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Daily roundup of DOJ enforcement actions: Aspiration Partners co-founder sentenced to 14 years, short-seller Andrew Left convicted, a Chinese shipping-container cartel indictment, an IRGC-linked terror plot, and more.
By Eduardo Bacci, The Investigative Journal Recent filings posted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s EDGAR system and on the Commission’s enforcement and press release pages reveal a steady…
Daily federal enforcement digest: former FBI Director James Comey indicted; NIAID official charged; $46.6M Medicare wound-care seizure; $600M ERC scheme sentencing; Latvian ransomware operator gets 102 months.
The SEC's first half of May 2026 produced a $1.5M Musk Trust settlement over Twitter disclosure, charges against 21 alleged insider traders, a $26M HYIP receivership, and a proposal to…
DOJ Watch for May 13, 2026: An Arcadia mayor's guilty plea as a PRC agent, the long-awaited Key Bridge indictment, a $30M PayPal fair-lending settlement, denaturalization actions, and the new…
Daily digest: Musk Revocable Trust agrees to $1.5M penalty over Twitter Schedule 13D timing; SEC charges 21 in law-firm insider trading ring; Atkins proposes optional semiannual reporting; RYVYL, Cataldo, and…
OFAC opens a new Cuba IEEPA regime, escalates Iran 'Economic Fury' against IRGC oil-to-China network, DOJ probes $2.6B in Iran oil trades, and the Court of International Trade strikes down…
Federal enforcement this week was led by a Justice Department Clean Water Act complaint against DC Water over the January Potomac Interceptor collapse that released more than 200 million gallons…
Treasury, State, and DOJ moved in parallel this week: GAESA hit the SDN List under E.O. 14404, Economic Fury targeted Iran's shadow banking and a Chinese oil terminal, and the…
TIJ's daily DOJ enforcement digest: a former congresswoman suspended by DHS over a $5.7M disaster-fund indictment, a 16-year Medicare-fraud sentence for ex-NFL player Joel Rufus French, a 12.5-year sentence for…