Gen Re) and one former
senior executive of American International Group, Inc. (AIG) on charges relating
to a fraudulent scheme to manipulate AIG’s financial statements, the Department
of Justice announced today. (Read more) |
Former Department of Defense Contractor Pleads Guilty to Participating in Bribery, Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme in Al-Hillah, Iraq (06-056)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Robert J. Stein, a former U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)
contractor, pleaded guilty today to charges of conspiracy, bribery, money
laundering, unlawful possession of machine guns, and being a felon in possession
of a firearm in connection with a scheme to defraud the Coalition Provisional
Authority - South Central Region (CPA-SC) in Al-Hillah, Iraq, Assistant Attorney
General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division announced today. (Read more) |
February 1, 2006 |
MSC Ship Management Sentenced for Oil Pollution Coverup (06-055)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – MSC Ship Management (Hong Kong) Limited—a Hong Kong-based
container ship company—has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to pay a $10 million
criminal fine after admitting to engaging in conspiracy, obstruction of justice,
destruction of evidence, false statements and violating the Act to Prevent
Pollution from Ships, the Department of Justice announced today. (Read more) |
MEDIA ADVISORY
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales to Participate in OPDAT and ICITAP Iraq Award Ceremony (06-054)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales will participate in the
Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT)
and International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP)
Award Ceremony to honor past and present Department of Justice personnel who
served on the OPDAT and ICITAP Iraq teams TODAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2006 at 2:00 P.M.
EST. (Read more) |
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