Source: United States Department of Justice News
Epsilon Data Management LLC (Epsilon), one of the largest marketing companies in the world, has entered into a settlement with the Department of Justice to resolve a criminal charge for selling millions of Americans’ information to perpetrators of elder fraud schemes.
Source: United States Department of Justice News
A federal grand jury in Durham, North Carolina, returned an indictment yesterday charging a tax preparer with conspiring to defraud the United States, preparing false tax returns, filing a false personal tax return, and committing aggravated identity theft, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin for the Middle District of North Carolina.
Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) State Crime News
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) San Diego Violent Crimes Task Force is seeking the public’s assistance to identify the individual believed to be responsible for a bank robbery in San Diego, California.
On January 7, 2021, at approximately 12:20 p.m., a man entered the U.S. Bank, located at 10020 Scripps Ranch Boulevard, San Diego, California. The robber approached an open teller window and presented the teller with a handwritten note demanding money. The teller complied with the robber’s demand and provided him with a sum of cash. After receiving the cash, the robber fled the scene in a white sedan.
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Source: United States Department of Justice News
The Department of Justice announced today that it reached a settlement with Quantum Integrators Group (Quantum), an IT consulting and staffing company based in New Jersey. The settlement resolves claims that Quantum (1) discriminated against a lawful permanent resident by requiring her, based on her citizenship status, to provide unnecessary documentation before it would refer her for an employment opportunity, and (2) routinely required other work-authorized non-U.S. citizens to present unnecessary documents to prove their eligibility to work.
Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) State Crime News
On Monday, January 25, 2021, agents from the FBI Omaha Field Office arrested Brandon Straka on a federal warrant related to events at the Capitol Building on January 6. Straka, of Omaha, faces the following federal charges:
Straka remains in federal custody. His initial appearance in federal court will be tomorrow, January 26, 2021. After his appearance you will find additional information on his case at this link Investigations Regarding Violence at the Capitol (justice.gov)