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    U.S. Department of Justice

    U.S. Department of Justice is a federal department that prosecutes federal crimes and represents the United States in court. Its components include the FBI, the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the United States Marshals Service. Todd Blanche was sworn in as Attorney General on August 10, 2026.

    Attorney General

    Key facts

    Headquarters
    Robert F. Kennedy Buildingsource
    Headquarters building completed
    1935source
    Building renamed for Robert F. Kennedy
    2001source
    Budget
    $37.52 billion (FY 2024)source
    Attorney General sworn in
    August 10, 2026source

    WYDE coverage of U.S. Department of Justice

    Crypto & DeFi

    Crypto Godfather Adam Iza Gets 78 Months for a $37 Million Meta Fraud and Deputy Scheme

    Oct 6, 2026 · 3 min read

    Newsletter

    $1 Million Clipping Fund for Creators Who End Hunger

    Oct 3, 2026 · 7 min read

    Healthcare

    An Arizona Benefits CEO Pleads Guilty to Stealing $8.8 Million From Workers' Plans

    Sep 30, 2026 · 2 min read

    Healthcare

    A Texas Clinic Owner Is Convicted in a $26 Million TRICARE Fraud Scheme

    Sep 28, 2026 · 2 min read

    Crypto & DeFi

    The Justice Department Seizes $84 Million From a Tether-Linked Payments Firm

    Sep 28, 2026 · 2 min read

    Crypto & DeFi

    US Prosecutors Probe Binance Over Iran Sanctions Three Years After Its $4.3 Billion Plea

    Sep 22, 2026 · 2 min read

    Newsletter

    Revolut and Block Cleared US Bank Charters, AI Proved Fermat and Navier-Stokes, and the CLARITY Act Hits the Senate Monday. Over 65,400 Meals.

    Sep 12, 2026 · 5 min read

    Healthcare

    DOJ Charges a Georgian National With Laundering Proceeds of a $1.3 Billion Health Care Fraud Scheme

    Sep 11, 2026 · 2 min read

    Legal

    The DOJ Extradites a Russian Developer Charged in a Bank Account Takeover Scheme That Targeted Millions

    Sep 10, 2026 · 3 min read

    Legal

    TikTok and ByteDance Will Pay $400 Million to Settle the DOJ's Children's Privacy Case

    Aug 24, 2026 · 2 min read

    Newsletter

    JPMorgan Warns Food Inflation Could Double, Citi Will Custody Bitcoin, and EAT Tops Charity Tokens. Over 65,000 Meals.

    Aug 22, 2026 · 7 min read

    AI

    A Judge Tosses the Economic Espionage Case Against Ex-Google AI Engineer Linwei Ding

    Aug 21, 2026 · 2 min read

    Legal

    The DOJ Charges 17 Mabna Institute Hackers With Stealing 31 Terabytes From 144 US Universities for Iran's IRGC

    Aug 21, 2026 · 2 min read

    Legal

    The SEC Charges Three Former Tricolor Executives Over $1.9 Billion in Auto Loan Bonds Backed by Double-Pledged Collateral

    Aug 21, 2026 · 2 min read

    Newsletter

    A Court Stripped Section 230, the FDA Killed Self-Certified Food Ingredients, and Wall Street Put $500 Billion Behind AI. Over 63,000 Meals.

    Aug 15, 2026 · 5 min read

    Philanthropy

    Former SPLC Intelligence Project Director Heidi Beirich Is Charged in the DOJ's $4 Million Donor Fraud Case

    Aug 15, 2026 · 3 min read

    Legal

    A Federal Judge Blocks Trump's Mail-In Voting Order Nationwide Ahead of the November Midterms

    Aug 15, 2026 · 3 min read

    Legal

    The Justice Department Sues New York, Connecticut and Vermont Over In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students

    Aug 12, 2026 · 2 min read

    Legal

    A Federal Judge Dismisses the Adani Bribery Case While Rebuking the DOJ for How It Dropped It

    Aug 12, 2026 · 3 min read

    Newsletter

    A Judge Ordered Meta to Pay $567 Million, Another Gave HHS Until Noon, and the Farm Bill Died by One Vote. Over 63,000 Meals.

