News from May 2013
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A federal jury, yesterday, returned guilty verdicts against Adekunle Adetayo Adeolu, a/k/a "Archie," 48, of Maryland, in a tax fraud conspiracy that involved phony claims for tax credits. Co-defendant Olugboyega Fisher, a/k/a "Remi Fisher, 47, a Nigerian national, pleaded guilty June 5...
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, introduced H.R. 2129, The Defense Base Act Insurance Improvement Act, which would save taxpayers huge sums of money by transitioning the existing workers’ compensation insurance system for overseas government contractors away from private sector insurance companies to a federal self-insurance program.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Las Vegas bankruptcy attorney Randolph H. Goldberg was sentenced this morning to two years in prison, a $40,000 fine, and three years of supervised release, for his guilty plea to willful tax evasion, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada. Goldberg also paid $720,719 in restitution at sentencing and must surrender his law license for two years.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Morris County, N.J., man was sentenced today in Camden federal court to 210 months in prison for distributing images and videos of child sexual abuse over the Internet, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: BOULDER BEACH FISHING PIER RE-OPENED. BOULDER CITY, Nev. - Repairs to the fishing pier located at Boulder Beach are complete, and it has been repositioned back out on the water at Lake Mead. The pier, a popular destination for anglers, was temporarily pulled out of the water in March because vandalism...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Kevin Feldis announced today that an Anchorage man has been indicted for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a North Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution at Loretto, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of possession of contraband in prison, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Brent Flood, age 24, of Fort Pierre, South Dakota appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on May 20, 2013 and pled guilty to the Indictment that charged him with Failure to Appear.
By DOL Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: The U.S. House of Representatives today approved the Smarter Solutions for Students Act (H.R. 1911), legislation that will prevent subsidized Stafford loans from doubling on July 1st. Introduced by Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Higher Education and Workforce Training Subcommittee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), H.R. 1911 reflects President Obama’s request for a long-term, market-based solution to the student loan issue.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - The United States filed a civil complaint against Reunion Mortgage and its Owner, President and Designated Broker, David Thayer, under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced. The complaint seeks treble damages and civil penalties in connection with Reunion Mortgage’s participation in the Federal Housing Administration’s (“FHA") Direct Endorsement Lender Program.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Recently in federal court, four men were indicted for using stolen identification information to file tax returns that claimed false refunds. On May 21, 2013, Frantz Pierre, Ronnie Bussell, Christopher Torh, and Junior Tervil were charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States. Pierre was also charged with one count of money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: FLORENCE - A former U.S. Postal worker pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to conspiracy and mail theft in connection with a scheme to redirect packages, including one containing 11 handguns, to an accomplice, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Postal Service, Office of Inspector General, Executive Special Agent in Charge Max Eamiguel.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that on May 22, 2013, in Helena, after a federal district court trial before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, ERVIN SALGADO OSORIO, a 32-year-old resident of Toppenish, Washington, was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and distribution of methamphetamine. Sentencing is set for Sept. 11, 2013. He is currently detained.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: Defendant Trafficked Over 80 Kilograms Of Cocaine And Laundered Millions Of Dollars In Narcotics Proceeds.
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area announces a 45-minute, ranger-led interpretive program about Big South Fork's largest mammal: American Black Bear. Come and enjoy an evening outdoors with Ranger Debby Zimmerman at the campfire circle to learn more about a myriad of bear-related topics...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: SAN JOSE - Donald Ray Williams was sentenced today to 20 years in prison - the maximum allowable sentence - for his 2007 arson of a building containing a Walgreens and a Subway sandwich shop in downtown Palo Alto, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Lisa Biron, 43, of Manchester, was sentenced today in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to 40 years in federal prison on child exploitation charges, announced United States Attorney John P. Kacavas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: NOTE: Release has been updated since press conference. There is also one correction included - Christopher David "Chris Wheeler" Sanders is from Decatur and Christopher Ike "Coota" Okafor is from Huntsville. Please note the motion to dismiss that is attached. Defendant Trevor Marchel Young is to be dismissed from the indictment. Please see links.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, and Roy L. Austin Jr., Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, announced that an Independence, Mo., woman was indicted by a federal grand jury today for violating the civil rights of an African-American family by setting fire to their residence.
