Arizona Attorney General’s Office Releases Deposition Testimony from ICE Official Regarding DHS Immigration Policy Published: 22 May 2021 22 May 2021
Phoenix, Arizona - Attorney General Mark Brnovich just released new details obtained after deposing a high-ranking federal official who testified that reducing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement s (ICE) core missions will harm public safety. Nevertheless, the Biden Administration’s new immigration policy or “Interim Guidance” does just that. Excerpts of the testimony were included in the latest filing by the Arizona Attorney General s Office late Wednesday afternoon.
This new testimony is part of Arizona and Montana’s lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and ICE that seeks to halt the Interim Guidance that the states contend recklessly and illegally alters immigration enforcement policies. The Court permitted the States to take depositions as part their case over the objection
Attorney General Brnovich Files Lawsuit Along with FTC Against Frontier Communications Over Internet Speed Misrepresentations Published: 22 May 2021 22 May 2021
Phoenix, Arizona - Attorney General Mark Brnovich, along with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and a coalition of law enforcement agencies from five other states, filed a lawsuit against Frontier Communications (Frontier), alleging that the company did not provide many consumers with internet service at the speeds it promised and charged many for more expensive and higher-speed service than Frontier actually provided.
The lawsuit alleges that Frontier advertised and sold internet service in several plans, or tiers, based on download speed. Frontier touted these tiers using various methods, including mail and online ads, and has sold them to consumers over the phone and online.
Man Sentenced to 78 Months for Money Laundering in Tobacco Smuggling Scheme Published: 22 May 2021 22 May 2021
Charlotte, North Carolina - A North Carolina man was sentenced Thursday to 78 months in prison for conspiring to commit money laundering and filing a false tax return.
According to court documents and other information presented in court, Phil Howard, 55, arranged on at least 221 different occasions for cut-rag tobacco to be transported by trucks from Wilson, North Carolina, to an area on or near the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation Reservation (Akwesasne Reservation) as part of a conspiracy to smuggle the tobacco into Canada without paying Canadian federal excise duties and provincial taxes. The Akwesasne Reservation straddles the U.S.-Canadian border on both banks of the St. Lawrence River. Co-conspirators then smuggled the cut-rag tobacco over the St. Lawrence River and transported it to the Kahnawake Mohawk Nation Reservation in Quebec. Ultimately, the cut-rag tobacco was