http://www.justice.gov/criminal/pr/ Criminal Division News en-us Mon, 2 Nov 2020 11:49:25 -0500 http://www.justice.gov/images/usdoj_rssicon.gif http://www.justice.gov 75 74 webmaster@usdoj.gov (Web Master) 1440 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/west-tennessee-psychiatrist-sentenced-unlawfully-distributing-opioids A west Tennessee psychiatrist was sentenced today to 48 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for unlawfully distributing opioids. Press Release https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/west-tennessee-psychiatrist-sentenced-unlawfully-distributing-opioids Fri, 30 Oct 2020 18:05:02 -0400 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-releases-information-election-day-efforts-protect-right-vote-and-prosecu-1 Continuing a longstanding Justice Department tradition, Attorney General William P. Barr today issued the following statement: “Americans have the opportunity once again to help shape the future of this nation by exercising their right to vote.  It is a right that forms the foundation of our democratic system of government, and is precious to all Americans.  The Department of Justice will work tirelessly alongside other federal, State, and local agencies to protect and vindicate that right as it is administered by State and local jurisdictions across the nation.” Press Release https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-releases-information-election-day-efforts-protect-right-vote-and-prosecu-1 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 15:32:36 -0400 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ongoing-investigation-violent-white-supremacist-gang-results-rico-indictment-and-additional The Justice Department announced today that additional charges have been brought in a superseding indictment against members and associates of a white supremacist gang known as the 1488s. The 1488s have been charged as a criminal organization that was involved in narcotics distribution, arson, obstruction of justice, and acts of violence including murder, assault, and kidnapping. Press Release https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ongoing-investigation-violent-white-supremacist-gang-results-rico-indictment-and-additional Wed, 28 Oct 2020 18:41:17 -0400 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-president-nuclear-transportation-company-sentenced-prison-foreign-bribery-and-other The former president of Transport Logistics International Inc. (TLI), a Maryland-based transportation company that provides services for the transportation of nuclear materials to customers in the United States and abroad, was sentenced today to 48 months in prison and three years of supervised release for his role in a scheme to bribe a Russian official in exchange for obtaining contracts for the company. Press Release https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-president-nuclear-transportation-company-sentenced-prison-foreign-bribery-and-other Wed, 28 Oct 2020 17:17:49 -0400 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-sentenced-posing-covert-cia-officer-elaborate-4-million-fraud A former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) public affairs officer was sentenced today to seven years in prison for defrauding at least a dozen companies of over $4.4 million by posing falsely as a covert officer of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Press Release https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-sentenced-posing-covert-cia-officer-elaborate-4-million-fraud Wed, 28 Oct 2020 16:06:31 -0400 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/washington-man-charged-covid-relief-fraud A Washington man was charged in a criminal complaint unsealed today for fraudulently seeking over $1.1 million in COVID-19 relief guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) through the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Press Release https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/washington-man-charged-covid-relief-fraud Tue, 27 Oct 2020 19:18:35 -0400 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/beam-suntory-inc-agrees-pay-over-19-million-resolve-criminal-foreign-bribery-case Beam Suntory Inc. (Beam), a Chicago-based company that produces and sells distilled beverages, has agreed to pay a criminal monetary penalty of $19,572,885 to resolve the department’s investigation into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Press Release https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/beam-suntory-inc-agrees-pay-over-19-million-resolve-criminal-foreign-bribery-case Fri, 30 Oct 2020 15:24:39 -0400 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/bloods-gang-members-sentenced-life-prison-racketeering-conspiracy-involving-murder-and-other Five members of the United Blood Nation (UBN or Bloods) street gang were sentenced in Charlotte, North Carolina, after standing trial on federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy and other charges. These defendants’ sentences are the culmination of a prosecution that charged 83 UBN gang members in the Western District of North Carolina with RICO conspiracy and other crimes. Press Release https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/bloods-gang-members-sentenced-life-prison-racketeering-conspiracy-involving-murder-and-other Tue, 27 Oct 2020 14:24:40 -0400 https://www.justice.gov/usao-edtx/pr/justice-department-announces-global-resolution-criminal-and-civil-investigations-opioid Press