October 9, 2026
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2 hours ago
Source: US Department of Justice
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit on Friday against the City and County of Denver, Mayor Michael C. Johnston, City Attorney Michiko Ando Brown, and Police Chief Ronald Thomas, challenging local ordinances that restrict federal law enforcement officers from wearing masks and impose specific identification requirements. The complaint targets Denver Revised Municipal Code […]
October 9, 2026
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6 hours ago
Source: US Department of Justice
A federal jury in St. Paul, Minnesota, convicted Sharmaine Meadows on three counts of health care fraud for executing a scheme to steal $3.6 million from the state's Medicaid Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) Program, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. Meadows, 45, of Lake Elmo, Minnesota, orchestrated a scheme between 2020 and 2025 to bill […]
October 8, 2026
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9 hours ago
Source: US Department of Justice
A federal jury in the Southern District of Florida convicted Joseph Rodriguez, 58, of Coral Springs, for his role in a health care fraud scheme that billed Medicare more than $15 million for unnecessary blood tests during the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. Rodriguez, who served as vice president of a testing […]
October 8, 2026
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13 hours ago
Source: US Department of Justice
Zohar Pinhasi, the 50-year-old owner of ransomware remediation firm MonsterCloud, was arraigned in the Eastern District of New York on wire fraud charges related to allegations that he falsely claimed he could decrypt ransomware without paying cybercriminals, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. Pinhasi, a dual U.S. and Israeli national who also used the aliases […]
October 8, 2026
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13 hours ago
Source: US Department of Justice
The U.S. Department of Justice announced it has launched the third phase of its remission compensation process to return forfeited funds to victims of Western Union-related fraud, reopening the petition process for individuals who have not yet filed claims. The compensation stems from a 2017 deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) in which Western Union agreed to […]
October 8, 2026
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18 hours ago
Source: US Department of Justice
Federal authorities arrested and charged an 18-year-old Richfield, Minnesota, man on Oct. 6 for allegedly plotting a mass-casualty shooting at the Mall of America in support of ISIS. Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud was charged by criminal complaint with one count of knowingly receiving a firearm and ammunition in order to commit a federal crime of terrorism, […]
October 8, 2026
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18 hours ago
Source: US Department of Justice
Juan Francisco Ramirez, the 60-year-old former board chairman and co-owner of Puerto Rican International Banking Entity Nodus International Bank, was sentenced to 62 months in federal prison for leading a multimillion-dollar wire fraud conspiracy, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. Ramirez, of Miami, Florida, was also sentenced to three years of supervised release and ordered […]
October 8, 2026
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Source: US Department of Justice
Plano, Texas-based medical providers Heal 360 Urgent Care PLLC, Heal 360 Primary Care PLLC, and their owner, Dr. Mohammed Amer Mohiuddin, have agreed to pay $20 million to resolve allegations that they submitted false claims to the federal COVID-19 Uninsured Program, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. According to federal authorities, the settlement addresses allegations […]
October 8, 2026
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21 hours ago
Source: US Department of Justice
The Department of Justice Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism announced that it will launch the first stop of its "American Tour Against Hate" in Southfield, Michigan, on Wednesday, October 14. According to the Department of Justice, the initiative is designed to bring government resources and federal officials directly to local communities facing discrimination and hate. […]
October 7, 2026
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1 day ago
Source: US Department of Justice
Attorney General Todd Blanche and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Oct. 5 to expand interagency cooperation aimed at strengthening competition for agricultural inputs, according to a Department of Justice announcement. Under the agreement, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) plan to increase […]