Source: United States Department of Justice News
A senior member of the Big Hazard street gang was sentenced today to 192 months in federal prison for orchestrating and executing the nighttime firebombing of African-American families at the Ramona Gardens Housing Development in Boyle Heights in 2014 in order to force the residents out of their homes.
Source: United States Department of Justice News
The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement with Cumberland County, Tennessee, to resolve allegations that the County discriminated against ten female employees because of their sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
An Ecuadorian and Italian national was sentenced today to 51 months in prison for his role in a scheme to launder bribes paid to him in exchange for helping three U.K. reinsurance companies obtain and retain reinsurance business from Ecuador’s public surety company.
Source: United States Department of Justice News
A dual U.S.-Venezuelan citizen and former official at Citgo Petroleum Corporation, a Houston-based subsidiary of Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA), pleaded guilty Monday in connection with his role in laundering millions of dollars in bribes and corruptly providing business advantages to multiple individuals who obtained contracts with Citgo and PDVSA.
Source: United States Department of Justice
The United States filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi seeking to bar a Mississippi tax return preparer from owning or operating a tax return preparation business and preparing tax returns for others.