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November 29, 2005 |
COMMERCIAL FISHING VESSEL’S CAPTAIN AND CREW MEMBER INDICTED FOR SMUGGLING RED SNAPPER (05-634)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Justice announced today that a federal
grand jury in Houston, Texas returned a four-count indictment charging two Port
Bolivar-based commercial fishermen with illegally importing red snapper into the
United States, a violation of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (the Magnuson-Stevens Act). (Read more) |
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SETTLES LAWSUIT ALLEGING DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION BY THE CITY OF ROYAL OAK, MICHIGAN (05-633)
The Justice Department today announced a settlement agreement with the City of
Royal Oak, Michigan, resolving a lawsuit that alleged zoning discrimination
under the Americans with Disabilities Act. (Read more) |
November 23, 2005 |
Department of Justice Statement on the Closing of the
Vermont Home Health Investigation
(05-629)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department's Antitrust Division issued the following
statement today after the Department announced the closing of its investigation
of an alleged territorial allocation among Vermont's 12 Medicare-certified home
health agencies: (Read more) |
November 22, 2005 |
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SUES MISSOURI FOR ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF VOTER RIGHTS (05-627)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a
lawsuit against the State of Missouri and the Missouri Secretary of State for
violations of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). (Read more) |
Jose Padilla Charged With Conspiracy To Murder Individuals Overseas, Providing Material Support To Terrorists (05-624)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A federal grand jury in Miami has returned an 11-count
superseding indictment that charges Jose Padilla and four additional defendants
with conspiracy to murder, kidnap and maim individuals overseas, and providing
material support to terrorists as part of a North American terrorist support
cell. (Read more) |
TEXAS MAN AND COMPANY CHARGED WITH ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES
(05-621)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Texas man was indicted by a federal grand jury for
criminal violations of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA), the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency announced
today. Dennis Rodriguez and his company North American Waste Assistance, LLC
(NAWA), located in El Paso, Texas, are each charged with one count of knowingly
making a material false statement or representations in manifest used to
transport hazardous waste, two counts of transporting hazardous waste to an
un-permitted site, and two counts of disposing of hazardous waste without a
permit. (Read more) |
November 21, 2005 |
FORMER PUBLIC RELATIONS SPECIALIST MICHAEL SCANLON PLEADS GUILTY TO CORRUPTION AND FRAUD CONSPIRACY (05-622)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Former public relations specialist Michael P.S. Scanlon has
pleaded guilty to a charge of participating in a conspiracy with others to
commit bribery, mail and wire fraud, and honest services fraud from at least
January 2000 through at least April 2004, Assistant Attorney General Alice S.
Fisher of the Criminal Division announced today. (Read more) |
November 17, 2005 |
SIX DEFENDANTS PLEAD GUILTY IN INTERNET IDENTITY THEFT AND CREDIT CARD FRAUD CONSPIRACY (05-619)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Six men who administered and operated the “Shadowcrew.com”
website-one of the largest online centers for trafficking in stolen credit and
bank card numbers and identity information-pleaded guilty today in federal
court, the Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney’s office for the District of
New Jersey announced today. (Read more) |
FOUR CURRENT AND FORMER U.S. SOLDIERS AND ONE CIVILIAN OTHER AGREE TO PLEAD GUILTY TO PARTICIPATING IN BRIBERY AND EXTORTION CONSPIRACY (05-618)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Four additional current and former U.S. soldiers and one
civilian have agreed to plead guilty to participating in a widespread bribery
and extortion conspiracy which operated from January 2002 through March 2004,
Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division announced
today. (Read more) |
FORMER COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY OFFICIAL AND CONTRACTOR ARRESTED IN CASE INVOLVING FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME IN IRAQ (05-613)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A former Coalition Provisional Authority official and a
contractor doing business in Iraq have been arrested on charges of conspiring to
commit money laundering and wire fraud in connection with a bribery and fraud
scheme, the Department of Justice announced today. (Read more) |
FORMER COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY OFFICIAL AND CONTRACTOR ARRESTED IN CASE INVOLVING FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME IN IRAQ (05-613)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A former Coalition Provisional Authority official and a
contractor doing business in Iraq have been arrested on charges of conspiring to
