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Feb 24, 2010
WASHINGTON A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of New York has returned a superseding indictment charging Zarein Ahmedzay and Adis Medunjanin with terrorism violations stemming from, among other activities, their alleged roles in the plot involving Najibullah Zazi…
Feb 21, 2010
Derivative Contract Led to Higher Prices for Electricity Generating Capacity in New York City WASHINGTON The Department of Justice has reached a settlement with KeySpan Corporation that requires KeySpan to pay $12 million for violating the antitrust laws by entering…
Feb 18, 2010
The Justice Department has settled a case alleging housing discrimination in the rental of apartments in Kansas City, Kan. The combined $2.13 million settlement represents the second largest monetary payment ever obtained by the department in a fair housing case…
Feb 1, 2010
Victims were Threatened with Injury and Death LOS ANGELESA Las Vegas man has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison for leading an extortion scheme in which several California residents were threatened with physical injury or death if they…
Jan 31, 2010
Fraud Scheme Led to Nearly $30 Million in Losses at HUD RIVERSIDE,CAThe former president of Mortgage One Corporation in Hesperia was sentenced this afternoon to 13 years in federal prison for defrauding the United States Department of Housing and Urban…
Jan 28, 2010
Scheme Led to $46 Million in Losses LOS ANGELESA former state-licensed real estate appraiser was sentenced today to three years in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $46 million in restitution for her role in a massive mortgage…
Jan 25, 2010
LOS ANGELESA Nigerian national who operated a money-transfer business in Chino has been sentenced to 97 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme that bilked hundreds of victims out of more than $1.5 million in a scam…
Jan 25, 2010
The FBI and the Orange County Sheriffs Department, as well as detectives with multiple police departments in Orange County, are seeking the publics assistance in learning the identity of the Blue Note Bandit, the moniker given to an unidentified bank…
Jan 25, 2010
PHOENIX, Arizona Ildefonso Machado-Molina, 31, a citizen of the Republic of Mexico and resident of Phoenix, Ariz., was sentenced here by U.S. District Judge Paul G. Rosenblatt to 17.5 years (210 months) of imprisonment, a $1,000 fine, and a 60-month…
Jan 24, 2010
The FBI is joining local authorities in the search for a Cary, Illinois woman charged with abducting her two children, according to Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Sonia Del…
Jan 24, 2010
Emissions to Be Cut by More Than 75,000 Tons Annually WASHINGTONWestar Energy has agreed to spend approximately $500 million to significantly reduce harmful air pollution from a Kansas power plant and pay a $3 million civil penalty, under a settlement…
Jan 24, 2010
Software Licensing Agreement, Divestiture and Anti-Retaliation Provisions Will Preserve Competition in Ticketing in the United States WASHINGTON The Department of Justice will require Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. to license its ticketing software, divest ticketing assets and subject itself to anti-retaliation provisions…