San Francisco, California - A California man pleaded guilty Thursday to rigging bids at public foreclosure auctions.

Los Angeles, California - A federal court ordered a California company and its owner to stop distributing unapproved and misbranded drugs and adulterated animal drugs.

Williston, North Dakota - The Department of Justice today filed criminal charges under the Clean Water Act against Summit Midstream Partners LLC, a North Dakota pipeline company that discharged 29 million gallons of produced water from its pipeline near Williston, North Dakota, over the course of nearly five months in 2014-2015.

New York - A federal jury convicted two men for engaging in a multi-year fraud scheme to manipulate U.S. commodities markets for publicly traded precious metals futures contracts.

Indianapolis, Indiana - A federal jury convicted five former officers and employees of Banc-Serv Partners LLP (Banc-Serv) - a lending service provider - in a 13-year conspiracy to defraud the Small Business Administration (SBA) in connection with its programs to guarantee loans made to small businesses.  

Washington, DC - The Justice Department announced Thursday that it has entered into a proposed consent decree to settle a voting rights lawsuit with the State of New Jersey and state officials.