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July 16, 2025

U.S. Department of Justice

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NC cases part of DOJ health care fraud sweep

July 10, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Multiple cases involving North Carolina residents and companies are a part of the recently announced $14.6 billion health care fraud takedown by the U.S. Department of Justice on June 30. “This record-setting Health […]

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More than 300 charged in $14.6 billion health care fraud schemes takedown, DOJ says

July 1, 2025 Alanna Durkin Richer

RALEIGH — State and federal prosecutors have charged more than 320 people and uncovered nearly $15 million in false claims in what they described Monday as the largest coordinated takedown of health care fraud schemes […]

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US charges Chinese hackers, government officials in broad cybercrime campaign

March 15, 2025 Eric Tucker and Dake Kang

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Twelve Chinese nationals — including mercenary hackers, law enforcement officers and employees of a private hacking company — have been charged in connection with global cybercrime campaigns targeting dissidents, news organizations, U.S. […]

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Justice Department to expand redlining investigation efforts

October 29, 2021 Ken Sweet, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Justice Department announced Friday a cross-government effort to investigate and prosecute redlining, the practice of banks discriminating against racial minorities or certain neighborhoods. It is the first major expansion of redlining […]

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Engineering firm pleads guilty to bid-rigging, fraud schemes

June 9, 2021 Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A North Carolina engineering firm has pleaded guilty to conspiracies to rig bids and defraud the N.C. Department of Transportation, and was ordered to pay more than $1 million in restitution and […]

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Report: DOJ investigating Visa over debit card business

March 22, 2021 The Associated Press

CHARLOTTE — Visa is under investigation by the Department of Justice’s antitrust division over whether the company pushes merchants into more expensive forms of debit card payments, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The investigation […]

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Senate confirms Merrick Garland to be US attorney general, Ohio Rep. Fudge as housing secretary

March 10, 2021 Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate has confirmed Merrick Garland to be the next U.S. attorney general with a bipartisan vote, placing the widely-respected, veteran judge in the post. Democrats have praised Garland, a federal appeals […]

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US charges North Korean computer programmers in global hacks

February 18, 2021 Eric Tucker, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Justice Department has charged three North Korean computer programmers in a broad range of global hacks, including a destructive attack targeting an American movie studio, and in the attempted theft and […]

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Biden introduces Judge Merrick Garland as attorney general nominee

January 7, 2021 Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo and Darlene Superville, Associated Press

WILMINGTON, Del. — President-elect Joe Biden introduced Merrick Garland as his pick for attorney general on Thursday, naming the judge to “de-politicize” the Justice Department. “The past four years we’ve had a president who’s made […]

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UK judge refuses US extradition of WikiLeaks founder Assange

January 6, 2021 Jill Lawless, Associated Press

LONDON — A British judge on Monday rejected the United States’ request to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face espionage charges over the publication of secret U.S. documents a decade ago, saying he was […]

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