commit money laundering and wire fraud in connection with a bribery and fraud
scheme, the Department of Justice announced today. (Read more) |
November 16, 2005 |
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ANTITRUST DIVISION STATEMENT ON THE CLOSING OF ITS TWO STOCK EXCHANGE INVESTIGATIONS (05-616)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division issued the
following statement today after the Department announced the closing of its
investigations of the proposed acquisition of Instinet Group Inc. (Instinet) by
The NASDAQ Stock Market Inc. (Nasdaq) and the proposed merger of the New York
Stock Exchange Inc. (NYSE) and Archipelago Holdings Inc. (Read more) |
SECOND DEFENDANT PLEADS GUILTY TO THREATENING DETROIT
MEMBERS OF THE ISLAMIC CENTER OF AMERICA (05-615)
The Justice Department today announced that John Barnett pleaded guilty on
November 15, 2005, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of
Michigan to violating the civil rights of members of the Islamic Center of
America, located in Detroit, Michigan. (Read more) |
FEDERAL JUDGE BARS FLORIDA MAN
FROM PROMOTING TAX-FRAUD SCHEME (05-614)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department announced today that a Florida federal
court has permanently barred James Kent Lansing, of Rockledge, from selling an
alleged tax-fraud scheme known as a “corporation sole” program. The order,
entered on Monday, November 14, by Judge Anne C. Conway of the U.S. District
Court for the Middle District of Florida, also applies to Lansing’s business,
Sole Resources. (Read more) |
HIGH RANKING GUATEMALAN POLICE OFFICERS ARRESTED
FOR CONSPIRACY TO IMPORT COCAINE INTO THE UNITED STATES (05-611)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Three high-level members of the Guatemalan Anti-Narcotics
Police (Servicio de Analisis e Informacion Antinarcoticos, or SAIA) have been
arrested on charges of conspiring to import and distribute cocaine in the United
States, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Karen Tandy announced
today. (Read more) |
ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO R. GONZALES DELIVERS $287, 577 TO GOVERNMENT OF INDONESIA IN FIRST U.S.-INDONESIA ASSET SHARING AGREEMENT (05-610)
JAKARTA, INDONESIA - In a meeting today in Jakarta with Indonesian National
Police (INP) Chief Sutanto, U.S. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales delivered
a check to the Government of Indonesia in the amount of $287,577, in the first
ever asset sharing agreement between the United States and Indonesia. The funds
consist of proceeds of assets forfeited by the U.S. Department of Justice in a
narcotics case in which the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was
assisted by narcotics officers with INP. (Read more) |
KARLOG SHIPPING COMPANY, LTD. PLEADS GUILTY TO
CONCEALING VESSEL POLLUTION (05-609)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Karlog Shipping Company Ltd. (Karlog Shipping)-operator of a
fleet of cargo freighters based in Piraeus, Greece-pleaded guilty to making
false statements and obstructing justice in connection with the overboard
discharge of waste oil through a hidden bypass pipe on the M/V Friendship, a
Greek-registered cargo ship, the Justice Department announced today. (Read more) |
November 14, 2005 |
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO MONITOR ELECTION IN FLORIDA (05-608)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department today announced that on November 15,
it will monitor the municipal election in the City of Miami, Florida, to ensure
compliance with the Voting Rights Act. Miami’s election was originally
scheduled for November 1st, but due to hurricane damage, Governor Bush of
Florida rescheduled the election from November 1 to November 15. (Read more) |
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SUES ILLINOIS
DOWN-PAYMENT ASSISTANCE ORGANIZATION (05-600)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a
civil injunction lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for Northern District of
Illinois, in Chicago, seeking to bar Partners in Charity, Inc. (PIC) from making
false and misleading statements in promoting to house sellers a program that
assists buyers to fund the purchase of a house. (Read more) |
November 10, 2005 |
ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO R. GONZALES ANNOUNCES
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LEGISLATION (05-607)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, while speaking at the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Anti-Counterfeiting and Piracy Summit, highlighted
the Justice Department’s efforts to protect intellectual property rights, and
announced a comprehensive legislative proposal entitled the “Intellectual
Property Protection Act of 2005,” which would strengthen penalties for repeat
copyright criminals, expand criminal intellectual property protection, and add
critical investigative tools for both criminal and civil enforcement. (Read more) |
November 9, 2005 |
DEFENDANT PLEADS GUILTY TO THREATENING DETROIT
MEMBERS OF THE ISLAMIC CENTER OF AMERICA (05-605)
The Justice Department today announced that Michael Bratisax pleaded guilty in
the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan to violating the
civil rights of members of the Islamic Center of America, located in Detroit,
Michigan.
