News from April 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CID), Tom Caul, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Social Security Administration, Office of Inspector General (SSA-OIG)...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: CONCORD, NH - Douglas McCullom, 52, of East Wakefield, was sentenced in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to serve three years of probation as a result of his conviction for fraudulently obtaining controlled substances, announced United States Attorney John P. Kacavas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kimberly K. Mertz, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that DAVID MILLER, 40, of Rockville Centre, N.Y., waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Adebowale Ayodeji Owoaje, 31, of Nigeria, was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for wire fraud in a scheme to defraud individuals who were selling items and applying for jobs on Craigslist.com. Using various aliases while he was located overseas, Owoaje used e-mail to reach an agreement...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: JUSTIN DOUCET, age 20, a resident of Larose, was charged on Friday, April 12, 2013 in a one-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury for receipt of child pornography, announced U. S. Attorney Dana Boente. DOUCET was arrested at his home on April 15, 2013 by Special Agents of the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge John Antoon, II sentenced Dustin Michael Letourneau (29, Warren, Ohio) last week to four years in federal prison for mail fraud and wire fraud. Letourneau was also ordered to serve a 3-year term of supervised release following his prison term, and to pay $240,481 in restitution to his victims. Letourneau pleaded guilty on Jan. 17, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - United States District Judge William B. Shubb sentenced Uriel Ochoa-Espindola, 44, of Fresno, today to 17 and a half years in prison for his part in a marijuana trafficking conspiracy, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: CHICAGO - The leader in Chicago of a Romanian-based international conspiracy to fraudulently obtain millions of U.S. tax dollars was sentenced to just over seven years in federal prison. The defendant, OVIDIU ISAC, oversaw and directed nearly two dozen co-defendants in the United States who used their...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: COOLIDGE, AZ -Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, along with 400 other national park sites, will celebrate National Parks Week from April 20th to Sunday, April 28th. Admission will be FREE from Monday, April 22nd to Friday, April 26th.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: The Atlanta Community Leaders Institute (CLI) held a conference on February 8 and 9 at Morehouse School of Medicine, in Atlanta, Georgia. The conference was sponsored by the Medical University of South Carolina, U.S. Department of Energy, Southeastern Virtual Institute for Health and Wellness, U.S. Department...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: Pipestone, MN: The National Park Service and the National Park Foundation invite everyone to get to know their national parks during National Park Week. This year's dates are April 20 -28, with free admission to all national parks April 22 -26.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces that his office, in conjunction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement will host a fraud conference for the general public on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 (8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.). The...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: Jackson, Miss. -- Larry Barnette Hill, 58, of Meadville, Mississippi, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to bank fraud and money laundering, U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: Duran L. Morgan, 27, from Collinsville, IL, was sentenced on April 12, 2013, in federal district court in East St. Louis, IL, on one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. John Conyers, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary issued a staff memo detailing the preliminary results of the Committees’ joint investigation into the role of the Department of Justice in urging the City of St. Paul, Minnesota, to withdraw its appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in Magner v. Gallagher.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2013
News Release: TOPEKA - Two people have pleaded guilty to setting a fire that killed a woman in an apartment complex in Manhattan, Kan., U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2013
News Release: Women's Rights National Historical Park continues its second annual Winter Film Festival by showing Episode Five of the documentary film The National Parks on Friday, April 19, and Saturday, April 20, 2013.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 12, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today called on communities across the country to partner with USDA's summer meals program to ensure that no child goes hungry when school is out. During a roundtable with Josh Wachs, Chief Strategy Officer for Share Our Strength , Kathy ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: Assistant Attorney General Bill Baer in charge of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division issued the following statement today on changes to the division’s carve-out practice regarding corporate plea agreements: “Over the years, the Antitrust Division’s efforts to investigate and prosecute price ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: The Department of Justice and the Council of State Governments (CSG) highlight 17 states that have cut corrections costs while reducing recidivism and improving public safety. With funding from the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), staff from the CSG Justice Center – in partnership ...
