News from April 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2013
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A man who sold an undercover detective stolen firearms, stolen explosives, and a stolen police officer’s badge, in exchange for methamphetamine and cash, has been sentenced to just over 16 years in federal prison, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 4, 2013
News Release: Sore Mouth Disease (also known as contagious ecthyma) is thought to be responsible for the illness observed among the bighorn sheep population at Zion National Park. Sore Mouth Disease is a virus similar to chicken pox, and like chicken pox is typically self-limiting and usually a mild disease. It is transmittable to people if direct contact with infected sheep occurs. The park is reminding visitors not to approach or touch wildlife.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Darren David Chaker, 41, of Beverly Hills, Calif., and Las Vegas, Nev., has been found guilty of bankruptcy fraud, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2013
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Anthony Cucinotta, 28, of Johnston, R.I., was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Providence today to 48 months in federal prison and fined $5,000 for growing marijuana in his home with the intent to sell it, and being a felon in possession of a semi-automatic pistol and an assault...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart and U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York announced that five defendants - Jose Americo Bubo Na Tchuto, the former head of the Guinea-Bissau navy; Manuel Mamadi Mane; Saliu Sisse; Papis Djeme; and Tchamy Yala - arrived...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2013
News Release: OTSEGO COUNTY, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration Brian R. Crowell, Otsego County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr, Oneonta Police Chief Dennis R. Nayor and Otsego County District Attorney John M. Muehl announce further arrests of individuals involved in a major heroin drug trafficking organization in Oneonta, NY.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 4, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, along with committee members Sens. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and John Boozman (R-Ark.) ...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 4, 2013
News Release: However, the species will not be listed in the majority of U.S. waters due to steps fisheries managers and fishermen have already taken to help protect these species. For example, in the U.S. Atlantic, the species is managed under a fishery management plan, with established biological catch levels to control harvest.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Feda Kuran, 37, of Philadelphia, PA, pleaded guilty today to a health care fraud scheme that involved billing Medicare for ambulance services that were not medically necessary, that were not actually provided, or that were induced by illegal kickbacks. During this health care fraud scheme...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2013
News Release: In San Antonio, three individuals were sentenced to lengthy federal prison terms in connection with a scheme to traffic and straw purchase AK-47 assault-type firearms destined for Mexico stated United States Attorney Robert Pitman, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge Melvin D. King and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Vincent Iglio.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2013
News Release: Officer Participated In Armed Robberies In Uniform In The Bronx And Upper Manhattan And Supplied NYPD Equipment To Violent Drug Robbery Crew That Posed As Police.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2013
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By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2013
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Carl Junction, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for receiving, distributing and possessing child pornography. Jason Hill, 27, of Carl Junction, was sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2013
News Release: Scheme Defrauded Automobile Insurance Companies By Misrepresenting Where And How Livery Vehicles Were Being Garaged, Operated, And Used.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2013
News Release: GALVESTON, Texas - Todd Eric Nordahl, 49, of Tucson, Ariz., has been arrested on charges that he had sexual contact with a minor while in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2013
News Release: In San Antonio today, a federal grand jury returned three indictments charging San Antonio residents with various tax related offenses announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Steve McCollough.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Murdo, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession of a Stolen Firearm and Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2013
News Release: Four Akron residents have been indicted for their roles in a conspiracy in which some used fake G.E.D. certificates to enroll in the University of Akron and fraudulently obtain more than $104,000 in financial aid, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 3, 2013
News Release: Data-Sharing Agreements Critical Part of SNAP Stewardship Solutions project WASHINGTON, April 3, 2013 – Agriculture Undersecretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services Kevin Concannon today announced Washington and Ohio have joined a new federal-state partnership targeting recipient fraud in the ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 3, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 3, 2013 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in collaboration with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has developed a program to certify processed eggs and egg products for export, providing new opportunities for U.S. food exporters.
