News from December 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury today found Marin Gigore Dobre (36, a citizen of Romania) guilty of possession of device making equipment. He faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison. A sentencing hearing has been set for March 10, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Weston Hoare-Baltes, 20, Stoughton, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Lyn Adelman to 30 months in prison, followed by three-years of supervised release, for unlawfully receiving firearms while under felony information. Hoare-Baltes pleaded guilty to this charge on Oct. 3, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A Tax Preparer has been sentenced to federal prison for tax violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, PA. - Two brothers who owned a major defense contracting firm have been sentenced in federal court on charges of major fraud against the government and conspiracy, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. U.S. District Judge Kim Gibson sentenced William Kuchera, 58, of Summerhill...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: CHICAGO ― Three defendants who operated Washington National Trust, which was not licensed in Illinois as either a trust or a mortgage company, are facing federal fraud charges for allegedly swindling approximately $220,000 from at least 54 homeowners after falsely promising to save their homes from foreclosure and lower their monthly mortgage payments. The alleged mortgage “rescue" fraud scheme primarily preyed upon Hispanic victims in and around Aurora since late 2011.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Otha Easley, Acting Special Agent in Charge, NOAA Fisheries, Office of Law Enforcement, Southeast Division, and Major Camille Soverel, Regional Commander, South A Region, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), announce that Toby Lamm, 46, of Vero Beach, was sentenced in Fort Pierce, Florida today for importing illegal catch from the Bahamas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A California man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics and money laundering laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Ronald Frank Muise, 51, and his son, Michael Derek Muise, 28, both of Las Vegas, Nev., have been convicted of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud in connection with a telemarketing fraud scheme that spanned almost five years and victimized approximately 1000 people, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The Muises entered guilty pleas in federal court in Houston late yesterday afternoon.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: St. Louis, MO - James Edward Jones, 21, was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Jones pled guilty in September to federal gun and assault charges involving the April 18, 2013 assault of a federal officer, and selling crack cocaine to an undercover officer. He appeared today before United States District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana - The United States Attorney's Office announced that a Grand Jury sitting in Fort Wayne, Indiana, returned the following Indictment on Dec. 16, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted 21 individuals in two separate indictments on racketeering conspiracy and drug charges related to their alleged drug dealing and violence in the Cherry Hill section of Baltimore. In a third indictment, an additional five defendants are charged in ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The co-owner of Mr. Nice Guys Smoke Shop and a local real estate agent have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions related to a multi-agency investigation into the structuring of financial transactions, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Leroy Mitchan Jr., 34, and Justin Colmenero, 30, previously pleaded guilty as did Mitchan’s wife, Kimberly Davis, 27. All are from Corpus Christi.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Joseph H. Hogsett, the United States Attorney, announced today that Ronald W. Nichter, age 58, of Pendleton, has been charged by federal indictment with eight counts of mail fraud and eight counts of aggravated identity theft. The local investment manager allegedly engaged in a scheme to defraud his clients of their funds by fraudulently withdrawing money from their accounts for his personal use.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On Dec. 12, 2013, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against 26 defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, crack, cocaine and marihuana, and firearms offenses announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Fellow and Nobel laureate David Wineland has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), an organization founded in 2010 to recognize and encourage inventors working at universities and nonprofit research organizations.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Trenton, N.J., man with a previous conviction for drug distribution today admitted possessing three firearms, including a loaded semi-automatic rifle and a loaded revolver, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence woman was charged today with misusing a social security number.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to reports that GlaxoSmithKline will become the first major drug company to stop paying doctors to promote its products, consistent with the Affordable Care Act’s strict consumer transparency and disclosure requirements...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, after reviewing HealthCare.gov security documents produced by one of the site’s contractors, MITRE, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., sent a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to accept a meeting offer made by the White House to discuss concerns about both the decision to move forward with the website launch despite known vulnerabilities and ongoing concerns about site security.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Pamela C. Marsh, the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced that Bret A. Nichols, age 29, of Paradise, California, was indicted today on federal charges for engaging in a conspiracy to produce and receive images and videos of child pornography from a couple in Mary Ester, Florida.
