News from September 2013
By DOL Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: On Tuesday, September 10th at 10:00 a.m., the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a hearing entitled “Education Research: Exploring Opportunities to Strengthen the Institute of Education Sciences." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
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By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, announced today that United States District Judge Carmen C. Cerezo sentenced 42 year old Luis Alberto Morales-Badillo to serve a term of imprisonment of 50 years imprisonment followed 15 years of supervised...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Miami Field Division, Hugo J. Barrera, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Miami Field...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: DALLAS - Michael Musacchio, 62, of Plano, Texas, was sentenced late yesterday by U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis to serve a total of 63 months in federal prison, following his conviction at trial in March 2013 for conspiring to hack into his former employer’s computer network. The issue of restitution is still under consideration by the court. Today’s announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA - Fawad Shah Syed, 47, of Martinez, Georgia, was convicted on Wednesday by a federal jury after a 2-day trial before U.S. District Court Judge J. Randal Hall for the Attempted Online Enticement of a Minor to Engage in Sexual Activity, Destruction of Records in a Federal Investigation, and Attempted Destruction of Records in a Federal Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Chad Dixon, 34, of Marion, Indiana, was sentenced today to eight months in prison followed by a three year term of supervised release, and ordered to forfeit $17,091.07 for his role in a scheme to deceive the federal government during polygraph examinations conducted as part of federal security background investigations.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: OAKLAND - Denise LaShawn Reed, also known as Brooke Nicholson, Lauren Roberts, Denise Berry, Savana Jones, and Neyce Roberts, pleaded guilty to a charge related to a false tax refund scheme, United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: In Austin, Eusevio Maldonado Huitron, a 50-year-old horse trainer residing in Austin was sentenced this morning to 97 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for his role in a complex conspiracy to launder millions of dollars in illicit Los Zetas drug trafficking proceeds...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: Little Rock - Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas; and Brian T. Marr, Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock Field Office, United States Secret Service; announced that Jennifer Smith, 47, of Little Rock, a former employee at the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Brian Miller to stealing nearly $120,000 from the Hall of Fame.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: And The Robbery Of Dunmore Bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - MacDavis Bahe, 31, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Rehoboth, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to a methamphetamine trafficking charge and unlawful possession of a firearm. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Bahe will be sentenced to ten years in federal prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for Nevada, is pleased to announce that today the U.S. Department of Justice awarded $6 million from the 2013 Crime Victims Fund to the State of Nevada for victim compensation and assistance programs. Victim assistance funds in the amount of...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: Monica D. Nicholson, 44, of Cairo, Illinois, was sentenced for conspiring with others to submit false income tax reruns to the Internal Revenue Service for fraudulent tax refunds and for conspiring to commit the unlawful use of means of identification of other persons, the United States Attorney for...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today released the following statement regarding the approval of the purchase of Virginia-based Smithfield Foods by Shuanghui Intl., a Chinese food company. The acquisition, which represents the largest-ever ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: A Detroit resident was sentenced today to 9 ½ years’ imprisonment for charges involving armed robbery and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. Ms. McQuade was joined in the announcement by Acting Special Agent in Charge John Robert Shoup, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of September 9, 2013. The committee will continue its extensive work on three important policy issues - the Yucca Mountain nuclear repository, the readiness of the health law ahead of October 1 enrollment, and the changing landscape of America’s video marketplace.
By State Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following upcoming Committee events...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Hartford returned an indictment today charging RAFAEL ORTIZ, also known as “Rizz," 48, of New Haven, with trafficking heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Riyadh Almadrahi, 35, of Lackawanna, N.Y., who was convicted of food stamp fraud, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to 15 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $143,700 to the United States Department of Agriculture.
