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Capitol News Illinois

Massey shooting: USDOJ ‘assessing the circumstances’

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) -- The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed late Tuesday that it is “assessing the circumstances” surrounding the fatal shooting of an unarmed Black woman by a Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy. Benjamin Crump, renowned civil rights attorney who represents the family of the woman, said at a news conference on Tuesday that the DOJ had opened an investigation into the shooting death of Sonya Massey, 36. “This is the worst police shooting video ever,” Crump said. Attorney […]

July 24, 2024 50

National

Avenatti pleads guilty to California fraud charges

SANTA ANA, Calif. (UPI) -- California lawyer Michael Avenatti pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing millions of dollars from four clients, according to court records. Avenatti pleaded guilty to four counts of wire fraud as well as one count of tax fraud for attempting to obstruct the administration of the Internal Revenue Code. Avenatti embezzled money that should have been paid to clients, according to a statement by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California. District Court Judge James […]

June 16, 2022 5

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Business & Lifestyle

FTC orders MoneyGram to pay $125M in settlement

DALLAS (UPI) -- MoneyGram International agreed Thursday to pay $125 million to settle claims it failed to prevent fraudulent money transfers. That settlement amount is part of the company's 2012 deferred prosecution agreement with the Department of Justice and an order from the Federal Trade Commission. In 2012, MoneyGram, the Justice Department said, failed to live up to a deferred prosecution agreement requiring the Dallas-based global money services business to to provide adequate anti-fraud and anti-money laundering programs. The 2012 […]

November 8, 2018 3

National

Former U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman sentenced to 10 years in prison

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Former Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for using charitable donations for his own personal and campaign expenses. Stockman, 61, also was ordered to serve three years of supervised release and pay more than $1 million in restitution for orchestrating a four-year scheme to defraud big-money donors to secretly funnel the funds to himself and his campaign, the U.S. Department of Justice said. "Former Congressman Stockman was entrusted by his […]

November 7, 2018 5

Decision 2018

Illinois’ congressional delegations split on significance of FISA abuse memo

WASHINGTON (Illinois News Network) -- Illinois’ congressional delegation is split along party lines on whether the controversial memo released Friday exposes inherent bias in the FBI against the Trump administration or if it’s meant to undermine law enforcement investigating the Trump campaign's ties to Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The Republican-crafted memo was released Friday after it got the green light to be declassified from the White House. It alleges leadership at the FBI and the Department of Justice […]

February 6, 2018 5

Business & Lifestyle

HSBC to pay over $100M to settle currency rigging probe

LONDON/NEW YORK (UPI) -- Europe's biggest bank has agreed to pay about $100 million in penalties to resolve a U.S. Justice Department investigation. The deal stems from a probe into HSBC Holdings PLC rigging currency rates, an investigation that led to the conviction of one of its former bankers. The scheme, which involved bankers executing trades that drove up costs for two large corporate clients, netted the bank more than $46 million in profits in 2010 and 2011. John Cronan, acting assistant attorney […]

January 19, 2018 3

Governmental Watchdogs

Libertarian Party news release: U.S. Department of Justice violated First Amendment rights of the press

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Heartland Newsfeed) -- In a press release made available to the press Tuesday, the Libertarian Party called out the U.S. Department of Justice for a clear and blatant violation of the First Amendment by requiring Russian-funded news network Russia Today (RT) and its North American counterpart, RT America, to register as a foreign agent under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, which has been active since World War II. The foreign network has faced governmental threats if they didn't […]

November 14, 2017 1

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