Office of Public Affairs | Former TD Bank Employee Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribes, Laundering $4.8 Million to Colombia
Gerardo Aquino, 40, of Hollywood, Florida, pleaded guilty to accepting bribes and laundering more than $4.8 million to Colombia while employed by TD Bank.“The Criminal Division is at the vanguard…
Office of Public Affairs | Justice Department and USDA Reaffirm and Expand their Partnership to Protect Competition in Agricultural Inputs
Attorney General Todd Blanche and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins have agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), building on the joint progress of the Department of Justice and…
Office of Public Affairs | AIDS Healthcare Foundation Agrees to Pay $1.44M to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Los Angeles, California, has agreed to pay $1.44 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting or…
Albus & Boyce: Cops, Prosecutors and Justice
ST. LOUIS, MO – October 5, 2026 (STL.News) The criminal justice system is often described through its institutions — police departments, prosecutors’ offices, federal agencies, and courts. But institutions do…
Trump Approves Firing Squad for Fort Hood Shooter
WASHINGTON, DC – October 6, 2026 (STL.News) President Donald Trump has approved the execution of Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan by a U.S. Army firing squad for the 2009 mass…
Office of Public Affairs | Justice Department Announces Actions Advancing Two Challenges to State and Local Natural Gas Bans in Colorado and Illinois
The Justice Department’s Energy and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) last week received a favorable decision regarding its statement of interest filing in a Colorado case. ENRD also filed an amicus…
Office of Public Affairs | California Woman Arrested on Charges Alleging She Acted as Agent of China and Spied on Relatives of U.S. Based High-Ranking Taiwanese Government Official
Wanying Zhang, 34, also known as Heather Zhang, of Irvine, California, was arrested Sunday on a one count complaint charging her with acting in the United States as an unregistered…
Nasdaq Hits Record as Tech Leads Wall Street Higher
NEW YORK – October 5, 2026 (STL.News) U.S. stocks finished higher Monday, with the Nasdaq Composite closing at a record as gains in major technology companies helped Wall Street advance…
Office of Public Affairs | U.S. Department of Justice Obtains Settlement on Behalf of National Guard Medic for Alleged Employment Discrimination by Texas Memory Care Facility
A federal judge in Austin has approved a settlement between the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, on behalf of Army National Guard Combat Medic Specialist Maria Opara, and Texas-based University…
Office of Public Affairs | Justice Department Moves to Strip Citizenship from 40 Criminals in Largest Single-Period Filing Under the Trump Administration
The Department of Justice announced today that it has filed denaturalization actions in multiple U.S. district courts against 40 individuals accused of serious offenses, including acting as an agent for…