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Justice Department hosts workshop on cooperation against environmental crime
The Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) recently partnered with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to host a workshop aimed at enhancing coordination in addressing environmental crime and examining improved enforcement techniques. Attendees included individuals from the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the U.S. Coast Guard, as well as representatives from Europol and the governments of Scotland, Canada, and Mexico. -
Admera Health agrees $5M settlement over false claims act violations
Admera Health LLC (Admera) has agreed to pay the United States $5,389,648 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying commissions to third-party independent contractor marketers in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). Admera will also pay an additional $147,851 to individual states for claims paid to Admera by state Medicaid programs. -
Florida man charged with acting as agent for China's government
An indictment was unsealed today charging Ping Li, 59, of Wesley Chapel, Florida, with conspiring to act as an agent of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) without notification to the Attorney General and with acting as an agent of the PRC without notification to the Attorney General. If convicted, Li faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison. -
Justice Department recovers nearly $85M linked to 1MDB scheme
The Justice Department has reached an agreement with Jasmine Loo Ai Swan, the former general counsel of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), to recover artwork by Pablo Picasso and a financial account in Switzerland linked to funds allegedly embezzled from 1MDB. Additionally, the department has obtained forfeiture orders on other assets allegedly purchased with 1MDB funds by Low Taek Jho, also known as Jho Low, including diamond jewelry and artwork by Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Diane Arbus. -
Dominican nationals extradited over multimillion-dollar grandparent scam targeting US seniors
Two residents of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, were extradited to the United States last week and made their initial appearance in Newark federal court yesterday on charges related to their participation in a sprawling “grandparent scam” that defrauded elderly Americans out of millions of dollars. -
Louisiana doctor convicted for opioid distribution and $5M healthcare fraud scheme
A federal jury convicted a Louisiana physician yesterday for conspiring to illegally distribute over 1.8 million doses of Schedule II controlled substances, including oxycodone and morphine, and for defrauding health care benefit programs of more than $5.4 million. -
Indiana man sentenced for sending violent antisemitic threats
Andrezj Boryga, 67, pleaded guilty and was sentenced today to 24 months in prison and two years of supervised release for willfully transmitting threats to injure other people and for choosing his victims because of their religion. -
New Jersey man sentenced for violent assaults targeting Orthodox Jewish community
A New Jersey man was sentenced today to 40 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for committing a series of bias-motivated violent assaults on members of the Orthodox Jewish community in and around Lakewood, New Jersey. -
Justice Department and global counterparts issue joint statement on AI competition
Today, Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, Chair Lina M. Khan of the Federal Trade Commission, Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager of the European Commission, and Chief Executive Sarah Cardell of the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority issued a joint statement on competition in generative AI foundation models and AI products. -
Iranian national extradited over alleged scheme involving sophisticated electronics
Iranian national Saeid Haji Agha Mousaei, 53, made his initial appearance yesterday in Chicago federal court following his extradition from the United Kingdom to face charges for his role in a years-long conspiracy to evade U.S. export restrictions and transship advanced U.S. electronic testing technology to Iran using third-party countries. -
Prysmian settles $920K over allegations related to military cable testing
Prysmian Cables and Systems USA LLC (Prysmian), based in Abbeville, South Carolina, has agreed to pay $920,000 to settle allegations of violating the False Claims Act. The company is accused of knowingly falsifying test results and failing to conduct required testing on military cable, known as M13486 cable, used in vehicles manufactured for military use. The alleged misconduct occurred from approximately 2005 to 2021 at a facility in Paragould, Arkansas. Prysmian acquired this facility in 2018. -
Peruvian national pleads guilty in $15 million transnational fraud scheme targeting immigrants
A Peruvian national pleaded guilty today for his participation in a transnational mail and wire fraud conspiracy. -
Kentucky man charged with federal hate crime against Palestinian American
A Kentucky man was arrested today and charged with federal hate crime and firearms offenses for threatening a Palestinian American man with a loaded gun. -
Anchorage doctor and husband charged with healthcare fraud exceeding $10 million
A federal grand jury in Alaska has indicted an Anchorage doctor and her husband on charges of health care fraud and tax evasion. -
Former CEO pleads guilty to $14 million payroll tax fraud scheme
A New Hampshire man pleaded guilty today to not paying more than $14 million in employment taxes and not filing personal tax returns. -
Nigerian national sentenced for role in defrauding elderly U.S. victims
A Nigerian national was sentenced today to 85 months in prison for his role in a transnational inheritance fraud scheme. With today’s sentencing, each of the six defendants connected with this matter has been sentenced. -
Nevada man sentenced to 65 years for sextorting minors
A Nevada man was sentenced today to 65 years in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for sexually exploiting multiple minors and advertising and distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) that he coerced these minors into producing. -
Kentucky pain management physician convicted for unlawful opioid prescriptions
A federal judge convicted a medical doctor and former member of the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure (KBML) today for unlawfully distributing opioids. -
Kentucky man pleads guilty to shooting at Louisville mayor
A Kentucky man pleaded guilty today to firing gunshots at current Louisville, Kentucky, Mayor Craig Greenberg during Greenberg’s 2022 campaign. -
Justice Department and FTC extend public comment period on serial acquisitions
The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have extended the deadline for public comments on serial acquisitions and roll-up strategies that may harm competition by 60 days. The joint request for information (RFI) aims to gather insights into how corporate actors, including private equity-owned businesses, grow larger—and potentially dominant—through acquisitions of several smaller firms in the same or related business sectors or industries. The new deadline for submitting comments is September 20.