(Read more) |
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SUES TO BAR MICHIGAN MAN
FROM PROMOTING ALLEGED TAX-FRAUD SCHEME (05-604)
WASHINGTON D.C. - The Justice Department has asked a federal court to bar
Charles Conces, of Battle Creek, Michigan, from promoting and implementing an
alleged tax-fraud scheme that is based on the false theory that income taxes are
voluntary. The complaint, filed in Grand Rapids in the U.S. District Court for
the Western District of Michigan, alleges that Conces conducts his activities
through an organization called the “Lawmen.” The lawsuit also seeks an order
requiring Conces to give the Justice Department his customers’ names, Social
Security and telephone numbers and mailing and e-mail addresses. (Read more) |
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REACHES AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY
REGARDING CONDITIONS AT WOODBRIDGE DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER
(05-603)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department today announced a settlement agreement
with the State of New Jersey regarding conditions and services at the Woodbridge
Developmental Center, a state-operated institution housing approximately 500
people with developmental disabilities. (Read more) |
November 8, 2005 |
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FILES FOR CONTEMPT
AGAINST GOLDEN GROVE PRISON AUTHORITIES
REGARDING CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT (05-601)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department today announced that it filed a Show
Cause Motion with the United States District Court for the Virgin Islands asking
the Court to hold the Virgin Islands in contempt of a long standing Consent
Decree regarding conditions of confinement at the Golden Grove Prison and
Detention Facility in St. Croix. (Read more) |
November 7, 2005 |
KANSAS COUPLE CONVICTED ON INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE CHARGES
FOR ABUSING MENTALLY ILL PATIENTS (05-599)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department announced today that Arlan Kaufman,
69, and his wife, Linda Kaufman, 62, were convicted on federal charges for
forcing mentally ill patients to perform sexually explicit acts on videotape and
to perform physical labor in the nude. The jury found Arlan Kaufman guilty on
31 federal counts and Linda Kaufman guilty on 30 federal counts, including
involuntary servitude, forced labor, conspiracy, healthcare fraud, mail fraud,
and Medicare fraud. (Read more) |
FACT SHEET:
PROTECTING VOTING RIGHTS AND
PREVENTING ELECTION FRAUD (05-597)
“Just one instance of fraud or one citizen who cannot exercise the power to vote
.... is too many. Our work continues until every qualified citizen in every
community in America has an equal chance to vote - and to have that vote count.”
- Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, October 4, 2005 (Read more) |
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO MONITOR ELECTIONS
IN STATES ACROSS THE NATION (05-596)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department today announced it will send federal
observers and Justice Department personnel to 16 jurisdictions in seven states
to monitor elections held on November 8 to ensure compliance with various
federal voting rights statutes including the Voting Rights Act and the Help
America Vote Act. (Read more) |
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT RECOVERS $1.4 BILLION IN FRAUD & FALSE CLAIMS IN FISCAL YEAR 2005; MORE THAN $15 BILLION SINCE 1986 (05-595)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States obtained over $1.4 billion in settlements
and judgments in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, pursuing allegations
of fraud against the federal government, the Justice Department announced today.
