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Thirteen Indicted in Broward Mortgage Investment Scheme

Federal Grand Jury Indicts Joran van der Sloot for Wire Fraud and Extortion

IMPOSTER RABBI MUCHAEL STREICER Is Sentenced To 1 to 3 Years

Five Brothers Charged in Human Trafficking Scheme That Smuggled Young Ukrainian Migrants

'Telefunder' to Pay $300,000 for Abandoning Millions of Telemarketing Calls to Potential Charity Donors

International Vehicle Theft And Export Ring Has Been Dismantled

Taiwan LCD Producer Agrees to Plead Guilty and Pay $30 Million Fine for Participating in LCD Price-Fixing Conspiracy

Ten Alleged Secret Agents Arrested in the United States Multi-Year FBI Investigation Uncovers Network in the United States Tasked with Recruiting Sources and Collecting Information for Russia

PETCO To Pay $145,000 For Failing To Accommodate Deaf Pet Groomer

FBI Hosts Conference to Educate About Hate Crimes

FORMER NASSAU COUNTY LEGISLATOR ROGER CORBIN SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS FOLLOWING CONVICTIONS FOR FILING FALSE TAX RETURNS, TAX EVASION, AND MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS

Former Midway Airport customs officer indicted for allegedly taking bribes

Brown Investigates Whether Tenants' Rights Are Violated in Foreclosures

Technip S.A. Resolves Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Investigation and Agrees to Pay $240 Million Criminal Penalty

Cuomo Orders Over 30 Additional Mortgage Rescue Companies to Cease Fraudulent Practices; 213 Companies Have Now Been Put on Notice

California's Violent Crime Rate Falls for Third Consecutive Year

FURTHER COURT-ORDERED RETENTION OF DANIEL RAKOWITZ

Jamali Brockett was sentenced to 287 months’ imprisonment on his convictions for sex trafficking

Major Washington Apple Grower Sued for Sexual Harassment

Jackson Walker Welcomes David Seidler

John Wieland Homes Agrees to Pay $378,500 and Hire More African-Americans and Women

Brown Announces $173 Million Anti-Trust Settlement with Computer Chip Makers

Sioux Falls Oral Surgery Clinic Pays $118,775 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Case

Barry Vincent Ardolf Has Been Indicted for Internet Hacking, Making Threats to the Vice President

Polk County steroids dealer sentenced to 8 months in prison

Twitter Settles Charges that it Failed to Protect Consumers' Personal Information

New York City based not-for-profit group United Homeless Organization, Inc. (“UHO”), Has Been Shut Down

Statement of US Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis regarding federal court ruling on mental health and substance abuse benefits

Exporter Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud the U.S. Export-import Bank of More Than $24 Million

Investors Recover $1.4 Billion Under Settlement Forged by Attorney General Brown

FBI Seeks Fugitive Wanted in Connection with “Operation Stolen Dreams”

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Indicted on Fraud and Tax Charges

EEOC Lawsuit Challenges Sexual Harassment and Retaliation at North Dakota Applebee’s

Detroit-Area Medical Clinic Owner and Vice President Convicted in $23 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

Puerto Rico Senator Hector Martinez Maldonado and Juan Bravo Fernandez have been charged in an indictment

LAWRENCE PESCE A Construction Manager for Touro College Was Charged In A $2 Million Commercial Kickback Scheme

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Seeks Civil Forfeiture of Approximately $5 Million in Assets Controlled by Two Former Bernard L. Madoff investment Securities LLC Employees

CUOMO SECURES MORE THAN $100K FOR VICTIMS OF GENEVA CAR DEALERSHIP THAT ENGAGED IN FRAUD

Plastics Molding Companies to Pay $190,000 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

2 South Florida residents sentenced for taking illegal alien hostage for unpaid smuggling fees

Senior Loan Officer with Metropolitan Money Store Pleads Guilty in Mortgage Fraud Scheme

Faisal Shahzad Pleads Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court to 10 Federal Crimes Arising from Attempted Car Bombing in Times Square

Community College of Baltimore County to Pay $50,000 to Settle EEOC Age Discrimination Suit and Employee’s Retaliation Claims

TERESA NORA MARTINEZ Was Indicted For Defrauding Immigrants

Friendster, hi5, and isoHunt join Facebook and MySpace as first to use new database to block online child porn

Speak Out Against Acts Of Perversion

EEOC Sues FAPS, Inc. For Discriminatory Hiring Practices

RETIRED NEW YORK CITY EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY IN MANHATTAN FEDERAL COURT TO BRIBERY SCHEME INVOLVING OVER $1 MILLION DOLLARS IN CITY CONTRACTS

Christopher B. Maselli Was Indicted in Schemes Netting $1.5 Million in Mortgages

Member of child exploitation ring pleads guilty ICE-led Operation Goodbye focused on predators sharing images via social networking site

Steven Walter Cooke The Leader of Texas Prison/Street Gang Sentenced to 96 Months in Prison for Firearms Conviction

Colombian Trafficker with Links to Mexican and Colombian Cartels Extradited from Mexico to the U.S.

