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Justice Department Settles Immigration-Related Discrimination Claim Against Staffing Company
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- Published: 08 December 2019 08 December 2019
McAllen, Texas - The Department of Justice announced Friday that it has reached a settlement agreement with Onin Staffing LLC (Onin Staffing), a Birmingham, Alabama-based staffing company with locations in over a dozen states.
Former Texas Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty to Civil Rights Offense for Assaulting Inmate
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- Published: 08 December 2019 08 December 2019
Beaumont, Texas - Tavoris Bottley, 34, a former Senior Correctional Officer at the Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) in Beaumont, Texas, pleaded guilty in court Thursday to assaulting a federal inmate housed at the facility.
Virginia Man Indicted for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS
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- Published: 08 December 2019 08 December 2019
Roanoke, Virginia - The Department of Justice announced the indictment of Romeo Xavier Langhorne, 30, of Roanoke, who has been charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, or ISIS, a designated foreign terrorist organization. Langhorne was arrested in Roanoke, on November 15, 2019, pursuant to a criminal complaint, and he has been ordered detained pending trial.
Justice Department Announces Landmark Money Mule Initiative
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- Published: 08 December 2019 08 December 2019
Washington, DC - Attorney General William P. Barr and law enforcement partners Wednesday announced a concentrated effort across the country and around the world to halt money mule activity. Money mules assist fraud schemes by receiving money from victims, many of them elderly, and forwarding proceeds to foreign-based perpetrators.
United States Joins Suit against Navistar Defense LLC Alleging False Claims under Marine Corps Contract
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- Published: 08 December 2019 08 December 2019
Washington, DC - The United States has intervened in a whistleblower suit filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against Navistar Defense LLC. Navistar Defense manufactured armored vehicles for the United States military and is a subsidiary of Navistar International LLC, headquartered in Melrose Park, Illinois.
Justice Department Announces More than $376 Million in Awards to Promote Public Safety
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- Published: 08 December 2019 08 December 2019
Washington, DC - The Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Wednesday announced that it has awarded more than $376 million in grant funding to enhance state, local and tribal law enforcement operations and reinforce public safety efforts in jurisdictions across the United States.
Four Gangster Disciples Sentenced Following Seven-Week Jury Trial
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- Published: 08 December 2019 08 December 2019
Clarksville, Tennessee - Following a seven-week jury trial in U.S. District Court earlier this year, a federal jury convicted five members of the Gangster Disciples of multiple counts relating to a racketeering conspiracy and a drug distribution conspiracy, which plagued the Clarksville, area with violence and murders for more than a decade, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.