NEW YORK, Sept. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on Sept. 12, 2024, by Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter at the Fordham Competition Law Institute's 51st Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law and Policy: * * * As Prepared for Delivery Thank you for that introduction, James. And thank you to the organizers and to everyone around the world who has come here to Fordham to learn from one another and exchange ideas. This has always been a great e more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following remarks on Sept. 12, 2024, by Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas at the Global Summit on Terrorism and Political Violence: * * * Good morning. In May 2021, a high school senior from Conklin, New York, just 150 miles from here, was asked by his economics teacher to share his post-graduation plans. The boy responded, "I want to murder and commit suicide." Understandably alarmed, the teacher quickly referred the boy more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: A securities trader pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to his role in a sophisticated, multi-year market manipulation conspiracy involving securities traded on exchanges within the United States, including the New York Stock Exchange and NADSAQ. Xiaosong Wang, 36, of Upton, Mass. pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commi more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, Sept. 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2024: Louis LaPolla, age 79, of Utica, New York, was sentenced today in federal court in Syracuse to 3 years of probation, after previously pleading guilty to mail fraud for soliciting and then stealing donations intended for a scholarship fund in his late wife's name. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Craig L. Tremaroli, Special Agent i more PR

ALBANY, New York, Sept. 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release: Kenneth Locke, age 23, who currently resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pled guilty today to conspiring with others to unlawfully obtain firearms from a licensed dealer by making false statements, also known as "straw purchasing" firearms. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Bryan Miller, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of th more PR

BROOKLYN, New York, Sept. 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2024: Yesterday, in federal court in Brooklyn, an indictment was filed charging Asif Merchant, also known as "Asif Raza Merchant," with attempting to commit an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries and murder-for-hire as part of a scheme to assassinate a politician or U.S. government official on U.S. soil. Law enforcement foiled the plot more PR

BUFFALO, New York, Sept. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment charging John L. Hutchins, 70, of Lewiston, NY, and Roberto Soliman, 40, of Niagara Falls, NY, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, bank fraud, and wire fraud. In addition, defendant Hutchins is charged with making a false more PR

BROOKLYN, New York, Sept. 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release: Earlier today, at the federal court in Brooklyn, a five-count indictment was unsealed charging John Cangialosi, Peter Girgis, Gene Sarabella, also known as "Jerry," Enrico Carini, also known as "Ed," and Caner Otar, also known as "John," with conspiracy to commit securities fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, securities fraud, investment adviser fraud, and  more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that OLUSEUN MARTINS OMOLE, a/k/a "Seun Omole," was sentenced today to 10 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman for participating in a large-scale fraud conspiracy involving more than $16 million in consumer electronics and other goods that wer more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Sept. 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2024: United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Joseph LaForte, 53, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and his brother James LaForte, 47, of New York, New York, entered pleas of guilty today before United States District Court Judge Mark A. Kearney to racketeering conspiracy, securities fraud, and related crimes in connectio more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following statement on Sept. 11, 2024, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken, on the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks: * * * On September 11, 2001, terrorists claimed the lives of nearly 3,000 people and injured more than 6,000 others in the most devastating attack on American soil in our nation's history. Today, on Patriot Day 2024, we honor their memories and stand in solidarity with the families and friends of those who pe more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: NEW YORK CITY On September 12, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) held an awards ceremony hosted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), where 158 employees received a Secretary's Award in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the Department's mission. "Every single day, with great determination, integrity, and skill, the 268,000 men and women of the Departm more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Sept. 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2024: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced today that on August 8, 2024, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging William McLaughlin, 45, from Bennington, VT, Samantha Danforth, 35, from Bennington, VT, and Keahnard Rowell, also known as "Stacks", 34, from New York, NY, with conspiring to distribute coca more PR