Justice Department Announces Over $200 Million In Investments In State Crisis Intervention
The Justice Department announced today 49 awards to states, territories, and the District of Columbia as part of the Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 15, 2023
3 min read
Four Florida Men Arrested In Plot To Kill Haitian President, Grand Jury Returns Indictment Against 11
This morning, U.S. federal law enforcement arrested two U.S. citizens and a legal permanent resident living in South Florida, and one U.S. citizen living in Tampa pursuant to criminal complaints on charges relating to their participation in the events leading to the July 7, 2021,...
Bijay Pokharel,
February 15, 2023
8 min read
American Judge Slaps $1 Million Fine On Facebook
American judge Vince Chhabria has slapped a fine of almost $1 million on Meta, Facebook's parent company, and its law firm for creating obstacles for court and users in a data breach trial.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 14, 2023
2 min read
U.S. Marshals Capture Over 800 Fugitives In Operation North Star
The U.S. Marshals Service has concluded Operation North Star II (ONS II), a high-impact fugitive apprehension initiative aimed at combating violent crime in 10 cities with a significant number of homicides and shootings.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 14, 2023
4 min read
Former Transport Officer Charged with Sexual Assault and Firearm Use
A federal indictment was unsealed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, charging a former private prisoner transport officer with sexually assaulting a female pretrial detainee during a prisoner transport and using a firearm in furtherance of his sexual assault.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 12, 2023
2 min read
Nearly 40,000 Victims Receive Over $115M in Compensation for Fraud Schemes Processed by MoneyGram
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) announced today the disbursement of over $115 million to 38,889 victims in connection with fraud schemes processed by MoneyGram International Inc. (MoneyGram). The victims, many of whom are elderly, will recover the full amount of their losses.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 12, 2023
2 min read
62% Of Indians Want ChatGPT To Write Love Letters This Valentine’s
Around 62 percent of Indians who were surveyed are planning to use the AI chatbot ChatGPT to help write their love letters this Valentine's Day, the highest out of all the countries surveyed, with 73 percent also using AI to boost their dating profiles, a...
Bijay Pokharel,
February 9, 2023
2 min read
Foreign Nationals Charged with International Methamphetamine and Precursor Chemical Trafficking Conspiracies
An indictment was unsealed today in the District of Columbia charging two foreign nationals with international methamphetamine and precursor chemical trafficking conspiracies.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 9, 2023
1 min read
Man Charged with Sexual Exploitation of Children and Distribution, Receipt, and Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material
A federal grand jury in Baltimore returned an indictment today charging a Maryland man with sexual exploitation of children and distribution, receipt, and possession of images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 9, 2023
2 min read
Federal Court Approves Settlements Totaling Nearly $5 Million in Civil Lawsuit Enjoining Transnational Bank Fraud Scheme
A federal district court yesterday entered an order approving the last in a series of four settlements that collectively recovered nearly $5 million stolen from consumers by a transnational network of fraudsters.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 9, 2023
2 min read
American Citizen Convicted of Providing Material Support to ISIS that Resulted in Death and Related Offenses
A federal jury convicted Ruslan Maratovich Asainov, 46, a U.S. citizen and former resident of Bay Ridge, New York, of all five counts of an indictment charging him with conspiracy to provide material support to ISIS; providing material support to ISIS in the form of...
Bijay Pokharel,
February 8, 2023
6 min read
False Claims Act Settlements And Judgments Exceed $2 Billion In Fiscal Year 2022
Settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act exceeded $2.2 billion in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2022, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian M. Boynton, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division, announced today.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 8, 2023
21 min read
Twenty-three Individuals Charged In $61.5 Million Medicare Fraud Schemes
Court documents were unsealed this week charging 23 Michigan residents for their alleged involvement in two illegal schemes to defraud Medicare of more than $61.5 million by paying kickbacks and bribes and billing Medicare for unnecessary medical services that were never provided.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 8, 2023
8 min read
Maryland Woman and Florida Man Charged Federally for Conspiring To Destroy Energy Facilities
A federal criminal complaint was unsealed charging Sarah Beth Clendaniel, 34, of Catonsville, Maryland, and Brandon Clint Russell, 27, of Orlando, Florida, with conspiracy to destroy an energy facility.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 7, 2023
4 min read
Ndrangheta Fugitive Arrested In France
A convicted murderer linked to the ‘Ndrangheta has been arrested in France with strong support from the INTERPOL Cooperation Against ‘Ndrangheta (I-CAN) Project.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 5, 2023
2 min read
Elon Musk Cleared Of Fraud Charges In ‘Tesla Funding Secured’ Case
A court in the US has cleared Elon Musk in a class-action securities fraud over his tweets about taking Tesla private.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 4, 2023
1 min read
New York Man And Alabama Woman Sentenced For Attempting To Provide Material Support To ISIS
James Bradley, aka Abdullah, 21, of the Bronx, New York, and Arwa Muthana, 30, of Hoover, Alabama, were sentenced to 11 years in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release and nine years in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release, respectively, for...
Bijay Pokharel,
February 4, 2023
5 min read
Nine Arrested For Illegally Distributing 1.5 Million Opioid Pills
Nine Texas individuals were arrested this week in Houston on criminal charges related to their alleged involvement in the unlawful distribution of 1.5 million opioid pills and other controlled substances.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 3, 2023
3 min read
Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Attempting To Travel Overseas To Join ISIS-K
A Beavercreek, Ohio, man, who was arrested by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force at John Glenn International Airport in 2018 while trying to travel to Afghanistan to join the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) or ISIS-Khorasan (ISIS-K), was sentenced today in federal...
Bijay Pokharel,
February 2, 2023
2 min read
Man Arrested For Transporting Images Of Child Sexual Abuse
A Virginia man was arrested last night on criminal charges related to his alleged transportation of images depicting the sexual abuse of children.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 2, 2023
2 min read



