Crime

11 charged in homeland security task force investigation relating to aliens found dead in a boxcar earlier this year — DOJ

As part of a Homeland Security Task Force case, a federal grand jury in Del Rio, Texas, returned an indictment this week charging 11...

Four men plead guilty to $2m minnesota medicaid fraud — DOJ

Four Minnesota men pleaded guilty to defrauding Minnesota’s Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) program out of approximately $2.2 million and concealing the scheme by using...

Dallas laboratory, owners, and investors pay $24m to resolve COVID-19 testing fraud allegations — DOJ

Magnolia Diagnostics, a clinical laboratory based in Dallas, Texas. Its owners, John Bains and Kelly Bains, have agreed to...

Eyepoint pharmaceuticals to pay $4.6 million to resolve false claims act allegations — DOJ

Eyepoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (EyePoint) headquartered in Massachusetts, has agreed to pay the United States $ 4,657,463.18 to resolve allegations...

Trade fraud task force surpasses $1 billion in recoveries and charged losses in less than one year — DOJ

The Department of Justice announced today that the Trade Fraud Task Force (TFTF), launched in August 2025, with the...

Eight illegal alien tren de aragua members from venezuela charged with kidnappings that resulted in death, racketeering involving murder — DOJ

Note: A copy of the indictment in the Northern District of Texas can be found here. A copy of the...

Chinese national pleads guilty to narcotics trafficking, money laundering, and material support to terrorism — DOJ

A Honduras-based Chinese national extradited from Guatemala pleaded guilty today to conspiring to import cocaine into the United States,...

Illegal alien from honduras sentenced for $89 million off-the-books payroll tax fraud scheme employing illegal aliens — DOJ

An illegal alien from Honduras was sentenced yesterday to 96 months in prison for his role in operating a...

National health care fraud takedown results in 455 defendants charged in connection with over $6.5 billion in alleged fraud — DOJ

The Justice Department today announced the 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown. Resulted in charges against 455 defendants, including...

Justice department charges 11 illegal aliens among 15 in $1.4m benefit fraud crackdown in massachusetts — DOJ

The Justice Department announced today fifteen individuals, 11 illegal aliens and four U.S. citizens, have been charged and arrested...

Acting attorney general todd blanche appoints national coordinator for child exploitation and human trafficking — DOJ

In a memo to all Department of Justice employees, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced today the establishment of...

Former intelligence community contractor pleads guilty to accepting kickbacks — DOJ

A former Intelligence Community contractor pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit offenses against the United States by soliciting and...

Three illegal aliens from guatemala indicted for crimes related to unaccompanied alien children, including smuggling and fraud charges — DOJ

Yesterday in Cleveland, Ohio, indictments were returned charging three illegal aliens from Guatemala for international smuggling of unaccompanied alien...

Texas couple sentenced for running an illegal pyramid scheme — DOJ

A Texas couple was sentenced yesterday to 40 years each in prison for running a fraudulent chain-referral pyramid scheme,...

Twenty-six trinitarios gang members charged with RICO conspiracy related to five murders after homeland security task force efforts — DOJ

Twenty-six alleged leaders, members and associates of the Trinitarios, a violent transnational criminal organization, have been indicted on federal...

Government contractor and executives to pay $21.3m to resolve fraud scheme involving service-disabled veteran-owned small business contracts — DOJ

Broadway Electric Inc. (Broadway), Cornerstone Contracting Inc. (Cornerstone), Chief Executive Officer John Oehler. President Christian Blake agreed to pay...

Three arrested in kansas and california, charged with plot to support ISIS — DOJ

Early this morning, the FBI arrested three men in Kansas City, Kansas, San Diego. Sacramento, California, on charges that...