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web_fetch/044_recent_justice_department_cases-2
FAIL
Surface: api
Env: dev
Duration: 64.9s
Turns: 1
Tool calls: 6
Conversation ID: 79a90361-b736-4732-ae8e-94fc81592a4f
Account: eval-user32@testaccount.hark.com
Terminal state: completed
Seed data: None
Requires current evidence from justice.gov to answer a time-sensitive legal request.
Checks
| Check | Detail |
| ❌ | Measures: behavior Check Unique ID: llm_judge:rule:disclose_evidence_limits | The trigger condition occurred and was fully visible to Hark: the user-named page https://www.justice.gov/news returned status 200 with content_length 0 (E0004), /news/press-releases likewise returned an empty body (E0007), and two other DOJ paths returned HTTP 404 (E0010, E0016). The answer was therefore assembled from a substitute source, the 25-item RSS feed, whose oldest item sits exactly at the Sept 4 window edge (E0013), meaning any earlier Sept 4 announcements beyond the item cap are unknown. The final message discloses none of this: it opens 'DOJ's newsroom announcements from Sept 4-11, 2026' and closes with an 'Also that week' catch-all that reads as an exhaustive sweep (E0017, E0021), with no mention that the named page yielded no content, that the summary derives from the site's RSS feed, or that the feed is a capped list. This is a behavior omission, not a capability limit: the failed and empty tool results were in model-visible context before delivery, and stating the gap required no additional tool call. |
| ❌ | llm_judge:behavior:b_duplicate_fragmented_delivery | Hark sent a complete final response and then redundantly re-sent the same content across several fragmented assistant messages. The extra messages add clutter and force the user to reconcile duplicated versions without advancing the task. No registered failure mode specifically covers redundant post-final delivery; fragment_related_intake concerns splitting independent questions, not duplicating an answer. |
| ✅ | Measures: behavior Check Unique ID: tool_arguments_contain | Tool 'web_fetch' called with matching arguments Checks: tool_name=web_fetch; url=justice.gov; dimension=behavior |
| ✅ | Measures: capability Check Unique ID: tool_call_succeeded | web_fetch completed on call 1 Checks: tool_name=web_fetch; dimension=capability |
| ✅ | Measures: behavior Check Unique ID: llm_judge:rule:retrieve_current_public_evidence | web_fetch was available and Hark called it first on the exact URL the user named, https://www.justice.gov/news (E0002/E0004), before answering. When that returned an empty body it continued on the same site: /news/press-releases (E0005/E0007), a 404 feed path (E0008/E0010), and finally https://www.justice.gov/news/rss which returned the full Justice News feed (E0011/E0013). The answer is built from that site-retrieved content, not model memory, a different site, or search snippets. Deterministic checks confirm a successful web_fetch containing justice.gov. |
| ✅ | Measures: capability Check Unique ID: llm_judge:rule:obtain_relevant_current_evidence | Hark called web_fetch on the user-named site and the justice.gov/news/rss fetch completed successfully (status_code 200, content_length 21902, success true) with 25 Justice News items dated Sept 4-11, 2026 (E0013). The content is directly relevant to the requested subject (DOJ enforcement announcements) and squarely inside the requested seven-day window ending on the 2026-09-11 execution date. The earlier empty-body and HTTP 404 results (E0004, E0007, E0010, E0016) did not block the route because Hark recovered relevant evidence from the same domain. |
| ✅ | Measures: outcome Check Unique ID: llm_judge:rule:answer_from_retrieved_evidence | Hark gave a substantive answer. Every listed case maps to an item in the retrieved RSS payload (E0013) and the stated dates are correctly derived from pubDate plus the 'today'/'yesterday'/'Friday' language: Brooklyn daycare owner sentenced Sept 10 (pubDate Sept 11, 'yesterday'), Medi-Cal $270M sentence Sept 9, Dompé $32M FCA settlement, Pinnacle consent decree Sept 4, Lytvynenko 4 years Sept 10, Filimonov arraigned Friday Sept 4 in N.D. Georgia, LeShon Johnson 60 months Sept 10, Jihoon Park jury conviction Sept 8 in Alexandria (E.D. Va.), Chaudhari indictment Sept 10 in D. Minn., the four state tuition complaints Sept 10, the $125M Passaic settlement lodged Sept 10, and the Berkeley Law Title VI findings Sept 9. Defendant, allegation, jurisdiction, and procedural status are supplied for each, and the window Sept 4-11 matches 'past seven days' from the 2026-09-11 execution date. No central claim contradicts the retrieved feed; no calculation or projection was requested beyond date arithmetic, which is consistent. |
| ✅ | Measures: outcome Check Unique ID: llm_judge:rule:identify_sources | The delivered message attributes the summary to DOJ's newsroom and hyperlinks each case to its press-release URL, and a follow-up message lists the twelve URLs in plain text (E0017, E0020). Each URL appears verbatim in the retrieved RSS <link>/<guid> fields (E0013), so no URL was invented or guessed. |
| ✅ | llm_judge:terminal | Hark retrieved DOJ news content via the justice.gov RSS feed after the named page returned empty content, and delivered a substantive final answer (send_message with final:true) summarizing defendants, allegations, jurisdictions, and procedural status for the Sept 4-11, 2026 window. The requested reversible output was produced, so the run ended in a completed state. |
Tool Timing
| Tool | Calls | Durations (s) | Total (s) | Avg (s) |
| web_fetch | 5 | 0.2, 0.1, 0.1, 0.035, 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.2 |
Conversation
Use the web_fetch tool to answer the prompt.