Release https://www.justice.gov/usao-edtx/pr/justice-department-announces-global-resolution-criminal-and-civil-investigations-opioid Sun, 25 Oct 2020 10:15:43 -0400 https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/acting-assistant-attorney-general-brian-c-rabbitt-delivers-remarks-announcing-goldman Good Afternoon. I am Brian Rabbitt, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division. I am joined today by Acting U.S. Attorney Seth DuCharme of the Eastern District of New York, Assistant Director in Charge Bill Sweeney of the FBI, Stephanie Avakian, Director of the Enforcement Division at the Securities and Exchange Commission, and Assistant General Counsel for Enforcement Jason Gonzalez of the Federal Reserve Board. We are here today to announce enforcement actions of historic significance. Speech https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/acting-assistant-attorney-general-brian-c-rabbitt-delivers-remarks-announcing-goldman Thu, 22 Oct 2020 12:23:00 -0400 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/seattle-software-developer-pleads-guilty-wire-fraud-covid-relief-fraud-scheme A Seattle man pleaded guilty today to one count of wire fraud for carrying out a scheme to defraud several COVID-19 relief programs. Press Release https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/seattle-software-developer-pleads-guilty-wire-fraud-covid-relief-fraud-scheme Thu, 22 Oct 2020 19:38:10 -0400 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/goldman-sachs-charged-foreign-bribery-case-and-agrees-pay-over-29-billion The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Goldman Sachs or the Company), a global financial institution headquartered in New York, New York, and Goldman Sachs (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. (GS Malaysia), its Malaysian subsidiary, have admitted to conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in connection with a scheme to pay over $1 billion in bribes to Malaysian and Abu Dhabi officials to obtain lucrative business for Goldman Sachs, including its role in underwriting approximately $6.5 billion in three bond deals for 1Malaysia Development Bhd. (1MDB), for which the bank earned hundreds of millions in fees.  Goldman Sachs will pay more than $2.9 billion as part of a coordinated resolution with criminal and civil authorities in the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore, and elsewhere.  Press Release https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/goldman-sachs-charged-foreign-bribery-case-and-agrees-pay-over-29-billion Thu, 22 Oct 2020 12:01:38 -0400 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-charged-connection-covid-relief-fraud-scheme Five individuals were charged in an indictment unsealed today for their alleged participation in a scheme to file fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $1.1 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Press Release https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-charged-connection-covid-relief-fraud-scheme Thu, 22 Oct 2020 10:08:08 -0400 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/pain-clinic-owner-sentenced-role-operating-pill-mills-tennessee-and-florida A pain clinic owner was sentenced today to over 33 years in prison for her role in operating several pill mills in Knoxville, Tennessee, and Hollywood, Florida. Press Release https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/pain-clinic-owner-sentenced-role-operating-pill-mills-tennessee-and-florida Wed, 21 Oct 2020 19:41:23 -0400 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/elliott-broidy-pleads-guilty-back-channel-lobbying-campaign-drop-1mdb-investigation-and Elliott Broidy, 63, of Beverly Hills, California, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly to one count of conspiracy to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Press Release https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/elliott-broidy-pleads-guilty-back-channel-lobbying-campaign-drop-1mdb-investigation-and Tue, 20 Oct 2020 19:53:40 -0400 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/prison-official-charged-accepting-bribes-and-smuggling-contraband-correctional-institution A federal grand jury sitting in the Eastern District of North Carolina returned an indictment on Oct. 14 charging a North Carolina Department of Public Safety official with a bribery and smuggling scheme that funneled drugs and other contraband into Caledonia Correctional Institution. Press Release https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/prison-official-charged-accepting-bribes-and-smuggling-contraband-correctional-institution Tue, 20 Oct 2020 16:22:04 -0400 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/six-defendants-charged-scheme-defraud-student-loan-programs Six former administrators from the Columbus, Georgia, campus of the Apex School of Theology were charged in an indictment unsealed Monday for their alleged participation in a scheme to defraud student loan programs. Press Release https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/six-defendants-charged-scheme-defraud-student-loan-programs Wed, 21 Oct 2020 11:52:43 -0400 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-alleged-ms-13-members-charged-federally-their-participation-violent-racketeering A federal grand jury returned an eleventh superseding indictment Monday, charging five men in connection with a conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise known as La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13. The eleventh superseding indictment adds a new defendant charged with a racketeering conspiracy related to his membership in MS-13, including a double homicide and drug trafficking. Press Release https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-alleged-ms-13-members-charged-federally-their-participation-violent-racketeering Tue, 20 Oct 2020 10:23:49 -0400 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-unseals-superseding-indictment-charging-nationwide-money-laundering-network The Justice Department today announced the unsealing of a superseding indictment charging six individuals with participating in a conspiracy to launder millions of dollars of drug proceeds on behalf of foreign cartels.  