News from July 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2013
News Release: A Seattle man who marketed real estate investment opportunities in Peru pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Seattle today to wire fraud and money laundering for his creation and operation of a classic Ponzi scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan. JOSE L. NINO DE GUZMAN, Jr., 30, ran NDG Investment...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2013
News Release: “With the passing of Kip Tokuda, the Western District of Washington has lost a beloved community leader, an undaunted advocate for children, and a devoted husband, father and friend. His legacy lives in the causes he advanced, the lives he bettered, and the multitude he mentored. Kip never stopped serving.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2013
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On July 18, 2013, Derrick Dean Taylor, age 28, formerly of Burlington, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Judge John A. Jarvey to six months imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute marijuana, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Judge Jarvey also ordered Taylor to serve three years of supervised release following the imprisonment and to pay $100 towards the Crime Victims Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2013
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced the sentencing of Jarrod “J. D." Murkerson, 35, a resident of Blakely, Georgia, on July 18, 2013, by the Honorable W. Louis Sands, United States District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia. On March 27, 2013, Mr. Murkerson entered a plea of guilty to Extortion by a Public Official.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2013
News Release: The government has intervened in a whistleblower lawsuit against A Plus Home Health Care, Inc., a home health care company in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and its owner, Tracy Nemerofsky, the Justice Department announced today. The government alleges that A Plus offered referring physicians’ spouses sham marketing positions with the company to induce the physicians to refer Medicare patients for home health care services.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - John Stuart Dowell, 47, of Santa Cruz, Calif., was sentenced late yesterday in Harrisonburg, Va., to serve 960 months in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for producing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, N.J., man was convicted by a federal jury today of sexually abusing a sleeping woman aboard a flight from Phoenix to Newark Liberty International Airport last summer, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of July 22, 2013. Beginning on Monday and continuing Tuesday, the Subcommittee on Health will hold a markup to consider an updated bipartisan draft legislative proposal for Medicare...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Yankton, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for his participation in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 19, 2013
News Release: On Tuesday, July 23 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), and the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), will hold a joint hearing entitled, “The Employer Mandate: Examining the Delay and its Effect on Workplaces." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Recently in federal court, three St. Paul men and a California man were indicted for recruiting foreign nationals who were in or coming to the United States on visitor visas to work at the defendants’ hair and beauty products kiosks at the Mall of America. On July 16, 2013, Avraham Nadivi...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2013
News Release: A Thursday afternoon thunderstorm resulted in localized damage to the lower Fern Lake Trail, located on the east side of Rocky Mountain National Park. The storm, which developed along the Continental Divide during mid-day intensified as it moved east, resulting in heavy rain, hail, lightning, and localized flooding.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2013
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Tammy Roaderick (39, Largo) pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Roaderick faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. Her sentencing hearing is scheduled for November 7, 2013.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 19, 2013
Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of soft red winter wheat to China during the 2013/2014 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced thatRicky J. Scott, 44, of Crowley, La., was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Court Judge Dee D. Drell to 90 months in prison with three years supervised release for robbing a Cloutierville U.S. Post Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2013
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court yesterday, Chief United States District Judge James Dever sentenced TYSHIK-KEE WILLIAMS, 21, of Henderson, North Carolina, to 240 months imprisonment followed by 3 years supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2013
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By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) introduced legislation late yesterday extending the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), a key program that supports international trade and lowers costs for U.S. manufacturers and retailers by granting duty-free access to many products they import from developing countries.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2013
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska-Acting U.S. Attorney Kevin R. Feldis announced today that a Wasilla woman was indicted by a federal grand jury in Anchorage, Alaska, on drug charges as well as a charge of possession of stolen mail.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2013
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Jefferson City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm.
