Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, October 29, 2020 United States Files Complaint to Forfeit Iranian Missiles and Sells Previously-Transferred Iranian Petroleum The Iranian Missiles Were Confiscated and the Iranian Petroleum Was Transferred From Ships in International Waters The Justice Department today announced the filing […]
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Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, October 19, 2020 Six Russian GRU Officers Charged in Connection with Worldwide Deployment of Destructive Malware and Other Disruptive Actions in Cyberspace Defendants’ Malware Attacks Caused Nearly One Billion USD in Losses to Three Victims Alone; Also Sought to […]
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Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, October 15, 2020 Founder and CEO of Iranian Financial Services Firm Sentenced to Prison for Conspiring to Violate U.S. Sanctions Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers and U.S. Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing […]
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Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, September 2, 2020 United States Seizes Domain Names Used by Foreign Terrorist Organization The United States has seized “Aletejahtv.com” and “Aletejahtv.org,” two websites, which were unlawfully utilized by Kata’ib Hizballah, a Specially Designated National and a Foreign Terrorist Organization. […]
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Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, July 23, 2020 United States Files Complaint to Forfeit More Than $2.37 Million From Companies Accused of Laundering Funds to Benefit Sanctioned North Korean Entities The United States has filed a complaint to forfeit $2,372,793, announced the Department of […]
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Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Columbia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, July 23, 2020 United States Files Complaint to Forfeit More Than $2.37 Million From Companies Accused of Laundering Funds to Benefit Sanctioned North Korean Entities WASHINGTON – The United States has […]
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Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office District of New Hampshire FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, March 3, 2020 Tennessee Man Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Goods from the United States to Iran CONCORD – Aiden Davidson, a/k/a Hamed Aliabadi, 32, of Tennessee, pleaded guilty on Monday in federal court to smuggling goods […]
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JUSTICE NEWS Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, March 2, 2020 Two Chinese Nationals Charged with Laundering Over $100 Million in Cryptocurrency From Exchange Hack Forfeiture Complaint Details Over $250 Million Stolen by North Korean Actors Two Chinese nationals were charged with laundering over $100 […]
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Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, June 4, 2019 Two Indictments Unsealed Charging Iranian Citizen with Violating U.S. Export Laws and Sanctions against Iran Peyman Amiri Larijani, 33, a citizen of Iran and former resident of Istanbul, Turkey, was charged in the United States District Court for […]
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On May 1st, the US Justice Department issued a new guidance document entitled “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs”. Here’s the introduction section: The “Principles of Federal Prosecution of Business Organizations” in the Justice Manual describe specific factors that prosecutors should consider in conducting an investigation of a corporation, determining whether […]
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