News from March 2013
By Fed News Journal | Mar 4, 2013
The US Federal Reserve System published a six page proposed rule on March 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Scott Kupersmith, formerly of Alpine, N.J., and now living in Marco Island, Fla., was sentenced to 33 months in prison for engaging in a sophisticated securities and investment fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota man was indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault on a Federal Officer and Assault With a Dangerous Weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Joseph Hicks, 45, of Rochester, N.Y., who was convicted of distribution of child pornography, was sentenced to 108 months in federal prison and 20 years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa. Hicks will also have to register as a sexual offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: CHICAGO - A former Chicago investment advisor was sentenced today to six years in federal prison for an investment fraud scheme that swindled clients, causing them to lose more than $1.6 million. The defendant, DIMITRY VISHNEVETSKY, pleaded guilty last August to wire fraud and bank fraud, admitting that...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that two men from Martin, South Dakota have been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly assaulting two other men with shod feet, a golf club, and a large rock at Bear Creek Community on Sept. 29, 2012.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: Superintendent Cicely Muldoon announced today that Point Reyes National Seashore is seeking applications for this summer's Youth Conservation Corps Program (YCC).
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: Data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite will continue to strengthen NOAA’s ability to predict severe weather days in advance. Suomi NPP data are also used to generate dozens of environmental data products, including measurements of clouds, vegetation, ocean color, and land and sea surface temperatures.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) is pressing House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) and Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Subcommittee Chairman John Fleming (R-La.) to hold a hearing on the ongoing wildlife poaching crisis in Africa. The recent increase...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: On Saturday, April 6, 2013, volunteers are needed for a joint cleanup event at Hopewell Culture National Historical Park and the Tri-County Triangle Trail. This is part of the Great American Cleanup, held across the USA every spring. This, the nation's largest annual community improvement program, aims to beautify trails, roadsides, and other public places.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: On March 1, 2013, Kathy L. Griffin, 36, of Percy, IL, pled guilty in United States District Court in Benton to a one-count second superseding indictment charging conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, announced Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that the Honorable John M. Gerrard, U.S. District Court Judge, sentenced James Sayavong to 57 months imprisonment, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, and he was ordered to pay a $100 special assessment, following his conviction for conspiracy to distribute 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (also known as “MDMA" or “ecstasy").
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Liberty, Mo., man was charged in federal court today with attempted bank robbery after being shot by an employee at a Trimble, Mo., bank and leading law enforcement officers on a high-speed chase.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: Six-Week Trial Reveals Trail Of Blood Inflicted On City Neighborhoods; The Defendants Were Top Members Of The Gang.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin today announced that a Cabell County man pleaded guilty in federal court to illegal firearm possession. Kenneth Richard Nance, 43, of Huntington, W.Va., pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a person subject to a domestic violence protection order. Nance admitted that on December 7, 2011, he possessed a Raven.25-caliber pistol.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: Free Event for the Public. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Saturday, Mar. 23, 2013, a Consumer Awareness and Protection Expo/Shred Event will be held at the Knoxville Expo Center, 5441 Clinton Highway, Knoxville, Tenn. This event is part of National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW), which is a worldwide campaign...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - A former teacher’s aide in the Childress Independent School District (CISD), Shanice Adel Lambert, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson to 30 months in federal prison, following her guilty plea in November 2012 to one count of traveling with the intent to engage...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: Fort Wayne, INCThe United States Attorney's Office announced that a Grand Jury sitting in Fort Wayne, Indiana, returned the following Indictment on Feb. 27, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: ATLANTA - A New York broker has been indicted for conspiring to defraud 350 financially strapped customers of more than $1.2 million. Kenneth J. Enrico, 46, of Bohemia, New York, was arraigned today on a federal indictment before United States Magistrate Janet F. King on one count of conspiracy, three counts of mail fraud, and thirteen counts of wire fraud. The federal grand jury indicted Enrico on Feb. 19, 2013.
