https://www.justice.gov/ en https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/new-jersey-rioter-delaney-hall-charged-kicking-and-biting-ice-officers A New Jersey man was arrested yesterday and charged with assaulting federal officers and causing bodily injury. Fri, 29 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/new-jersey-rioter-delaney-hall-charged-kicking-and-biting-ice-officers https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/member-fully-blooded-felons-gang-sentenced-12-years-prison-rico-drug-and-firearm-offenses &nbsp;Jeffrey Lee, a member of the Fully Blooded Felons gang, 25, of Cleveland, was sentenced today to 12 years&nbsp;in prison after pleading guilty to Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy, drug offenses, including fentanyl distribution, and possessing a firearm during a drug trafficking crime. Fri, 29 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/member-fully-blooded-felons-gang-sentenced-12-years-prison-rico-drug-and-firearm-offenses https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-office-legal-counsel-concludes-immigrant-welfare-eligibility-rules-0 WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Justice released an opinion for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) which addresses the relationship between the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) and the Lifeline program, which offers monthly discounts on telephone and broadband internet services for qualifying low-income consumers. The Office of Legal Counsel’s interpretation finds that to receive Lifeline benefits, a non-citizen must satisfy PRWORA’s eligibility and verification requirements. Fri, 29 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-office-legal-counsel-concludes-immigrant-welfare-eligibility-rules-0 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/county-housing-official-sentenced-his-role-multimillion-dollar-scheme-receive-bribes-hawaii A former Hawaii County official, Alan Scott Rudo, 59, now of Cathedral City, California, was sentenced yesterday to 46 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to receive bribes in exchange for his official actions as a Housing Specialist at the Hawaii County Office of Housing and Community Development (OHCD). Fri, 29 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/county-housing-official-sentenced-his-role-multimillion-dollar-scheme-receive-bribes-hawaii https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/florida-man-sentenced-18-months-prison-biofuel-fraud-conspiracy The owner of a company that produced and sold renewable fuel and fuel credits was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release, and to pay $2,857,029 in restitution and a $150,000 fine, for his role in a scheme that generated over $7 million in fraudulent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) renewable fuel credits and sought over $6 million in fraudulent tax credits connected to the purported production of biodiesel. Fri, 29 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/florida-man-sentenced-18-months-prison-biofuel-fraud-conspiracy https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/california-man-sentenced-65-months-prison-trafficking-least-1700-animals-united-states A California man was sentenced to 65 months in prison for smuggling at least 1,700 reptiles into the United States from Mexico, Hong Kong, and elsewhere over a six-year period.&nbsp; Fri, 29 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/california-man-sentenced-65-months-prison-trafficking-least-1700-animals-united-states https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/dual-iranian-iraqi-national-indicted-providing-material-support-terrorist-organizations Thu, 28 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/dual-iranian-iraqi-national-indicted-providing-material-support-terrorist-organizations https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/clinic-manager-convicted-8m-medicare-fraud-scheme A federal jury in the Eastern District of New York convicted a New York woman today for her role in an $8 million health care fraud conspiracy. Thu, 28 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/clinic-manager-convicted-8m-medicare-fraud-scheme https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/san-antonio-tow-company-pay-280000-illegally-auctioning-servicemember-owned-vehicles The Justice Department today announced that San Antonio-based tow company Vehicle Management Solutions Inc. (VMS) will pay $280,000 to resolve allegations that the company illegally sold or scrapped approximately 93 vehicles owned by U.S. servicemembers in violation of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA). Thu, 28 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/san-antonio-tow-company-pay-280000-illegally-auctioning-servicemember-owned-vehicles https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/fraudster-who-sold-personal-information-over-7-million-elderly-americans-jamaican-scammers Today, a North Carolina man was sentenced to 121 months in prison and three years of supervised release for running a seven-year scheme where he victimized millions of elderly Americans by selling their personal information