News from December 2013
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today applauded the Senate’s confirmation of John Koskinen to be commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by a vote of 59-36. During a committee hearing to consider his nomination last week, Senator Baucus called on Koskinen...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: HONOLULU - Justin Wade Smith, age 32, formerly of Hilo, pled guilty on Dec. 19, 2013 in federal court to two counts of wire fraud, and one tax charge, growing out of his operation of an “advance fee" scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), Brian R. Crowell, the Special-Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: A patient recruiter and a therapy staffing company owner were sentenced today to serve 50 months and 46 months in prison, respectively, for their participation in a $7 million health care fraud scheme involving defunct home health care company Anna Nursing Services Corp.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ga. - Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Larry Eugene Yancey, aka "Ziggy", 42, of an unknown address, was sentenced on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013, to serve 228 months imprisonment for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas-Stephen Carpenter, 33, of Slaton, Texas, was sentenced this morning, by U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 10 years in federal prison, following his guilty plea in August 2013 to one count of possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Larry Eugene Yancey, aka “Ziggy", 42, of an unknown address, was sentenced on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013, to serve two hundred twenty eight (228) months imprisonment for possession with the intent to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: On Dec. 20, 2013, Michael James Sands, age 35 of Lincoln, was sentenced to six months in prison, (time-served), for escape. On June 13, 2013, Sands failed to return as scheduled from a job site to a work release facility in Hastings, Nebraska, where he was serving a sentence for violation of supervised...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Felony Information has been filed in U.S. District Court in Scranton against Yolanda Holman, age 35, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, charging her with tampering with a consumer product that affected interstate commerce.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Tobechi Enyinna Onwuhara, 34, formerly of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and computer fraud, all in relation to a home equity line of credit fraud scheme that attempted to steal more than $38 million and caused approximately $13 million in losses. His prison term will be followed by five years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that three individuals from Wagner, South Dakota, have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and Maintaining a Drug-Involved Premises.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah Color Country and Canyon Country Districts are now seeking public comment on environmental assessments (EA) analyzing the BLM's proposal to offer 113 parcels covering 132,109 acres at the May 2014 oil and gas lease sale. The EA for the Canyon Country District...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: Hammond, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that Deamioune Fransyre Caples, 33, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Patricia Minaldi, to 41 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and 40 hours of community service for using counterfeit credit cards and other devices to steal thousands of dollars. He was also ordered to pay restitution of $70,700 taken in the scheme. He pleaded guilty Aug. 1, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: More Than $16 Million Solicited From Investors.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Richard Faling, 55, of Buckner, Illinois, was sentenced for accessing child pornography images online. Faling had earlier pled guilty to the charges on Aug. 14, 2013. The Court sentenced Faling to 210 months in prison, a $500 fine, and a lifetime of supervised release following discharge from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.B U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Abraham Reinhardt, 24, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute Oxymorphone, was sentenced to 12 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: On Dec. 20, 2013, Israel Dewayne Mileage, age 22,of Lincoln, was sentenced to 70 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of cocaine base, also known as crack cocaine. Following the prison sentence, Mileage will serve four years on supervised release. He was also ordered to forfeit $209 in cash to the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) made the following statement today after President Obama announced his intent to nominate Sen. Max Baucus to be the next Ambassador to China...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child was sentenced on Dec. 17, 2013, by U.S. District Court Judge Roberto A. Lange.