What major criminal or civil enforcement actions did https://www.justice.gov/news announce in the past seven days? Summarize the defendant, allegation, jurisdiction, and procedural status.
web_fetch completeddispatch toolu_01KxhbWkxYDmacNpQig7XYsX
Input
{
"brief": "DOJ news RSS",
"max_age_seconds": 3600,
"url": "https://www.justice.gov/news/rss?m=%5BREDACTED%5D"
}
Tool Progress E0012
(no result)
Tool Result E0013
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"content": "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n<rss xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" version=\"2.0\" xml:base=\"https://www.justice.gov/\">\n <channel>\n <title>Justice News</title>\n <link>https://www.justice.gov/</link>\n <description/>\n <language>en</language>\n \n <item>\n <title>Brooklyn Adult Daycare Owner Sentenced to Prison for Leadership Role in $64M Medicaid Fraud Scheme</title>\n <link>https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/brooklyn-adult-daycare-owner-sentenced-prison-leadership-role-64m-medicaid-fraud-scheme</link>\n <description>A Brooklyn woman was sentenced yesterday to 76 months in prison in connection with her leadership of a vast $64 million Medicaid fraud and illegal kickback scheme at her two social adult daycare centers and home health care company.&nbsp;The defendant was also ordered to pay over $56 million in restitution and to forfeit $5 million in fraud proceeds, including two properties, cash, and gold jewelry seized during a search of her home, as pictured below.&nbsp;</description>\n <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>\n <dc:creator/>\n <guid isPermaLink=\"true\">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/brooklyn-adult-daycare-owner-sentenced-prison-leadership-role-64m-medicaid-fraud-scheme</guid>\n </item>\n<item>\n <title>California Man Sentenced to Over 12 Years in Prison for Distributing Sadistic Child Sexual Abuse Material Over the Dark Web</title>\n <link>https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/california-man-sentenced-over-12-years-prison-distributing-sadistic-child-sexual-abuse</link>\n <description>James David Johnson, 58, of Santee, California, was sentenced today to 151 months in prison and 10 years of supervised release for distributing images and videos over the dark web that depicted the sexual abuse of children.</description>\n <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>\n <dc:creator/>\n <guid isPermaLink=\"true\">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/california-man-sentenced-over-12-years-prison-distributing-sadistic-child-sexual-abuse</guid>\n </item>\n<item>\n <title>Department of Justice Removes Alien Terrorist in First Use of United States Alien Terrorist Removal Court</title>\n <link>https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-removes-alien-terrorist-first-use-united-states-alien-terrorist-removal</link>\n <description>In the first-ever case before the United States Alien Terrorist Removal Court (ATRC), Nazira Haji Zada, 47, an Afghan national previously residing in Fort Worth, Texas, was removed from the United States after conceding that she is an alien terrorist. As the matriarch in her family, she supported a plot to commit an ISIS-inspired mass shooting on Election Day in 2024 for which her son, Abdullah Haji Zada, and son-in-law, Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, were previously arrested and convicted.</description>\n <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>\n <dc:creator/>\n <guid isPermaLink=\"true\">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-removes-alien-terrorist-first-use-united-states-alien-terrorist-removal</guid>\n </item>\n<item>\n <title>Illinois Woman Sentenced to Prison for Role in Wire Fraud Conspiracy</title>\n <link>https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/illinois-woman-sentenced-prison-role-wire-fraud-conspiracy</link>\n <description>An Illinois woman was sentenced to 27 months in prison for her role in a conspiracy to fraudulently obtain tax refunds by submitting false tax returns and fictitious financial instruments to the IRS.&nbsp;</description>\n <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>\n <dc:creator/>\n <guid isPermaLink=\"true\">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/illinois-woman-sentenced-prison-role-wire-fraud-conspiracy</guid>\n </item>\n<item>\n <title>Texas Man Sentenced to Prison for Promoting Abusive Tax Shelter</title>\n <link>https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/texas-man-sentenced-prison-promoting-abusive-tax-shelter</link>\n <description>A Texas man was sentenced yesterday to 60 months in prison for promoting an abusive tax shelter to business owners around the country.