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More Than 300 Alleged La Familia Cartel Members and Associates Arrested in Two-Day Nationwide Takedown

“Project Coronado” Results in Nearly 1,200 Arrests During 44-month Operation, Seizures of Approximately 11.7 Tons of Drugs and $32.8 Million in U.S. Currency Today Attorney General Eric Holder announced the arrest of nearly 1,200 individuals on narcotics-related charges and the seizure of more than 11.7 tons of narcotics as part of a 44-month multi-agency law enforcement [...]

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Federal Court Permanently Bars Utah Man from Promoting “Asset Protection” Scheme

Business Allegedly Helped Customers Evade Taxes A federal judge in St. George, Utah, has permanently enjoined Kent Bickmore, the founder of a so-called asset-protection business, from helping customers file fraudulent liens and create hidden nominee bank accounts, the Justice Department announced today. Bickmore agreed to the injunction without admitting the government’s allegations.

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Ship Captain Sentenced to 10 Months Confinement for Obstruction, Environmental and Ship Safety Violations

Captain Also Banned from U.S. Ports and Waters for Three Years Panagiotis Lekkas, the captain of the cargo ship, M/V Theotokos, was sentenced today in federal court in New Orleans to 10 months confinement, the Justice Department announced. Lekkas pleaded guilty on July 15, 2009, to one count of obstruction of justice, one count of violating [...]

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Minneapolis Packaged-Ice Company Agrees to Plead Guilty to Customer Allocation Conspiracy

Company Agrees to Pay $9 Million Criminal Fine A packaged-ice company, headquartered in St. Paul, Minn., has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $9 million criminal fine for allocating customers, the Department of Justice announced today. In addition, three of the company’s former executives pleaded guilty for their roles in the conspiracy to allocate [...]

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United States Transfers Two Guantanamo Bay Detainees to Kuwait and Belgium

The Department of Justice today announced that two detainees have been transferred from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the control of the governments of Kuwait and Belgium. As directed by the President’s Jan. 22, 2009 Executive Order, the interagency Guantanamo Review Task Force conducted a comprehensive review of each of these cases. As a [...]

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Oklahoma Man Indicted in Kickback Scheme in Connection with Government Contract in Afghanistan

Ryan Scott McMonigle, 37, of Ponca City, Okla., was indicted today for his alleged role in a scheme to solicit kickbacks in connection with the award of a security services subcontract to protect U.S. government personnel and contractors in Afghanistan, announced Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer, Assistant Attorney General of [...]

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