Border Patrol Agent Pleads Guilty for Attempting to Receive Protected Leopard Tortoises
Border Patrol Agent Pleads Guilty for Attempting to Receive Protected Leopard Tortoises Rene Soliz of Alice, Texas, pleaded guilty today in District Court in Corpus Christi, Texas, to a violation…
Justice Department Resolves Lawsuit Alleging Disability-Based Housing Discrimination at 12 Multifamily Housing Complexes in Louisville, Kentucky
Justice Department Resolves Lawsuit Alleging Disability-Based Housing Discrimination at 12 Multifamily Housing Complexes in Louisville, Kentucky The Department announced that a federal district court judge in Louisville, Ky., approved a…
Justice Department Requests Extension of Microsoft Final Judgment
Justice Department Requests Extension of Microsoft Final Judgment The Department told the District Court for the District of Columbia today that it is necessary to extend the term of certain…
GSA Contractor NetApp Agrees to Pay U.S. $128 Million to Resolve Contract Fraud Allegations
GSA Contractor NetApp Agrees to Pay $128 Million to Resolve Contract Fraud Allegations The United States has reached a settlement with NetApp Inc. and NetApp Public Sector Inc. (collectively NetApp),…
Former Oklahoma Deputy Sheriff Indicted for Federal Civil Rights and Obstruction of Justice Violations
Former Oklahoma Deputy Sheriff Indicted for Federal Civil Rights and Obstruction of Justice Violations Ben Milner, a former deputy sheriff with the Choctaw County, Okla., Sheriffs Department, has been indicted…
Minnesota Man Pleads Guilty to Running Ponzi Scheme
Minnesota Man Pleads Guilty to Running Ponzi Scheme A Rosemount, Minn., man has pleaded guilty in connection with running a Ponzi scheme involving commodity pools. Charles Chuck E. Hays, 56,…
Quest Diagnostics to Pay U.S. $302 Million to Resolve Allegations That a Subsidiary Sold Misbranded Test Kits
Quest Diagnostics to Pay $302 Million to Resolve Allegations That a Subsidiary Sold Misbranded Test Kits Quest Diagnostics Incorporated and its subsidiary, Nichols Institute Diagnostics (NID), have entered into a…
Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Philadelphia Regarding Polling Place Access for People with Disabilities
Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Philadelphia Regarding Polling Place Access for People with Disabilities The Department announced a settlement under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with the city of…
Oil Company and Two Executives Plead Guilty to Environmental Crimes
Oil Company and Two Executives Plead Guilty to Environmental Crimes Texas Oil and Gathering Inc., its owner John Kessel and its operations manager Edgar Pettijohn pleaded guilty today in District…
Federal Court Bars Bloomfield, Connecticut Tax Preparer from Preparing Tax Returns
Federal Court Bars Bloomfield, Connecticut Tax Preparer from Preparing Tax Returns A federal court has permanently barred Donald Morris of Bloomfield, Conn., from preparing federal income tax returns for others.…
Iraqi-Born Dutch Citizen Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Terrorism Conspiracy Against Americans in Iraq
Iraqi-Born Dutch Citizen Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Terrorism Conspiracy Against Americans in Iraq An Iraqi-born Dutch citizen was sentenced to 25 years in prison today for conspiring…
Former Gary, Indiana, Police Chief Sentenced for Federal Civil Rights Violation
Former Gary, Indiana, Police Chief Sentenced for Federal Civil Rights Violation WASHINGTON Acting Assistant Attorney General Loretta King of the Civil Rights Division announced today that Thomas Houston, former…