News from March 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2013
News Release: Owner of Salvage Company was Informed of Oil on Barge and Failed to Act before Salvage; then Ignored Leaks, failing to Report them to Authorities.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2013
News Release: PHOENIX - Lee Kinder Tso, 50, of Many Farms, Ariz. and a member of the Navajo Nation, pleaded guilty on March 15, 2013 in a federal district court in Phoenix, to assault with a dangerous weapon and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 18, 2013
News Release: The draft plan describes the steps NOAA has taken to see if natural resources, such as marine habitats, were injured by the nearly two million gallon spill, as well as the extent of those injuries. The spill began on Nov. 11, 2005 when the Tank Barge DBL 152 struck submerged remains of a pipeline service platform that collapsed during Hurricane Rita approximately 50 miles southeast of Sabine Pass, Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that WILLIAM LANDBERG, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO") of West End Financial Advisors, LLC (“West End"), was sentenced today to 42 months in prison in connection with an $8.7 million investment scheme. LANDBERG pled guilty in November 2011 to one count of securities fraud before U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain, who also imposed today’s sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2013
News Release: Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Arizona v. ITCA. The Court was presented with the issue of whether, under the "National Voter Registration Act of 1993" (NVRA), states can demand additional requirements to the federal uniform voter registration form. Since Arizona’s Proposition ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A jury has convicted attorney Paul W. Bergrin, 57, of Nutley, N.J., of all 23 counts on which he was tried, including conspiracy to murder a witness and other racketeering, cocaine and prostitution offenses. The verdict was announced today by New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2013
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Dr. Wronald Best, age 55, of Owensboro, Kentucky, was sentenced to one year in prison today for conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement, in which Best obtained over $2.3 million in stolen software from Chinese and Russian cybercriminals. Best also was sentenced to three years of supervised release, which will commence following his prison term.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2013
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Alexander Williams Jr. sentenced Penny Parker Green, age 34, of Bowie, Maryland, today to 54 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, in connection with a scheme to steal over $166,000 from the ARC of Prince George’s County, which provides...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former investment fund manager and radio personality who admitted bilking investors out of millions of dollars by falsely promising to purchase corporate bonds backed by the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) was sentenced this afternoon to 120 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2013
News Release: Defendant’s Submission Of Fraudulent Travel Vouchers Prompts Additional Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Tyrone Thompson was sentenced today to 137 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Hugh Lawson in the Middle District of Georgia for conspiracy and filing fraudulent tax returns in order to receive tax refunds, to which the defendant was not entitled, the Justice Department and Internal...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Joshua Jacquis Dumas, aka “Hitman," 21, of Atlanta, Ga., pleaded guilty to running a commercial sex business that prostituted multiple juvenile girls in Herndon, Va., and other locations throughout Virginia, Maryland, North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. The leader of the venture, Edwin Barcus, Jr., pleaded guilty one week ago to founding and leading a child exploitation enterprise.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2013
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Donald J. Cazayoux, Jr. announced today that SANDRA PARKMAN THOMPSON, 58, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay $129,330 in restitution for her convictions on health care fraud and conspiracy to pay and receive illegal remunerations.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Downey man who cashed tax refund checks that were issued based on false tax returns and fraudulently obtained more than $1.3 million was sentenced today to 54 months in federal prison.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) released the following statement today on the nomination of Thomas Perez to serve as the U.S. Secretary of Labor.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2013
News Release: ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia - As the reappearance of leaves on the trees outside denotes the arrival of warmer weather, the National Park Service would like to remind the public of the following seasonal changes to the floral decoration policy in Andersonville National Cemetery.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Barry Jones, 67, of Philadelphia, was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for devising and executing a scheme to defraud the City of Philadelphia out of more than $1.2 million. Jones, who was charged with one count of mail fraud, was the president of Mara Management Services Inc. (“Mara") when he knowingly submitted false bills in connection with a series of computer services contracts that Mara had entered into with City agencies.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2013
News Release: Pipestone, MN: Glen Livermont, Superintendent, at Pipestone National Monument, announces the forth presentation in this year's Guest Speaker Series. Guest speakers, Sidney H. Byrd and his daughter Pam S. Byrd, will be speaking on "Dakota Sioux Culture and History; Some Personal Reflections" at the Pipestone Performing Arts Center, Pipestone, Minnesota, on Saturday, March 30, 2013 from 2:00 pm to 4:00pm.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings, D-Md., last week introduced H.R. 1162, the Government Accountability Office Improvement Act. The bill is scheduled to be considered at a full committee business meeting on Wednesday.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Richard Bryan Nutt, 45, a former Harris County Sheriff’s Office (HSCO) deputy, has been sentenced to federal prison for conspiring with others to use his position as a law enforcement officer to steal drug loads from dealers and split the proceeds with others, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Nutt pleaded guilty Feb. 7, 2011.
