News from August 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit challenging the strict voter identification law implemented by the state of Texas in the wake of suspension of the Section 5 preclearance provision of the Voting Rights Act. In its complaint, DOJ alleges that the voter ID provision was adopted ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: ATLANTA - Hakeem Omar pleaded guilty in federal court to fraudulently obtaining his United States citizenship and for his role in a bribery conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: Montiya Louis Thomas, 41, of Colton, California, was indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in East St. Louis on Aug. 21, 2013, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: Defendant Claimed Over $5.5 Million in Fraudulent Tax Refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 24-year-old Houston, Texas woman has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Aug. 19, 2013, Luis Carlos Vasquez, 33, of Douglas, Ariz. was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David C. Bury to 151 months imprisonment. Vasquez was found guilty by a federal jury on Feb. 14, 2013, of one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana, one count of conspiracy to import marijuana and one count of importation of marijuana, aid and abet.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders yesterday sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew again requesting information on the administration’s sudden July 4th holiday decision to delay the health care law’s employer mandate for one year. The committee sent a letter to the Treasury...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Windber, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of kidnapping, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - An inmate at the McKean Federal Correctional Institution in Bradford, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty and was sentenced in federal court to 18 months incarceration on his conviction for possession of contraband in prison, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: St. Louis, MO - DAVID R. WULF was convicted today after a thirteen-day trial before United States District Judge Jean C. Hamilton for his role in one of the largest frauds ever prosecuted in the Eastern District of Missouri. Wulf was convicted on 18 counts, including bank fraud, wire fraud, wire fraud affecting a financial institution and conspiracy to commit those crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: Adam, J.J. Pudenz, 33, from Carroll, Iowa, has been charged by a criminal Complaint, filed in the United States District Court in the Northern District of Iowa, with violating federal conflict of interest laws. The Complaint was unsealed yesterday following Pudenz’s arrest without incident in Carroll, Iowa.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: Jackson, Miss- Julian Michael Thompson, 33, of Jackson, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 94 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute more than 28 grams of cocaine base, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis. Thompson was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $2,940.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Georgia Bowen, a/k/a Georgia Bennett, 38, of Lackawanna, N.Y., was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with health care fraud, identity theft, and unauthorized use of social security numbers. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: Louisiana State Representative GIROD JACKSON, age 41, was charged today in a three count Bill of Information for violating provisions of the United States Tax Code. Specifically, Jackson was charged with one count of Making a Fraudulent Statement on a Tax Return, a felony, and two counts of Willful Failure to File Tax Returns, misdemeanors.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders yesterday sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew again requesting information on the administration’s sudden July 4th holiday decision to delay the health care law’s employer mandate for one year. The committee sent a letter to the Treasury...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders yesterday sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew again requesting information on the administration’s sudden July 4th holiday decision to delay the health care law’s employer mandate for one year. The committee sent a letter to the Treasury...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Bank Fraud, Bank Embezzlement, Access Device Fraud, and Aggravated Identity Theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina co-sponsored the 9th Annual Counterterrorism and Financial Crimes Forum. The training was held at SAS World Headquarters in Cary, North Carolina, SAS is...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Florida- Paurotis Pond (and the zone beyond the parking area adjacent to the pond), has been reopened after the seasonal closure to protect nesting birds. Visitors may now enjoy open access for fishing, canoeing, and wildlife viewing. Paurotis Pond is located 24 miles from the main park entrance in Homestead.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: The abuse began when the victim was 14 years old.
