Justice Department Announces Results of Operation Spring Cleaning
Union Leaders Convicted of Racketeering, Fraud, and Embezzlement of Union Dues
CEO of Iran Tech Company Arrested on Federal Charge of Supplying U.S. Equipment to Iran’s Nuclear and Military Establishment
Joint Law Enforcement Effort Disrupts Two Multi-State Drug Trafficking Operations; Nineteen Defendants Charged in Homeland Security Task Force Initiative
Morris County Man Arrested for Kicking and Biting ICE Deportation Officers
National News
Jul 26, 2007
WASHINGTON Joseph P. Nacchio, 57, the former chief executive officer of Qwest Communications International Inc., was sentenced to 6 years in prison for insider trading, the Justice Department announced today. Chief U.S. District Judge Edward Nottingham for the District of…
Jul 17, 2007
WASHINGTON A former executive of National Century Financial Enterprises (NCFE) pleaded guilty to charges that he defrauded investors of billions of dollars, the Justice Departments Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Gregory G. Lockhart of the Southern District of Ohio announced.…
Jul 17, 2007
WASHINGTON - Northrop Grumman will pay the United States $8 million to resolve allegations that it did not properly test certain tubes used by the U.S. military in night vision goggles and sniper scopes, the Justice Department announced. These night…
Jul 16, 2007
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved for marketing the Prestige Cervical Disc, made by Medtronic Sofamor Danek of Memphisthe first artificial cervical (neck) disc for the treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease, one of the most common causes…
Jul 3, 2007
An international team of investigators has identified the first human antibodies that can neutralize different strains of the virus responsible for outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The researchers used a mouse model and in vitro assays (lab tests)…
Jun 19, 2007
Heroin Drug Leaders so Rich They Built a Purse Out of Nothing but $100 Bills (Baltimore, MD) Carl J. Kotowski, Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) of the Baltimore District Office of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), along with Baltimore…
Jun 5, 2007
Administration and Bipartisan Group of Senators Reach Bipartisan Agreement on Comprehensive Immigration Reform In mid-May, Administration Officials and A Bipartisan Group of Senators Reached Agreement on Comprehensive Immigration Reform Legislation. The proposal includes: · Putting Border Security And Enforcement First:…
Jun 5, 2007
Executive Also Charged With Conspiring to Embezzle Money From Former Employer WASHINGTON A former chief financial officer of a Virginia marine products company has agreed to plead guilty, serve 18 months in prison, and pay a $75,000 criminal fine for…
May 1, 2007
Reducing sodium intake not only prevents high blood pressure, but also prevents heart disease, according to new clinical trial data from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health. Men and women with pre-hypertension who…
May 1, 2007
The sharp decline in the rate of new breast cancer cases in 2003 may be related to a national decline in the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), according to a new report in the April 19, 2007, issue of…
Apr 17, 2007
BOSTON - A Canadian man was sentenced on April 4 in federal court for his telemarketing fraud scheme, which preyed on American citizens. United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan and Bruce M. Foucart, special agent in charge of U.S. Immigration…
Apr 17, 2007
WASHINGTON Four Massachusetts residents were sentenced in federal court for money laundering and trafficking and conspiring to traffic in more than $1 million of counterfeit luxury handbags and wallets, as well as the materials needed to make these counterfeits, Assistant…