DELAWARE – A Jordanian shipping company that illegally dumped oily waste off Delaware’s waters was fined $500,000 today and banned from calling on ports in the United States for two years. Jordan-based…
Category: American Justice
Owner of Salvage and Demolition Company Plead Guilty to Illegally Disposing Asbestos
TENNESSEE – The owner and operator of a Tennessee salvage and demolition company, A&E Salvage Inc., plead guilty Wednesday in federal court to violating the Clean Air Act, officials said. Mark Sawyer…
Two Idaho Men Are Indicted for a Hate Crime
IDAHO – Two men were indicted Tuesday for hate crimes in connection with a racially motivated assault of a black man last year, according to authorities. A federal grand jury indicted Jonathan…
Justice Department Reaches $60 Million Settlement with Sallie Mae for Charging Military Service Members Excessive Interest Rates on Student Loans
DELAWARE — The federal government reached a settlement with the owners and those servicing student loans who were violating the rights of service members by not capping military loans at 6 percent…
Alleged Honduran Drug Dealer Extradited to U.S. and Charged With Drug Smuggling
MIAMI – Federal officials announced last week the extradition of Honduran citizen Carlos Arnoldo Lobo, a/k/a “Negro,” 39, from Honduras to the U.S. Lobo arrived in Florida on Thursday and is being…
A 19-Year-old Man Sentenced to More Than 56 Years in Prison for His Role in Armed Robberies
MIAMI – A 19-year-old man was sentenced to 56 years and four months in prison for his role in a string of violent armed robberies that targeted food delivery drivers and taxicab…
Two Men Sent to Prison for Filing Fraudulent Asylum Applications for Chinese Nationals
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA – The owner of a San Gabriel immigration consulting business and one of his employees have been sentenced to federal prison for charging up to $6,500 to prepare and file…
Beverly Hills Banker Helped Taxpayers Set Up Secret Israeli Bank Accounts
LOS ANGELES – A senior vice president at the Los Angeles branch of a bank headquartered in Tel Aviv was charged today with helping U.S. taxpayers hide secret Israeli bank account to…
Man Who Robbed Drug Dealer of Marijuna and Firearms Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison
A 31-year-old man who robbed a marijuana trafficker with his accomplices was sentenced to 14 years in prison, federal officials said. Charles Slaughter was on federal supervision for bank fraud in 2013…
N.Y. Drug Dealer Given 10 Years For Overdose Deaths of Two Men
NEW YORK – A New York drug dealer who was responsible for the overdose deaths of two men in 2011 by selling them oxymorphone was sentenced today to 10 years in prison,…
The Case of How Americans View TV Lands in the U.S. Supreme Court
How Americans view television is what is at stake in a case that goes before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, and the stakes are so high that the Obama Administration has…
Former Teamster Union Treasurer Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA – The former treasurer of a Teamsters Union plead guilty to embezzling from the union and filing a false tax return, federal officials said today. Fred W. Correll, 79, of…