Brown Issues Warning about Rise of Short Sale Fraud

Sellers of Illegal Knives Include Home Depot and Eastern Mountain Sports; Companies Agree to Cease Sales and Turn Over Profits for Education Campaign, Law Enforcement

Industry leaders Facebook and MySpace first to use database to block child porn; Cuomo sends letters to other social networking sites and peer-to-peer sites urging implementation

USPTO Joint Labor-Management Task Force Proposes Changes to Patent Examiner Performance Standards

Sissaye Gezachew Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges New Jersey Woman with $45 Million Real Estate Investment Ponzi Scheme

Daniel Hughes Admits to Stealing Nearly $300,000 in Union Funds

Former Chairman of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Indicted for His Role in a More Than $1.9 Billion Fraud Scheme That Contributed to the Failure of Colonial Bank

Brown Releases Study Showing DNA Collected at Arrests Helps to Solve Murders, Rapes and Other Violent Crimes

Federal Court Enters Consent Decree Resolving EEOC Sex Harassment Suit Against Biewer Sawmill

Two Sonic Franchises Sued By EEOC For Sexual Harassment To Pay $55,000

Yuma Oak Tree Inn to Pay $75,000 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit

Cuomo Audit Reveals Variety of Misleading Practices; Subpoenas Issued to 16 Charities, Fundraisers, and Individuals Involved in the Car Donation Industry

Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, Two Ohio Hospitals, and Physician Group to Pay $2.6 Million to Resolve Fraud Allegations

United States Files Counterclaims and Crossclaims in Small Business Administration Loan Fraud Case

DEWAND SMITH, a/k/a "TG," a major supplier and distributor of illegal firearms, was sentenced to 15 years in prison

Christopher Finazzo, the former Executive Vice President and Chief Merchandising Officer of Aéropostale, Inc., Has Been Indicted

Hilton Grand Vacations Settles EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit

US Department of Labor recovers $4.2 million in back wages for 603 Oregon workers

Four Points By Sheraton Sued By EEOC For National Origin Discrimination

Denver Cabinet and Appliance Retailer Sued by EEOC for Disability Discrimination

JOHN F. HAGGERTY, JR., and SPECIAL ELECTION OPERATIONS, LLC ("SEO"), Have Been Indicted for stealing approximately $1.1 million Dollars

Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced an indictment of Salvatore Cascino and Bronx County Recycling, LLC for filing false documents with the State of New York to hide illegal disposal of solid waste.

2 Fresno-area residents indicted for producing fraudulent identity documents

Three Baltimore City Police Department Officers Convicted in Civil Rights Case

Jury Convicts Two New York Importers in One of the Largest Counterfeit Goods Prosecutions in U.S. History

Five Current and Former New Orleans Police Officers Charged in the Shooting and Burning of a New Orleans Man in the Days After Hurricane Katrina

Luis M. Batista, a former New York City Police Department detective, was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment

Cuomo Warns Parents that Undercover Investigation Revealed that Tagged.com May Put Children in Harm’s Way

U-Haul and its Parent Company Settle FTC Charges That They Invited Competitors to Fix Prices on Truck Rentals

Three Upstate New York Men Sentenced to Prison for Environmental Crimes

US Department of Labor settles hiring discrimination case with The Wackenhut Corp. in Aurora, Colo.

Enver Mehmeti, Was Sentenced Today To 27 Years Of Imprisonment

YL Rector Street, LLC And Its Principal, Yair Levy Are Being Sued For Illegally Raiding Condominium's Reserve Fund

Noble Metal Processing to Pay $190,000 to Resolve EEOC Race Discrimination and Retaliation Case

CUOMO SUES IMMIGRATION SERVICES COMPANIES FOR TARGETING AND DEFRAUDING HAITIANS IMPACTED BY RECENT EARTHQUAKE

USPTO and Rospatent Sign MOU on Bilateral Cooperation

U.S. Trustee Program Announces Resolution of Litigation Against Countrywide Home Loans Inc., in Consumer Bankruptcy Cases

Andrew Warren, 42, a former official with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), pleaded guilty today to a two-count criminal information charging him with abusive sexual contact and unlawful use of cocaine while possessing a firearm

ATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO SETTLES WITH TRUGREEN LAWN CARE OVER DECEPTIVE SALES AND CONTRACT PRACTICES

Harley Davidson Dealership to Pay $55,000 to Settle EEOC Sex Discrimination and Retaliation Suit

Court Issues Key Decision in EEOC’S Lawsuit Against Hibbing Taconite Company

New Exhibit on Food to Open at National Inventors Hall of Fame

Metropolitan Ambulance & First Aid Corp. (now known as SEZ Metro Corp.), Metro North Ambulance Corp. (now known as SEZ North Corp.) and Big Apple Ambulance Service Inc. (formerly known as United Ambulance) have paid the United States $2.85 million to resolve false claims made to Medicare

Court Rules Against Ford Motor Company’s Complaint for $445 Million in Tax Overpayment Interest

Arlington, Texas, Couple Sentenced for Enslaving Nigerian Woman for More Than Eight Years

Former Massachusetts State Senator Dianne Wilkerson Pleads Guilty to Extortion

Temp Agency ADECCO USA Settles EEOC Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit

GE Subsidiary MRA Systems To Pay $130,000 To Settle EEOC Age Discrimination Suit

EEOC Sues Haven Manor For Refusing To Accept Hearing-Impaired Certified Nursing Assistant

Tyson Foods has agreed to pay almost 3,000 workers at its Blountsville, Ala., facility $500,000 in overtime back wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

USPTO Proposes to Establish Three Patent Processing Tracks

Air Force Paralegal: Immediate Challenge, Immediate Opportunity!