News from December 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2013
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal grand jury today indicted a Social Security Administration telephone service center employee for using his position to steal identifying information and benefits from Social Security beneficiaries, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Social Security Administration, Office of Inspector General, Special Agent in Charge Guy Fallen.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 27, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today invited public comment on proposed changes to the Export Credit Guarantee (GSM-102) Program that would clarify program operations and enhance program access for all participants, including smaller U.S. exporters.
By State Newswire | Dec 27, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Eliot Engel, the senior Democratic Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement regarding the recent attack in Ukraine on journalist Tatiana Chornovol.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2013
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that John Richard Koesterman, 49, currently an inmate in Federal prison, was sentenced to an additional 9 years in prison on Dec. 27, 2013. Koesterman is serving a 15-year sentence on a federal drug conspiracy conviction, and today...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES -- An Orange County man pleaded guilty this morning to a federal terrorism offense, admitting that he intended to assist al-Qai'da by traveling to Pakistan, where he would provide weapons training to members of the terrorist group.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, U.S. Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI), was invited to speak at Vicente S.A. Benavente Middle School on Oct. 28, 2013. She addressed and shared with over 430 eighth grade students the significance of Red Ribbon Week...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2013
News Release: Defendant, an Armed Career Criminal, was Just Recently Released from Federal Custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2013
News Release: Postal Service Employees Indicted for Stealing Postal Money Orders.
By State Newswire | Dec 27, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued this statement following the attack on Camp Liberty.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Paul Rosberg, age 63, of Wausa, Nebraska, was convicted of the Sale of Misbranded Meat, a felony. Senior United States District Judge Richard Kopf sentenced Rosberg to eighteen months imprisonment, a term of supervised release of one year and imposed a fine of $8,450.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, U.S. Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI), was invited to speak at the “No More! Coming Together to End the Violence" 2013 Regional Summit held on Oct. 25, 2013, and sponsored by the Guam Coalition Against Sexual Assault & Family Violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, U.S. Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI), announced that Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) Stephen Leon Guerrero was invited to speak at Jose Rios Middle School for Career Day on April 12, 2013. AUSA Leon Guerrero spoke to...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, U.S. Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI), announced that U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands participated at the 2013 Foreign Labor Compliance Conference held in Guam on March...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2013
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Abbott Laboratories, a global healthcare company, has agreed to pay $5.475 million to settle alleged violations of the False Claims Act, and other federal laws and regulations in connection with the operation of its medical device business which manufactures, markets and supplies carotid, biliary, and peripheral vascular products.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that three members of Local 17 of the International Union of Operating Engineers pleaded guilty before United States District Judge William M. Skretny to violations of the federal Hobbs Act Extortion statute and agreed to testify in the upcoming trial of their seven co-defendants.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2013
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Anderson Scott Hall, a/k/a Scott Hall (49, Jacksonville) today pleaded guilty to four felony counts of operating a sham investment scheme. Specifically, Hall pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud, one count of wire fraud, and one count of money laundering. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years’ imprisonment for each count. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By State Newswire | Dec 27, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued this statement following today's announcement regarding the agreement to move the Marine base on Okinawa.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, U.S. Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that her office conducted training to law enforcement on human trafficking investigations at the “Joint Interagency Task Force West Transnational Crime Workshop" held in the...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2013
News Release: EVANSVILLE - Joseph H. Hogsett, the United States Attorney, announced today that Mark David Yauger, age 46, of Evansville, has been charged by a federal grand jury with two counts of distribution and one count of possession of sexually explicit material involving minors. This follows an investigation as part of the U.S. Attorney’s ongoing Operation Community Watch.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, U.S. Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI), was invited to speak on November 6, 2013 at the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Citizens Academy. This is the 6th FBI Citizens Academy held in Guam. U.S. Attorney Limtiaco has previously presented at the FBI Citizens Academy on topics related to the Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney’s Office.
