News published on Federal Newswire in March 2013

News from March 2013




News Release: WASHINGTON - Hungarian nationals Beatrix Boka and Aleksandar Kunkin were sentenced today to serve 36 months and 46 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in moving approximately $550,000 in illicit proceeds derived from an international online marketplace fraud scheme, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Jerry E. Martin for the Middle District of Tennessee.


News Release: BOSTON - A former Quincy man, now living in New Hampshire, was convicted yesterday for carrying out two elaborate tax evasion schemes and theft of federal housing assistance funds.


Watertown Man Sentenced To 15 Years Pursuant To The Armed Career Criminal Statute

News Release: RICHARD S. HARTUNIAN, United States Attorney, Northern District of New York announces that SHAWN J. ADAMS (39, of Watertown, NY) was sentenced to today by United States District Court Judge Glenn T. Suddaby to 15 years imprisonment for being a three time convicted felon in possession of a firearm.


Man Sentenced In Federal Court For Violent Home Invasion

News Release: MOBILE, Ala. - Brandon Jarrod Nobles, 26, was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a violent home invasion here during November of 2011. Nobles entered a guilty plea to the three charges, (1) conspiracy to use and carry a firearm in connection with a crime of violence and possession of a...


Harkin, Blunt Introduce Bipartisan Eunice Kennedy Shriver Act

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Sens. Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) this week introduced the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Act, legislation that builds on the work of Mrs. Shriver-a legendary advocate for people with disabilities-by reauthorizing the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act, whose programs support people with disabilities through health, education, and global initiatives. The legislation was introduced in the House by Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Peter King (R-NY).


Elmira Woman sentenced for filing false tax returns

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Dawn White, 28, of Elmira, N.Y., who was convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy and filing false federal income tax returns, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Charles J. Siragusa to 33 months in prison and ordered to pay $67,926 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service.


Former Laredo Police Officer Sentenced

News Release: On Wednesday, March 6, 2013, former Laredo Police Officer Eliseo Montes, Jr., age 33, was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for his involvement in a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of marijuana, announced U.S. Attorney Robert Pitman, Western District of Texas. The case was investigated by the...


Wyoming Men Sentenced For Assault And Weapons Possession

News Release: U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming Christopher A. Crofts announced today that on March 4, 2013, Casey James Nowlin, a 28 year old Eastern Shoshone tribal descendant, was sentenced for five violent assault charges, one involving assault resulting in serious bodily injury and four counts involving...


Gainesville Accountant Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud And Tax Evasion

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Melvin Mooring, 54, of Gainesville, Va., pleaded guilty today to wire fraud and tax evasion in connection with the theft of approximately $3.3 million from a Chantilly, Va., company where Mooring had served as the chief financial officer.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - One former and one active Philadelphia police officer were charged by indictment, unsealed today, with extortion in an alleged loan-sharking scheme. According to the indictment, Gary Cottrell, 46, a former 14th district police officer, made high interest loans to others, including Cheryl...


Fugitive Hedge Fund Manager Arrested In Italy In U.S. Case Alleging Market Manipulation Scam That Led To At Least $200 Million In Losses

News Release: LOS ANGELES - Florian Wilhelm Jürgen Homm, a German hedge fund manager who was on the run for more than five years, has been arrested in Italy on federal fraud charges that accuse him of orchestrating a market manipulation scheme designed to artificially improve the performance of his funds, a fraud that led to at least $200 million in losses to investors around the world.


Davenport Man Sentenced After Federal Drug Conviction

News Release: DAVENPORT, IA- On March 8, 2013, Leeandrel Quinn-Lake, age 35, from Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to 168 months imprisonment, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Quinn-Lake was also ordered to serve five years of supervised release...


News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FL B James Ryan Lanier, 33, was sentenced to 106 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $800,000 from Merrill Lynch clients. The sentence was announced by Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.


News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - A former mortgage broker, Randolph Branham, 46, of Destin, Florida, was sentenced in federal court yesterday to 2 years in prison and ordered to pay over $1.8 million in restitution, having been adjudicated guilty of multiple bank fraud violations.


News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen Loeffler announced today that a Ketchikan resident was sentenced in Juneau to federal prison for drug conspiracy.


Coon Rapids Man Charged For Stealing Prosthetics From The U Of M, Selling Them Online

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court, a 52-year-old Coon Rapids man was charged with allegedly stealing prosthetics and related supplies from the University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview and selling them online. Peter Stasica was charged via an Information with one count of wire fraud.


News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Sam Mathew, 53, of Missouri City, has been ordered to pay the maximum fine allowed by law for illegally possessing a bald eagle, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.


Levin Statement on February Jobs Report

News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) issued the following statement regarding the February jobs report...