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- Contempt Proceedings for Failure to Comply with a Search Warrant Conclude with Vercel Inc., Admitting Wrongdoing and Agreeing to Pay Government’s Costs
Vercel Inc. entered a stipulated dismissal with United States to resolve civil contempt proceedings stemming from its failure to comply with a federal search warrant issued under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, admitting wrongdoing and agreeing to pay government costs.
- Twenty-Six Trinitarios Gang Members Charged with RICO Conspiracy Related to Five Murders After Homeland Security Task Force Efforts
The DOJ indicted 26 alleged Trinitarios leaders, members and associates on federal RICO conspiracy charges linked to five murders, 19 attempted murders, drug trafficking and firearm offenses; 56 members charged for 11 murders and 30 attempted murders since 2017.
- Justice Department Encourages Communities to Apply for Nearly $700M in Grants to Support Law Enforcement Around the Country
The Justice Department's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services announced nearly $700 million in grant notices of funding opportunities, urging communities nationwide to apply for funding to support local law-enforcement programs.
- California Man Sentenced to Prison for Evading Taxes on More Than $4M Million in Income and Operating Illegal Offshore Gambling Business
A California man was sentenced to 27 months in prison for tax evasion on over $4 million in income, operating an illegal offshore gambling business, and money-laundering, according to the Department of Justice.
- Illegal Alien Sentenced in Multi-State Racketeering Conspiracy Involving the Forced Labor of Mexican Workers
The DOJ sentenced an illegal alien to 70 months in prison, three years of supervised release and restitution for involvement in a federal racketeering conspiracy that used fraudulent immigration filings and coerced Mexican H-2A workers in U.S. agriculture from 2015-2017.
- Former Taliban Commander Sentenced to 42 Years in Prison for Hostage Taking and Providing Material Support for Acts of Terrorism Resulting in Death
DOJ sentenced Taliban commander Haji Najibullah, 50, to 42 years in prison and five years supervised release for terrorism offenses tied to the 2008-09 hostage taking of a journalist and two Afghans and attacks on U.S. servicemembers that caused deaths.
- Four Abusive Tax Shelter Promoters Found Guilty in $40M Nationwide Tax Evasion Scheme
A federal jury in Colorado's District Court convicted four individuals of conspiracy to defraud the United States for operating an abusive trust tax scheme that resulted in approximately $40 million in losses to the Treasury.
- Justice Department Moves to Strip U.S. Citizenship from 17 Naturalized Sex Offenders, Fraudsters, Drug Dealers, and More
The Justice Department filed denaturalization lawsuits in multiple U.S. district courts against 17 naturalized citizens accused of offenses such as sexual abuse of a minor, wire and bank fraud, and unlicensed wholesale drug distribution.
- Justice Department Launches Compliance Review Concerning Gender Ideology in San Francisco Unified School District and Three Additional California School Districts
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division has launched a compliance review of instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in pre-K-12 classes in Graves Elementary, San Francisco Unified, Santa Rita Union and Soledad Unified School Districts.
- Passaic Man Charged with Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS
The U.S. Department of Justice announced that a man from Passaic County, New Jersey, has been charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS).
- Justice Department Secures Resolution with Cleveland Clinic to End Pediatric “Gender-Affirming Care”
The U.S. Department of Justice announced a resolution with Cleveland Clinic, which, alongside the Ohio Attorney General, agreed to a decades-long prohibition on providing puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones to minors.
- Chiropractor and Former CEO Pleads Guilty to Filing False Tax Returns
A Puerto Rican chiropractor and former CEO pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return involving an illegal tax shelter, according to the Department of Justice.
- Company Ordered to Pay $500,000 Criminal Fine for Violating Asbestos Regulations in Michigan
Applied Partners LLC was ordered by the Department of Justice to pay a $500,000 criminal fine and serve a two-year probation period for violations related to handling regulated asbestos-containing material at a Saginaw, Michigan site.
- Former Kokomo Police Department Officer Convicted of Sexually Assaulting Minor, Lying to Investigators, and Destruction of Records
A federal jury in the Southern District of Indiana convicted former Kokomo Police Department officer Sinmi Asomuyide, 33, of on-duty sexual assault of a 14-year-old, lying to investigators and destroying records.
