OKLAHOMA CITY–(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2013.  A federal court today struck down an Oklahoma state constitutional amendment that would have prohibited state courts from considering what is broadly described as Islamic “Sharia law” and “international law.” The American Civil Liberties Union and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) challenged the amendment on[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2013.  Jose Armando Bran, aka “Pantro,” was sentenced today to serve two consecutive life sentences for his role in a murder and maiming that he ordered while he was an MS-13 gang leader in Richmond, Va.  The sentencing was announced by Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2013. Three members and one associate of the North Carolina Almighty Latin King/Queen Nation (ALKQN) have been sentenced this week in federal court in the Middle District of North Carolina. The announcement was made today by Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2013. The Justice Department announced today that it has entered into a comprehensive agreement with the Parish of St. Tammany, La., and the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff  to correct conditions of confinement at the St. Tammany Parish Jail and to ensure that improvements made since the Department’s[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2013. The owner of South Louisiana Home Health Care Inc. and the director of nursing for the Louisiana home health agency were sentenced today for their roles in a Medicare fraud scheme involving the payment of kickbacks and the falsification of documents. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2013.  A greater Detroit-area physical therapist who was also an owner of a home health agency pleaded guilty yesterday for his role in a $22 million home health care fraud scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney for the[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2013.  U.S.  Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky David J. Hale and Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Jocelyn Samuels announced that Steven Molen, a Sheriff’s Deputy with the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury on one[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 14, 2013. Chequlia Motley of Montgomery, Ala., was sentenced yesterday to serve 36 months in prison for conspiracy and aggravated identity theft,  announced Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama George L. Beck Jr.  Motley[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 14, 2013. The Justice Department today reached an agreement with SOS Employment Group, based in Salt Lake City resolving claims that the company violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The department’s investigation confirmed allegations made by a work-authorized individual that SOS Employment Group[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 14, 2013.  The Justice Department announced today that it reached an agreement with Forever 21 resolving allegations that the company violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) when it rejected a work-authorized individual’s Department of Homeland Security-issued Employment Authorization Document (EAD), and required her[Read More…]