Corporation Previously Paid More Than $80 million to Resolve Criminal and Civil Investigations Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 26, 2015. The former president and CEO of OtisMed Corporation was sentenced today to serve two years in prison for intentionally distributing a medical device used in knee replacement surgery after its application for marketing[Read More…]
Federal and International
Swiss Bank Reaches Resolution under Justice Department’s Swiss Bank Program
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 26, 2015. The Department of Justice announced today that Ersparniskasse Schaffhausen AG (EKS) has reached a resolution under the department’s Swiss Bank Program. The Swiss Bank Program, which was announced on Aug. 29, 2013, provides a path for Swiss banks to resolve potential criminal liabilities in the United[Read More…]
Justice Department Settles Immigration-Related Discrimination Claim Against Abercrombie & Fitch Inc.
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 25, 2015. The Justice Department announced today that it reached an agreement with Abercrombie & Fitch Inc. (Abercrombie), a clothing retailer headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. The agreement resolves a complaint filed with the Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (OSC), claiming that the company discriminated[Read More…]
Parking Heater Company Sentenced to Pay $14.9 Million Criminal Fine for Price Fixing Scheme
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2015. Espar Inc. has been sentenced to pay a $14.9 million criminal fine after pleading guilty to participating in a scheme to fix prices for parking heaters used in commercial vehicles, the Department of Justice announced today. Espar Inc. pleaded guilty to a one-count felony charge in[Read More…]
Seventeen Alleged Leaders and Associates of Clan Usuga Indicted in Brooklyn and Miami as Part of Coordinated Strike Against Colombia’s Largest and Most Influential Drug Trafficking and Armed BACRIM Criminal Group
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 23, 2015. U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida, Acting U.S. Attorney Kelly T. Currie of the Eastern District of New York and Regional Director Jay Bergman of the Andean Region of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced today the unsealing of five indictments[Read More…]
Member of the Imperial Gangsters Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Murder and Racketeering Conspiracy
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2015. A member of the Imperial Gangsters street gang was sentenced to 25 years in prison for murder and conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David A. Capp of the Northern[Read More…]
Department of Justice Filed Charges on more than 2,700 Human Smugglers in Fiscal Year 2014
Between 2009 and 2014, More Than 18,000 Individuals Charged With Human Smuggling by Federal Prosecutors Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2015. The Justice Department is committed to using its resources to bring to justice those that are breaking the law by smuggling migrants into the United States. In Fiscal Year 2014 (FY14, Oct.[Read More…]
Three MS-13 Leaders Sentenced for Racketeering and Related Charges for Multiple Murders and Attacks
Twelve Others Have Pleaded Guilty in the Case Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2015. Three leaders of MS-13 in Washington, D.C., were sentenced today to federal prison for conspiring to participate in racketeering activity and other charges stemming from their roles in murders, extortion and other violent crimes. Assistant Attorney General Leslie[Read More…]
Former Des Moines, Iowa, Police Officer Sentenced for Excessive Force
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2015. Former Des Moines, Iowa, Police Department Officer Colin J. Boone, 39, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Robert W. Pratt of the Southern District of Iowa to serve 63 months in federal prison for using unreasonable force during a[Read More…]
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Forces Arrest More Than 1,000 Child Predators in Operation Broken Heart
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2015. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Forces arrested 1,140 child predators from 41 states during a two-month, nationwide operation, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) announced today. The 61 ICAC Task Forces, funded through an OJJDP grant program, conducted Operation Broken Heart, a[Read More…]
