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X-WR-CALNAME:Todd Blanche — public schedule
X-WR-CALDESC:Public schedule of Todd Blanche (Acting United States Attorney General)\, via World Leaders Daily
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UID:us-ag-20260828-0@worldleaders.website
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SUMMARY:Two Nigerian Nationals Extradited from Nigeria to the United States to Face Sextortion Charges in North Carolina and Mississippi
DESCRIPTION:The Justice Department announced today that two Nigerian men have been extradited to the United States from Nigeria to face prosecution in two separate cases for the financially-motivated sextortion of minors that resulted in the death of teenagers in both the Northern District of Mississippi and the Middle District of North Carolina.\n\nhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-nigerian-nationals-extradited-nigeria-united-states-face-sextortion-charges-north
URL:https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-nigerian-nationals-extradited-nigeria-united-states-face-sextortion-charges-north
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UID:us-ag-20260828-1@worldleaders.website
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SUMMARY:Walmart Agrees to Pay $50 Million for Illegally Filling Unlawful Opioid Prescriptions
DESCRIPTION:The Justice Department\, together with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)\, today announced a $50 million settlement with Walmart Inc. (Walmart) to resolve allegations that Walmart pharmacies illegally filled thousands of invalid prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances in violation of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).\n\nhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/walmart-agrees-pay-50-million-illegally-filling-unlawful-opioid-prescriptions
URL:https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/walmart-agrees-pay-50-million-illegally-filling-unlawful-opioid-prescriptions
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UID:us-ag-20260828-2@worldleaders.website
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SUMMARY:Russian National Living in Florida Convicted for Scheme to Illegally Export Aircraft Parts from the United States to Russia
DESCRIPTION:A Florida resident and Russian national\, Alexander Mamonov\, 62\, was convicted on all charges yesterday following a jury trial related to a scheme to illegally export aircraft parts from the United States to Russia and the state-owned Russian airline\, PJSC Aeroflot.\n\nhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/russian-national-living-florida-convicted-scheme-illegally-export-aircraft-parts-united
URL:https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/russian-national-living-florida-convicted-scheme-illegally-export-aircraft-parts-united
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UID:us-ag-20260828-3@worldleaders.website
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SUMMARY:United States Extradites to Chile One of Its Most Wanted Fugitives – An Alleged Tren de Aragua Leader Charged in Chile with Criminal Association\, Extortion\, and Kidnapping Resulting in Homicide
DESCRIPTION:Venezuelan national and illegal alien Rafael Enrique Gamez Salas\, 40\, has been extradited from the United States to Chile\, at the request of the Government of Chile\, so that he may be prosecuted on seven charges stemming from his alleged role as a leader of “Los Piratas\,” the primary Chilean cell of the Venezuelan transnational criminal organization Tren de Aragua (TdA).\n\nhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-extradites-chile-one-its-most-wanted-fugitives-alleged-tren-de-aragua-leader
URL:https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-extradites-chile-one-its-most-wanted-fugitives-alleged-tren-de-aragua-leader
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UID:us-ag-20260828-4@worldleaders.website
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SUMMARY:Brooklyn Return Preparer Pleads Guilty to Preparing False Tax Returns for Clients
DESCRIPTION:A Brooklyn\, New York\, woman pleaded guilty today to preparing false tax returns for clients.\n\nhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/brooklyn-return-preparer-pleads-guilty-preparing-false-tax-returns-clients
URL:https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/brooklyn-return-preparer-pleads-guilty-preparing-false-tax-returns-clients
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UID:us-ag-20260828-5@worldleaders.website
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SUMMARY:Nigerian National Sentenced for Laundering $3.1M in Scam Proceeds
DESCRIPTION:A Nigerian national was sentenced yesterday to 95 months in prison for his role in a money laundering conspiracy involving millions of dollars tied to various fraud schemes — including business email compromise\, romance\, and unemployment insurance fraud scams — perpetrated against U.S. citizens.\n\nhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/nigerian-national-sentenced-laundering-31m-scam-proceeds
URL:https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/nigerian-national-sentenced-laundering-31m-scam-proceeds
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UID:us-ag-20260828-6@worldleaders.website
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SUMMARY:Justice Department Files a Statement of Interest in Support of the Primary Aluminum Smelter Project in Inola\, Oklahoma
DESCRIPTION:Yesterday\, the Justice Department’s Energy and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) filed a statement of interest in a lawsuit brought by the Oklahoma Attorney General\, expressing support for the construction of a primary aluminum smelter in Inola\, Oklahoma.\n\nhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-statement-interest-support-primary-aluminum-smelter-project-inola