This brings total recoveries since 1986, when Congress substantially
strengthened the civil False Claims Act, to $15 billion. (Read more) |
November 4, 2005 |
NATIONAL OPERATOR OF SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS
PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL OBSCENITY AND TAX CHARGES (05-594)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland
Security’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Internal Revenue
Service announced that Edward J. Wedelstedt, of Littleton, Colorado, pled guilty
this morning in federal court in Dallas, Texas, before the Honorable Paul
Stickney, United States Magistrate Judge, to transporting obscene matters for
sale or distribution. (Read more) |
November 3, 2005 |
FOUR MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTS CHARGED WITH SCHEME
TO SELL MORE THAN 30,000 COUNTERFEIT LUXURY GOODS (05-593)
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Four Massachusetts residents were charged today in federal
court with money laundering and trafficking and conspiring to traffic in more
than $1.4 million of counterfeit luxury handbags and wallets, as well as the
materials needed to make these counterfeits. (Read more) |
MAJOR UTAH IRON PIPE MANUFACTURER, TOP MANAGERS CHARGED IN SIX-YEAR CONSPIRACY TO VIOLATE THE CLEAN AIR ACT AND FALSIFY TESTS TO COVER UP POLLUTION (05-592)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A federal indictment was returned in Salt Lake City, Utah,
charging Pacific States-a manufacturer of cast iron pipe owned by McWane,
Inc.-and two managers with committing conspiracy, Clean Air Act (CAA)
violations, and submitting false statements to the government, the Justice
Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. (Read more) |
MAJOR UTAH IRON PIPE MANUFACTURER, TOP MANAGERS CHARGED IN SIX-YEAR CONSPIRACY TO VIOLATE THE CLEAN AIR ACT AND FALSIFY TESTS TO COVER UP POLLUTION (05-592)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A federal indictment was returned in Salt Lake City, Utah,
charging Pacific States-a manufacturer of cast iron pipe owned by McWane,
Inc.-and two managers with committing conspiracy, Clean Air Act (CAA)
violations, and submitting false statements to the government, the Justice
Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. (Read more) |
NEW AWARD CREATED TO HONOR
FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL EDWARD H. LEVI (05-591)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department commemorates the 30th anniversary of
the appointment and administration of Attorney General Edward H. Levi in a
ceremony today, and announces the creation of the Edward H. Levi Award for
Outstanding Professionalism and Exemplary Integrity. (Read more) |
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SETTLES LAWSUIT ALLEGING DISCRIMINATION
BY THE DETROIT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (05-590)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice today announced a settlement
agreement with the City of Detroit, resolving a lawsuit that alleged
discrimination by the Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) under the
Americans with Disabilities Act. (Read more) |
SIX INDICTED FOR $20 MILLION CONSPIRACY
TO DEFRAUD THE U.S. GOVERNMENT (05-589)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City indicted six
individuals for promoting a tax fraud scheme that cost the federal treasury over
$20 million in taxes, the Department of Justice and Internal Revenue Service
(IRS) announced today. The indictment includes charges of conspiracy to defraud
the United States and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud against all six
defendants, as well as tax evasion and aiding and assisting the filing of false
tax returns against five of the defendants. The defendants are attorney Dennis
B. Evanson of Sandy, Utah; Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Steven F. Petersen,
of Coalville, Utah; accountant Brent H. Metcalf, of Cottonwood, Utah; CPA Reed
H. Barker of Littleton, Colorado; investment broker Wayne F. DeMeester of
Sammamish, Washington; and attorney Graham R. Taylor of Tiburon, California. (Read more) |
November 2, 2005 |
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ENCOURAGES THE NEW MEXICO REAL ESTATE COMMISSION TO MAINTAIN CONSUMER CHOICE IN REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE SERVICES (05-587)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice in a letter today advised the New
Mexico Real Estate Commission to reject proposed amendments to the New Mexico
administrative code that would limit a consumer’s freedom to choose which real
