Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 12, 2014. Pamela Morris, former secretary of a chapter of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in Ozark, Alabama, pleaded guilty today to committing perjury during a grand jury’s investigation into a racially motivated cross-burning in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. Morris, 46, admitted[Read More…]
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Justice Department Settles Immigration-Related Discrimination Claim Against Commercial Cleaning Systems
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 12, 2014. The Justice Department reached an agreement today with Commercial Cleaning Systems, a janitorial services company with headquarters in Denver. The agreement resolves claims that the company discriminated against work-authorized non-U.S. citizens in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The department’s investigation was initiated based[Read More…]
Milwaukee Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking Offenses
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 11, 2014. Najee C. Moore, 23, of Milwaukee, pleaded guilty today to five counts of conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking and one count of use of a facility in interstate commerce in aid of racketeering in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. According[Read More…]
City of San Jacinto, California, Agrees to End Discriminatory Housing Practices
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 10, 2014. The Justice Department today announced a settlement with the city of San Jacinto, California, that resolves a lawsuit alleging disability discrimination filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Under the settlement, San Jacinto has changed its laws to comply with the[Read More…]
Two Charged with Leading a Conspiracy to Defraud and Extort Spanish-Speaking Consumers Through Fraudulent Call Centers
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 10, 2014. A grand jury in Miami, Florida, indicted two individuals and two corporations for allegedly operating call centers in Peru that lied to and threatened Spanish-speaking victims into paying fraudulent settlements. Assistant Attorney General Stuart F. Delery of the Justice Department’s Civil Division, U.S. Attorney Wilfredo A.[Read More…]
Former Rabobank Trader Pleads Guilty for Scheme to Manipulate Yen Libor
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 10, 2014. A former Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A. (Rabobank) Japanese Yen derivatives trader pleaded guilty today for his role in a conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud by manipulating Rabobank’s Yen London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR) submissions to benefit his trading positions. Attorney General Eric H. Holder,[Read More…]
Department of Justice Reaches Landmark Agreement to Improve Missoula County Attorney’s Office’s Response to Reports of Sexual Assault
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 10, 2014. The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a comprehensive agreement with the Missoula County Attorney’s Office, as well as Missoula County, Montana, and the Montana Attorney General’s Office, to resolve the department’s investigation of alleged gender bias in the prosecution of sexual assaults[Read More…]
Justice Department Settles Employment Discrimination Allegations Against City of Austin
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 9, 2014. The Department of Justice announced today that it has entered into and filed a consent decree that, if approved by the court, will resolve the department’s allegations that the city of Austin violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by discriminating against African-American[Read More…]
Reputed Aryan Brotherhood of Texas Gang Leader Pleads Guilty to Federal Racketeering Charges
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 6, 2014. An alleged general of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas gang (ABT) pleaded guilty today to racketeering charges related to his membership in the ABT’s criminal enterprise, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the[Read More…]
Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Florida State University
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 5, 2014. The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement with the Florida State University Board of Trustees, acting for and on behalf of Florida State University (FSU), in Tallahassee, Florida. The settlement agreement resolves an investigation and compliance review of the FSU Police[Read More…]
