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- Federal Court Again Protects National Energy Security and Rejects Dangerous State Efforts to Obstruct Sable Offshore Corporation’s Operation of the Santa Ynez Pipeline
A U.S. District Court in California affirmed federal authority under the Defense Production Act, rejecting state actions that sought to block Sable Offshore Corp.’s Santa Ynez Pipeline, citing national energy security and continued oil delivery to California refineries.
- Minnesota Man Pleads Guilty to Filing a False Claim with the IRS
A Minnesota man pleaded guilty to filing a false claim with the Internal Revenue Service, according to the Department of Justice.
- Federal Court Dismisses Another Attempt to Stymie Sable Offshore Corporation’s Oil and Gas Operations
District Court in California dismissed with prejudice the Center for Biological Diversity v. Burgum case, one of lawsuits challenging Sable Offshore Corp.'s oil and gas operations at the Santa Ynez Unit in Santa Barbara Channel, following a ruling last month.
- Seven Charged in $57M Tax Refund Fraud Scheme
An indictment unsealed by the DOJ charges an Idaho man and woman and five non-Idaho residents with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, false claims and money laundering for allegedly filing false tax returns and fictitious financial instruments with the IRS.
- Trinidadian Foreign National Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking in New York
A Trinidadian foreign national and lawful permanent resident, Chad Barclay, 33, pleaded guilty in New York to sex trafficking and admitted kidnapping six additional victims, according to the Department of Justice.
- Justice Department Clarifies Duty of States to Report Known Illegal Aliens Under Welfare-Reform Law
The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel issued an opinion stating that any state participating in TANF and SSI must require all its agencies to report individuals known to be unlawfully present to the Department of Homeland Security.
- September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) Special Master Allison Turkel Delivers Remarks at Press Briefing Encouraging 9/11 Victims to Register for the VCF
The Department of Justice announced that Special Master Allison Turkel, at a press briefing, urged September 11th victims to register for the Victim Compensation Fund.
- Michigan Man Pleads Guilty in $7M Tax Fraud Scheme
A Michigan resident pleaded guilty to filing a false claim related to a $7 million scheme to defraud the Internal Revenue Service.
- Nevada Man Sentenced to Prison for False Tax Return Schemes
A Nevada tax preparer was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for operating two false tax return schemes, according to the Department of Justice.
- Justice Department to Conduct Election Monitoring for Massachusetts Primary Election
The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division announced it will monitor polling sites in Massachusetts during the upcoming primary election to oversee transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal voting laws.
- Getaway Driver in Multiple Memphis Bank Robberies Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison after Trial
Memphis judge sentenced Courtney Trenell, 34, to 15 years for aiding and abetting two bank robberies and conspiring to rob six banks; eight men were indicted, with Trenell and three co-defendants convicted at trial and the others pleading guilty.
- American Citizen who Worked as an Agent for the PRC Sentenced to Two Years in Prison
Thomas Weir Pauken II, a 51-year-old American citizen who lived and worked in China, was sentenced by the DOJ to two years in prison, three years supervised release and a travel ban for acting as a foreign government agent.
- Justice Department Continues to Disrupt Hamas Terrorist Financing Schemes Through Seizures of Cryptocurrency and Internet Infrastructure
The U.S. Department of Justice said it disrupted a Hamas financing operation, seizing cryptocurrency and related internet infrastructure used to fund terrorist activities and recruit supporters.
- Justice Department Sues Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools to Stop Secret Gender Transitions
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas filed a lawsuit against Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools to stop the district’s facilitation of undisclosed gender transitions for students without parental knowledge or consent.
- Nine Gang Members Charged with RICO Conspiracy and Murder
The DOJ unsealed a second superseding indictment charging nine alleged members of the United Bloods Nation gang and its Cautious District subset, the Makk Ballers, with RICO conspiracy, racketeering murder, attempted murder and firearms offenses.
- Justice Department Reaches Agreement with Kansas in Lawsuit Alleging Discrimination Against Servicemember
The U.S. Justice Department announced it has reached an agreement with the state of Kansas to resolve a lawsuit that alleged discrimination against a servicemember.
