Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 20, 2015. A third member of an international computer hacking ring has pleaded guilty to conspiring to break into computer networks of prominent technology companies to steal more than $100 million in intellectual property and other proprietary data.  Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 20, 2015. A leader of the Las Vegas Playboy Bloods street gang was sentenced to 23 years in prison today for engaging in a racketeering conspiracy and possessing crack cocaine with the intent to distribute it, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 20, 2015. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin and U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara for the Southern District of New York announced that Wesam El-Hanafi was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 15 years in prison for his extensive efforts to support al Qaeda –[Read More…]

Defendants Allegedly Conspired to Carry Out Armed Attacks Against United States Military Personnel and Facilitated the Entry of an American Citizen into Al-Qaeda Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 20, 2015. A complaint and arrest warrant were unsealed today in federal court in the Eastern District of New York charging Saddiq Al-Abbadi, also known[Read More…]

TEXAS—(ENEWSPF)—January 16, 2015. In Midland today, U.S. District Judge Robert A. Junell sentenced 50-year-old former Denver City (TX) councilman Joe Anthony Kay to five years in federal prison for his role in a Midland-based heroin and methamphetamine distribution ring, announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Midland Police[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 16, 2015. The commonwealth of Pennsylvania will pay $48.8 million to resolve the federal government’s claims that it provided benefits to ineligible aliens in violation of federal law, the Justice Department announced today.  The benefits at issue were provided under three programs: Medicaid, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 15, 2015. The owner and chief executive of Glenn Defense Marine Asia (GDMA), a company providing services to the U.S. Navy, pleaded guilty to bribery and fraud charges in federal court today, admitting that he presided over a decade-long conspiracy involving “scores” of U.S. Navy officials, tens of[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 15, 2015. The Justice Department announced today that it reached a settlement agreement with U.S. Service Industries (USSI), a janitorial company headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, and operating in Florida, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.  The agreement resolves allegations that USSI violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 15, 2015. The Justice Department announced today that, as part of its Barrier-Free Health Care Initiative, the department has reached a settlement with Genesis Healthcare System (Genesis) to resolve claims that Genesis discriminated against a woman with HIV in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).  Genesis[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 15, 2015. The Department of Justice announced today that it has entered into a consent decree with Clark County, Nevada, that, if approved by the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, will resolve the department’s lawsuit filed under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act[Read More…]