LOS ANGELESA Nigerian national who operated a money-transfer business in Chino has been sentenced to 97 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme that bilked hundreds of victims out of more than $1.5 million in a scam…

The FBI and the Orange County Sheriffs Department, as well as detectives with multiple police departments in Orange County, are seeking the publics assistance in learning the identity of the Blue Note Bandit, the moniker given to an unidentified bank…

PHOENIX, Arizona Ildefonso Machado-Molina, 31, a citizen of the Republic of Mexico and resident of Phoenix, Ariz., was sentenced here by U.S. District Judge Paul G. Rosenblatt to 17.5 years (210 months) of imprisonment, a $1,000 fine, and a 60-month…

The FBI is joining local authorities in the search for a Cary, Illinois woman charged with abducting her two children, according to Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Sonia Del…

Emissions to Be Cut by More Than 75,000 Tons Annually WASHINGTONWestar Energy has agreed to spend approximately $500 million to significantly reduce harmful air pollution from a Kansas power plant and pay a $3 million civil penalty, under a settlement…

Software Licensing Agreement, Divestiture and Anti-Retaliation Provisions Will Preserve Competition in Ticketing in the United States WASHINGTON The Department of Justice will require Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. to license its ticketing software, divest ticketing assets and subject itself to anti-retaliation provisions…

Fraudulently Billing Medicare and Medicaid for $36 Million HOUSTONThe owners of several Houston area durable medical equipment (DME) companies convicted by a jury in April 2009 of conspiracy to defraud Medicare and Medicaid, health care fraud, wire fraud, and money…

Lawsuit Seeks to Restore Lost Competition in Sale of Milk to School Districts and Retailers in Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin WASHINGTON The Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today against Dean Foods Company challenging its April 2009 acquisition…

Companies Required to Pay $900,000 Civil Penalty WASHINGTON The Department of Justice has reached a settlement with Smithfield Foods Inc. and Premium Standard Farms LLC that requires the companies to pay a total of $900,000 in civil penalties for violating…

Pacific Pipeline Systems Will Also Discontinue Use of 70 Miles of Pipeline WASHINGTONPacific Pipeline Systems LLP, a Long Beach, California-based oil transport company, has agreed to pay a $1.3 million civil penalty and discontinue the use of a section of…

Defendants Arrested in Las Vegas and Miami; 21 Search Warrants Executed in United States and United Kingdom WASHINGTONTwenty-two executives and employees of companies in the military and law enforcement products industry have been indicted for engaging in schemes to bribe…

The first medical teams on the ground in Haiti from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are providing technical assistance at the GHESKIO Clinic in the capital, Port-au-Prince. They will begin basic and acute medical care in the…