justice department criminal division

  • Professor Indicted for Multimillion-Dollar Grant Fraud Scheme

    A federal grand jury in the District of Maryland has indicted a Pennsylvania man for allegedly defrauding the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) out of approximately $16 million in federal grant funds. According to court documents, Hoau-Yan Wang, 67, a tenured medical professor at a public university’s medical school and a paid advisor to…

  • DOJ Will Start Distributing At Least $940 Million To Victims Of State Sponsored Terrorism In 2025

    Special Master Mary Patrice Brown has announced that all eligible claims in the U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund will receive fifth-round payments by January 1, 2025. The Fund, which continues to accumulate deposits, expects this distribution to total at least $940 million, sourced from various qualifying federal enforcement actions, including the case of…