This superseding indictment is the result of a nearly four-year investigation into the relationship between foreign drug trafficking organizations and Asian money laundering networks in the United States, China, and elsewhere. Press Release https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-unseals-superseding-indictment-charging-nationwide-money-laundering-network Fri, 16 Oct 2020 08:35:32 -0400 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-alleged-members-gangster-disciples-indicted-federal-racketeering-charges A federal grand jury in Oxford, Mississippi, returned a six-count superseding indictment charging five alleged members of the Gangster Disciples gang, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney William C. Lamar of the Northern District of Mississippi.  Press Release https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-alleged-members-gangster-disciples-indicted-federal-racketeering-charges Thu, 15 Oct 2020 14:00:25 -0400 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/officials-announce-international-operation-targeting-transnational-criminal-organization Fourteen members of the transnational criminal organization, QQAAZZ, were charged by a federal grand jury in the Western District of Pennsylvania in an indictment unsealed today.  A related indictment unsealed in October 2019 charged five members of QQAAZZ.  One additional conspirator, a Russian national, was arrested by criminal complaint in late March 2020 while visiting the United States, bringing the total number of charged defendants to 20.  Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady for the Western District of Pennsylvania, made the announcement today. Press Release https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/officials-announce-international-operation-targeting-transnational-criminal-organization Thu, 15 Oct 2020 10:43:20 -0400 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/fugitive-charged-leading-multimillion-dollar-fraud-scheme-falsifying-evidence-and-tax-crimes An American citizen was charged in two indictments unsealed this week for his alleged participation in an investment fraud scheme in which he allegedly misappropriated $6.1 million in investor-funds, manufactured evidence to mislead an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and concealed the proceeds of his fraudulent scheme from the IRS. Press Release https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/fugitive-charged-leading-multimillion-dollar-fraud-scheme-falsifying-evidence-and-tax-crimes Thu, 15 Oct 2020 18:01:30 -0400 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/jf-investimentos-sa-pleads-guilty-and-agrees-pay-over-256-million-resolve-criminal-foreign J&F Investimentos S.A. (J&F), a Brazil-based investment company that owns and controls companies involved in multiple industries, including the meat and agriculture industry, has agreed to pay a criminal monetary penalty of $256,497,026 to resolve the department’s investigation into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).  The resolution arises out of J&F’s scheme to pay millions of dollars in bribes to government officials in Brazil in exchange for obtaining financing and other benefits for J&F and J&F-owned entities. Press Release https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/jf-investimentos-sa-pleads-guilty-and-agrees-pay-over-256-million-resolve-criminal-foreign Thu, 15 Oct 2020 00:45:44 -0400 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/twenty-four-defendants-including-alleged-aryan-circle-gang-members-and-associates-indicted Five indictments in three different states were unsealed today as law enforcement officers arrested twenty-four defendants, including alleged Aryan Circle (AC) gang members and associates, on charges of racketeering conspiracy, violent crimes in aid of racketeering, drug conspiracy, and unlawful firearms trafficking.  Press Release https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/twenty-four-defendants-including-alleged-aryan-circle-gang-members-and-associates-indicted Wed, 14 Oct 2020 19:20:59 -0400 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/final-member-violent-baltimore-trained-go-gang-sentenced-more-11-years-federal-prison A Baltimore, Maryland, man was sentenced today to 138 montjhs in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release for federal charges of conspiring to participate in a violent racketeering enterprise known as Trained To Go (TTG), and for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances.  Press Release https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/final-member-violent-baltimore-trained-go-gang-sentenced-more-11-years-federal-prison Thu, 15 Oct 2020 19:57:29 -0400