Thursday, October 22, 2026

U.S. Department of JusticeYou are subscribed to DOJ Press Releases & News for U.S. Department of Justice. This information has recently been updated, and is now available.DOJ’s Fraud Division, Department of Agriculture, and USDA OIG Uncover Nearly $42M in SNAP Benefit Fraud in Nationwide Enforcement Surge Involving Suspected Illegal Aliens10/21/2026 08:00 AM EDTThe Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division (Fraud Division), the Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the USDA Office of Inspector General today announced a nationwide series of enforcement actions targeting fraud involving the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and related USDA programs.Instagram icon FaceBook icon YouTube Twitter iconYou have received this e-mail because you have asked to be notified of changes to the U.S. Department of Justice website. 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Illicit SARMS Dealer Sentenced and His Company Ordered to Cease Operations and Forfeit $1.8M10/21/2026 08:00 AM EDTThe Justice Department announced today that Jeffrey McIndoo, of Phoenix, Arizona, and his company, JeffMac Investments LLC doing business as SARMS Pharm LLC (SARMS Pharm), were sentenced in connection to prior guilty pleas to an information in connection with the illicit sale of potentially dangerous chemical substances known as selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs). SARMS mimic the effects of anabolic steroids when ingested into the body and are not approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA).Show quoted textU.S. Department of JusticeYou are subscribed to DOJ Press Releases & News for U.S. Department of Justice. 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This information has recently been updated, and is now available.Prolific Chinese Money Launderer Sentenced for Laundering Drug Trafficking Proceeds Following Homeland Security Task Force Investigation10/21/2026 08:00 AM EDTShu Jun Zhen, 31, of New York, was sentenced today in the Western District of North Carolina to nine years in prison and ordered to forfeit nearly $23 million for her role in a Chinese money laundering organization (CMLO) that laundered over $92 million in illicit funds, including proceeds from the importation and distribution of illegal drugs into the United States, primarily through MexicoJustice Department Resolves Claims that Atlantic Beach, New York’s Zoning Code Violated Religious Land Use Provisions10/21/2026 08:00 AM EDTToday the Justice Department announced an agreement with the Village of Atlantic Beach, New York, to resolve allegations that it violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) by enacting and enforcing zoning provisions that treat religious land uses worse than comparable secular uses.Show quoted text


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10/22/2026 08:00 AM EDT

Today, an eight-count indictment charged seven defendants for their respective roles in a racketeering conspiracy involving marijuana distribution, money laundering, honest services fraud through bribery, maintaining drug-involved premises, possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking, and wire fraud.
 

 

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10/22/2026 08:00 AM EDT

The Justice Department announced today that the owners of a residential rental property in Oklahoma City have agreed to pay $52,500 to resolve a lawsuit alleging that they refused to rent a one-bedroom apartment to a single mother upon learning that she would be living with her child, in violation of the Fair Housing Act.
10/22/2026 08:00 AM EDT

Joseph Strange, 48, of Holly, Michigan, who was formerly employed by the artist and musician Marshall Mathers (also known as Eminem), pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of Michigan to a charge related to his role in the reproduction and sale of unreleased music created by Eminem.
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10/22/2026 08:00 AM EDT

The Justice Department today announced charges against 15 defendants, including six medical professionals, for health care fraud schemes that collectively resulted in over $1.8 billion in fraudulent claims to government and private health care programs. This includes over $1.6 billion billed in a scheme to lure vulnerable individuals to California for sham substance abuse treatment, the largest case of its type ever prosecuted by the Department; $134 million fraudulently billed to Medicare for unnecessary atherectomy procedures that resulted in injury to patients; and over $138 million fraudulently billed to Medicare in three different hospice fraud schemes where the patients were not terminally ill. In addition, another defendant was indicted after previously being charged by complaint in a $270 million scheme to defraud Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, by submitting pharmacy claims for bogus prescriptions.
10/22/2026 08:00 AM EDT

A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an indictment charging a Utah man with multiple federal crimes including possession of an unregistered destructive device, threat to kill and injure persons and to destroy a building with an explosive, and attempting to commit a hate crime, among other charges, after threats were allegedly made online relating to a Utah synagogue in December 2025.
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