News from February 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2013
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford, Ill. man sentenced today in federal court in federal court for mail fraud. JAMES PANTAZELOS, 64, of Rockford, was sentenced to 9½ years in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard for operating a “Ponzi" type scheme in which he defrauded investors out of more than $4 million. The fraud occurred from May 2007 through December 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2013
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La: United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Randy P. Courville, 53, of Milton, La., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote to defrauding $324,818 from the Social Security Administration (SSA).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2013
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment on Wednesday, charging Zhiqiang Liu, 59, of Oakland, Shihong Chen, 47, Qinghong Li, 44, both of San Francisco, and Jun Mou Peng, 39, with crimes related to cultivating marijuana in seven homes, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 15, 2013
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture cancellations of export sales of 250,000 metric tons of soybeans to unknown destinations during the 2012/2013 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2013
News Release: A man who distributed child pornography and destroyed evidence pled guilty on Feb. 14, 2013, in federal court in Sioux City.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2013
News Release: CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. DAYTON - Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio issued the following statement today in response to the ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit that former President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2013
News Release: A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Natividad Mundo, age 51, formerly of Elyria, Ohio, with illegally reentering the United States following her deportation, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2013
News Release: WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Chief Egidio Tinti of the (N.Y.) Police Department, announced the arrest today of Kevin Hartrum...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today kicked off its agenda for the 113th Congress with a hearing on “The Role of the States in Protecting the Environment Under Current Law." Today’s panel of witnesses featured representatives from state offices that oversee groundwater, drinking water, oil and gas, and solid and hazardous wastes.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen Brown announces that Teresa Weinacker of Daphne, Alabama today was sentenced to five months in Federal prison followed by five months home confinement and three years supervised release after she pled guilty to felony falsification of a Statement of Financial Affairs she...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Shawn A. Thomas, 42, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to more than 12 years in prison following his conviction on burglary and other charges in a home invasion in Northwest Washington, DC, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2013
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: - John Kenneth Rosenbaum, 24, from Jacksonville, Florida, was convicted yesterday by a federal jury after a 3-day trial before Chief U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood for lying to agents with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service when he orchestrated a hoax concerning a Black Mamba snake.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2013
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting returned a two-count indictment charging Joshua Papai, age 44, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, with one count of theft of public money, and one count of identity theft, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2013
News Release: Jose Pardo, age 68, of Austin and Jorge Carrillo, age 45, of Lockhart, TX, both face between ten years and life in federal prison after a jury convicted them yesterday afternoon for their roles in a heroin distribution operation announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2013
News Release: James L. Santelle, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced today that John S. Williams (age: 33) of Fox Point, WI pled guilty to a single count information charging him with unlawfully purchasing and redeeming Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, commonly referred to as food stamps.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2013
News Release: South Bend, Indiana -- The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, along with 12 colleagues, today sent a letter to President Obama advising him of the background they believe the next Director of the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) should bring to the job.
By State Newswire | Feb 15, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed, by a vote of 412 to 2, a bipartisan resolution condemning North Korea (H. Res. 65) for its Tuesday nuclear test, for flagrant and repeated violations of multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions, and for its repeated provocations that threaten international peace and stability.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2013
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that Kelvin Cook, age 34 of Wilmington, Delaware, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and one kilogram or more of heroin...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2013
News Release: COVINGTON, KY - A Hazard, KY., woman is accused of illegally structuring deposits totaling millions of dollars to avoid federal reporting requirements.
