News from July 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Luis Armando Garza Jr., 31, of Weslaco, has been ordered to prison following his conviction for carjacking and use of a firearm during a crime of violence, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Garza pleaded guilty Feb. 27, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Chester William Bigelow, age 58, of Woodbine, Maryland, today to 30 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud relating to the failure to provide contracted-for services...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON -Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) made the following joint statement in reaction to President Obama’s comments on tax reform in Chattanooga, Tennessee. From Chairmen Baucus and Camp...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury in Rochester has returned a three count indictment charging Linda Riner, 62, of Elmira, N.Y., with embezzling money from Local Laborer’s 1358 employee pension and welfare benefit funds and lying to federal investigators about this matter. Each charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: Nicholas Suozzo, 32, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged by Indictment with nine counts, including: possession of unregistered firearms, which included machine guns and explosive devices; distribution and possession with intent to distribute marijuana within a school zone; and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: A man who robbed the Farmer’s Savings Bank in Frederika, Iowa, and pistol whipped a bank customer during the robbery, pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - Carel June Cody, 47, of Cottage Grove, was sentenced to 57 months in prison for her theft of Social Security benefits that spanned more than 16 years. In addition to prison, Cody was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $203,528. Cody has also agreed to relinquish her federal Thrift Savings Plan retirement fund, worth approximately $36,000, to the government as well as her Cottage Grove residence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On July 30, 2013, 55 year-old Robert W. Duncan, formally a resident of Thurmond, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge John Jarvey to four years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Duncan entered...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: CHARLESTON - A Charleston pill dealer who illegally possessed a firearm in January 2013 pleaded guilty today to a federal charge, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Anthony Dawson, Jr., 30, entered a guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm before U.S. District Judge John T. Copenhaver, Jr. On Jan. 3, Dawson possessed a 9-millimeter pistol and later pawned the firearm near Dunbar, W.Va., in exchange for $400.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Brandon Lee Landry, 31, of Maurice, La., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard T. Haik to counterfeiting $100 bills.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement regarding President Obama’s corporate tax reform proposal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: Viewed Child Pornography During The Work Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Terry Ulysses Morris, 50, of Lithonia, Ga., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard T. Haik, to possessing stolen U.S. mail.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: PHOENIX - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman announced today that the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets (OFAC) reported the designation of three individuals and three entities linked to Ismael Zambada Garcia, one of the principal leaders of the Sinaloa...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: Point Reyes Station, CA - The National Park Service (NPS), in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, proposes to rehabilitate 22 miles of paved park roads and parking areas in Point Reyes National Seashore (PRNS) including Limantour Road and the roads to the Lighthouse and Chimney Rock.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: DALLAS - This morning, two businessmen, Stanley Thaw, of Frisco, Texas, and Michael Kincaid, of Plano, Texas, who owned and operated hyperbaric oxygen therapy companies located in Plano, Denton, Hurst, Houston, and San Antonio, Texas, appeared before U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis and pleaded guilty...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: Oklahoma City - Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a pharmaceutical company acquired by Pfizer, Inc. in 2009, has agreed to pay $490.9 million to resolve its criminal and civil liability arising from the unlawful marketing of the prescription drug Rapamune for uses not approved as safe and effective by the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Mikel Chad Adams, 42, of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to serve 120 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for producing, using, and trafficking in counterfeit credit cards, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and Allen W. Bryant, Resident Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service. Adams was also ordered to pay $16,526 in restitution to the credit card companies.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: ATLANTA - Frederick Roberts has been sentenced to serve over seven years in federal prison for filing fraudulent federal and state tax returns and for stealing the identities of his victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: Bank, With Assistance Of Liechtenstein Government, Produced Account Files Of More Than 200 Non-Compliant U.S. Taxpayers.
