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fromnews.bitcoin.com
4 days ago
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US Attorney Connecticut Forfeits $600,000 in Tether Linked to Ledger Phishing Letter

Federal prosecutors recovered over $600,000 in stolen cryptocurrency linked to a phishing scam targeting a hardware wallet user.
fromEsquire
1 week ago
Cryptocurrency

Why Is the DOJ Hoarding a Boatload of Bitcoin?

The Justice Department's handling of seized Bitcoin raises concerns about returning funds to victims of cryptocurrency scams.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
4 days ago

US Attorney Connecticut Forfeits $600,000 in Tether Linked to Ledger Phishing Letter

Federal prosecutors recovered over $600,000 in stolen cryptocurrency linked to a phishing scam targeting a hardware wallet user.
Cryptocurrency
fromEsquire
1 week ago

Why Is the DOJ Hoarding a Boatload of Bitcoin?

The Justice Department's handling of seized Bitcoin raises concerns about returning funds to victims of cryptocurrency scams.
US news
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

Marine corporal accused of stealing, reselling weapons and ammo from Camp Pendleton

A Marine corporal is accused of stealing Javelin missiles and ammunition to resell in Arizona, posing a serious threat to public safety.
Law
fromABA Journal
2 weeks ago

Drug convictions bar lawyer from bench but not from practicing law

Felony drug convictions prevent lawyer from becoming a judge but allow him to continue practicing law in Montana.
#ice
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fromThe Atlantic
1 week ago

ICE Might Be Violating America's Other Bill of Rights

ICE and CBP have faced criticism for excessive force and violations of rights, prompting legal challenges under the Fourth Amendment and the Administrative Procedure Act.
Law
fromLos Angeles Times
2 weeks ago

In rare move, ICE drags criminal defendant out of a federal courtroom

ICE agents unexpectedly detained a defendant in a courtroom, raising concerns about the impact on judicial participation.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

US quadruple amputee cornhole champion arrested on suspicion of murder

Webber was driving his car with Wells as his front-seat passenger at about 10.25pm on Sunday when the pair began arguing in front of others who were in the vehicle.
Miami Marlins
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fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago

DOJ admits ICE courthouse arrests relied on erroneous information

DOJ admitted using incorrect information to defend ICE arrests at immigration courthouses, stating a 2025 memo does not apply to immigration courts.
Law
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago

Judge Issues Arrest Warrant for Former Republican Governor

A Kentucky judge issued an arrest warrant for former Governor Matt Bevin for contempt in a child support case involving his son.
Law
fromAbove the Law
1 week ago

The Judiciary Is Still Unaccountable, And This Congress Won't Fix It - Above the Law

The Judiciary Accountability Act aims to extend anti-discrimination protections to judiciary employees, promoting transparency and accountability in the judicial system.
US news
fromThe Washington Post
1 week ago

Minnesota sues Trump administration over withheld evidence in shootings

Minnesota officials are suing federal agencies for withholding evidence related to shootings by federal officers during immigration enforcement.
fromABA Journal
2 weeks ago

Federal judges speak out about threats becoming 'ordinary'

"What's most problematic is that the extraordinary has become ordinary. It's just a matter of course now that when you issue an opinion that some people don't like, you're going to get threats, you're going to get death threats, and that is obviously problematic on many levels."
Law
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

ICE agents reveal daily arrest quotas and surveillance app in rare court testimony

ICE agents in Oregon used a custom app called Elite to target neighborhoods and maintained daily arrest quotas, contradicting DHS claims of no quotas, as revealed in federal court testimony.
Boston food
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

After jail, house arrest and an ankle monitor, a reprieve for a Cop City' protester: The process was the punishment'

A Georgia carpenter resolved a three-year felony arson case related to Cop City protests through an Alford plea, receiving a reduced charge and probation instead of potential 20-year imprisonment.
Law
fromwww.amny.com
2 weeks ago

Op-Ed | The right' to remain silent | amNewYork

Remaining silent when approached by law enforcement can protect individuals from self-incrimination, despite potential short-term consequences.
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
4 weeks ago