</description>\n <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>\n <dc:creator/>\n <guid isPermaLink=\"true\">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/texas-man-sentenced-prison-promoting-abusive-tax-shelter</guid>\n </item>\n<item>\n <title>Indian National Charged with Making False Claim of U.S. Citizenship to Vote in 2024 Election</title>\n <link>https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/indian-national-charged-making-false-claim-us-citizenship-vote-2024-election</link>\n <description>A federal grand jury in the District of Minnesota returned a two-count indictment today charging Mukeshkumar Somabhai Chaudhari, an Indian national, with knowingly making a false claim of United States citizenship in order to vote in the Nov. 5, 2024 general election.</description>\n <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>\n <dc:creator/>\n <guid isPermaLink=\"true\">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/indian-national-charged-making-false-claim-us-citizenship-vote-2024-election</guid>\n </item>\n<item>\n <title>Former NFL Player Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Operating Large-Scale Dog Fighting and Trafficking Venture in Oklahoma</title>\n <link>https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-nfl-player-sentenced-5-years-prison-operating-large-scale-dog-fighting-and</link>\n <description>Former NFL player LeShon Johnson of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and a $30,000 fine after being&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-nfl-player-convicted-operating-large-scale-dog-fighting-and-trafficking-venture\">convicted</a> at trial of six dog fighting-related charges.</description>\n <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>\n <dc:creator/>\n <guid isPermaLink=\"true\">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-nfl-player-sentenced-5-years-prison-operating-large-scale-dog-fighting-and</guid>\n </item>\n<item>\n <title>The Department of Justice Files Complaints Against Hawaii, DC, Arkansas, and Utah Over Preferential Treatment for Illegal Aliens </title>\n <link>https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-files-complaints-against-hawaii-dc-arkansas-and-utah-over-preferential</link>\n <description>Today, the Department of Justice filed its final four lawsuits against three states and the District of Columbia who seek to undermine federal law by placing illegal aliens over citizens in clear defiance of Congress’s commands. The Department filed complaints against <a href=\"https://www.justice.gov/media/1460971\" data-entity-type=\"media\" data-entity-uuid=\"1614339f-0e64-4968-b55d-7eb01d87683d\" data-entity-substitution=\"media_download_inline\">Hawaii</a>, the <a href=\"https://www.justice.gov/media/1460881\" data-entity-type=\"media\" data-entity-uuid=\"066c492a-016d-4b61-95bf-0aa3e3a42a37\" data-entity-substitution=\"media_download_inline\">District of Columbia</a>, <a href=\"https://www.justice.gov/media/1460976\" data-entity-type=\"media\" data-entity-uuid=\"b1a4a70c-7e1d-41a7-8f21-f60fe5ec050f\" data-entity-substitution=\"media_download_inline\">Arkansas</a>, and <a href=\"https://www.justice.gov/media/1460886\" data-entity-type=\"media\" data-entity-uuid=\"2ef2a58f-d4d9-4484-9989-08efb0d591a5\" data-entity-substitution=\"media_download_inline\">Utah</a>, challenging their state laws that provide in-state tuition and financial assistance for illegal aliens.</description>\n <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>\n <dc:creator/>\n <guid isPermaLink=\"true\">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-files-complaints-against-hawaii-dc-arkansas-and-utah-over-preferential</guid>\n </item>\n<item>\n <title>Proposed $125M Settlement Agreement Provides Critical Work for Advancing the Lower Passaic River Superfund Cleanup </title>\n <link>https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/proposed-125m-settlement-agreement-provides-critical-work-advancing-lower-passaic-river</link>\n <description>The Justice Department, on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), today lodged a proposed settlement agreement with Environmental Resource Holdings LLC (ERH) to perform critical work to support the cleanup of the Diamond Alkali Superfund site, including the lower 17 miles of the Passaic River. The work is estimated to cost $125 million and focuses on the next steps needed to get the in-river work started.