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New York Congressman George Santos is facing federal charges. His name has been associated with “mockery over a litany of fabrications about his heritage, education, and professional pedigree,” per the Associated Press. Santos is expected to appear in court “as soon as Wednesday.” The Department of Justice’s charges against the Republican NY rep have not been made […]
Three sons of former drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman were among 28 members of the Mexican Sinaloa Cartel charged last week in connection to a widespread fentanyl trafficking operation. According to an indictment, obtained by CBS News, the Justice Department alleges Ovidio Guzmán López, Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar, and Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Sálazar—who have been referred to as Chapitos […]
The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (LDOC) “routinely confines people in its custody” beyond their legally entitled release dates, the Justice Department said this week when announcing the findings of their investigation. Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division said Wednesday that the agency’s investigation had found evidence of “systematic […]
A Florida woman has been arrested and indicted in connection with the alleged scamming of a Holocaust survivor out of millions of dollars in savings. “Today we allege the defendant callously preyed on a senior citizen simply seeking companionship, defrauding him of his life savings,” FBI Assistant Director Michael J. Driscoll said in a news […]
Former MoviePass executives are now facing federal charges in connection with allegedly deceiving investors. Per a report from CBS News over the weekend, ex-MoviePass CEO Mitchell Lowe and Theodore Farnsworth, the former CEO of MoviePass parent company Helios and Matheson, have both been charged with securities fraud. “As alleged, the defendants deliberately and publicly engaged […]
A Minnesota man has pleaded guilty in connection with staging a fire and falsely blaming it on, among other conservative boogeymen, “Antifa.” The fire in question, per a regional report from KSTP, was first reported to authorities in September 2020. At the time, 30-year-old Denis Vladmirovich Molla claimed to local law enforcement officials that a group […]
A California man is facing years behind bars after threatening to bomb Merriam-Webster over its updated gender definitions. According to the Department of Justice, 34-year-old Jeremy David Hanson pleaded guilty to the charges in federal court last week, about five months after he was arrested for sending hate-fueled messages to the publishing company. Prosecutors say the Rossmoor […]
In a new filing, the Department of Justice has provided a response to former president Donald Trump’s request for the appointment of a special master in connection with seized documents retrieved during a Mar-a-Lago search. The filing, most notably, also provides a detailed look into the alleged nature of those documents, as well as includes […]
The family of Jayland Walker, the 25-year-old Black man who was killed by police last month, has asked the United States Justice Department to investigate his death. Lawyers for the family announced the request during a press conference Wednesday, on what would’ve marked Walker’s 26th birthday. Attorney Bobby DiCello told reporters his clients are questioning the integrity of the probe, […]
A corporate lawyer for Apple Inc. is facing decades in prison for insider trading. According to the United States Justice Department, 48-year-old Gene Levoff is pleading guilty to participating in a five-year scheme in which he used insider information to generate six figures in illegal profits. Levoff reportedly joined the company back in 2008 and held several positions in […]
