Imperial Valley News Center
Justice Department Settles Immigration-Related Discrimination Claim Against International Law Firm
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Washington, DC - The Justice Department Wednesday announced that it reached a settlement agreement with Clifford Chance US LLP, a large, international law firm with its U.S. headquarters located in New York. This agreement resolves the Department’s investigation into whether the law firm engaged in hiring discrimination by refusing to consider work-authorized non-U.S. citizens and dual citizens to staff a client project, in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
Justice Department Awards $32 Million Through the Improving the Criminal Justice Response Program
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Washington, DC - The Justice Department’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) today announced 54 grants totaling $32 million through its Improving the Criminal Justice Response to Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Program.
Justice Department Awards $18 Million to Address Sexual Violence on Campuses
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Washington, DC - The Justice Department’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) today announced 57 grants totaling over $18 million to help campuses respond to the crimes of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking.
Federal, State and Local Leaders and Experts Announce Results of Forest Watch, a Public Lands Marijuana Grow Eradication and Reclamation Project
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Sacramento, California - Tuesday, federal, state, and local leaders joined with experts to announce the results of Operation Forest Watch, a coordinated effort to address the devastating damage done to our national forests by illegal, public-land marijuana grows. This months-long effort, led by U.S. Forest Service and joined by various federal, state, county and local law enforcement agencies, as well as the California National Guard, focused on the eradication of marijuana grows on public lands and sought to remediate the environmental damage caused by such activity.
Justice Department Announces Deferred Prosecution Agreement With Basler Kantonalbank
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Washington, DC - Basler Kantonalbank (BKB), a bank headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) that was approved today by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Department of Justice’s Tax Division, United States Attorney Benjamin G. Greenberg, and Chief Don Fort for Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation. As part of the agreement, Basler Kantonalbank will pay $60.4 million in total penalties.
Man Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison for Renewable Fuel Fraud
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Washington, DC - The owner of a company that bought and sold renewable fuel and fuel credits was sentenced to serve 63 months in prison to be followed by a three year term of supervised release and $26,244,437.06 in restitution for his role in a conspiracy that generated over $47 million in fraudulent EPA renewable fuels credits and over $12 million in fraudulent tax credits connected to the purported production of renewable fuel.
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