News published on Federal Newswire in December 2013

News from December 2013


Statement Of Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara On The Conviction Of Michael Steinberg

News Release: “The jury has found what the Government contended from the outset; in search of an edge, Michael Steinberg crossed the line into criminal insider trading. Like many other traders before him who, blinded by profits, lost their sense of right and wrong, Steinberg now stands convicted of federal crimes and faces the prospect of losing his liberty.".


News Release: Sandra Campbell, 60, a former Detroit Public Schools contract accountant and School Board candidate, was sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison today by United States District Judge Julian Abele Cook on charges of program fraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy and tax charges, following a five-week jury trial which took place in August, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.


News Release: Tequila Marsh, 41, of Nashville, Tenn., was sentenced today to serve 137 months in prison, to be followed by a three year term of supervised release, for assaulting a United States Postal Inspector and for failing to appear for a sentencing hearing, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.


United States Attorney Announces More Prosecutions As Part Of Violent Crime Initiative

News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - United States Attorney Joseph H. Hogsett announced today three new prosecutions as part of his office’s Violent Crime Initiative, which has charged more than 300 defendants with illegally possessing firearms since 2011. All three defendants are convicted felons face up to a decade or more...


News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former IT specialist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture pleaded guilty in federal court today to a scheme to steal $113,000 from three co-workers, one of whom is blind.


USDA Restricts a PACA Violator in Georgia from Operating in the Produce Industry

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on a produce business for failure to a pay reparation award issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).


News Release: SAN JOSE - Rudy Martinez was sentenced on Dec. 16, 2013, to 140 months in prison, for trafficking in methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine in Santa Cruz County, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.


News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that Chad Cameron, 19, of Wasilla, Alaska, was sentenced to one year in federal prison for his role in the methylone conspiracy that resulted in the April 2012 death of Matt Scott. Robin Gattis, 20, was sentenced to 16 years in prison earlier this month.


Ben Avon Man Pleads Guilty To Receiving Pornographic Videos Of Minors

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh-area resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of receipt of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Long Pine Key Campground Reopening December 19

News Release: HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA - The Long Pine Key Campground is reopening Thursday, Dec. 19, when visitors can enjoy newly paved roads, campsites and parking. The campground, closed due to budget realities for the first time in 2013 during the slower summer season, will be open for the rest of the busy winter season and staffed by employees and volunteers until April 15, 2014.


News Release: Contact: Public Information Officer. Number: (313) 234-4310. LONDON, Ky. - A Manchester pharmacy owner and his wife will forfeit their home, more than a million dollars, and six cars that were proceeds or purchased with proceeds from a drug conspiracy. In that conspiracy, the pharmacy...


Former Vice President Of Wells Fargo Advisors And Morgan Stanley & Co. Sentenced To 20 Months In Prison

News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Adorean Boleancu was sentenced yesterday to 20 months in prison and ordered to pay $360,199.25 in restitution for a wire fraud offense, United States Attorney Melinda Haag and FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson announced.


News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Dylan Josh Zara was sentenced yesterday to 40 years in prison for the production, advertisement, distribution, and possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson.


Reno Man Charged With Conspiring To Provide Material Support To Terrorism Groups In India And Pakistan

News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Reno man has been charged with providing material support to terrorism groups in India and Pakistan in order to intimidate the Indian government and to harm persons that were not supporting their cause, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada, John Carlin, Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security, and Laura A. Bucheit, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI for Nevada.


News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that Fernando Benitez-Moreno, a/k/a Cesar Benitez, Jr., a/k/a David Sanchez, a/k/a “Security", a/k/a “Uncle Cesar", a/k/a “Uncle Bob", a citizen of Mexico who illegally returned to the United States after a prior conviction for drug trafficking, was sentenced in federal court in Ketchikan to 15 years of imprisonment on a sole count of methamphetamine conspiracy.


News Release: McALLEN, Texas - - Martin Saucedo-Mata, 48, of Pharr, has been ordered to prison for 121 months for storing cocaine at his residence, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Saucedo-Mata pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine on Oct. 3, 2013.


News Release: SAN JOSE - Brenda Jo Kibbee pleaded guilty in federal court in San Jose, California, yesterday to one count of failing to pay an excise tax on wine with an intent to defraud the United States, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced that Filippo Inglima, 47, of Wheatfield, N.Y., an Italian citizen, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute a thousand kilograms or more of marijuana and five kilograms or more of cocaine, was sentenced to 121 months in prison, by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The defendant will also forfeit $39,456,00 in United States currency, a rifle and ammunition, and a sport utility vehicle.


News Release: PHOENIX - On Dec. 17, 2013, Michael Rocky Lane, 52, of Scottsdale, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to 180 months’ imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release. Lane was found guilty by a federal jury on July 19, 2013 of two counts of conspiracy to manufacture and distribute a controlled substance analogue and one count of possession with the intent to distribute a controlled substance analogue.


News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging a Wichita man with attempting to explode a car bomb at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.