Office of Public Affairs | Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald Issues Memorandum on the National Fraud Enforcement Division’s Comprehensive Approach in the Fight Against Fraud
Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald of the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division (the Fraud Division) today released Directive 26-13, outlining the Division’s comprehensive approach in the fight against…
Office of Public Affairs | Ukrainian-Russian Dual Citizen Pleads Guilty to Running International Money Laundering Organization for Cybercriminals
Oleg Korniev, 42, a dual citizen of Ukraine and Russia, pleaded guilty today to running a sophisticated international money laundering organization that laundered millions of dollars stolen from United States…
Office of Public Affairs | Nicolás Maduro Moros and Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro Charged with Torture
The Justice Department announced that former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Moros and former First Lady of Venezuela Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro have been charged in a Superseding Indictment unsealed…
Office of Public Affairs | Justice Department Files Complaint Against the City and County of Denver, Colorado Challenging Mask Ban and Identification Requirements for Federal Officers
Today, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the City and County of Denver, Mayor Michael C. Johnston, City Attorney Michiko Ando Brown, and Police Chief Ronald Thomas, challenging…
Office of Public Affairs | Justice Department and FBI Seize Vulnerability Scanning and Spear Phishing Tools Operated and Used by China-State Sponsored Hackers
Today the Justice Department and FBI announced court-authorized seizures to deny malicious cyber actors access to two hacking tools, “Microscan” and “FishHub,” used to scan and, in some cases, hack,…
Office of Public Affairs | United States Files Civil Suit to Recover Customs Duties and Fraud Penalties exceeding $280M Against Importer and Retailer of Kitchen and Bath Construction and Remodeling Products and Its Chief Executive Officer
The United States has filed a civil fraud lawsuit in the United States Court of International Trade against importer Uni-Tile & Marble Inc., and its chief executive officer, Xin Mian…
Office of Public Affairs | Statement of the Department of Justice Antitrust Division on the Closing of Its Investigation of Arrive AS’s Proposed Acquisition of Passport Labs Inc.
The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following statement today in connection with the closing of the Antitrust Division’s investigation into Arrive AS’s (Arrive) proposed acquisition of Passport Labs Inc.…
Office of Public Affairs | Minnesota Woman Convicted in $3.6M Scheme to Defraud Medicaid Housing Services Program
A federal jury in St. Paul convicted a Minnesota woman yesterday for executing a scheme to steal $3.6 million from the now-defunct Minnesota Medicaid Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) Program.“The Fraud…
Three Shot in North St. Louis County, Seek Help at Culver’s
FLORISSANT, MO – October 8, 2026 (STL.News) Three people were wounded in a shooting Wednesday evening in north St. Louis County before traveling to a Culver’s restaurant in Florissant to…
Office of Public Affairs | Justice Department Files Motions Defending a Rule Rescinding the Regulatory Definitions of “Harm” As It Relates to the Endangered Species Act
The Justice Department’s Energy and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) yesterday filed motions for summary judgment in four cases defending challenges to a rule rescinding the regulatory definition of “harm” in…