- Honeywell Aerospace Inc. Agrees to Pay Over $2M to Settle False Claims Act Allegations of Failing to Comply with Cybersecurity Requirements in a U.S. Department of Defense Contract
The Justice Department said Honeywell Aerospace Inc. will pay $2,042,518 to settle False Claims Act allegations that it failed to meet cybersecurity requirements in a U.S. Department of Defense contract; the company became a standalone public firm on June 29.
- Justice Department Secures Denaturalization of Convicted Rapist from India
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York entered a judgment revoking the naturalization of Gurmeet Singh, a convicted rapist from India, following a Justice Department action.
- Maryland Union Leader Convicted of Defrauding Union To Enrich Herself
A federal jury in Greenbelt, Maryland, convicted former AFGE Local 2419 president Kimberly Goodwin, 54, of Bowie, of participating in a wire fraud conspiracy and eight money-laundering counts.
- U.S. Attorneys and Department of Justice Join Departments of Transportation and Homeland Security and White House Fraud Task Force to Launch Historic Interagency Effort to Crack Down on Fraud in Trucking Industry
Eight U.S. Attorneys and the Department of Justice joined the Secretaries of Transportation and Homeland Security, the FMCSA Administrator, and the White House Fraud Task Force to announce a historic interagency initiative targeting fraud in the trucking industry.
- Ohio State University Agrees to $2.1M Settlement to Resolve Allegations that it Failed to Disclose Employees’ Ties to the People’s Republic of China in Applications for Federal Research Funding
Ohio State University has agreed to a $2.1 million settlement to resolve civil allegations that it did not disclose certain employees’ affiliations with the People’s Republic of China in federal research funding applications.
- New York Judge Blocks State of New York’s Unconstitutional Climate Superfund Act
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York ruled that New York’s 2024 Climate Change Superfund Act cannot impose strict liability on energy companies, citing preemption by the Clean Air Act and federal foreign-affairs authority.
- Nigerian National Sentenced for Laundering $3.1M in Scam Proceeds
The U.S. Department of Justice reported that a Nigerian national was sentenced to 95 months in prison for laundering approximately $3.1 million derived from business email compromise, romance and unemployment-insurance fraud schemes targeting U.S. citizens.
- Brooklyn Return Preparer Pleads Guilty to Preparing False Tax Returns for Clients
A Brooklyn, New York, woman pleaded guilty to preparing false tax returns for clients, according to the Department of Justice.
- Russian National Living in Florida Convicted for Scheme to Illegally Export Aircraft Parts from the United States to Russia
A Florida resident and Russian national, Alexander Manonov, 62, was convicted on all charges after a jury trial for allegedly exporting aircraft parts from the United States to Russia and state-owned airline Aeroflot.
- United States Extradites to Chile One of Its Most Wanted Fugitives – An Alleged Tren de Aragua Leader Charged in Chile with Criminal Association, Extortion, and Kidnapping Resulting in Homicide
U.S. authorities extradited Venezuelan national Rafael Enrique Gamez Salas to Chile, where he faces seven charges, including criminal association, extortion and kidnapping resulting in homicide, allegedly linked to his leadership of Los Piratas, the Chilean cell of Tren de Aragua.
- International Shipping Companies Sentenced to Pay $1.75 Million Fine for Concealing Discharges of Oily Waste into Ocean
MSC Shipmanagement Ltd and Hong Kong Spirit Shipping and Trading Ltd pleaded guilty to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships for discharges from MSC Samira III between June 2024 and January 2025, and were fined $1.75 million combined.
- Two Nigerian Nationals Extradited from Nigeria to the United States to Face Sextortion Charges in North Carolina and Mississippi
The Justice Department announced two Nigerian nationals were extradited from Nigeria to the United States to face sextortion charges in separate cases involving minors, linked to teenage deaths in Mississippi’s Northern District and North Carolina’s Middle District.
- Remembering 9/11: Twenty-Five Years of Transformation and Resolve
The Department of Justice issued a statement commemorating the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, honoring the nearly 3,000 victims, first responders and heroes, and expressing solidarity with their families.
- Justice Department Files a Statement of Interest in Support of the Primary Aluminum Smelter Project in Inola, Oklahoma
The Justice Department’s Energy and Natural Resources Division submitted a statement of interest in the Oklahoma Attorney General’s lawsuit, expressing support for the proposed primary aluminum smelter project in Inola, Oklahoma.