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Miami, Florida - The former Comptroller General of Ecuador made his initial appearance Tuesday in Miami, Florida, for allegedly engaging in a scheme to use the U.S. financial system to launder money to promote and conceal an illegal bribery scheme in Ecuador.

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Los Angeles, California - A federal jury convicted a California man Monday for submitting fraudulent applications seeking money from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), submitting false statements to a financial institution, and money laundering. 

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Washington, DC - Cargotec Corporation (Cargotec) confirmed Monday that it has abandoned its intended merger of equals with Konecranes Plc (Konecranes) one day after the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division informed the parties that the settlement proposal was not sufficient to address concerns that the proposed combination would eliminate important competition in four types of shipping container handling equipment used by port customers to move goods in the global supply chain. 

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Carneys Point, New Jersey - A federal court Monday ordered a Carneys Point, New Jersey company to stop distributing adulterated pet food in violation of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA).

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Washington, DC - Wednesday, the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposed settlement with the North Slope Borough of Alaska to resolve federal hazardous waste and oil spill violations. The settlement requires the Borough to take comprehensive actions and make infrastructure investments to comply with solid and hazardous waste management rules and oil spill prevention rules. The Borough will also hire an independent third-party auditor to ensure that the compliance requirements in the settlement are successfully implemented and pay a civil penalty of $6.5 million.

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Jacksonville, Florida - A Florida man was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to violate U.S. firearms laws, making false written statements to federally licensed firearms dealers during the purchase of two firearms, and making false written statements as part of a security clearance background investigation.

  1. Five Individuals Charged Variously with Stalking, Harassing and Spying on U.S. Residents on Behalf of People’s Republic of China Secret Police
  2. Man Sentenced for $1.7 Million COVID-19 Fraud
  3. Corrections Official Indicted for Sexually Assaulting a Dozen Female Inmates While Serving as a Nurse
  4. McKesson Agrees to Pay $1 Million to Resolve Recordkeeping Violations under the Controlled Substances Act
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