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  Category: Department of Justice Press Releases


Delaware Participates In $100 Million Settlement with Barclays for Manipulating LIBOR

Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Monday, August 8, 2016

Manipulation of benchmark interest rate hurt government and not-for-profit organizations in Delaware and across the country when they invested   Delaware and other states announced a $100 million settlement with Barclays Bank PLC and Barclays Capital Inc. for fraudulent and anticompetitive conduct involving the manipulation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). This is a […]



Prosecutors Secure Sentence For Theft From Vulnerable Family Members

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, August 5, 2016

Other defendants face probation and convictions for financial exploitation and armed robbery Attorneys with the Delaware Department of Justice recently obtained several criminal convictions and sentences: Alethea Davis-Moses, 46, of Chester, Pennsylvania pled guilty to Financial Exploitation of a Patient in a case handled by Deputy Attorney General Lisa Barchi and Special Investigator Joe Trala. […]



Drug Company To Pay Consumers And State For Precluding Competition

Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, August 4, 2016

Anticompetitive Conduct Delayed Generic Competition, Causing Consumers And The State To Pay More For Provigil A settlement between Delaware, 47 other states, the District of Columbia and the drug company Cephalon could result in up to $250,000 to be paid to Delaware consumers to resolve claims the company delayed generic versions of Provigil from entering […]



Man Sentenced For Wilmington Shooting Death

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, July 29, 2016

Other Defendants Sentenced Or Convicted For Domestic Violence, Negligent Homicide, Weapons, Robbery A 23-year-old Wilmington man was sentenced by a Superior Court judge to 25 years in prison for a murder in Wilmington. Deputy Attorneys General Steve Wood and Allison Abessinio obtained the sentence for RhiShawn McNeil. In January 2015, 26-year-old Donnell Clark was working […]



Workshops Set for Next Week on New Funding Opportunity for Re-Entry Programs

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, July 29, 2016

Non-profit organizations invited to learn how to apply for $2 million in grant money. Organizations interested in running offender re-entry programs are invited to two workshops next week on $2 million in grants soon to be made available through the Criminal Justice Council. Attorney General Matt Denn announced last week that the $2 million will […]






  Category: Department of Justice Press Releases

Delaware Participates In $100 Million Settlement with Barclays for Manipulating LIBOR

Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Monday, August 8, 2016

Manipulation of benchmark interest rate hurt government and not-for-profit organizations in Delaware and across the country when they invested   Delaware and other states announced a $100 million settlement with Barclays Bank PLC and Barclays Capital Inc. for fraudulent and anticompetitive conduct involving the manipulation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). This is a […]



Prosecutors Secure Sentence For Theft From Vulnerable Family Members

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, August 5, 2016

Other defendants face probation and convictions for financial exploitation and armed robbery Attorneys with the Delaware Department of Justice recently obtained several criminal convictions and sentences: Alethea Davis-Moses, 46, of Chester, Pennsylvania pled guilty to Financial Exploitation of a Patient in a case handled by Deputy Attorney General Lisa Barchi and Special Investigator Joe Trala. […]



Drug Company To Pay Consumers And State For Precluding Competition

Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, August 4, 2016

Anticompetitive Conduct Delayed Generic Competition, Causing Consumers And The State To Pay More For Provigil A settlement between Delaware, 47 other states, the District of Columbia and the drug company Cephalon could result in up to $250,000 to be paid to Delaware consumers to resolve claims the company delayed generic versions of Provigil from entering […]



Man Sentenced For Wilmington Shooting Death

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, July 29, 2016

Other Defendants Sentenced Or Convicted For Domestic Violence, Negligent Homicide, Weapons, Robbery A 23-year-old Wilmington man was sentenced by a Superior Court judge to 25 years in prison for a murder in Wilmington. Deputy Attorneys General Steve Wood and Allison Abessinio obtained the sentence for RhiShawn McNeil. In January 2015, 26-year-old Donnell Clark was working […]



Workshops Set for Next Week on New Funding Opportunity for Re-Entry Programs

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, July 29, 2016

Non-profit organizations invited to learn how to apply for $2 million in grant money. Organizations interested in running offender re-entry programs are invited to two workshops next week on $2 million in grants soon to be made available through the Criminal Justice Council. Attorney General Matt Denn announced last week that the $2 million will […]