b U.S. Repatriates over $311.7 Million in Assets to the Nigerian People that were Stolen by Former Nigerian Dictator and His Associates By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 00:00:00 -0400 The Department of Justice announced today that it has transferred $311,797,876.11 to the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Nigeria) in accordance with a Feb. 3, 2020, trilateral agreement among the governments of the United States, Nigeria and the Bailiwick of Jersey (Jersey) to repatriate assets the United States forfeited that were traceable to the kleptocracy of former Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha and his co-conspirators. Full Article
b Attorney General William P. Barr's Statement on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives Awareness Day By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
b Statement from Assistant Attorney General Stephen E. Boyd Expressing Support for Congressional Efforts to Expedite Payment of Public Safety Officer Benefits to First Responders Who Contract COVID-19 By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 -0400 Assistant Attorney General Stephen E. Boyd issued the following statement in support of efforts to streamline payments under the Public Safety Officer Benefit Program (PSOB) to public safety officers fatally injured while working during COVID-19: Full Article
b Founder of Russian Bank Charged with Tax Fraud By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 05 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500 The founder of a Russian bank was arrested last week in London in connection with an indictment charging him with filing false tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, U.S. Attorney David L. Anderson for the Northern District of California, and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge Kareem Carter. The Sept. 26, 2019, indictment was unsealed today. Full Article
b Oklahoma Business Owner Indicted for Tax Fraud By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 06 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500 A federal grand jury in Tulsa, Oklahoma, returned an indictment Wednesday charging a Bristow, Oklahoma, business owner with filing false tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney R. Trent Shores for the Northern District of Oklahoma. Full Article
b Brooklyn Tax Preparer Sentenced to Prison for Preparing Fraudulent Returns By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 06 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500 A Brooklyn, New York, tax return preparer was sentenced to 15 months in prison today for preparing false returns for his clients and himself, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Richard P. Donoghue for the Eastern District of New York. Full Article
b Alabama Salesman Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0400 A Hoover, Alabama, salesman and tax defier pleaded guilty Friday to tax evasion, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town for the Northern District of Alabama. Full Article
b Alabama Salesman Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
b South Florida Business Owner Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison for Not Paying $10.8 Million in Employment Tax Withholdings By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0400 A Miami, Florida, business owner was sentenced to 24 months in prison today for failing to pay over employment taxes, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan for the Southern District of Florida. Full Article
b Jury Finds Los Angeles Businessman Guilty in $1 Billion Biodiesel Tax Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0400 A federal jury in Salt Lake City, Utah, convicted California businessman Lev Aslan Dermen, also known as Levon Termendzhyan, of criminal charges today relating to a $1 billion renewable fuel tax credit fraud scheme, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, U.S. Attorney John W. Huber for the District of Utah, Don Fort Chief of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - Criminal Investigation, Acting Special Agent-in-Charge Lance Ehrig for the Denver Area Office of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Criminal Investigation Division, and Special Agent-in-Charge Michael Mentavlos for the Denver Area Office of Defense Criminal Investigative Service. Full Article
b Federal Court Permanently Bars Former Liberty Tax Service Owners from Tax Preparation Business By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0400 A federal court in Tampa, Florida has permanently barred Steven Doletzky, formerly doing business as Liberty Tax Service, from operating a tax return preparation business and preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The court also ordered Doletzky to disgorge $175,000 of ill-gotten gains that the United States alleges he received from filing federal tax returns that claimed improper tax refunds, understated customers’ federal tax liabilities, or otherwise included false or fraudulent claims. Full Article
b Lake Worth Businessman Pleads Guilty to Evading Taxes on Millions in Income, Stashing Funds in Secret Accounts Around the World By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 03 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0400 A Lake Worth, Florida, businessman pleaded guilty today to tax evasion and willful failure to file a Report of Foreign Bank or Financial Account, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan for the Southern District of Florida. Full Article
b Eighth Circuit Upholds Determination that Wells Fargo is Liable for Penalties for Engaging in Abusive Tax Shelter Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0400 The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a precedential opinion on Friday, April 24, 2020, affirming a district court decision that a transaction designed to generate massive foreign tax credits (referred to as the STARS tax shelter) lacked economic substance and business purpose and was subject to the accuracy-related penalty for negligence, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman and Deputy Assistant Attorney General Joshua Wu of the Justice Department’s Tax Division. Full Article