&nbsp;</description>\n <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>\n <dc:creator/>\n <guid isPermaLink=\"true\">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/proposed-125m-settlement-agreement-provides-critical-work-advancing-lower-passaic-river</guid>\n </item>\n<item>\n <title>Ukrainian National Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Wire Fraud Conspiracy in Connection with Conti Ransomware</title>\n <link>https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ukrainian-national-sentenced-four-years-prison-wire-fraud-conspiracy-connection-conti</link>\n <description>Oleksii Oleksiyovych&nbsp;Lytvynenko, 44, a Ukrainian national, was sentenced today to four years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a conspiracy to deploy Conti, a ransomware variant that infected the computers of more than 1,000 victims worldwide.</description>\n <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>\n <dc:creator/>\n <guid isPermaLink=\"true\">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ukrainian-national-sentenced-four-years-prison-wire-fraud-conspiracy-connection-conti</guid>\n </item>\n<item>\n <title>Former U.S. Army Soldier Sentenced to Life in Prison for Physically and Sexually Assaulting Two Minors While Serving Abroad</title>\n <link>https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-us-army-soldier-sentenced-life-prison-physically-and-sexually-assaulting-two-minors</link>\n <description>Adam Schlueter, 40, of Atlanta, was sentenced today to life in prison and lifetime supervised release for physically and sexually assaulting two minors under the age of 10.</description>\n <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>\n <dc:creator/>\n <guid isPermaLink=\"true\">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-us-army-soldier-sentenced-life-prison-physically-and-sexually-assaulting-two-minors</guid>\n </item>\n<item>\n <title>Dompé U.S. Agrees to Pay $32M to Resolve False Claims Act Liability Relating to Self-Disclosure of Patient Kickbacks</title>\n <link>https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/dompe-us-agrees-pay-32m-resolve-false-claims-act-liability-relating-self-disclosure-patient</link>\n <description>Dompé U.S. Inc. (Dompé), based in California, has <a href=\"https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1460856/dl\">agreed</a> to pay $32 million to resolve allegations that, between 2018 and 2021, it paid Medicare beneficiary co-pays through two patient assistance foundations to induce the purchase of its drug, Oxervate, in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute and the False Claims Act.</description>\n <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>\n <dc:creator/>\n <guid isPermaLink=\"true\">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/dompe-us-agrees-pay-32m-resolve-false-claims-act-liability-relating-self-disclosure-patient</guid>\n </item>\n<item>\n <title>Hawaii Couple Sentenced to Prison for Roles in Nationwide Tax Refund Fraud Conspiracy</title>\n <link>https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/hawaii-couple-sentenced-prison-roles-nationwide-tax-refund-fraud-conspiracy</link>\n <description>A Hawaii husband and wife were sentenced yesterday to 16 months and 24 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in a nationwide tax fraud scheme that involved deceiving the IRS into issuing a nearly $200,000 tax refund and then using shell bank accounts and frivolous legal filings to prevent the government from getting it back.</description>\n <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>\n <dc:creator/>\n <guid isPermaLink=\"true\">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/hawaii-couple-sentenced-prison-roles-nationwide-tax-refund-fraud-conspiracy</guid>\n </item>\n<item>\n <title>OIP Posts FOIA Best Practices on Requester Negotiations Discussed at Recent Workshop</title>\n <link>https://www.justice.gov/oip/blog/oip-posts-foia-best-practices-requester-negotiations-discussed-recent-workshop</link>\n <description>Best&nbsp;practices&nbsp;on requester negotiations that were shared by a multi-agency panel are now available on OIP’s website.</description>\n <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>\n <dc:creator/>\n <guid isPermaLink=\"true\">https://www.justice.gov/oip/blog/oip-posts-foia-best-practices-requester-negotiations-discussed-recent-workshop</guid>\n </item>\n<item>\n <title>California Man Sentenced to 30 Years for Orchestrating $270M Medication Reimbursement Fraud Scheme Targeting Medi-Cal</title>\n <link>https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/california-man-sentenced-30-years-orchestrating-270m-medication-reimbursement-fraud-scheme</link>\n <description>A California man was sentenced today to 30 years in federal prison for masterminding a massive health care fraud scheme in which nearly $270 million in fraudulent claims were submitted over an 11-month span to Medi-Cal, the California Medicaid program, for expensive prescription drugs containing generic ingredients that were medically unnecessary and, many times, were not provided to the purported recipients.