URL:https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-statement-interest-support-primary-aluminum-smelter-project-inola
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UID:us-ag-20260828-7@worldleaders.website
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SUMMARY:International Shipping Companies Sentenced to Pay $1.75 Million Fine for Concealing Discharges of Oily Waste into Ocean
DESCRIPTION:A vessel operating company pleaded guilty today in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to charges stemming from the discharge of oily waste into the sea. MSC Shipmanagement Limited\, one of the largest shipping companies in the world\, pleaded guilty to two counts of violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) for conduct that occurred on the motor vessel MSC Samira III between June 2024 and January 2025. The vessel’s owner\, Hong Kong Spirit Shipping and Trading Limited\, also pleaded guilty to two counts of violating APPS. Both companies were sentenced to pay a combined fine of $1.75 million and serve four years of probation. Second Engineer Mikhail Tsurikov previously pleaded guilty to violating APPS and is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 10.\n\nhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/international-shipping-companies-sentenced-pay-175-million-fine-concealing-discharges-oily
URL:https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/international-shipping-companies-sentenced-pay-175-million-fine-concealing-discharges-oily
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UID:us-ag-20260828-8@worldleaders.website
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SUMMARY:Alaska Judge Dismisses Challenge to President Trump’s Rescission of Withdrawals Areas of the Outer Continental Shelf from Oil and Gas Leasing
DESCRIPTION:The U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska earlier this week dismissed the complaint in a case challenging President Trump’s rescission of Biden-era withdrawals of areas of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) from oil and gas leasing. The court dismissed the case for lack of standing.\n\nhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/alaska-judge-dismisses-challenge-president-trumps-rescission-withdrawals-areas-outer
URL:https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/alaska-judge-dismisses-challenge-president-trumps-rescission-withdrawals-areas-outer
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UID:us-ag-20260827-0@worldleaders.website
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SUMMARY:Weaponization Working Group Releases Report on 2023 FBI Richmond Field Office Memo That Targeted Non-Mainstream Catholics
DESCRIPTION:Today\, the Justice Department’s Weaponization Working Group issued a report detailing how\, under the previous Administration\, the FBI’s Richmond Field Office associated beliefs held by many Catholics with domestic extremism and investigated two priests as a result. The report focuses on the production and circulation of an internal assessment known as the “Richmond Domain Perspective.” This assessment documented the purported rise of domestic extremism among those who hold conservative beliefs associated with a wide variety of Catholics. It also documented the investigation into two priests and the FBI’s surveillance of one of them.\n\nhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/weaponization-working-group-releases-report-2023-fbi-richmond-field-office-memo-targeted-non
URL:https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/weaponization-working-group-releases-report-2023-fbi-richmond-field-office-memo-targeted-non
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UID:us-ag-20260827-1@worldleaders.website
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SUMMARY:Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking Offenses
DESCRIPTION:A Maryland man pleaded guilty today to two counts of sex trafficking by force\, fraud\, or coercion.\n\nhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/maryland-man-pleads-guilty-sex-trafficking-offenses
URL:https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/maryland-man-pleads-guilty-sex-trafficking-offenses
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UID:us-ag-20260827-2@worldleaders.website
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SUMMARY:Two Mexican Nationals Plead Guilty to Alien Smuggling and Providing Material Support to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization
DESCRIPTION:Two Mexican nationals pleaded guilty today to multiple charges including alien smuggling and providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization\, specifically\, Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG).\n\nhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-mexican-nationals-plead-guilty-alien-smuggling-and-providing-material-support-designated
URL:https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-mexican-nationals-plead-guilty-alien-smuggling-and-providing-material-support-designated
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UID:us-ag-20260827-3@worldleaders.website
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SUMMARY:Justice Department Finds George Washington University Medical School Discriminates Based on Race in Admissions
