Department of Justice

The United States Department of Justice, also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government, responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice in the United States, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries.

(source: justice.gov)

Justice Department Charges 18 in Sweeping COVID Fraud Action
Justice Department Charges 18 in Sweeping COVID Fraud Action
April 20, 2023  |  Security & Fraud

Federal officials have charged 18 people in a wide-ranging series of COVID fraud cases. The defendants are accused of taking part in a variety of...

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Credit Suisse, UBS and US Banks Reportedly Face DOJ Investigation
Credit Suisse, UBS and US Banks Reportedly Face DOJ Investigation
March 24, 2023  |  Banking

Credit Suisse, UBS and some U.S. banks are reportedly being investigated. Individuals at the two Swiss banks and the unspecified major U.S. banks were recently...

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DOJ and SEC Investigating Silicon Valley Bank and 2 Officers
DOJ and SEC Investigating Silicon Valley Bank and 2 Officers
March 14, 2023  |  Banking

Prosecutors and regulators are reportedly investigating Silicon Valley Bank and two of its executives. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and...

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Silvergate Examining Viability as a Business Amid FTX Investigations
Silvergate Examining Viability as a Business Amid FTX Investigations
March 02, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Silvergate Capital’s cryptocurrency industry ties now have it examining whether it can remain in business. The bank announced in a filing with the Securities and...

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Binance Exec Admits to Past ‘Gaps’ in Compliance
Binance Exec Admits to Past ‘Gaps’ in Compliance
February 16, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

A Binance executive says the cryptocurrency firm had compliance “gaps” it has since closed. Patrick Hillmann, the company’s chief strategy officer, told the Wall Street Journal Wednesday (Feb....

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Feds Expand Investigation Into FTX Collapse to Include Family and Friends
Feds Expand Investigation Into FTX Collapse to Include Family and Friends
February 05, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Federal prosecutors are reportedly widening the scope of their investigation into FTX. The Department of Justice (DOJ) is scrutinizing a growing range of people with...

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Crypto’s One-Time Favorite Bank Faces Federal Probe Into FTX Relationship
Crypto’s One-Time Favorite Bank Faces Federal Probe Into FTX Relationship
February 03, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Washington’s watchful eye doesn’t like what it sees across the crypto industry ecosystem. This, as U.S. prosecutors in the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) fraud unit...

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DOJ: Bankman-Fried Turned to Foreign Regulators to Hold On to FTX
DOJ: Bankman-Fried Turned to Foreign Regulators to Hold On to FTX
January 31, 2023  |  Regulation

As his crypto empire collapsed, Sam Bankman-Fried reportedly turned to overseas regulators for help. Federal prosecutors say the FTX co-founder tried to hold off his...

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Crypto Noise Puts Further Focus on Binance’s Operations
Crypto Noise Puts Further Focus on Binance’s Operations
January 25, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Regulatory scrutiny post-FTX’s dramatic implosion has prompted a crisis of confidence in other industry actors. Perhaps no other firm has bee affected more so than...

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