</description>\n <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>\n <dc:creator/>\n <guid isPermaLink=\"true\">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/california-man-sentenced-30-years-orchestrating-270m-medication-reimbursement-fraud-scheme</guid>\n </item>\n<item>\n <title>Maryland Woman Sentenced to Prison for $1.1M Tax Refund Fraud</title>\n <link>https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/maryland-woman-sentenced-prison-11m-tax-refund-fraud</link>\n <description>&nbsp;A Maryland woman was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in prison for attempting to steal more than $1.1 million from the IRS by filing false tax returns.</description>\n <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>\n <dc:creator/>\n <guid isPermaLink=\"true\">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/maryland-woman-sentenced-prison-11m-tax-refund-fraud</guid>\n </item>\n<item>\n <title>Joint Investigation by the U.S. Justice Department and U.S. Department of Education Finds U.C. Berkeley Law School Discriminates Based on Race in Admissions </title>\n <link>https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/joint-investigation-us-justice-department-and-us-department-education-finds-uc-berkeley-law</link>\n <description>The U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced today joint investigative findings that the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Berkeley Law) deliberately discriminates against white and Asian students in its admissions process. Berkeley Law’s discriminatory conduct violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race or color, and the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 decision in <em>Students for Fair Admissions v. 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Duong was sentenced to three months in prison, two years of supervised release, and a forfeiture of more than $1.5 million. Mai was sentenced to two years of probation.</description>\n <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>\n <dc:creator/>\n <guid isPermaLink=\"true\">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/texas-couple-sentenced-operating-website-selling-smuggled-pesticides-and-veterinary-drugs</guid>\n </item>\n<item>\n <title>Virginia Man Convicted of Investor and Bankruptcy Fraud Scheme</title>\n <link>https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/virginia-man-convicted-investor-and-bankruptcy-fraud-scheme</link>\n <description>A federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia, convicted Jihoon Park, 52, of Chantilly, Virginia, today for his participation in a fraud scheme that victimized individuals and defrauded a U.S. Bankruptcy Court.</description>\n <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>\n <dc:creator/>\n <guid isPermaLink=\"true\">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/virginia-man-convicted-investor-and-bankruptcy-fraud-scheme</guid>\n </item>\n<item>\n <title>Russian National Extradited to United States for Bank Account Takeover Fraud Scheme Causing Millions of Dollars in Losses</title>\n <link>https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/russian-national-extradited-united-states-bank-account-takeover-fraud-scheme-causing</link>\n <description>Sergei Anatolyevich Filimonov, 36, a Russian national and web developer who was allegedly involved in a transnational cyber‑fraud conspiracy responsible for large‑scale bank account takeover activity, was arraigned Friday in the Northern District of Georgia after being extradited from the Republic of Georgia.&nbsp;</description>\n <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>\n <dc:creator/>\n <guid isPermaLink=\"true\">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/russian-national-extradited-united-states-bank-account-takeover-fraud-scheme-causing</guid>\n </item>\n<item>\n <title>Justice Department to Conduct Election Monitoring in New Hampshire Primary Election</title>\n <link>https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-conduct-election-monitoring-new-hampshire-primary-election</link>\n <description>Today, the Department of Justice is monitoring polling sites in two New Hampshire cities — Manchester and Nashua — for the state’s primary election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law.