A Houston Attorney pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud the United States.Source: Justice News - Cyber-crime

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Vale S.A., a publicly traded Brazilian mining company and one of the largest iron ore producers in the world, agreed to pay $55.9 million to settle charges brought last April stemming from theSource: Securities Exchange Commission

A federal jury found a Florida man guilty of failing to file a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR), making a false statement to the IRS, and willfully failing to file tax returns.Source: Justice News - Cyber-crime

Thank you Ro for that kind introduction. On behalf of the Department of Justice, I am pleased to welcome you to this event on advancing people-centered justice, the rule of law and democracy. A huge thank you to our colleagues at USAID for organizing this event. It is a pleasure and honor to be here with Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman, our esteemed panelists, and Maha Jweied, who paved the way as a former leader of the Office for Access to Justice.Source: Justice News - Cyber-crime

Good morning and thank you, First Assistant Gorman. While the Justice Department is opening new pattern or practice investigations into police departments across the country, we are also achieving significant progress in cities that have worked for years to institute reforms that are called for by our consent decrees. I am here today to recognize the significant steps the City of Seattle and the Seattle Police Department (SPD) have taken to ensure constitutional policing. They have reached and s…