U.S. Department of Justice

The DOJ defends its New Bedford election monitoring strategy, pushing back against Mayor Jon Mitchell's refusal to hand over public voter lists.

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell slammed a DOJ request for city voter lists as a political pretext, refusing to hand over data to protect voter trust.

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell has refused a DOJ request for local voter lists, citing concerns over federal overreach and election integrity.

The DOJ is sending federal election monitors to New Bedford for the September primary election to ensure accurate voting access.

A Brockton man who is wanted for murder in Cabo Verde has been arrested in Massachusetts for passport fraud after allegedly telling authorities his U.S. passport was lost to get a replacement — when really it had been confiscated.

A Brockton man who owns a driving school has pleaded guilty to bribing a road test examiner at the city's Registry of Motor Vehicles to give driver's licenses to people who failed — or didn't even take — road tests.

Three former executives of a Billerica medical device company have been charged with conspiracy, wire fraud, and other federal violations after allegedly covering up flaws in a lead testing device that may have given false low results.

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.