to Jamaican lottery fraud scammers. He was also ordered to pay forfeiture in the amount of $5,214,688.48. Thu, 28 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/fraudster-who-sold-personal-information-over-7-million-elderly-americans-jamaican-scammers https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/bank-insider-pleads-guilty-facilitating-fraud-schemes-two-financial-institutions A New York-based former employee of TD Bank N.A., Cheungkin Lam, also known as Kelvin Lam, pleaded guilty yesterday to defrauding TD Bank customers and bribing an employee at another financial institution to falsify bank records, which, in total, facilitated more than $3.4 million of fraud. Thu, 28 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/bank-insider-pleads-guilty-facilitating-fraud-schemes-two-financial-institutions https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-states-denying-undercover-license-plates-federal-law-enforcement On Wednesday, the Department of Justice filed lawsuits against <a href="https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fjustice.gov%2Fopa%2Fmedia%2F1442661%2Fdl%3Futm_medium=email%26utm_source=govdelivery/1/0100019e6ec03f8c-c4d57d5a-f054-40eb-8345-93c61e8a6d44-000000/WvyU9mWtXduJKpGQPR1VJTlAh6hvaKxxQ5XJLqERIOQ=452" target="_blank">Maine</a>, <a href="https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fjustice.gov%2Fopa%2Fmedia%2F1442651%2Fdl%3Futm_medium=email%26utm_source=govdelivery/1/0100019e6ec03f8c-c4d57d5a-f054-40eb-8345-93c61e8a6d44-000000/_lzdL2HbACfBWrehXf9xbGzGGVbB7f1qbN61uDZp_OQ=452" target="_blank">Washington</a>, <a href="https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fjustice.gov%2Fopa%2Fmedia%2F1442646%2Fdl%3Futm_medium=email%26utm_source=govdelivery/1/0100019e6ec03f8c-c4d57d5a-f054-40eb-8345-93c61e8a6d44-000000/VRiPtajAPN0t4sAzkwkluQiU7mDw8unzYu0KsRJPMVE=452" target="_blank">Oregon</a>, and <a href="https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fjustice.gov%2Fopa%2Fmedia%2F1442656%2Fdl%3Futm_medium=email%26utm_source=govdelivery/1/0100019e6ec03f8c-c4d57d5a-f054-40eb-8345-93c61e8a6d44-000000/3t6ANPJdpYcrQPW-r5ZNRD-6eGlG2ntOEhaXsrAJDDQ=452" target="_blank">Massachusetts</a> challenging their unconstitutional policies denying confidential license plates to federal agents. This comes after each state refused to rescind their unconstitutional policies in response to a prompt <a href="https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fx.com%2FAAGShumate%2Fstatus%2F2054574750026834327%3Fs=20%26utm_medium=email%26utm_source=govdelivery/1/0100019e6ec03f8c-c4d57d5a-f054-40eb-8345-93c61e8a6d44-000000/2lzK99rXVATkbKf_I_ozP3ahXQpMrxN_HZ60WQf6GLo=452">letter</a> from the Department explaining the policies’ illegality. Thu, 28 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-states-denying-undercover-license-plates-federal-law-enforcement https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/civil-division-moves-fast-track-benefits-fraud-enforcement Today, the Civil Division <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1442566/dl">announced reforms</a> to accelerate the review of False Claims Act whistleblower complaints alleging fraud against federally funded, state-administered benefits programs. These reforms will empower the Department to move quickly on meritorious qui tam cases, maximize finite enforcement resources, and focus on dismantling sophisticated fraud schemes that exploit taxpayer-funded programs. Wed, 27 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/civil-division-moves-fast-track-benefits-fraud-enforcement https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/staten-island-man-sentenced-murder-hire-plot-and-stalking-journalist-and-prominent-critic The Justice Department announced today that Jonathan Loadholt was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for his participation in a plot directed by the Government of Iran targeting Masih Alinejad, a journalist, author, and human rights activist.&nbsp; Wed, 27 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/staten-island-man-sentenced-murder-hire-plot-and-stalking-journalist-and-prominent-critic https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/oglethorpe-inc-and-top-executives-agree-pay-32m-resolve-false-claims-act-allegations Oglethorpe Inc. (Oglethorpe), an operator of psychiatric hospitals headquartered in Tampa, Florida, along with its founder and principal owner, Robert Cohen, CEO John Picciano, and Chief Operating Office James O’Shea, have <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1442456/dl">agreed</a> to pay $32 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly failing to return overpayments received from the Medicare program for the admission of beneficiaries to three of Oglethorpe’s Ohio facilities. Wed, 27 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/oglethorpe-inc-and-top-executives-agree-pay-32m-resolve-false-claims-act-allegations https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/romanian-national-sentenced-selling-access-networks-oregon-state-government-office-and-other A Romanian national was sentenced yesterday to 56 months in prison in connection with an online intrusion into an Oregon state government