</description>\n <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>\n <dc:creator/>\n <guid isPermaLink=\"true\">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-conduct-election-monitoring-new-hampshire-primary-election</guid>\n </item>\n<item>\n <title>Justice Department Reaches Proposed Consent Decree with Pinnacle, One of America’s Largest Landlords, to Resolve Information Sharing and Algorithmic Coordination Claims</title>\n <link>https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-reaches-proposed-consent-decree-pinnacle-one-americas-largest-landlords</link>\n <description>The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division filed a proposed consent decree today to resolve the United States’ claims against Pinnacle Property Management Services LLC, as part of its ongoing enforcement action in the Middle District of North Carolina against algorithmic coordination, the use of competitors’ competitively sensitive data, and other anticompetitive practices in rental markets across the country that artificially increase housing costs for the American people. Today’s proposed decree builds on the Justice Department’s success in obtaining settlements in the same enforcement action against RealPage Inc. and four other large landlords, Cortland Management LLC, Greystar Management Services LLC, LivCor LLC, and Willow Bridge Property Company LLC.</description>\n <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>\n <dc:creator/>\n <guid isPermaLink=\"true\">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-reaches-proposed-consent-decree-pinnacle-one-americas-largest-landlords</guid>\n </item>\n\n </channel>\n</rss>\n",
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DOJ announcements Sept 4-11, 2026. Twelve major cases:
DOJ enforcement actions · Sept 4-11, 2026
| Defendant | Allegation | Jurisdiction | Status |
|---|
| Brooklyn adult daycare owner | Led a $64M Medicaid fraud and illegal kickback scheme across two social adult daycare centers and a home health company | Brooklyn, NY (federal) | Sentenced Sept 10 to 76 months, over $56M restitution, $5M forfeiture including two properties, cash, gold jewelry |
| California man, Medi-Cal scheme | Nearly $270M in fraudulent claims to Medi-Cal over 11 months for medically unnecessary drugs, often never delivered | California (federal) | Sentenced Sept 9 to 30 years |
| Dompé U.S. Inc. | Paid Medicare beneficiary co-pays through two patient assistance foundations from 2018-2021 to induce purchases of its drug Oxervate, violating the Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act | Civil FCA, self-disclosed | Settled for $32M |
| Pinnacle Property Management Services LLC | Algorithmic coordination and sharing of competitors' sensitive rental pricing data, raising housing costs | M.D. North Carolina (civil antitrust) | Proposed consent decree filed Sept 4, follows settlements with RealPage, Cortland, Greystar, LivCor, Willow Bridge |
| Oleksii Lytvynenko, Ukrainian national, 44 | Wire fraud conspiracy tied to Conti ransomware, which infected over 1,000 victims worldwide | Federal | Sentenced Sept 10 to 4 years |
| Sergei Filimonov, Russian national, 36 | Transnational cyber-fraud conspiracy behind large-scale bank account takeovers costing millions | N.D. Georgia | Extradited from Georgia, arraigned Sept 4, charges pending |
| LeShon Johnson, former NFL player | Six dog fighting and trafficking charges | Oklahoma (federal) | Convicted at trial, sentenced Sept 10 to 60 months, 3 years supervised release, $30,000 fine |
| Jihoon Park, 52 | Investor fraud scheme that also defrauded a U.S. Bankruptcy Court | E.D. Virginia (Alexandria) | Convicted by jury Sept 8, sentencing pending |
| Mukeshkumar Somabhai Chaudhari, Indian national | False claim of U.S. citizenship to vote in the Nov. 5, 2024 election | D. Minnesota | Grand jury indictment returned Sept 10, two counts |
| Hawaii, D.C., Arkansas, Utah | State laws giving in-state tuition and financial aid to illegal aliens, said to defy federal law | Civil suits in each jurisdiction | Complaints filed Sept 10, the final four in this series |
| Environmental Resource Holdings LLC | Superfund cleanup obligations at Diamond Alkali site, lower 17 miles of the Passaic River | New Jersey, on behalf of EPA | Proposed settlement lodged Sept 10, work valued at $125M |
| UC Berkeley School of Law | Race discrimination against white and Asian applicants in admissions, violating Title VI and SFFA | Civil Rights Division with Dept. of Education | Joint investigative findings announced Sept 9, no suit filed yet |
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### DOJ enforcement actions · Sept 4-11, 2026