b Israel’s Largest Bank, Bank Hapoalim, Admits to Conspiring with U.S. Taxpayers to Hide Assets and Income in Offshore Accounts By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0400 Jeffrey A. Rosen, the Deputy Attorney General of the United States, Richard E. Zuckerman, the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Don Fort, the Chief of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announced today the guilty plea of Bank Hapoalim (Switzerland) Ltd. and filing of criminal charges against Bank Hapoalim B.M. for conspiring with U.S. taxpayers and others to hide more than $7.6 billion in more than 5,500 secret Swiss and Israeli bank accounts and the income generated in these accounts from the Internal Revenue Service (the IRS). BHS’s Chief Executive Officer appeared on behalf of the bank to enter the guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil. Full Article
b Program Instructor(s) - Youth Sports (5) EX20-043 (Funded) (Bilingual) By www.greatersudbury.ca Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 18:37:42 GMT Full Article Collections Elections 2014 Engagement Leisure Adult Ages 13 to 18 Ages 6 to 12 Birth to Age 5 Senior Newsroom Mastheads Backgrounder Emergency Advisory Emergency Bulletin Emergency Warning Media Advisory News Release Public Service Announcement Traffic Report Newsroom Streams City Hall Move Play Prepare Work Video Archives Upcoming Event
b Distribution and Collection Operator B EX20-262 By www.greatersudbury.ca Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 18:43:04 GMT Full Article Collections Elections 2014 Engagement Leisure Adult Ages 13 to 18 Ages 6 to 12 Birth to Age 5 Senior Newsroom Mastheads Backgrounder Emergency Advisory Emergency Bulletin Emergency Warning Media Advisory News Release Public Service Announcement Traffic Report Newsroom Streams City Hall Move Play Prepare Work Video Archives Upcoming Event
b Department of Justice Files Statement of Interest in Clanton, Alabama, Bond Case By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0500 Full Article
b Attorney General Holder Addresses the Bipartisan Summit on Criminal Justice Reform By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
b Remarks by Karen Lash, Access to Justice Deputy Director, on Civil Legal Aid Research at the University of South Carolina School of Law By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
b Justice Department Files Brief to Address the Criminalization of Homelessness By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 06 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
b Department of Justice Files Amicus Brief in Pennsylvania Right to Counsel Case By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
b Director Lisa Foster of the Office for Access to Justice Delivers Remarks at ABA’s 11th Annual Summit on Public Defense By www.justice.gov Published On :: Sat, 06 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0500 Full Article
b Director Lisa Foster of the Office for Access to Justice Delivers Remarks at the Texas Fair Defense Act 15th Anniversary Symposium Celebration By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 06 May 2016 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
b Department of Justice Files Amicus Brief in Idaho Right to Counsel Case By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 12 May 2016 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
b Director Lisa Foster of the Office for Access to Justice Delivers Remarks at the ABA’s 2016 National Meeting of State Access to Justice Chairs By www.justice.gov Published On :: Sat, 14 May 2016 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
b Justice Department Files Brief to Address Automatic Suspensions of Driver’s Licenses for Failure to Pay Court Debt By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 07 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0500 Full Article
b Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General Bill Baer Delivers Remarks at Second International Conference on Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Justice Systems By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0500 Full Article
b White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable Issues First Annual Report to the President By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 30 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0500 Full Article
b Cantor Fitzgerald Agrees to Pay $3.2 Million to Settle Charges for Providing Deficient Blue Sheet Data By www.sec.gov Published On :: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 16:15:10 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. has agreed to pay $3.2 million to settle charges for providing the SEC with incomplete and inaccurate securities trading information known as “blue sheet data.”… Full Article
b SEC Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations Publishes Risk Alerts Providing Advance Information Regarding Inspections for Compliance with Regulation Best Interest and Form CRS By www.sec.gov Published On :: Tue, 07 Apr 2020 12:23:24 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) has issued two risk alerts: Examinations that Focus on Compliance with Regulation Best Interest and Examinations that Focus on Compliance with… Full Article
b In Response to Self-Executing Congressional Mandates, SEC Adopts Offering Reforms for Business Development Companies and Registered Closed-End Funds By www.sec.gov Published On :: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 16:30:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to adopt rule amendments to implement certain provisions of the Small Business Credit Availability Act and the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act relating to business… Full Article
b SEC Provides Temporary, Conditional Relief for Business Development Companies Making Investments in Small and Medium-sized Businesses By www.sec.gov Published On :: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 19:45:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it is providing temporary, conditional exemptive relief for business development companies (BDCs) to enable them to make additional investments in small and medium-sized businesses, including… Full Article