estate services to buy and could cause New Mexico consumers to pay more for real
estate brokerage services. (Read more) |
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ENCOURAGES THE NEW MEXICO REAL ESTATE COMMISSION TO MAINTAIN CONSUMER CHOICE IN REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE SERVICES (05-587)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice in a letter today advised the New
Mexico Real Estate Commission to reject proposed amendments to the New Mexico
administrative code that would limit a consumer’s freedom to choose which real
estate services to buy and could cause New Mexico consumers to pay more for real
estate brokerage services. (Read more) |
MEDIA ADVISORY
SENIOR JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS TO HOLD BACKGROUND BRIEFING ON JUDGE SAMUEL A. ALITO JR.’S THIRD CIRCUIT JUDICIAL OPINIONS (05-586)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senior Justice Department officials will hold a background
briefing on Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr.’s judicial opinions from his service on
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, on THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2005
at 1:00 P.M. EST. (Read more) |
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REACHES AGREEMENT WITH CALIFORNIA
ON FEDERALLY REQUIRED STATEWIDE VOTER REGISTRATION LISTS (05-585)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department today announced an agreement with the
State of California to ensure the state’s compliance with the voter registration
list requirements of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA). Under the
agreement, the state will implement both a temporary plan and a long term
permanent solution to meet its obligations under HAVA. (Read more) |
FEDERAL JUDGE IN VIRGINIA PERMANENTLY BARS NORFOLK MAN
FROM PREPARING FEDERAL TAX RETURNS FOR OTHERS (05-584)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department announced today that a federal court
has barred Anthony McBryde of Norfolk, Virginia from preparing federal income
tax returns for others. The permanent injunction, to which McBryde consented,
was entered by Judge Walter D. Kelley, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the
Eastern District of Virginia. In connection with the permanent injunction, the
court found that McBryde prepared “erroneous federal tax returns claiming
frivolous deductions on behalf of clients.” McBryde previously produced his
customer list to the government as required by an earlier order in the case. (Read more) |
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ENSURES GREATER ACCESS TO MEDICAL SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AT WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER AND AT CALIFORNIA RADIOLOGY CENTERS (05-583)
WASHINGTON, DC - The Justice Department today announced its most comprehensive
settlement agreements ever under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
concerning access to medical services for all persons with disabilities. The
agreements with Washington Hospital Center and Valley Radiologists Medical Group
ensure access to medical equipment, adjustable height beds, and information and
communications. The settlements are part of the Department’s initiative to
improve access to health care services and medical equipment for individuals
with disabilities. (Read more) |
November 1, 2005 |
HOUSTON MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL IDENTITY THEFT CHARGES (05-582)
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Chad Hatten, 35, of Houston, Texas, pleaded guilty to a
five-count superseding indictment charging him with four counts of access device
fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft, the Justice Department and the
U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of Texas announced today.
Hatten will be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal on February 28,
2006 in Houston, and faces up to 52 years in prison and fines of up to
$1,000,000. (Read more) |
KING PHARMACEUTICALS TO PAY U.S. $124 MILLION FOR MEDICAID REBATE
UNDERPAYMENTS & OVERCHARGING FOR DRUG PRODUCTS (05-581)
WASHINGTON, DC. - King Pharmaceuticals has agreed to pay $124 million plus
interest to resolve allegations that it underpaid rebates owed under the
Medicaid program and overcharged various federal and state governmental entities
for its drug products, the Justice Department announced today. The rebate
program ensures that Medicaid receives the lowest price available in the
marketplace for the program’s reimbursed drugs. (Read more) |
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