U.S. Sues AmerisourceBergen, Says Distributor Helped Ignite Opioid Epidemic January 3, 2023 By Jonathan Stempel, Nate Raymond and Gram Slattery The U.S. government filed a lawsuit accusing AmerisourceBergen Corp., one of the nation’s largest drug distributors, of helping ignite the...
3 Iranian Citizens Charged in Broad Hacking Campaign in US September 16, 2022 By Eric Tucker The Justice Department said Wednesday that three Iranian citizens have been charged in the United States with ransomware attacks that...
Justice Department Starts Probe Into Louisiana State Police June 10, 2022 By Jim Mustian and Jake Bleiberg The U.S. Justice Department is opening a “pattern-or-practice” investigation into the Louisiana State Police amid mounting evidence that the agency...
U.S. Narrows Scope of Anti-Hacking Law Long Hated by Critics May 19, 2022 By Jeff Stone The Department of Justice is changing its policy around a controversial anti-hacking law, addressing longstanding complaints from cybersecurity researchers that...
Purdue Pharma Squares Off With DOJ Over $6 Billion OxyContin Deal April 29, 2022 By Jeremy Hill A $6 billion deal hangs in the balance as OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP and its wealthy owners square off...
New Jersey Landlord Accused of Demanding Sex from Tenants to Pay $4.5M December 17, 2021 By David Porter A landlord accused of demanding sex from his low-income tenants under threat of eviction or in exchange for helping them...
New York Man Charged with Murdering Woman in Murder-for-Hire Scheme November 18, 2021 A Queens, New York, man has been charged with murdering a woman for life insurance benefits. A superseding indictment was...
Houston Doc Found Guilty of Illegally Prescribing More Than 1.3M Doses of Opioids October 19, 2021 A federal jury convicted a Houston-area physician for unlawfully prescribing more than 1.3 million doses of opioids, the U.S. Attorney’s...
Maryland Couple Indicted in $20M Insurance Fraud Scheme September 22, 2021 A federal district court in Baltimore, Maryland, unsealed an indictment charging a Maryland couple with conspiracy to commit insurance fraud...
Oklahoma City Landlords Settle Federal Sex Harassment Claims for $1.25M August 5, 2021 Federal officials and several Oklahoma City-based landlords have reached an agreement to settle claims of sexual harassment of their tenants...