>Coke and Pepsi Are Getting Sued for Lying About Recycling
San Mateo County Superior Court lawsuit
Not a heavy-hitter
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-accountant-pleads-guilty-panama-papers-investigation
DOJ
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, February 28, 2020
U.S. Accountant Pleads Guilty in Panama Papers Investigation
A Massachusetts-based accountant who was charged along with three others in connection with a decades-long criminal scheme perpetrated by Mossack Fonseca & Co. (Mossack Fonseca), a Panamanian-based global law firm, and its related entities, pleaded guilty today to wire and tax fraud, money laundering, aggravated identity theft and other charges.
Richard Gaffey, aka “Dick Gaffey,” 75, of Medfield, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit tax evasion and to defraud the United States, one count of wire fraud, one count of money laundering conspiracy, four counts of willful failure to file Reports of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Reports 114), and one count of aggravated identity theft.
“This defendant worked with the Mossack Fonseca law firm and exploited his role as an accountant to create fraudulent shell companies and defraud the United States of millions of dollars over decades,” said Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “Today’s guilty plea reflects the Department’s commitment to prosecute financial professionals and other gatekeepers to the U.S. financial system who abuse the public’s trust.”
“Richard Gaffey went to extraordinary lengths to circumvent U.S. tax laws in order to maintain Harald Joachim von der Goltz’s wealth and hide it from the IRS,” said U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman of the Southern District of New York. “Using the specialized criminal services of global law firm Mossack Fonseca, Gaffey assisted others in violating U.S. tax laws for decades.”
According to the allegations contained in the indictments, other filings in this case, and statements during court proceedings, including Gaffey’s guilty plea hearing, since at least 2000 through 2018, Gaffey conspired with others to defraud the United States by concealing his clients’ assets and investments, and the income generated by those assets and investments, from the IRS through fraudulent, deceitful, and dishonest means.
Attorney General William P. Barr Delivers Remarks at the 2020 National Religious Broadcasters Convention
– warns 'strain of progressivism' that embraces 'secular age' and socialism is undermining democracy
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/barr-warns-strain-of-progressivism-that-embraces-secular-age-and-socialism-is-undermining-democracy
[video at link]
>Attorney General William P. Barr Delivers Remarks at the 2020 National Religious Broadcasters Convention
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/barr-warns-strain-of-progressivism-that-embraces-secular-age-and-socialism-is-undermining-democracy
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/arrests-four-states-racially-motivated-violent-extremists-targeting-journalists-and-activists
DOJ
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Arrests in Four States of Racially Motivated Violent Extremists Targeting Journalists and Activists
Defendants Created and Coordinated Nationwide Delivery of Threatening Posters
Four racially motivated violent extremists from across the U.S. were arrested and charged today in U.S District Court in Seattle with a conspiracy to threaten and intimidate journalists and activists, the Department of Justice announced. Today’s arrests and searches by the FBI and local law enforcement are being coordinated by the Department of Justice’s National Security Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Offices in Seattle, Tampa, Houston, and Phoenix.
“These defendants from across the country allegedly conspired on the internet to intimidate journalists and activists with whom they disagreed,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers. “This is not how America works. The Department of Justice will not tolerate this type of behavior.”
“These defendants sought to spread fear and terror with threats delivered to the doorstep of those who are critical of their activities,” said U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran for the Western District of Washington. “As Attorney General William Barr has made clear, rooting out anti-Semitic hate and threats of violence and vigorously prosecuting those responsible are top priorities for the Department of Justice.”
“The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida and FBI-Tampa have been focused on identifying and eradicating the threat posed by the Atomwaffen Division both locally and nationally,” said U.S. Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez for the Middle District of Florida. “Today’s arrests send a powerful message that the Department of Justice will not tolerate criminal conduct based on hateful ideology. We will continue to work with our partners here in the Middle District of Florida, and elsewhere, to devote our resources to investigate and prosecute those who aim to threaten and terrorize our communities.”
The defendants charged in the conspiracy include:
Cameron Brandon Shea, 24, of Redmond, Washington;
Kaleb Cole, 24, of Montgomery, Texas;
Taylor Ashley Parker-Dipeppe, 20, of Spring Hill, Florida, and
Johnny Roman Garza, 20, of Queen Creek, Arizona.
According to the criminal complaint, the defendants conspired via an encrypted online chat group to identify journalists and others they wanted to intimidate. The group focused primarily on those who are Jewish or journalists of color. Defendants Cole and Shea created the posters, which included Nazi symbols, masked figures with guns and Molotov cocktails, and threatening language. The posters were delivered to Atomwaffen members electronically and the coconspirators printed and delivered or mailed the posters to journalists or activists the group was targeting. In the Seattle area, the posters were mailed to a TV journalist who had reported on Atomwaffen and to two individuals associated with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). In Tampa, the group targeted a journalist,but delivered the poster to the wrong address. In Phoenix, the poster was delivered to a magazine journalist.
Tangential EPSTEIN connection – Barr apointed his predecessor in wake of Epstien "suicide"
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-william-p-barr-names-michael-carvajal-director-bureau-prisons
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Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Attorney General William P. Barr Names Michael Carvajal Director of the Bureau of Prisons
Carvajal replaces Kathleen Hawk Sawyer (also a Barr apointee)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Hawk_Sawyer
On December 4, 1992, Hawk Sawyer was appointed the director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons by William Barr, the Attorney General at the time.[4] While director, she focused her efforts on reducing recidivism by giving more opportunities for education and employment to prisoners. She also sought to offer secondary education at every federal institution, and substance abuse programs. Hawk Sawyer retired from the position in 2003.
On August 19, 2019, Barr re-appointed her as director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons as part of a shake-up following the death of Jeffrey Epstein.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/484582-barr-names-new-federal-prisons-director-after-shakeup-following
Attorney General William Barr has named a new head of the Federal Bureau of Prisons after the bureau reorganized following Jeffrey Epstein’s death.
Barr announced Tuesday that Michael Carvajal will become the new director of the bureau, replacing Kathy Hawk Sawyer, whom Barr asked to step in after Epstein was found dead in his New York jail cell.
Carvajal, who joined the Federal Bureau of Prisons in 1992, currently serves as the assistant director of the department’s correctional programs division, making him responsible for the bureau’s intelligence efforts, the Witness Security and Victim-Witness Programs and inmate transportation, among other duties.