News from January 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2013
News Release: Otsego County, N.Y. - On Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, Dante Major was sentenced to 55 years to life by the Honorable Brian D. Burns. Approximately one year ago, the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office, Oneonta Police Department, New York State Parole, New York State Department of Health Bureau of Narcotics...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 18, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited Oasis Corporation doing business as One of a Kind Produce, of Las Vegas, Nev., for failure to pay for produce.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2013
News Release: SAN JUAN, PR - Today, a federal grand jury charged seven (7) individuals for RICO Act conspiracy as a result of an investigation by US Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI), Puerto Rico...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury in the Northern District of California indicted 21 year-old Naomi Antunez yesterday for possessing with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Crystal Ann Poole was sentenced to 27 months in prison today for tax evasion, bank fraud and Social Security fraud, United States Attorney Melinda Haag, Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Tax Division Kathryn Keneally, and IRS Special Agent in Charge Jose M. Martinez...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2013
News Release: Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park received 2nd place for their "Glacier Powered The contest video winners will be featured at National Park Service conferences, on park and public websites, and on the recently released My Green Parks intranet site. These videos help educate the public and other NPS staff about what they can do to contribute to our mission by integrating sustainability into their daily lives or park operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON- Dominique Bassil, 26, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 17 years of incarceration on a charge of second-degree murder while armed in the stabbing and killing of her boyfriend, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Western District of Michigan. Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Thomas Lee Earl, 37, of Charlotte, pled guilty to tax evasion, U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles announced today. Earl, owner of Earl’s Exterior Plus, admitted that he had received...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2013
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - Ralph L. Schippers, age 58, was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Schippers also was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1,433,825.37, and was ordered to serve three years of supervised release following release from prison. Sentence was imposed by United States District Judge John A. Jarvey.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Recently in federal court, a 25-year-old St. Paul felon was indicted for possessing a.22-caliber revolver, ammunition, and methamphetamine. On Jan. 15, 2013, Christopher Lee Rousseau was charged with one count of being an armed career criminal in possession of a firearm, one count of being...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2013
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Former Virgin Islands Senator Alvin Williams, Jr., pleaded guilty today in federal district court to operating and participating in a criminal enterprise whose members and associates engaged in illegal activities, including bribery, mail fraud and wire fraud, announced United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2013
News Release: WILMINGTON - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox sentenced RASON LAMAR SPARKMAN, 31, to 115 months imprisonment followed by 3 years supervised release, and SPARKMAN was ordered to pay $7,132.52 in restitution.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 17, 2013
News Release: Census Information a Vital Tool for Evaluating USDA Programs and Services WASHINGTON, Jan. 17, 2013-Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack this week continued to remind producers to complete forms for the Census of Agriculture-the only source of uniform, comprehensive and impartial agricultural data for every ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2013
News Release: The United States has asked a federal court in Jacksonville, Fla., to stop Thomas G. Bandzul from preparing tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. According to the government complaint, Bandzul has repeatedly prepared federal tax returns that unlawfully understate customers’ ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2013
News Release: A Pakistani native who operated a Chicago-based immigration business was sentenced today to 14 years in prison for conspiracy to provide material support to a terrorist plot in Denmark and providing material support to Lashkar e Tayyiba, a terrorist organization operating in Pakistan that was responsible ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON –In a settlement with the United States on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, automotive electronics manufacturer Edge Products LLC (Edge) has agreed to pay a $500,000 civil penalty for manufacturing and selling electronic devices that allowed owners of model year 2007 and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2013
News Release: Six Detroit-area residents and one Chicago-area resident were arrested today by federal agents on charges arising from the ongoing investigation into an alleged $22 million home health care fraud scheme. The indictment was announced by Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2013
News Release: Mary and Christian Young and Octavious Reeves were indicted by a federal grand jury in the Middle District of Alabama on a variety of charges stemming from an identity theft and tax fraud conspiracy, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. The alleged conspirators were charged in a 31-count indictment that was returned on Dec. 18, 2012, and unsealed today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2013
News Release: A federal grand jury in Macon, Ga., returned an indictment charging Kimberly Michelle Banks, a resident of Cordele, Ga., with crimes involving the use of stolen identities on false federal income tax returns in order to obtain refunds to which Banks was not entitled.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2013
News Release: A former special agent of the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General (DHS-OIG) pleaded guilty today in a Southern District of Texas federal court to participating in a scheme to falsify records and to obstruct an internal field office inspection, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
