News from October 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jewell D. Wiggins, 46, of Rochester, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer to possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison, a fine of $2,000,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Keith Willie Reed, 24, of Washington, D.C.; Tobias Richard Dyer, 21, of Upper Marlboro, Md.; Anthony Cannon, 24, of Washington, D.C.; and Stanley Winston, 23, of Washington, D.C., were each sentenced today to 60 years in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - On Friday, Oct. 25, 2013, James Rosemond, also known as “Jimmy Henchman," was sentenced to mandatory life imprisonment in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, for leading a continuing criminal (the “Rosemond Organization") that distributed thousands of pounds of cocaine, the majority...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Helena, on Oct. 25, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, SHAWN ANTHONY FERNANDEZ, a 49-year-old resident of Butte, was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware announced that Michael A. Stortini - the managing member of the Frank Robino Companies, LLC, (“FRC") a real estate development company in Wilmington, Delaware - pleaded guilty yesterday before United States...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting public comments on the first revision to its guidelines for secure implementation of "smart grid" technology.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on Oct. 24, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, JONATHAN W. WALKER, a 29-year-old resident of Billings, was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that Augustine DeCruz, age 59, was sentenced Wednesday by United States District Judge A. Richard Caputo to 104 months’ imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine and possessing...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former employee of the Joplin, Mo., school district was sentenced in federal court today for sexually exploiting several child victims. Ronny Justin Myers, 35, of...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced 14 awards for projects to bring broadband to unserved rural communities. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service Administrator John Padalino made the announcement on the Secretary's behalf while addressing a regional meeting of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association in San Antonio.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: Funding Includes $11 million to Improve Electric Service for Native Americans and $14.3 million for Smart Grid Technology WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced funding for rural electric utility system improvements that will benefit residential and business ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: The United States filed a civil complaint yesterday asking a federal court in Honolulu to enjoin James A. Ericson from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The complaint alleges that Ericson frequently prepares returns for individuals claiming refunds from the federal government that are not deserved. The complaint also alleges that Ericson prepares roughly over 1,000 tax returns per year for individuals on Maui, Hawaii.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: Gilberto Lerma Plata, a former commander of the Mexican State Police and member of the Gulf Cartel, was sentenced today to serve 151 months in prison for conspiring to import multi-ton quantities of marijuana into the United States, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: A former owner of a Salt Lake City medical equipment supply company has been indicted and three former company employees have pleaded guilty for allegedly engaging in a $20 million Medicare fraud scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: Earlier today, charges were unsealed against Romanian fugitive Nicolae Popescu, the leader of an international organized crime syndicate that ran a multimillion dollar cyber fraud scheme, and six other fugitives charged with participating in the same scheme. Interpol has issued red notices to foreign law enforcement partners seeking assistance in the apprehension of these fugitives, and the FBI has also released “Wanted” posters to facilitate their arrests.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: Two men from Miami have pleaded guilty to laundering millions of dollars obtained through a $10.5 million Medicare fraud scheme using shell companies they controlled.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: David Oquendo-Rivas, 29, was sentenced today to life in prison for his role in the murder of eight people and an unborn child during a mass shooting at a Puerto Rico nightclub in 2009.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: Dr. Patricia Lynn Hough, of Englewood, Fla., was convicted today by a jury in Fort Myers, Fla., of conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by concealing millions of dollars in assets and income in offshore bank accounts at UBS and other foreign banks, and of filing false individual income ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: Tarrish Tellis of Montgomery County, Ala., pleaded guilty today to conspiracy, theft of public funds and aggravated identity theft, announced Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice Department's Tax Division and U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama George L. Beck Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: A Talladega County, Ala., man pleaded guilty today in federal court to attempting to hire a member of the Ku Klux Klan to murder an African-American neighbor, the Justice Department announced today.