b SEC Awards Over $27 Million to Whistleblower By www.sec.gov Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 10:35:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an award of more than $27 million to a whistleblower who alerted the agency to misconduct occurring, in part, overseas. After providing the tip to the Commission, the whistleblower provided… Full Article
b SEC Orders Three Self-Reporting Advisory Firms to Reimburse Investors By www.sec.gov Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 16:25:55 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against two advisers that self-reported as part of the Division of Enforcement’s Share Class Selection Disclosure Initiative, and a third adviser that self-reported within months… Full Article
b SEC Issues $5 Million Whistleblower Award By www.sec.gov Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 15:05:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a $5 million award to a whistleblower who provided significant information that led to a successful enforcement action. The whistleblower provided critical evidence of wrongdoing, which helped… Full Article
b SEC Provides for Phased CAT Broker-Dealer Reporting Timelines with Conditional Exemption for Impacts of COVID-19 By www.sec.gov Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 19:45:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission announced it has voted to issue two exemptive orders in order to move Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) implementation forward: (1) establishing a phased CAT reporting timeline for broker-dealers, and (2) permitting… Full Article
b SEC Awards Over $18 Million to Whistleblower By www.sec.gov Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 13:45:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an award of more than $18 million to a whistleblower whose significant information prompted an examination that resulted in an important enforcement action. The whistleblower repeatedly reported the… Full Article
b Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee to Discuss the SEC’s Capital Formation Proposal on May 8 By www.sec.gov Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 17:15:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today released the agenda for the Friday, May 8 meeting of its Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee, which will be hosted via video conference. The Committee will discuss the Commission’s recent… Full Article
b SEC Awards Almost $2 Million to Whistleblower By www.sec.gov Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 09:50:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an award of nearly $2 million to a whistleblower whose information and assistance helped the agency bring a successful enforcement action and allowed investors to recover much of their money. … Full Article
b SEC Provides Temporary, Conditional Relief to Allow Small Businesses to Pursue Expedited Crowdfunding Offerings By www.sec.gov Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 14:18:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it is providing temporary, conditional relief for established smaller companies affected by COVID-19 that may look to meet their urgent funding needs through a Regulation Crowdfunding offering.… Full Article
b SEC Charges Bloomberg Tradebook for Order Routing Misrepresentations By www.sec.gov Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 16:35:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed settled charges against registered broker-dealer Bloomberg Tradebook LLC for making material misrepresentations and omitting material facts about how the firm handled certain customer trade orders. The… Full Article
b U.S. v. Carter Brett By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 21:08:19 GMT Document filed on February 5, 2020 Information Full Article
b Former Virginia Tech Professor Sentenced for Grant Fraud, False Statements, Obstruction By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
b Boise Man Pleads Guilty to Multi-Million Dollar Counterfeit Cellphone Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
b Businessman Sentenced to a Year in Prison for Stealing Employer’s Trade Secrets While Planning New Job in China By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0400 Businessman Sentenced to a Year in Prison for Stealing Employer’s Trade Secrets While Planning New Job in China Full Article
b Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski Delivers Remarks at the Thirteenth Law Enforcement and Industry Meeting on Intellectual Property Enforcement By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0500 This conference offers a great opportunity for CCIPS, the Department, and each of our law enforcement colleagues gathered at the table today to discuss our shared efforts in IP enforcement, and to hear your comments about the latest successes and challenges. It’s an event that benefits all of us. Full Article
b Newport Man Pleads Guilty to Copyright Infringement for Creating Illegal Video Streaming and Downloading Websites By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0500 Full Article
b Las Vegas Businessman Sentenced to Prison for Trafficking More Than $1 Million in Counterfeit Electronics By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0500 Full Article
b American Businessman Who Ran Houston-Based Subsidiary of Chinese Company Sentenced to Prison for Theft of Trade Secrets By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0500 The head of a Houston-based company that was the subsidiary of a Chinese company that developed stolen trade secrets was sentenced to 16 months in prison and ordered to forfeit more than $330,000 by U.S. District Judge Christopher R. Cooper of the District of Columbia. Full Article
b Chinese Telecommunications Conglomerate Huawei and Subsidiaries Charged in Racketeering Conspiracy and Conspiracy to Steal Trade Secrets By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0500 A superseding indictment was returned yesterday in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charging Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Huawei), the world’s largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer, and two U.S. subsidiaries with conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). Full Article
