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  Category: Civil Division


Department of Justice Seeks Civil Penalties From Owner of Massage Parlors for R.I.C.O. Violations

Civil Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | News | Date Posted: Monday, May 16, 2016

Department of Justice attorneys filed suit Friday in New Castle County Superior Court against Da Zhong Wang, 52, of Smyrna, seeking civil penalties for violation of racketeering laws for operating massage parlors in the state as fronts for prostitution. As stated in the complaint, Wang owned and operated four massage parlors throughout the State of […]




Guilty Verdict in Windsor Hills Assault Case

Civil Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Woman found beaten, unconscious in Brandywine Hundred home A jury found Jermaine Booker guilty of Assault First Degree, Home Invasion, Robbery First Degree, Possession of a Deadly Weapon During the Commission of a Felony, Burglary Second Degree, and Misdemeanor Theft on January 22. Booker, 21, of Wilmington will be sentenced to prison time in April. […]




Attorney General Names Aaron Goldstein as State Solicitor and LaKresha Roberts as Director of Family Division

Civil Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Family | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Attorney General Matt Denn announced that Deputy Attorney General Aaron Goldstein has been tapped as State Solicitor in charge of the Civil Division of the Department of Justice, and Deputy Attorney General LaKresha Roberts will become director of DOJ’s Family Division.




Applications Now Being Accepted for Statewide Grant program Aimed At Revitalizing Neighborhoods

Civil Division | Delaware Economic Development Office (2013-2017) | Department of Justice | Date Posted: Thursday, December 11, 2014

A fund created to help strengthen neighborhoods throughout Delaware hit hardest by the 2008 financial crisis is now up and running.




Biden, Coakley and Conway Lead Coalition of Attorneys General Calling on Federal Agency to Protect Consumers From Mandatory Arbitration Clauses in Contracts

Civil Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, November 20, 2014

The federal government should adopt rules that protect consumers from mandatory arbitration clauses in important contracts, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden and his colleagues in 15 other states wrote in a letter sent this week to the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.







  Category: Civil Division

Department of Justice Seeks Civil Penalties From Owner of Massage Parlors for R.I.C.O. Violations

Civil Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | News | Date Posted: Monday, May 16, 2016

Department of Justice attorneys filed suit Friday in New Castle County Superior Court against Da Zhong Wang, 52, of Smyrna, seeking civil penalties for violation of racketeering laws for operating massage parlors in the state as fronts for prostitution. As stated in the complaint, Wang owned and operated four massage parlors throughout the State of […]




Guilty Verdict in Windsor Hills Assault Case

Civil Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Woman found beaten, unconscious in Brandywine Hundred home A jury found Jermaine Booker guilty of Assault First Degree, Home Invasion, Robbery First Degree, Possession of a Deadly Weapon During the Commission of a Felony, Burglary Second Degree, and Misdemeanor Theft on January 22. Booker, 21, of Wilmington will be sentenced to prison time in April. […]




Attorney General Names Aaron Goldstein as State Solicitor and LaKresha Roberts as Director of Family Division

Civil Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Family | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Attorney General Matt Denn announced that Deputy Attorney General Aaron Goldstein has been tapped as State Solicitor in charge of the Civil Division of the Department of Justice, and Deputy Attorney General LaKresha Roberts will become director of DOJ’s Family Division.




Applications Now Being Accepted for Statewide Grant program Aimed At Revitalizing Neighborhoods

Civil Division | Delaware Economic Development Office (2013-2017) | Department of Justice | Date Posted: Thursday, December 11, 2014

A fund created to help strengthen neighborhoods throughout Delaware hit hardest by the 2008 financial crisis is now up and running.




Biden, Coakley and Conway Lead Coalition of Attorneys General Calling on Federal Agency to Protect Consumers From Mandatory Arbitration Clauses in Contracts

Civil Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, November 20, 2014

The federal government should adopt rules that protect consumers from mandatory arbitration clauses in important contracts, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden and his colleagues in 15 other states wrote in a letter sent this week to the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.