office in 2021 and other cyber-attacks on U.S. victims. Wed, 27 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/romanian-national-sentenced-selling-access-networks-oregon-state-government-office-and-other https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/final-four-conspirators-sentenced-over-18-years-prison-using-darknet-marketplace-distribute As a result of a Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) investigation, four Massachusetts men have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a conspiracy to manufacture counterfeit pills and distribute them across the United States. Wed, 27 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/final-four-conspirators-sentenced-over-18-years-prison-using-darknet-marketplace-distribute https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-recovers-over-6m-additional-funds-linked-1mdb-scheme The Justice Department announced today that it has obtained an order forfeiting a luxury New York apartment purchased with funds misappropriated from 1MDB, a Malaysian Sovereign Wealth Fund, along with certain rental income. Wed, 27 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-recovers-over-6m-additional-funds-linked-1mdb-scheme https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/owner-multinational-investment-company-sentenced-2b-fraud-money-laundering-and-bribery Greg Lindberg, 56, of Tampa, Florida, and the founder and chairman of Eli Global LLC and owner of Global Bankers Insurance Group (GBIG) was sentenced today to a combined 12 years in prison for his role in a bribery conspiracy and multibillion-dollar fraud conspiracy that bankrupted multiple insurance companies with thousands of unpaid policyholder victims. Tue, 26 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/owner-multinational-investment-company-sentenced-2b-fraud-money-laundering-and-bribery https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-university-california-antisemitic-hostile-educational-environment Today, the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division filed a <a href="https://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1442381/dl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a> against the University of California for its deliberate indifference to race and national origin discrimination against Jewish and Israeli students at its University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) campus, in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Tue, 26 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-university-california-antisemitic-hostile-educational-environment https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/georgian-citizen-sentenced-over-three-years-prison-international-money-laundering-conspiracy A Georgian citizen was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for laundering more than $1.1 million in illicit health care fraud proceeds to his co-conspirators located abroad. Fri, 22 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/georgian-citizen-sentenced-over-three-years-prison-international-money-laundering-conspiracy https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/feeding-our-future-ringleader-sentenced-500-months Aimee Bock has been sentenced to 500 months in prison for her lead role in a $250 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen. Fri, 22 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/feeding-our-future-ringleader-sentenced-500-months https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/week-fraud-fraud-division-announced-expansion-midwest-task-force-and-authorization-hire-15 This week, the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division continued to advance its mission to fight fraud and protect taxpayers.&nbsp; Fri, 22 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/week-fraud-fraud-division-announced-expansion-midwest-task-force-and-authorization-hire-15 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/clinic-owner-convicted-52m-health-care-fraud-illegal-narcotics-distribution-and-kickback A federal jury in the Eastern District of New York convicted a New York man for his role in conspiracies to commit health care fraud, illegally distribute Suboxone, and pay and receive illegal health care kickbacks. Fri, 22 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/clinic-owner-convicted-52m-health-care-fraud-illegal-narcotics-distribution-and-kickback https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/regions-bank-pay-4-9-million-resolve-civil-liability-connection-ineligible-paycheck Regions Bank, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, has&nbsp;<a href="https://www.justice.gov/d9/2026-05/2026.05.21_regions_settlement_-_fully_executed_ada_complaint.pdf">agreed</a> to pay the United States $4,919,631 to resolve allegations that Regions received payments it should not have received from the United States in connection with Regions approving forgiveness of a customer’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan, despite the fact that the PPP loan was not eligible for forgiveness. Fri, 22 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/regions-bank-pay-4-9-million-resolve-civil-liability-connection-ineligible-paycheck