- Three New Mexico Men Charged with Conspiracy to Transport Aliens and Conspiracy to Kill a Witness As a Result of Joint Task Force Alpha and Homeland Security Task Force Investigation
A grand jury in New Mexico returned an indictment charging Wilfrido Saenz, 29; Ignacio Jaramillo, 22; and Ismael Jaramillo, 35, with conspiracy to transport aliens and conspiracy to murder a witness, stemming from Task Force Alpha and Homeland Security investigations.
- Union Leaders Convicted of Racketeering, Fraud, and Embezzlement of Union Dues
A federal jury convicted a North Carolina couple, a Kansas man and an Ohio man of racketeering, fraud and embezzlement related to union dues, including no-show jobs, unauthorized loans and misuse of union funds.
- Three Arrested in Kansas and California, Charged with Plot to Support ISIS
The FBI arrested three men in Kansas City, Kansas, San Diego, and Sacramento, California, on charges of conspiring to provide material support to ISIS, a designated foreign terrorist organization.
- Justice Department Announces Results of Operation Spring Cleaning
The Department of Justice reported that Operation Spring Cleaning, an FBI-led nationwide effort targeting gang-related firearm and narcotics trafficking, ran from March 1 to May 31 and involved coordination with federal, state and local law-enforcement agencies.
- Fraud Division Announces Federal–State Partnership in Ohio to Prosecute Fraud
The Department of Justice's Fraud Division announced a federal-state partnership in Ohio aimed at prosecuting fraud cases.
- Fraud Division Announces Federal–State Partnership in Ohio to Prosecute Fraud
The Justice Department announced a federal-state partnership with a data-sharing agreement to prosecute fraud, charging nine defendants with over $42 million in alleged fraud, detaining three, seeking extradition of two for $15 million, and creating the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters…
- Environmental Crimes Bulletin – April 2026
The Department of Justice’s April 2026 Environmental Crimes Bulletin reports investigations into dog fighting, timber trafficking, wastewater discharges, hazardous waste storage, parrot smuggling, among other offenses.
- Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Make and Distribute Animal Crush Videos Involving Monkeys
A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty in federal court in Cincinnati to conspiracy to create and distribute animal crush videos involving monkeys through his participation in online groups.
- Maryland Man Convicted of Defrauding Private Jet Customers for $15M
A federal jury in the District of Maryland convicted a Maryland man who owned and operated a private jet charter company of defrauding customers of $15 million.
- Justice Department Expands Admissions Investigations into 15 Additional Medical Schools
The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division announced fifteen new investigations into possible race discrimination in medical school admissions, following prior findings that UCLA and Yale medical schools illegally used race in admissions.
- American Citizen Pleads Guilty to Working as an Agent for the People's Republic of China
The Department of Justice announced that Thomas Weir Pauken II, a 50-year-old American who lived and worked in the People’s Republic of China, pleaded guilty to acting as an agent of a foreign government within the United States.
- National Fraud Enforcement Division’s Healthcare Fraud Unit Secures Six Trial Convictions Involving over $1.1 Billion in Fraud In Under Three Weeks: Convictions Span five Federal Districts & six Distinct Categories of Healthcare Fraud
DOJ’s Fraud Enforcement Division said its Health Care Fraud Unit secured six jury convictions involving over $1.1 billion in fraud in five districts and six categories between May 13 and June 1, in courts in Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles, Detroit…
- Statement from the Civil Division on U.S. District Court Ruling in Rhode Island
The U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division released a statement concerning a recent ruling by the U.S. District Court in Rhode Island.
- Arizona Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Illicit Chemical Substances
The Justice Department announced that Jeffrey McIndoo and his firm, JeffMac Investments LLC d/b/a SARMS Pharm LLC, pleaded guilty to an information for illegally selling selective androgen receptor modulators, substances not approved by the FDA.
- Matrix, HealthFair, and HealthFair Founder Agree to Pay $56.5M to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
Matrix Medical Network, HealthFair, and founder Shahriah “James” Ekbatani have agreed to pay a combined $56.5 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations involving false diagnosis codes submitted to Medicare Advantage, with payments of $36.5 M, $5 M and $15…
- The Justice Department announces Model Cities Initiative
The Justice Department announced a Model Cities Initiative.