| Defendant | Allegation | Jurisdiction | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn adult daycare owner | Led a $64M Medicaid fraud and illegal kickback scheme across two social adult daycare centers and a home health company | Brooklyn, NY (federal) | Sentenced Sept 10 to 76 months, over $56M restitution, $5M forfeiture including two properties, cash, gold jewelry |
| California man, Medi-Cal scheme | Nearly $270M in fraudulent claims to Medi-Cal over 11 months for medically unnecessary drugs, often never delivered | California (federal) | Sentenced Sept 9 to 30 years |
| Dompé U.S. Inc. | Paid Medicare beneficiary co-pays through two patient assistance foundations from 2018-2021 to induce purchases of its drug Oxervate, violating the Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act | Civil FCA, self-disclosed | Settled for $32M |
| Pinnacle Property Management Services LLC | Algorithmic coordination and sharing of competitors' sensitive rental pricing data, raising housing costs | M.D. North Carolina (civil antitrust) | Proposed consent decree filed Sept 4, follows settlements with RealPage, Cortland, Greystar, LivCor, Willow Bridge |
| Oleksii Lytvynenko, Ukrainian national, 44 | Wire fraud conspiracy tied to Conti ransomware, which infected over 1,000 victims worldwide | Federal | Sentenced Sept 10 to 4 years |
| Sergei Filimonov, Russian national, 36 | Transnational cyber-fraud conspiracy behind large-scale bank account takeovers costing millions | N.D. Georgia | Extradited from Georgia, arraigned Sept 4, charges pending |
| LeShon Johnson, former NFL player | Six dog fighting and trafficking charges | Oklahoma (federal) | Convicted at trial, sentenced Sept 10 to 60 months, 3 years supervised release, $30,000 fine |
| Jihoon Park, 52 | Investor fraud scheme that also defrauded a U.S. Bankruptcy Court | E.D. Virginia (Alexandria) | Convicted by jury Sept 8, sentencing pending |
| Mukeshkumar Somabhai Chaudhari, Indian national | False claim of U.S. citizenship to vote in the Nov. 5, 2024 election | D. Minnesota | Grand jury indictment returned Sept 10, two counts |
| Hawaii, D.C., Arkansas, Utah | State laws giving in-state tuition and financial aid to illegal aliens, said to defy federal law | Civil suits in each jurisdiction | Complaints filed Sept 10, the final four in this series |
| Environmental Resource Holdings LLC | Superfund cleanup obligations at Diamond Alkali site, lower 17 miles of the Passaic River | New Jersey, on behalf of EPA | Proposed settlement lodged Sept 10, work valued at $125M |
| UC Berkeley School of Law | Race discrimination against white and Asian applicants in admissions, violating Title VI and SFFA | Civil Rights Division with Dept. of Education | Joint investigative findings announced Sept 9, no suit filed yet |
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/brooklyn-adult-daycare-owner-sentenced-prison-leadership-role-64m-medicaid-fraud-scheme
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/california-man-sentenced-30-years-orchestrating-270m-medication-reimbursement-fraud-scheme
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/dompe-us-agrees-pay-32m-resolve-false-claims-act-liability-relating-self-disclosure-patient
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-reaches-proposed-consent-decree-pinnacle-one-americas-largest-landlords
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ukrainian-national-sentenced-four-years-prison-wire-fraud-conspiracy-connection-conti
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/russian-national-extradited-united-states-bank-account-takeover-fraud-scheme-causing
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-nfl-player-sentenced-5-years-prison-operating-large-scale-dog-fighting-and
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/virginia-man-convicted-investor-and-bankruptcy-fraud-scheme
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/indian-national-charged-making-false-claim-us-citizenship-vote-2024-election
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-files-complaints-against-hawaii-dc-arkansas-and-utah-over-preferential
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/proposed-125m-settlement-agreement-provides-critical-work-advancing-lower-passaic-river
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/joint-investigation-us-justice-department-and-us-department-education-finds-uc-berkeley-law
Also that week: a Texas man got 60 months for promoting an abusive tax shelter, an Illinois woman 27 months and a Hawaii couple 16 and 24 months in tax refund fraud conspiracies, a Maryland woman 12 months for $1.1M refund fraud, and several child exploitation cases including a life sentence for former soldier Adam Schlueter and a guilty plea by Ohio missionary Jeriah Mast.
