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Justice Wants Apple to Unlock at Least Twelve Other iPhones
Gabrielle Bluestone · 02/23/16 09:29AMDOJ Launches Civil Rights Investigation Into Baltimore Police Department
Taylor Berman · 05/08/15 09:20AMAttorney General Loretta Lynch just announced a federal civil rights investigation into the Baltimore police department in response to the death of Freddie Gray. A similar investigation by the DOJ into the Ferguson police department uncovered systematic racism and well-documented examples of police brutality.
FBI Agent Shot Up Evidence Against Hundreds of Heroin Dealers: Report
Gabrielle Bluestone · 01/15/15 11:46PMHolder Wants Death Penalty for Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect
Adam Weinstein · 01/30/14 02:25PMThe DOJ Says It's Cool to Start Depositing Legal Drug Money
Gabrielle Bluestone · 01/23/14 11:40PMJust a few days after Barack Obama told the New Yorker that he doesn't think weed "is more dangerous than alcohol," Attorney General Eric Holder is finally clarifying that federally insured banks can accept cash from legal marijuana purveyors without having to worry about potential drug racketeering charges.
Gabrielle Bluestone · 07/14/13 03:32PM
The Justice Department just announced that federal prosecutors are looking into the Trayvon Martin shooting to see if criminal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman are appropriate. Although the DOJ opened an investigation into Martin's death last year, the agency stepped aside to allow the state prosecution to proceed.
Barry Diller Pays $480k to Settle His Second Anti-Trust Violation
Nitasha Tiku · 07/02/13 01:51PMObama's Justice Department Cracking Down On California Pot Shops
Ken Layne · 05/01/13 05:59PMPharma Suit Could Make for Most Expensive Hooters Dinner of All Time
Gabrielle Bluestone · 04/27/13 12:03PMFake Son of Congo President Scams $1.6 Million from Real Idiot
Gabrielle Bluestone · 04/27/13 10:22AMIt's the age-old Nigerian folktale. A long, long time ago, a prince lost his way. Riches and wealth seized by an evil government, the prince wandered the Bay Area, searching for an ordinary citizen with a heart of gold to break the curse. All it would take, the prince told the goodhearted citizen, was a little cash infusion that would break the government's evil spell, releasing millions of dollars for the prince to share with his savior.
Feds Celebrate Cyber Monday With Massive Domain Name Seizure
Lauri Apple · 11/26/11 01:49PMFeds Raid Illegal Retail Websites—But Some Just Pop Back Up
Remy Stern · 11/29/10 07:02PMTed Stevens Exonerated!
Pareene · 04/01/09 09:22AME-gold founders plead guilty to money laundering
Alaska Miller · 07/22/08 02:40PME-gold and the online money-transfer site's three owners have reached a deal with the Department of Justice to plea guilty to charges of conspiracy to engage in money laundering and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business. The company now faces fines of up to $3.7 million, along with an agreed-on forfeiture of $1.75 million in funds. Douglas Jackson, one of the owners, could face a maximum prison sentence of 20 years and a fine of $500,000 on one of the conspiracy charges, and a sentence of five years and a fine of $250,000 on the other. His co-owners, Barry Downey and Reid Jackson, each face a maximum of five years in prison and a fine of $25,000. E-gold, a survivor of the first dotcom boom, says it has about 3 million registered accounts, facilitating about $10 million in transactions a day.
Yahoo, Google deal officially being investigated by DOJ
Jackson West · 07/02/08 11:20AM"What is Yahoo's incentive to continue to compete?" That's the question Clinton-era Federal Trade Commission competition policy director David Balto asked of the search advertising deal between Yahoo and Google. And that's just one of many questions that will be asked by the Department of Justice now that officials have opened a formal investigation into the deal, according to unnamed sources cited by the Washington Post.