News from January 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2013
News Release: Russell R. Wasendorf, Sr., age 64, from Cedar Falls, Iowa, who stole more than $215,000,000 in customer funds from his commodity futures business, was sentenced today to 50 years in federal prison. Wasendorf received the prison term after a Sept. 17, 2012 guilty plea to one count each of.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2013
News Release: ABILENE, Texas - Joshua Cisneros, 29, of Abilene, Texas, was sentenced yesterday afternoon by U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis, in federal court in Abilene, to a total of 18 years in federal prison. Cisneros was convicted at trial in September in 2012 on all five counts of an indictment charging conspiracy...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2013
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced a Tuscaloosa man to 18 months in prison for possessing anabolic steroids with the intent to distribute the performance-enhancing drugs, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Clay A. Morris.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 31, 2013
News Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 220,000 metric tons of soybeans to China during the 2013/2014 marketing year.

By USDA Newswire | Jan 31, 2013
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is adding 15 more states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to a pilot program that enables current USDA home loan borrowers to save money on housing costs by refinancing their mortgages with lower interest rates. USDA Housing Administrator Tammye Treviño made the announcement on behalf of Secretary Vilsack.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2013
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A former Camden police officer was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for conspiring with fellow officers to deprive others of their civil rights, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2013
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia, Jan. 31, 2014- Nature inspires artists of all ages! Students can demonstrate their creativity through theYouth Arts in the Parksart contest, part of New River Gorge Wildflower Weekend (April 25 -27). The art work of contest finalists will be showcased at Tamarack in Beckley...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was sentenced today for committing bank fraud and passing counterfeit securities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2013
News Release: A Hancock County, Iowa man was sentenced Jan. 30, 2013 to 144 months in federal prison.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that on Jan. 30, 2013, in Great Falls, after a federal district court trial before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, DONALD CARL SALOIS, a 49-year-old resident of Browning, was found guilty of aggravated sexual abuse. Sentencing is set for May 20, 2013. He is currently detained.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on Jan. 31, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Richard F. Cebull, JUSTIN LANE FLOR, a 35-year-old resident of Miles City, appeared for sentencing. FLOR was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2013
News Release: Bryant admitted to selling powerful painkillers from his Nicholas Co. auto care business.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2013
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - Denise Richardson, 47, of Roseburg, Oregon, was sentenced to prison for stealing narcotics from the Roseburg Veteran’s Affairs Hospital. Richardson is a former pharmacy technician at the Veteran’s Affairs Hospital. Chief U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken sentenced Richardson to 24 months in prison and ordered her to pay restitution in the amount of $23,475 the amount the VA spent purchasing the narcotics.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Mohammed Yassin, 42, of Hamilton, Ontario, who was convicted of bank fraud, was sentenced to 26 months in prison and ordered to pay $36,100 in restitution by U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2013
News Release: For Bank Fraud. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Humphrey Holmes was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo to a 36-month term of imprisonment and four years of supervised release for bank fraud. According to United...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Holden man was convicted today of tax evasion.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A former Orthofix regional sales director was sentenced today for making a false declaration to a grand jury.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2013
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - Two Inland Empire men who ran the Fontana-based Old Quest Foundation have been convicted of running a tax fraud scheme that resulted in more than 400 fraudulent federal income tax returns being filed with the IRS that cumulatively sought more than $250 million in fraudulent refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2013
News Release: James Henley, a former contractor with the Detroit Public Library (“DPL"), was charged in an Indictment for Bribery of a Public Official, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2013
News Release: Ocala, FL - United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Centerria Shantia Farmer with theft of funds belonging to the U.S. Department of the Treasury. If convicted, Farmer faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. The indictment also notifies Farmer that the United States is seeking a money judgment in the amount of $902,639.78, which represents the proceeds of the theft of government property.