US Government Seeks Retrial Of Tornado Cash's Roman Storm

Federal prosecutors seek a retrial for Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm on money laundering and sanctions charges after a jury deadlocked, potentially exposing him to 40 years in prison.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
3 weeks ago

The Trump DOJ is giving guns back to felons, including one alleged fake elector

The Department of Justice restored federal gun rights to 22 individuals with decades-old felony convictions, including Republican Arizona State Senator Jake Hoffman who was pardoned by President Trump for fake elector charges.
Law
from48 hills
2 weeks ago

Lurie wants to be tough on crime-but won't pay for the impacts on defendants - 48 hills

Increased arrests and prosecutions in San Francisco are costly, leading to understaffed public defense and potential legal ethics violations.
#cryptocurrency-fraud
fromBoston.com
1 month ago
Cryptocurrency

US attorney going after money forfeited by Mass. resident in romance crypto fraud scheme

Cryptocurrency
fromBoston.com
1 month ago

US attorney going after money forfeited by Mass. resident in romance crypto fraud scheme

Federal prosecutors are seeking to recover over $327,000 in Tether cryptocurrency allegedly laundered through a romance and investment scam targeting a Massachusetts resident.
Privacy professionals
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

US tax agency broke privacy law approximately 42,695 times', judge says

A federal judge ruled the IRS violated tax confidentiality law by disclosing taxpayer information to Immigration and Customs Enforcement approximately 42,695 times without proper authorization.
US politics
fromFortune
1 month ago

The IRS turned over confidential taxpayer info to ICE 'approximately 42,695 times.' That was illegal, judge says | Fortune

A federal judge ruled the IRS violated federal law by disclosing confidential taxpayer information approximately 42,695 times to Immigration and Customs Enforcement without proper authorization.
US news
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

Former LAPD officer found guilty of crypto-related home invasion robbery

Former LAPD officer Eric Halem was convicted of kidnapping and robbery for stealing $350,000 in cryptocurrency from a 17-year-old during a fake police search warrant home invasion in 2024.
Law
fromKqed
4 weeks ago

Why So Many Legal Courts in S.F.? | KQED

San Francisco concentrates multiple levels of state and federal courts in one location, including Superior Court, U.S. District Court, Court of Appeals, and California Supreme Court, which is unusual compared to other states where courts are typically dispersed across state capitals or larger cities.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Judge Rules IRS Broke The Law Approximately 42,695' Times By Giving ICE Data

A federal judge ruled the IRS violated federal law approximately 42,695 times by disclosing confidential taxpayer addresses to ICE without proper verification that requests met legal requirements.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Supreme Court appears split in tax foreclosure case

The Supreme Court examines whether counties must pay homeowners fair market value when seizing homes for unpaid property taxes, or only auction proceeds minus taxes owed.
Los Angeles
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

L.A. liable for destroying homeless people's property, federal judge rules

A federal judge found Los Angeles violated homeless individuals' constitutional rights by seizing and destroying personal property and altering cleanup records.
#sports-memorabilia-theft
Information security
fromArs Technica
2 months ago

Site catering to online criminals has been seized by the FBI

The FBI seized RAMP, a major Russian-language ransomware marketplace with over 14,000 vetted users, disrupting a significant cybercrime forum and its operations.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Crashes raise concerns about pursuit rules for immigration agents

A fatal crash involving immigration enforcement in Georgia killed a teacher, raising concerns about pursuit policies and public safety risks during immigration enforcement operations.
US politics
fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
2 months ago

Protecting Our Right to Sue Federal Agents Who Violate the Constitution

Federal agents increasingly evade constitutional accountability; new statutes like California S.B. 747 are needed to enable damages lawsuits against federal officials.
US politics
fromThe Nation
1 month ago

ICE Officers Should Be Held Accountable. These Law School Students Know How.