DESCRIPTION:The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced today its finding that the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Services (GW Med) intentionally discriminated based on race in granting and denying admission to its 2024 and 2025 incoming classes. GW Med’s discriminatory conduct violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964\, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race\, and the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard ( SFFA )\, which banned race discrimination in higher education.\n\nhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-finds-george-washington-university-medical-school-discriminates-based
URL:https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-finds-george-washington-university-medical-school-discriminates-based
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UID:us-ag-20260827-4@worldleaders.website
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SUMMARY:Mexican Fentanyl Manufacturer Pleads Guilty to International Drug Trafficking Offenses
DESCRIPTION:A Mexican national pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to manufacture and distribute fentanyl for importation into the United States\, and conspiracy to distribute listed chemicals for the unlawful importation of a controlled substance.\n\nhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/mexican-fentanyl-manufacturer-pleads-guilty-international-drug-trafficking-offenses
URL:https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/mexican-fentanyl-manufacturer-pleads-guilty-international-drug-trafficking-offenses
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UID:us-ag-20260827-5@worldleaders.website
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SUMMARY:Massachusetts Man Sentenced for Cockfighting
DESCRIPTION:A Massachusetts man was sentenced today in federal court in Rhode Island for his role in a 2022 cockfighting operation in which he brought gaffs from Massachusetts to Rhode Island for animal fighting.\n\nhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/massachusetts-man-sentenced-cockfighting
URL:https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/massachusetts-man-sentenced-cockfighting
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UID:us-ag-20260827-6@worldleaders.website
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SUMMARY:Leader Of Dominican-Based Drug Trafficking Organization Extradited from Colombia to United States to Face Charges as Part of Homeland Security Task Force Initiative
DESCRIPTION:The leader of a Dominican Republic-based international cocaine trafficking and money laundering organization was extradited from Colombia to the United States yesterday to face drug trafficking charges filed in two separate indictments in the Districts of Puerto Rico and New Jersey as well as money laundering charges in the District of New Jersey. The prosecutions are part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative.\n\nhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/leader-dominican-based-drug-trafficking-organization-extradited-colombia-united-states-face
URL:https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/leader-dominican-based-drug-trafficking-organization-extradited-colombia-united-states-face
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UID:us-ag-20260827-7@worldleaders.website
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SUMMARY:The Department of Justice Files Complaints Against Arizona\, New Mexico\, Oregon\, and Washington Challenging State Laws that Provide In-State Tuition to Illegal Aliens
DESCRIPTION:Today\, the Department of Justice filed lawsuits against four states that seek to undermine federal law by placing aliens over citizens in clear defiance of Congress’s commands. The Department filed complaints against Arizona \, New Mexico \, Oregon \, and Washington \, challenging state laws that provide in-state tuition and financial assistance for illegal aliens. These laws unconstitutionally discriminate against U.S. citizens who are not afforded the same reduced tuition rates or scholarships\, create incentives for illegal immigration\, and reward illegal aliens with benefits that U.S. citizens are not eligible for\, all in direct conflict with federal law.\n\nhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-files-complaints-against-arizona-new-mexico-oregon-and-washington
URL:https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-files-complaints-against-arizona-new-mexico-oregon-and-washington
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UID:us-ag-20260827-8@worldleaders.website
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SUMMARY:Former U.S. Government Employee Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Provide Classified Information to Foreign Government
DESCRIPTION:Nathan Vilas Laatsch\, 29\, of Alexandria\, Virginia\, a former IT specialist for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)\, pleaded guilty yesterday to transmission of national defense information to a foreign government.\n\nhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-us-government-employee-pleads-guilty-attempting-provide-classified-information
URL:https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-us-government-employee-pleads-guilty-attempting-provide-classified-information
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UID:us-ag-20260827-9@worldleaders.website
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SUMMARY:81 Members of a Violent Gang in Puerto Rico Charged with Drug Trafficking and Firearms Violations as Part of Homeland Security Task Force Initiative
DESCRIPTION:Today in Puerto Rico\, Attorney General Todd Blanche announced 81 members of a violent drug trafficking organization have been charged federally following a Homeland Security Task Force investigation. The FBI and the Puerto Rico Police Department successfully led the takedown and arrest yesterday of 70 defendants charged who are members of this violent drug trafficking organization that had been active for years throughout the West side of Puerto Rico.\n\nhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/81-members-violent-gang-puerto-rico-charged-drug-trafficking-and-firearms-violations-part
