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https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/company-ordered-pay-500000-criminal-fine-violating-asbestos-regulations-michigan

Company Ordered to Pay $500,000 Criminal Fine for Violating Asbestos Regulations in Michigan Applied Partners LLC was sentenced today to pay a $500,000 fine and complete a two-year term of probation for the company’s illegal handling of regulated asbestos containing material (RACM) at a site in Saginaw, Michigan.

https://www.justice.gov/enrd/blog/environmental-crimes-bulletin-april-2026

Environmental Crimes Bulletin – April 2026 This issue of the Bulletin includes cases involving dog fighting, timber trafficking, wastewater discharges, hazardous waste storage, parrot smuggling, and more.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/three-companies-pay-more-4-million-settle-lawsuit-stemming-gender-reveal-caused-inland

Three Companies to Pay More Than $4 Million to Settle Lawsuit Stemming from Gender Reveal that Caused Inland Empire Wildfire An Ohio-based smoke bomb designer and importer, and two other companies have agreed to pay more than $4 million to the United States for costs and damages from the El Dorado Fire of 2020, which was ignited as part of a gender reveal photo shoot, burned nearly 23,000 acres, and caused a firefighter.....

https://www.justice.gov/opa/blog/justice-department-leads-counter-timber-trafficking-workshop-gabon

Justice Department Leads Counter-Timber Trafficking Workshop in Gabon In Gabon last month, the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD), in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service and the Gabon Ministry of Water and Forests, the Sea and the Environment, led a five-day multilateral workshop that included Cameroon and Vietnam to combat i...

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/fort-pierce-man-sentenced-18-months-prison-biofuel-fraud-conspiracy

Fort Pierce Man Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Biofuel Fraud Conspiracy The owner of a company that produced and sold renewable fuel and fuel credits was sentenced today to serve 18 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release, and to pay $2,857,029 in restitution and a $150,000 fine, for his role in a scheme that generated over $7 million in fraudulent....

https://www.justice.gov/usao-or/pr/troutdale-woman-sentenced-federal-prison-discharging-500000-gallons-pollutants-hillsboro

Troutdale Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Discharging 500,000 Gallons of Pollutants in Hillsboro A Troutdale woman was sentenced to federal prison for conspiring to violate the Clean Water Act by receiving and discharging 500,000 gallons of industrial wastewater contaminated with hydrofluoric acid and toxic metals to the sanitary sewer without approval.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/man-and-woman-charged-smuggling-protected-parrots-and-parakeets-spare-tire-cage

Man and Woman Charged with Smuggling Protected Parrots and Parakeets in a Spare Tire Cage SAN DIEGO – Sydney Johnson of Santee and Brandon Marion of Temecula appeared in federal court today to face charges that they illegally imported 27 protected parrots and parakeets in a modified spare tire in the trunk of a car. Both species of birds - including 11 orange-fronted parakeets (Eupsitt...

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-managers-waste-pre-treatment-facility-plead-guilty-illegally-discharging-waste

Former Managers of Waste Pre-Treatment Facility Plead Guilty to Illegally Discharging Waste into Nashville Sewer System A former plant manager and a supervisor of a Nashville, Tennessee, facility pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee to conspiring to bypass waste pretreatment systems and discharge the waste into the Nashville sewer system, and to tampering with a monitoring device...

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ak/pr/st-marys-man-sentenced-3-years-illegal-wildlife-guiding-scheme

St. Mary’s man sentenced to 3 years for illegal wildlife guiding scheme ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A St. Mary’s man was sentenced last week to three years in prison and is required to pay over $64,000 in restitution for running illegal guiding services and collecting thousands in fraudulent proceeds from the scheme.