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NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Fiat Chrysler has agreed to a $515 million US settlement on charges it installed “defeat devices” on cars to evade emissions tests, the US Justice Department announced Thursday. The auto giant will recall and repair more than 100,000 diesel vehicles sold in the United States at a cost of about $185 million. The remaining funds will go to civil fines and mitigation payments to the United States and the […]
(Eagle News) — A United States jury has indicted alleged pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim Napoles for allegedly funneling around $20 million in Philippine government funds in and out of the US. Also charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering, domestic money laundering, and international money laundering were her children Jo Christine, James Christopher, and Jeane Catherine; brother Reynald Luy Lim, and his wife Ana Marie. In a statement, the US justice department said Napoles and […]
WASHINGTON, U.S (AFP)- The US Justice Department announced Wednesday that an American alleged Islamic State group combatant held in Iraq for over eight months would be released, potentially defusing a troubling detainee test case for the Trump administration. After being blocked by a Washington court from handing over the dual US-Saudi citizen, identified only as “John Doe” to Saudi Arabia, the Justice Department said in a filing that it had decided to release the man in […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Banking giant JP Morgan Chase has agreed to pay more than $264 million to resolve allegations it bribed officials in China by giving prized jobs and internships to friends and relatives, officials announced. “Awarding prestigious employment opportunities to unqualified individuals in order to influence government officials is corruption, plain and simple,” Leslie Caldwell, chief of the US Justice Department’s criminal division, said in a statement. Over a seven-year period, between […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Apple is battling the US government over unlocking devices in at least 10 cases in addition to its high-profile dispute involving the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino attackers, court documents show. The existence of other court fights supports Apple’s argument that the legal case in California is about more than a single iPhone. Apple provided a list of cases where it is opposing the US Justice Department’s requests in a […]
