y COVID-19: Servicemembers’ Civil Rights - Message from the Assistant Attorney General By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0400 As the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, I am entrusted with the responsibility of protecting the civil rights of the brave men and women of our nation’s armed forces, and our nation’s veterans. Since COVID-19 has come to our shores, active duty servicemembers and members of the National Guard and Reserve have shouldered new burdens as they work to protect our country. We owe it to them to ensure that COVID-19 does not jeopardize their economic livelihood. That is why the Department of Justice is committed to vigorously enforcing all the civil rights laws, including those that protect the housing and civilian employment rights of servicemembers. Full Article
y President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice Completes Teleconferences on Reentry and Grant Programs By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
y Justice Department Charges Two Defendants with Carjacking and Carrying a Firearm in Relation to a Crime of Violence in Connection with the Death of Two Transgender Individuals By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 00:00:00 -0400 The Justice Department announced today that Juan Carlos Pagán Bonilla (Pagan), 21, and Sean Díaz de León (Diaz), 19, have been charged by a criminal complaint in federal district court with carjacking and with using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence in connection with the death of two transgender individuals. Pagan and Diaz are now in federal custody. Full Article
y Government Official and Contracting Executive Plead Guilty to Bribery Conspiracy By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 00:00:00 -0400 The former Director of Procurement for the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the president and chief executive officer of a government contracting firm pleaded guilty today to conspiring to bribe a public official. Full Article
y 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
y 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
y United States Reaches Settlement to Recover More Than $49 Million Involving Malaysian Sovereign Wealth Fund By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 00:00:00 -0400 The Department of Justice has reached a settlement of its civil forfeiture cases against assets acquired by Khadem al-Qubaisi using funds allegedly misappropriated from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), Malaysia’s investment development fund, and laundered through financial institutions in several jurisdictions, including the United States, Switzerland, Singapore and Luxembourg. Full Article
y 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
y Justice Department Settles with Staffing Company to Resolve Immigration-Related Discrimination Claims By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 -0400 The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement with Randstad North America Inc. (Randstad), a global staffing agency with offices throughout the United States and a headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. The settlement resolves the department’s claims that the staffing company’s South Plainfield, New Jersey location, violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by discriminating against lawful permanent residents when verifying their work authorization. Full Article
y Justice Department Files Statement of Interest to Protect the Rights of Military and Overseas Voters in Georgia By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 -0400 The Department of Justice today filed a Statement of Interest in a Georgia federal court to help ensure that uniformed service members serving their country away from home, their family members absent with them, and American citizens living overseas have the opportunity to participate fully in Georgia’s 2020 federal elections. The Statement of Interest is part of the Department of Justice’s continued efforts to enforce the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA). Full Article
y Nevada Fraudster Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Prison for Role in Scheme to File False Tax Returns Using Stolen Identities By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 04 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500 A Las Vegas resident was sentenced to 65 months in prison today for his role in a stolen identity tax fraud, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada. Full Article
y 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
y 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
y Alabama Salesman Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
y 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
y Federal Court Permanently Shuts Down Ohio Tax Return Preparer By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0400 A federal court permanently enjoined Mary E. Shade, d/b/a MS Tax, of Piqua, Ohio, from owning or operating a tax return preparation business and preparing tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. Mary E. Shade consented to the relief. Full Article
y Serial Non-Filer Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0400 A man who did not file tax returns for several years in a row pleaded guilty Friday, March 13, 2020, to evading his income taxes, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division. Full Article
y 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
y 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
y Federal Court Finds Tampa Tax Preparer in Contempt for Violating the Court’s Preliminary and Permanent Injunctions By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
y Federal Court Orders Texas Home Health Care Services Company to Pay Employment Taxes By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0400 On March 18, a federal court ordered El Mundo Feliz, a Partnership (El Mundo), and Daniel Martinez Jr. to begin paying employment taxes to the United States on a timely basis, the Justice Department announced today. Full Article
y Federal Court Permanently Shuts Down Texas Tax Return Preparers By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0400 A federal court permanently enjoined Smart Ajayi, d/b/a Harplett Marketing LLC., Topps Tax Services and Smart Tax Services, and JoAnn Villarreal, both of Grand Prairie, Texas, from owning or operating a tax return preparation business and preparing tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. Ajayi and Villarreal consented to the relief. Full Article
y 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
y 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
y Specialty Youth Program Instructor (10) EX20-041 (Youth Sports) Funded By www.greatersudbury.ca Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 18:36:41 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
y 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
y Program Instructor(s) - Youth Sports (5) EX20-045 (Funded) By www.greatersudbury.ca Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 18:38:44 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
y In Milestone for Sentencing Reform, Attorney General Holder Announces Record Reduction in Mandatory Minimums Against Nonviolent Drug Offenders By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0500 Full Article
y Attorney General Holder Applauds Settlement to Improve Right to Counsel in New York State By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
y 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
y 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
y 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
y U.S. Attorney’s Office Hosts Reentry Seminar in Tucson as Part of National Reentry Week By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
y 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
y Assistant Attorney General John P. Carlin Delivers Opening Remarks at the National Security Division 10 Year Anniversary Conference By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0400 Thank you, Sean, for your kind introduction. And thank you to CSIS for partnering with us in this conference and for your leadership and innovative thinking on critical policy issues that affect us all. I would like to take a few moments now to reflect on how the National Security Division (NSD) came to be and how, in our first decade, we have strived to achieve our twin aims: protecting the United States against national security threats while safeguarding our core freedoms. Full Article
y 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
y 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
y 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
y 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
y 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
y 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
y Louis Gracia and Vanessa Horton Named Associate Directors of Investment Adviser/Investment Company Examination Program in Chicago Regional Office By www.sec.gov Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 11:59:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Louis Gracia and Vanessa Horton have been named Associate Directors of the Investment Adviser/Investment Company (IA/IC) examination program in the agency's Chicago Regional Office. Together, Mr… Full Article
y SEC Announces Investor Advisory Committee Meeting Focusing on COVID-19 By www.sec.gov Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 15:30:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission's Investor Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting on May 4, 2020, by remote means. The meeting will begin at 2 p.m. ET, is open to the public via live webcast, and will be archived… Full Article
y SEC Charges Company and CEO for COVID-19 Scam By www.sec.gov Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 12:40:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against Praxsyn Corp. and its CEO for allegedly issuing false and misleading press releases claiming the company was able to acquire and supply large quantities of N95 or similar masks to… Full Article
y 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
y 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
y SEC Directs Equity Exchanges and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to Improve Governance of Market Data Plans By www.sec.gov Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 14:03:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued an order directing the equity exchanges and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) (the participants) to submit a new National Market System plan (NMS plan) with a modernized governance… Full Article
y SEC Investor Advisory Committee to Meet Virtually on May 21 By www.sec.gov Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 15:30:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission's Investor Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting on May 21, 2020 by remote means. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. ET, is open to the public via live webcast, and will be archived on… Full Article
y U.S. v. Igor Yurkovetsky By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 19:43:07 GMT Document filed on September 24, 2019 Plea Agreement and Sentencing Stipulations Full Article
