News from June 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - An immigration service officer with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) was indicted today on federal charges that allege she took thousands of dollars in bribes from three immigrants who were seeking either citizenship or lawful permanent resident status in the United States.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: Unfortunately, the overall allocation is simply too small to adequately address the needs of our nation. I am afraid that the severe cuts to key programs will stifle American competitiveness.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES - General Electric Aviation Systems (GEAS) has agreed to pay $6.58 million to settle allegations that it submitted false claims in connection with multiple Department of Defense contracts, the Justice Department announced today. GEAS, headquartered in Ohio, manufactures and sells integrated...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RICHARD SOKOLOFF, 70, of Guilford, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to one count of health care fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On June 24, 2013, Walter David Garcia, 23, of Sinaloa, Mexico, was sentenced to 16 years in federal prison by District Judge Neil V. Wake stemming from his commission of multiple bank robberies in Phoenix, Sun City and Surprise. Garcia previously pleaded guilty to four counts of Bank Robbery, two counts of Armed Bank Robbery, and one count of Use of a Firearm During a Crime of Violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eastern District of New York. Wednesday, June 26, 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: The National Park Service at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) will host a book signing with Anna Egan Smucker, author of the children’s book To Keep The South Manitou Light, at the Philip A. Hart Visitor Center on Tuesday, July 2, 2013 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: Defendant Faces Up To 30 Years In Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former state legislator from Sugar Creek, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court today to receiving Social Security disability payments while serving in the Missouri Legislature.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Beaver Falls, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of distribution and possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: THERON GOLSTON, aka “Thema", 23 years old, a resident of New Orleans, pled guilty today in federal court to various federal violations stemming from a multi-count second superseding indictment which charged him and several of his associates with participating in violent drug gang that operated in the Hollygrove area of the City of New Orleans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - One of the leaders and several members of an organization that laundered more than $20 million through “shell" business bank accounts has now been ordered to federal prison, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today along with Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Wednesday, June 26, 2013. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. CINCINNATI - L. Gino Boggia, 63, of Quebec, Canada pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to engaging in a scheme to defraud a local bank in connection with dormant...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment charging two people from Northeast Ohio with conspiracy with intent to distribute bath salts, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: Memphis, TN - Indictments were unsealed today in Memphis and Jackson, TN naming 40 individuals alleged to be part of the synthetic drug trade in West Tennessee, announced U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III; Resident Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Memphis office Brian Chambers; and Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: Unfortunately, the Subcommittee's allocation results in a bill that continues the dramatic underinvestment in our nation's waterways, infrastructure, energy efficiency, and scientists.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a St. Joseph, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for her role in a more than $5 million conspiracy that utilized the Missouri Department of Revenue license office in St. Joseph to provide more than 3,500 fraudulent identity documents to illegal aliens across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: Earlier today, Gershon Barkany pleaded guilty at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York, to wire fraud. The proceeding took place before United States Magistrate Judge Arlene R. Lindsay. When sentenced, Barkany faces up to 20 years in prison. As part of his plea agreement with the government, Barkany agreed to a $62 million money judgment payable to the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: Defendant Submitted Phony Documents To Claim More Than $800,000 Tax Refund.
