News published on Federal Newswire in December 2013

News from December 2013


Former Parker Man Sentenced To Serve 51 Months In Federal Prison For $1.7 Million Fraudulent Ponzi Scheme

News Release: DENVER - Shawon McClung, age 27, formerly of Parker, Colorado, was sentenced earlier this week by U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson to serve 51 months in federal prison for wire fraud, U.S. Attorney John Walsh and FBI Denver Division Special Agent in Charge Thomas Ravenelle announced. Following...


News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Walt Green announced that MATTHEW SCOTT BERNARD, age 44, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James J. Brady to serve forty-one (41) months in federal prison for his role in a fraudulent scheme to secure financing for a new fitness facility in Baton Rouge.


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that CHESTER CAMERON, 32, of Bridgeport, was sentenced on Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Stefan R.


Armed Career Criminal Convicted On Federal Firearm Charge Faces Up To Life In Federal Prison

News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Damien Gouse, 35, who is currently serving a lengthy prison sentence in Massachusetts on felony assault charges, faces 15 years up to life in federal prison after being convicted by a federal court jury on Wednesday of being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Providence Police Chief Colonel Hugh T. Clements, Jr.


Tampa Man Sentenced To 7 Years In Federal Prison For Tax Refund Fraud

News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore today sentenced Quincy Wimberly (29, Tampa) to seven years in federal prison for theft of government property and aggravated identity theft. Quincy Wimberly pleaded guilty on September 5, 2013.


Leader Of Detroit-based Identity-theft Ring Sentenced

News Release: Organizer of Traveling Fraud Scheme to Serve 10.5 Years in Federal Prison.


Shiprock Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Manslaughter Charge

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Elvan Hovel, 42, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., pleaded guilty today to a voluntarily manslaughter charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding two federal contract officers.


News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Juan Gabriel Bonilla, 27, a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer from Laredo, has been arrested for attempting to transport aliens into the United States and conspiracy to do so, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.


Previously Convicted Sex Offender Sentenced To 25 Years For Child Sex Trafficking

News Release: ATLANTA - Terrance Anderson, a/k/a/ Scooby, has been sentenced to federal prison on charges of sex trafficking of a minor and two counts of transporting adults in interstate commerce for prostitution.


Former Stock Broker Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Insider Trading Charges

News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DAVID J. WEISHAUS, a former stock broker at a securities trading firm (“Securities Trading Firm-1"), pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to charges arising from his involvement in an insider trading...


News Release: Jefferson County Man Pleads Guilty io Being an Armed Career Criminal and Admits to Possessing Firearms Stolen in Burglary.


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSE GUZMAN, 53, of Waterford, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello...


VA Employee Charged With Theft Of Government Funds

News Release: ATLANTA - Zerry Feaster, a/k/a Zerry Travis, a/k/a Zerry West has been arraigned on federal charges of theft of government funds and making false statements. Feaster was indicted by a federal grand jury on Dec. 17, 2013.


Man Using False Identity Arrested For Sex Trafficking In Miami And Australia

News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Alysa D. Erichs, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI), Miami Field Office, and Wendy A. Bashnan, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS), Miami Field Office, announce the arrest of Damion St. Patrick Baston, 36, in New York City, New York, where he was ordered detained.


Brazoria County Resident Indicted For Sending False Distress Signal

News Release: An Indictment Is A Formal Accusation Of Criminal Conduct, Not Evidence.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Custer, South Dakota, man convicted of Income Tax Evasion was sentenced on Dec. 13, 2013, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.


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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) yesterday sent a letter to the White House urging President Obama to highlight the geopolitical benefits of oil and natural gas production in the forthcoming National Security Strategy. The administration has indicated the document, which sets the president’s priorities and strategic vision, will be released in January.


News Release: During 2013, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee Republicans and Ranking Member Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) have investigated the Administration's "sue and settle" strategy, which is used to coordinate with environmental allies on new rules and regulations while usually excluding ...