URL:https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/81-members-violent-gang-puerto-rico-charged-drug-trafficking-and-firearms-violations-part
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UID:us-ag-20260826-0@worldleaders.website
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SUMMARY:KKR Agrees to Pay Record $250M Penalty for Serial Violations of Federal Premerger Review Law
DESCRIPTION:The Justice Department filed a proposed settlement today requiring KKR & Co. GP LLC to pay a civil penalty of $250\,000\,000 to resolve allegations that KKR repeatedly flouted the premerger antitrust review process. The United States’ Complaint alleged KKR evaded antitrust scrutiny for at least 16 separate transactions by failing to comply with the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act).\n\nhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/kkr-agrees-pay-record-250m-penalty-serial-violations-federal-premerger-review-law
URL:https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/kkr-agrees-pay-record-250m-penalty-serial-violations-federal-premerger-review-law
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UID:us-ag-20260826-1@worldleaders.website
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SUMMARY:Former Tribal Police Officer Indicted for Using Excessive Force and Falsifying a Report
DESCRIPTION:A former tribal police officer with the San Carlos Apache Police Department (SCAPD) was charged in an indictment today with two federal crimes arising out of his use of excessive force against a handcuffed arrestee and his falsification of another officer’s report.\n\nhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-tribal-police-officer-indicted-using-excessive-force-and-falsifying-report
URL:https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-tribal-police-officer-indicted-using-excessive-force-and-falsifying-report
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UID:us-ag-20260826-2@worldleaders.website
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SUMMARY:The Villages Health System LLC Agrees to $541.5M Settlement to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
DESCRIPTION:The Villages Health System LLC (TVH)\, a healthcare provider group headquartered in The Villages\, Florida\, has agreed to a $541.5 million settlement to resolve self-disclosed allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by causing the submission of false diagnosis codes in order to increase payments that they received from the Medicare Advantage program.\n\nhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/villages-health-system-llc-agrees-5415m-settlement-resolve-false-claims-act-allegations
URL:https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/villages-health-system-llc-agrees-5415m-settlement-resolve-false-claims-act-allegations
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UID:us-ag-20260826-3@worldleaders.website
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SUMMARY:Cartel Commanders Charged with International Cocaine and Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy and Firearm Offenses
DESCRIPTION:A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment today charging Ramon Alvarez Ayala\, 44\, and Rafael Alvarez Ayala\, 42\, both Mexican nationals\, with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine for importation into the United States and possessing a firearm\, including a machinegun\, in furtherance of the drug trafficking offense.\n\nhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/cartel-commanders-charged-international-cocaine-and-methamphetamine-trafficking-conspiracy
URL:https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/cartel-commanders-charged-international-cocaine-and-methamphetamine-trafficking-conspiracy
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UID:us-ag-20260826-4@worldleaders.website
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SUMMARY:DermTech Inc. to Pay Up to $5M to Resolve Allegations It Submitted False Claims to Medicare for Unreliable Skin Cancer Tests
DESCRIPTION:A skin cancer testing company formerly known as DermTech\, Inc. has agreed to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting false claims for unreliable skin cancer tests to the Medicare program. DermTech is now liquidating as DTech Liquidating Inc. after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the District of Delaware in June 2024. As part of the resolution announced today\, the United States received an Allowed Class Three General Unsecured Claim of $5\,038\,011 in the bankruptcy proceeding.\n\nhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/dermtech-inc-pay-5m-resolve-allegations-it-submitted-false-claims-medicare-unreliable-skin
URL:https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/dermtech-inc-pay-5m-resolve-allegations-it-submitted-false-claims-medicare-unreliable-skin
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UID:us-ag-20260826-5@worldleaders.website
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SUMMARY:Aryan Brotherhood Associate Convicted of Two Murders
DESCRIPTION:An associate of the prison gang Aryan Brotherhood was convicted today of executing two men in Lomita\, California on orders given by an Aryan Brotherhood member incarcerated in Kern Valley State Prison\, in Kern County\, California.\n\nhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/aryan-brotherhood-associate-convicted-two-murders
URL:https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/aryan-brotherhood-associate-convicted-two-murders
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