Establish a federal equivalent of Section 1983 to allow lawsuits against federal officers and eliminate qualified immunity to hold them accountable.
US politics
fromAbove the Law
2 months ago

Courts Dropkick DOJ's Disenfranchisement Database - Above the Law

The Justice Department sued 23 states and D.C. seeking full voter rolls to create a federal database under the NVRA and Civil Rights Act of 1960.
fromemptywheel
2 months ago

DOJ Continues to Let DHS Pick and Choose Screen Shots Pertaining to Their Assaults - emptywheel

The Department of Homeland Security has stopped using software that automatically captured text messages and saved trails of communication between officials, according to sworn court statements filed this week. Instead, the agency began in April to require officials to manually take screenshots of their messages to comply with federal records laws, citing cybersecurity concerns with the autosave software. The policy expects officials to first take screenshots of the text messages on their work phones,
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#immigration-detention
US news
fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago

Vallejo man caught selling stolen gun while on jail furlough for murder, feds say

A 22-year-old on juvenile furlough faces federal charges for possessing and attempting to sell a stolen Glock tied to an earlier juvenile murder conviction.
US politics
fromAxios
2 months ago

Why ICE agents face far less accountability than police

ICE lacks historical DOJ pattern-or-practice scrutiny and will likely avoid such probes under the Trump administration despite increased officer-involved shootings.
#fourth-amendment
fromWIRED
2 months ago
Law

US Judge Rules ICE Raids Require Judicial Warrants, Contradicting Secret ICE Memo

fromWIRED
2 months ago
Law

US Judge Rules ICE Raids Require Judicial Warrants, Contradicting Secret ICE Memo

US news
fromPoynter
2 months ago

Recording immigration agents in public is a constitutional right. Here's what the law says. - Poynter

Recording immigration agents in public is protected but contested, with federal claims of criminality clashing with First Amendment protections and courts questioning DHS policies.
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

The Court Case That Is Allowing ICE to Stop Just About Anyone It Wants

In 1996, the Supreme Court decided Whren v. United States, which came about when plainclothes vice officers patrolling in the District of Columbia passed a truck in a "high drug" area and "their suspicions were aroused." They had a hunch that the truck was involved in a drug operation. They chose to wait until it had violated a traffic ordinance (turning without a signal) and then used that violation as an excuse to stop the truck. In the course of searching the truck, they found crack cocaine.
Law
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

FBI won't share Alex Pretti shooting evidence, Minnesota authorities say

While this lack of cooperation is concerning and unprecedented, the BCA is committed to thorough, independent and transparent investigations of these incidents, even if hampered by a lack of access to key information and evidence, added Drew Evans. He added that the agency remained committed to a joint investigation and said it would continue to pursue all legal avenues to gain access to relevant information and evidence.
US news
#justice-department
Law
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

California man previously on FBI's most wanted list pleads guilty to assaulting federal officer during protest

Elpidio Reyna pleaded guilty to assaulting a federal officer by throwing rocks during a June protest and faces up to 20 years in prison.
US news
fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago

San Jose latest city to face questions whether federal authorities are accessing police license plate camera data

San Jose police allowed other California and federal authorities to search ALPR camera data, risking violations of California laws protecting residents and immigrants from tracking.
fromAdvocate.com
2 months ago

Renee Good's family shares independent autopsy results, says DOJ is withholding evidence

The 37-year-old poet and mother-of-three was killed by an ICE officer January 7 in Minneapolis, Minnesota during what Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called "targeted operations" near East 34th Street and Portland Avenue. Noem alleged that "rioters began blocking ICE officers," claiming that Good "weaponized" her vehicle by attempting to run over agents. Noem labeled Good's actions as "domestic terrorism" and those of the officers as "self defense," but multiple eyewitness accounts and video footage from the incident contradict this.
US politics
Law
fromAbove the Law
2 months ago

Accountability In An Age Of Unaccountability - Above the Law

Legal system turmoil: arrests, Epstein file fallout, judicial misconduct, and mounting ethical breaches requiring disbarment of dishonest administration lawyers.
fromFortune
2 months ago

Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights probe into the killing of Alex Pretti, with FBI leading the investigation | Fortune

"We're looking at everything that would shed light on what happened that day and in the days and weeks leading up to what happened," Blanche said during a news conference.
US politics
Law
fromSlate Magazine
2 months ago

