U.S. Department of Justice

The FBI has arrested an Ashland woman on felony charges including assaulting a law enforcement officer in connection to the Jan. 6, 2021 breach of the U.S. Capitol.

A South Easton woman and her son are facing federal charges after authorities say the pair committed fraud and embezzled money from a Pawtucket dermatologist's office where they worked.

Federal authorities have charged a New Bedford man with fraud and aggravated identity theft in federal court in Providence after he allegedly embezzled more than $1 million from his former employer, a company in Warwick, Rhode Island.

New Bedford's school district has launched a three-year plan to improve interpretation services for students and families who speak K'iche', an indigenous Mayan language, following a review by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Jake Auchincloss, Fall River's U.S. Representative, is in the headlines again this week after his chief of staff was caught by U.S. Capitol Police defacing posters belonging to Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.

The former CFO of Middleborough's Alden Shoe Company will be forced to forfeit his Duxbury home to the federal government following his conviction for embezzling $30 million from the firm.

Paul Hodson was arrested at his Acushnet home in 2019 following an undercover federal investigation.

Prosecutors say Tiffany Pacheco, a convicted identity thief, used her job at Mass. DUA to submit false unemployment claims.

The 25-year-old admitted to shooting at rival gang members.

The 24-year-old admitted to his role in a crack cocaine distribution conspiracy.