A federal judge in San Jose approved an emergency motion allowing a plaintiff to serve an anonymous cryptocurrency fraud defendant by sending a non-fungible token to the defendant's digital wallet addresses.
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A federal judge denied prosecutors’ motion for judgment on the pleadings, allowing a First Amendment retaliation lawsuit to proceed after the Ninth Circuit ruled absolute immunity did not apply to three specific acts: communicating with...
Adamson et al v. Pierce County et al
A federal judge tossed Andrew and Tristan Tate's deplatforming lawsuit against Meta without leave to amend, finding their contract claims rested on quoted policy language that does not actually appear in the documents they attached to...
Emory Andrew Tate III et al v. Meta Platforms, Inc. et al
The drugmaker, which pleaded guilty to federal fraud and kickback charges in 2020, was ordered to pay a criminal fine and forfeiture totaling more than $5 billion.
Opioid Manufacturer Purdue Pharma Sentenced for Fraud and Kickback Conspiracies
A federal grand jury charged James Comey with two criminal counts after he posted an image reading "86 47" on Instagram last year.
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Former FBI Director James Comey for Threats to Harm President Trump
The Justice Department’s Scam Center Strike Force announced coordinated enforcement actions targeting transnational criminal organizations operating fraud compounds in Southeast Asia, including the unsealing of criminal complaints...
Scam Center Strike Force Takes Major Actions Against Southeast Asian Scam Centers Targeting Americans
The Justice Department has filed a civil forfeiture action targeting a Beverly Hills mansion it says was purchased and renovated with proceeds from a scheme to defraud the Pentagon and bribe a senior Kurdish military official.
Justice Department Seeks to Forfeit Beverly Hills Mansion Purchased with Proceeds of Scheme to Defraud U.S. Military and Bribe an Iraqi Official
A federal grand jury has charged the SPLC with 11 counts of wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering, alleging the civil-rights nonprofit secretly funneled more than...
Federal Grand Jury Charges Southern Poverty Law Center for Wire Fraud, False Statements, and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering
The Hawaii Supreme Court held that a sentencing court must articulate its reasons for imposing a consecutive sentence on the record at the time of sentencing — not in a written order filed after the defendant has already appealed.
State v. Bunag
The D.C. Circuit upheld the Transportation Security Administration's decision to maintain Saad bin Khalid on the No Fly List, rejecting his constitutional and statutory challenges to the listing and the agency's redress process.
The First Circuit vacated the excessive force conviction of Puerto Rico police officer José Cartagena, holding that the government violated his Confrontation Clause rights by introducing a teenage victim's hearsay statements without...
A San Benito, Texas man was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy that used extortion and price-fixing to seize control of a niche cross-border freight sector near the U.S.-Mexico border.
Texas Man Sentenced for Monopolizing International Transit Industry, Fixing Prices and Extorting Competitors
Head of the Criminal Division Matthew R. Galeotti Announces Results of Health Care Fraud Takedown