There's One Clear and Uncluttered Pathway to Successfully Suing ICE

ICE's destruction of personal property violates the Fifth Amendment takings clause and property-damage suits provide a clear legal route to compensate victims.
Law
fromsfist.com
2 months ago

Former Oakland Cops Appeal 'Ghost Chase' Liability Case to Supreme Court

Two Oakland officers seek Supreme Court review to avoid 14th Amendment liability after an unauthorized high-speed pursuit killed an innocent bystander.
fromReadWrite
1 month ago

Judge denies discovery motion in ex-Osceola Sheriff Lopez case

"It's voluminous, the discovery," defense attorney Migdalia told Click Orlando.
Law
fromEmptywheel
2 months ago

Warrants for Innocent People Are Not Like Warrants for Suspects

As you know, Section 215 authorities are not interpreted in the same way that grand jury subpoena authorities are, and we are concerned that when Justice Department officials suggest that the two authorities are 'analogous' they provide the public with a false understanding of how surveillance is interpreted in practice.
US politics
fromAdvocate.com
2 months ago

'Nothing about what is going on here is normal': A fight over evidence in Good, Pretti cases

State and county lawyers sought court orders to prevent federal agencies from destroying evidence and to compel evidence sharing after alleged mishandling in fatal shootings.
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

Americans Should be Terrified': Senate Dem Sounds the Alarm On ICE Breaking Down Doors' Without Warrants

And we just got this new information overnight. The Associated Press was the first to report that ICE is changing its policy. And it is now allowing its agents to forcibly enter homes without a warrant, and I just want to be clear, based solely on a more narrow administrative warrant to arrest someone on a final order of removal. Do you think this sharp turn from ICE's policy and from normal policing tactics is a violation of the Constitution's Fourth Amendment?
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fromLos Angeles Times
2 months ago

Federal judge bars the LAPD's use of some 'less-lethal' weapons at protests

Federal judge banned LAPD use of 40mm less-lethal launchers at protests after finding violations of prior court restrictions.
fromLos Angeles Times
2 months ago

Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says

For years, immigrant advocates, legal aid groups and local governments have urged people not to open their doors to immigration agents unless they are shown a warrant signed by a judge. That guidance is rooted in Supreme Court rulings that generally prohibit law enforcement from entering a home without judicial approval. The ICE directive directly undercuts that advice at a time when arrests are accelerating under the administration's immigration crackdown.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Judge temporarily halts ICE from using teargas and projectiles on protesters in Portland

A federal judge temporarily barred ICE officers from using teargas or projectiles against Portland protesters except when individuals pose an imminent threat of physical harm.
US politics
fromTruthout
2 months ago

New Alligator Alcatraz Court Filings Allege Trump Admin Withheld Evidence

Federal records show federal involvement and funding in Everglades detention facility, which could trigger NEPA review and revive a court-ordered shutdown.
US politics
fromABA Journal
1 month ago

Law students demand loophole shielding federal officers from civil suits should be closed

Congress should pass the Federal Officer Accountability Act to allow civil suits against federal officers and prevent qualified immunity for excessive force.
US politics
fromTruthout
1 month ago

Judges Have Ruled That Over 4,400 ICE Detentions Since October Were Illegal

ICE custody rose to 68,000, a 75% increase since Trump took office, amid quota-driven deportation efforts that produced thousands of legally-challenged and often-illegally ordered detentions.
fromTruthout
2 months ago

FBI Investigating Renee Good While Obstructing Probes Into ICE Killer

FBI investigators are looking into Renee Nicole Good's life and potential history of anti-ICE activism after her death, sources familiar with the situation have said, seemingly trying to retroactively justify her killing as they obstruct probes into her killer, ICE agent Jonathan Ross. Sources told The New York Times that it "seems increasingly unlikely" that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent will face criminal charges for his shooting and killing of Good.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

Former Federal Prosecutor Claims Man Shot and Killed By Federal Agents Had a Death Wish'

A total of 10 gunshots rang out from the ICE officers, leaving Pretti lying supine and motionless in the middle of the street. He was declared dead at the scene. Video of the incident appeared to contradict the Department of Homeland Security narrative that Pretti approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun, and that the officers were forced to shoot in self-defense.
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