Politics

Thirteen Members of Pharmacy Burglary Ring Charged with Stealing and Distributing Millions of Dollars’ Worth of Prescription-Controlled Substances and Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Cash

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; George Venizelos, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); and Raymond W. Kelly, the Commissioner of...

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Former Cook County Forest Preserve District Engineer Charged with Accepting $10,000 in Kickbacks from Two District Contracts

Two facilities of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, which were spruced up in 2011, became part of an FBI sting investigation that resulted in federal charges against a former assistant engineer for allegedly taking $10,000 in kickbacks from...

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Army Soldier and Civilian Sentenced on Bribery Charges for Facilitating Thefts of Fuel in Afghanistan
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Rabobank Admits Wrongdoing in LIBOR Investigation, Agrees to Pay $325 Million Criminal Penalty

Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A. (Rabobank) has entered into an agreement with the Department of Justice to pay a $325 million penalty to resolve violations arising from Rabobank’s submissions for the London InterBank Offered Rate...

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Former Congressman Richard G. Renzi Sentenced on Extortion and Bribery Charges in Illegal Federal Land Swap

Former U.S. Congressman Rick Renzi was sentenced to serve 36 months in prison following his June conviction by a federal jury in Tucson, Arizona, for extortion, bribery, insurance fraud, money laundering, and racketeering. Renzi’s co-defendant, James...

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Former Arlington Police Officer Admits Unlawfully Accessing and Unlawfully Providing
 Law Enforcement Sensitive Information to a Known Drug Dealer

Thomas S. Kantzos, 45, of Fort Worth, Texas, a former officer with the Arlington Police Department (APD) appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Renée Harris Toliver and pleaded guilty to an indictment charging exceeding access to a protected computer,...

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Inter-American Commission Calls for Closure of Guantanamo in Public Hearing

The Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) appeared in a hearing convened by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR, Commission) to demand that the United States immediately close...

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Twelve Charged in ATM Card Skimming Scheme That Caused Thousands of Dollars in Losses to Banks

Twelve members of an organized criminal group operating in southern California have been charged for their roles in an ATM skimming conspiracy that victimized U.S. banks and customers, causing losses in the hundreds of thousands.

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