Security News in Brief: Freight Carriers Agree to Pay $6.85 Million to Resolve Allegations of Knowingly Presenting False Claims to the Department of Defense

Source: United States Department of Justice News

YRC Freight Inc. (YRC), Roadway Express Inc. and Yellow Transportation Inc. (collectively the YRC defendants), have agreed to pay approximately $6.85 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that they knowingly presented false claims to the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) by systematically overcharging for freight carrier services and making false statements to hide their misconduct.

Security News in Brief: Fugitive Arrested on Charges Related to 2019 Robbery of Brinks Truck

Source: United States Department of Justice News

DENVER – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Justin White was arrested in New Mexico this week on charges related to the robbery of a Brinks Truck in 2019.  Earlier this year, a federal Grand Jury in Denver issued a superseding indictment charging White, along with Jamarius Jones, David Taylor, and Jimmy Garrison for robbery affecting commerce and use of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence related to a robbery of a Brinks Truck on October 30, 2019.  All of the indicted defendants have now been arrested.  Taylor and Garrison are detained and currently set for trial.