05/06/2019 12:00 AM EDT
A Virginia man who previously served as a linguist for the FBI was arrested
Saturday night on charges of making multiple false statements to FBI officials
and obstructing a federal investigation. Assistant Attorney General for
National Security John C. Demers, U.S. Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger for the
Eastern District of Virginia and Assistant Director in Charge Nancy McNamara of
the FBI’s Washington Field Office made the announcement.
05/08/2019 12:00 AM EDT
A Fort Worth man today pleaded guilty to a terror charge, announced
Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers and U.S.
Attorney Erin Nealy Cox for the Northern District of Texas.
05/06/2019 12:00 AM EDT
A federal jury convicted a Dallas, Texas man on multiple terror charges,
Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers and U.S.
Attorney Erin Nealy Cox for the Northern District of Texas announced today.
05/06/2019 12:00 AM EDT
A Malaysian national, Ng Chong Hwa, 46, also known as “Roger Ng,” has been
extradited from Malaysia to the United States to face charges of conspiring to
launder billions of dollars embezzled from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB),
Malaysia’s investment development fund, conspiring to violate the Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by paying bribes to multiple government officials
in Malaysia and Abu Dhabi, and conspiring to violate the FCPA by circumventing
the internal accounting controls of a major New York-headquartered financial
institution (Financial Institution).
05/07/2019 12:00 AM EDT
An Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, man was sentenced to 18 months in prison for
tax evasion, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E.
Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
05/07/2019 12:00 AM EDT
The Civil Division today announced the release of formal guidance to the
Department of Justice’s False Claims Act litigators. The False Claims Act
provides important remedies for fraud committed against the United States. The
guidance announced today explains the manner in which the Department of Justice
awards credit to defendants who cooperate with the Department during a False
Claims Act investigation. The formal policy, included as of today in the
Justice Manual Section 4-4.112, identifies the type of cooperation eligible for
credit.