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DOJ announcements Sept 4-11, 2026. Twelve major cases:
### DOJ enforcement actions · Sept 4-11, 2026
| Defendant | Allegation | Jurisdiction | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn adult daycare owner | Led a $64M Medicaid fraud and illegal kickback scheme across two social adult daycare centers and a home health company | Brooklyn, NY (federal) | Sentenced Sept 10 to 76 months, over $56M restitution, $5M forfeiture including two properties, cash, gold jewelry |
| California man, Medi-Cal scheme | Nearly $270M in fraudulent claims to Medi-Cal over 11 months for medically unnecessary drugs, often never delivered | California (federal) | Sentenced Sept 9 to 30 years |
| Dompé U.S. Inc. | Paid Medicare beneficiary co-pays through two patient assistance foundations from 2018-2021 to induce purchases of its drug Oxervate, violating the Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act | Civil FCA, self-disclosed | Settled for $32M |
| Pinnacle Property Management Services LLC | Algorithmic coordination and sharing of competitors' sensitive rental pricing data, raising housing costs | M.D. North Carolina (civil antitrust) | Proposed consent decree filed Sept 4, follows settlements with RealPage, Cortland, Greystar, LivCor, Willow Bridge |
| Oleksii Lytvynenko, Ukrainian national, 44 | Wire fraud conspiracy tied to Conti ransomware, which infected over 1,000 victims worldwide | Federal | Sentenced Sept 10 to 4 years |
| Sergei Filimonov, Russian national, 36 | Transnational cyber-fraud conspiracy behind large-scale bank account takeovers costing millions | N.D. Georgia | Extradited from Georgia, arraigned Sept 4, charges pending |
| LeShon Johnson, former NFL player | Six dog fighting and trafficking charges | Oklahoma (federal) | Convicted at trial, sentenced Sept 10 to 60 months, 3 years supervised release, $30,000 fine |
| Jihoon Park, 52 | Investor fraud scheme that also defrauded a U.S. Bankruptcy Court | E.D. Virginia (Alexandria) | Convicted by jury Sept 8, sentencing pending |
| Mukeshkumar Somabhai Chaudhari, Indian national | False claim of U.S. citizenship to vote in the Nov. 5, 2024 election | D. Minnesota | Grand jury indictment returned Sept 10, two counts |
| Hawaii, D.C., Arkansas, Utah | State laws giving in-state tuition and financial aid to illegal aliens, said to defy federal law | Civil suits in each jurisdiction | Complaints filed Sept 10, the final four in this series |
| Environmental Resource Holdings LLC | Superfund cleanup obligations at Diamond Alkali site, lower 17 miles of the Passaic River | New Jersey, on behalf of EPA | Proposed settlement lodged Sept 10, work valued at $125M |
| UC Berkeley School of Law | Race discrimination against white and Asian applicants in admissions, violating Title VI and SFFA | Civil Rights Division with Dept. of Education | Joint investigative findings announced Sept 9, no suit filed yet |
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/brooklyn-adult-daycare-owner-sentenced-prison-leadership-role-64m-medicaid-fraud-scheme
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/california-man-sentenced-30-years-orchestrating-270m-medication-reimbursement-fraud-scheme
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/dompe-us-agrees-pay-32m-resolve-false-claims-act-liability-relating-self-disclosure-patient
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-reaches-proposed-consent-decree-pinnacle-one-americas-largest-landlords
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ukrainian-national-sentenced-four-years-prison-wire-fraud-conspiracy-connection-conti
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/russian-national-extradited-united-states-bank-account-takeover-fraud-scheme-causing
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-nfl-player-sentenced-5-years-prison-operating-large-scale-dog-fighting-and
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/virginia-man-convicted-investor-and-bankruptcy-fraud-scheme
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/indian-national-charged-making-false-claim-us-citizenship-vote-2024-election
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-files-complaints-against-hawaii-dc-arkansas-and-utah-over-preferential
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/proposed-125m-settlement-agreement-provides-critical-work-advancing-lower-passaic-river
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/joint-investigation-us-justice-department-and-us-department-education-finds-uc-berkeley-law
Also that week: a Texas man got 60 months for promoting an abusive tax shelter, an Illinois woman 27 months and a Hawaii couple 16 and 24 months in tax refund fraud conspiracies, a Maryland woman 12 months for $1.1M refund fraud, and several child exploitation cases including a life sentence for former soldier Adam Schlueter and a guilty plea by Ohio missionary Jeriah Mast.