    Aug 8, 2026 · 8 min read

    AI

    OpenAI Pays $3.2 Million to Settle DOJ Charges It Discriminated Against U.S. Workers

    Aug 5, 2026 · 2 min read

    Crypto & DeFi

    A Former FBI Agent Is Charged With Stealing Nearly $1 Million in Crypto, Then Asking ChatGPT How to Move to Europe

    Aug 4, 2026 · 2 min read

    Newsletter

    Norcross Gave $100M, the DOJ Charged $350M in Fraud, and BNY Put $8.6 Trillion Onchain. Over 60,000 Meals.

    Aug 1, 2026 · 6 min read

    Food Policy

    The Justice Department Charges 17 Southeast Fraud Cases Worth More Than $350 Million

    Jul 31, 2026 · 2 min read

    AI

    Four Men Used ChatGPT to Fake Records in a $2.2 Million Minnesota Medicaid Fraud

    Jul 27, 2026 · 2 min read

    Newsletter

    Visa built stablecoin rails, Wyoming set a giving record, and the EAT Card hit the App Store. Over 60,000 meals.

    Jul 18, 2026 · 6 min read

    Crypto & DeFi

    Senators Press AG Nominee Todd Blanche on Crypto Enforcement and the Binance Pardon

    Jul 16, 2026 · 2 min read

    Legal

    A DOJ Trade Fraud Task Force Says It Has Recovered More Than $1 Billion in a Year

    Jul 15, 2026 · 2 min read

    Newsletter

    The rails went public, Wall Street rang the NYSE bell, and Swift and Kelce sent $26M to food banks. 60,000 meals.

    Jul 3, 2026 · 7 min read

    Healthcare

    Alibaba and Alipay US to Pay $600 Million Over Illegal Pharmaceutical Sales

    Jul 2, 2026 · 2 min read

    Food Policy

    Egg Producers Settle Price-Fixing Case With 53 Million Eggs for Food Banks

    Jun 30, 2026 · 2 min read

    Newsletter

    Big Tech moved $1.5B into giving. A judge saved SNAP. Roubini went onchain. 58,300 meals.

    Jun 27, 2026 · 6 min read

    Crypto & DeFi

    DOJ Seizes Huione Group Cloud Account Tied to Billions in Crypto Laundering

    Jun 24, 2026 · 2 min read

    Healthcare

    DOJ Charges 455 in Record $6.5 Billion Health Care Fraud Takedown

    Jun 24, 2026 · 2 min read

    Healthcare

    FBI Captures $1.2 Billion Medicare Fraud Fugitive From New Most Wanted List

    Jun 23, 2026 · 3 min read

    Philanthropy

    DOJ Stands Up National Fraud Division and IRS Targets Fiscal Sponsorship in Same Month

    May 1, 2026 · 3 min read

    Healthcare

    Orange County Pharmacy Operator Pleads Guilty to $270 Million Medi-Cal Fraud Built on Prior Authorization Loophole

    Apr 13, 2026 · 3 min read

    Government & Fraud

    FBI Arrests 15 in $50 Million Southern California Hospice Fraud Crackdown

    Apr 3, 2026 · 3 min read

    Healthcare

    Telemedicine Company Owner Pleads Guilty to $46 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

    Mar 29, 2026 · 2 min read

    Newsletter

    $16 Billion in Fraud, $4 Billion in Phantom Charity, and 90 Days to Launch

    Feb 28, 2026 · 5 min read

    Government & Fraud

    DOJ Fraud Section Hits Record $16 Billion in Tracked Losses as Federal Crackdown Accelerates

    Feb 28, 2026 · 2 min read

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