News published on Federal Newswire in April 2013

News from April 2013


Chairman Carper, Ranking Member Coburn Continue Oversight of Boston Bombings

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Ranking Member Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) released the following statement regarding the Committee’s ongoing oversight of the April 15, 2013, bombings at the Boston Marathon. Chairman Carper and...


Mechanicsburg Man Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion

News Release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Thomas C. Holloway, age 46, of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner to attempted income tax evasion for 2008. Sentencing has been scheduled for August 8, 2013.


Meriden Man Involved In Home Invasion Admits Illegal Firearm Possession, Violating Supervised Release

News Release: David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SHANE LEVERETTE, also known as Shane Baltas, 44, of Meriden, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon. LEVERETTE also admitted that he violated conditions of his supervised release from a previous federal conviction.


McLaughlin Man Sentenced For Firearms Offense

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a McLaughlin man convicted of Felon in Possession of a Firearm was sentenced on April 29, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann. Jess Porras, age 52, was sentenced to 6 months in custody, 1 year of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.


Three Fraud Defendants Who Met In Prison Sent Back To Serve New Sentences In $3.6 Million Ponzi Scheme

News Release: CHICAGO - Three serial fraud defendants who met while incarcerated for unrelated crimes at the federal prison in Oxford, Wis., and then, after they were released, joined together in a Ponzi-type investment fraud scheme that caused approximately 100 victims to lose more than $3.6 million have been sentenced...


Court Authorizes Service of John Doe Summons Seeking the Identities of U.S. Taxpayers with Offshore Accounts at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce’s FirstCaribbean International Bank

News Release: The Justice Department announced that late yesterday a federal court in San Francisco entered an order authorizing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to serve a John Doe summons seeking information about U.S. taxpayers who may hold offshore accounts at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce FirstCaribbean ...


New York Man Pleads Guilty in Massachusetts to Theft of Government Property and Money Laundering in Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Scheme

News Release: Odalis Castillo-Lopez, 41, a citizen of the Dominican Republic and a resident of New York, pleaded guilty today to theft of government property and money laundering in connection with a scheme to cash U.S. Treasury tax refund checks fraudulently obtained using the stolen identities of Puerto Rican residents. ...


Alabama Woman Indicted for Cashing Fraudulently Obtained Tax Refund Checks

News Release: A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Shatoubrioune Hare George, a.k.a. “Tobie,” with conspiring to cash fraudulently obtained federal tax refund checks, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. The six-count indictment charges George, of Montgomery, Ala., with conspiracy to commit theft of public funds and with theft of public funds.


Alabama Resident Indicted in Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Scheme

News Release: Bridgette Rivers, a resident of Montgomery, Ala., was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy and theft of government funds related to her participation in a scheme to use stolen identities to file fraudulent tax returns, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today.


Departments of Justice and Housing and Urban Development Release New Guidance on “Design and Construction” Requirements Under the Fair Housing Act

News Release: New guidance released today by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Justice reinforces the Fair Housing Act requirement that multifamily housing be designed and constructed so as to be accessible to persons with disabilities.


New York Woman Sentenced for Scheme to Defraud Consumer Product Manufacturers

News Release: A New York woman was sentenced to 19 months in prison today for her role in a scheme to defraud consumer product manufacturers, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana.


Federal Court in California Shuts Down Tax Preparer

News Release: A federal court in Los Angeles has entered an order permanently barring John Trunzo from preparing federal income tax returns and other tax-related documents for others, the Justice Department announced today. Trunzo, who operated under the business names “Your Taxman John Trunzo,” “Your Taxman” and “YTJT” in Los Angeles County, consented to the civil injunction order, which was signed by U.S. District Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald.


Transportation Department publishes notice on April 30

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published on April 30 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on April 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


State Department publishes notice on April 30

The US State Department published a one page notice on April 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Transportation Department publish on April 30?

The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on April 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published by Transportation Department on April 30

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Transportation Department publishes notice on April 30

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published on April 30 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a five page notice on April 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Transportation Department publish on April 30?

The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on April 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.