News from September 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Las Vegas lawyer Gerry Zobrist was sentenced today to 87 months in prison for his involvement in a mortgage fraud scheme that caused over $30 million in losses to lenders, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that Regan Chase Benoit, 25, of Jennings, La., pleaded guilty Thursday before U.S. District Judge Patricia Minaldi to importation and possession with intent to distribute anabolic steroids.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - James E. Wade, 30, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to an armed robbery charge stemming from a hold-up that took place last spring outside a Northwest Washington restaurant, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
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By EPA Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders yesterday sent a letter to Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) Administrator Marilyn Tavenner requesting an update on the agency’s efforts to reform the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) program. The program, which was created to protect Medicare funds by ensuring CMS is reimbursed for claims the agency is not primarily responsible for paying, has been marked by inefficiencies and delays.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Charles M. Kephart, 43, of Norfolk, Va., pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine, commonly known as “ice.".
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
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By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A federal grand jury in Trenton, N.J., returned an indictment today charging a Neptune Township, N.J., man with shooting a cab driver during a 24-hour run of armed robberies in New Jersey shore-area towns, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) witnessed firsthand a demonstration of cutting edge driverless automobile technology, when he rode from suburban Pittsburgh to Pittsburgh International Airport in Carnegie Mellon University’s driverless vehicle.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Diane Abram, 61, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Chief Judge William M. Skretny, to tax evasion and making false statements in a passport application. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison, a fine of $350,000 or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - This week U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken sentenced Peter Wilkinson and six others for their roles in a $7 million mortgage fraud scheme. Wilkinson, 43, of Eugene, Oregon, received the largest sentence: 57 months in prison and five years of supervised release. The court has not yet ruled on restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Ryan Shawn Kennelly, age 39, of Moses Lake, Washington, was sentenced for the crime of importing anabolic steroids into the United States from India. On September 5, 2013, Senior United States District Judge Fred Van Sickle sentenced Kennelly to a 30 month term of imprisonment, to be followed by a 3 year term of court supervision following release from Federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
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By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Fourteen people from the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area have been charged separately with fraudulently obtaining thousands of dollars each in unemployment benefits from the District of Columbia Department of Employment Services. All told, the defendants are alleged to have generated more than $250,000 in fraudulent benefits.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: More Than $11 million in Smart Grid Improvements Included NORFOLK, Va., Sept. 5, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced funding for projects in eight states, including Virginia, to improve electric service for about 10,000 rural residents. Rural Utilities Service Administrator John ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: A Northern California real estate investor has agreed to plead guilty for his role in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: Former U.S. Army Specialist Stephanie Charboneau pleaded guilty today to bribery charges for her role in the theft of fuel at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Fenty, near Jalalabad, Afghanistan, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. Charboneau, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: The owners and operators of several Miami home health care agencies and a patient recruiter pleaded guilty today in connection with a health care fraud scheme involving defunct home health care company Trust Care Health Services Inc. (Trust Care).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: David Haigler, of Montgomery County, Ala., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama today to one count of theft of public funds and to one count of passing U.S. Treasury checks with forged endorsements, the Justice Department, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and U.S. Secret Service announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: Today, the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia announced that Kadarius Thomas, a former member of the Correctional Emergency Response Team (CERT) and a former supervisor at Macon State Prison (MSP), in Oglethorpe, Ga., pleaded guilty ...
