News from September 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - A former officer with the San Bernardino Police Department was arrested today after being indicted yesterday on federal civil rights charges for allegedly forcing two prostitutes to perform sex acts while he was in uniform and/or carrying a gun.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - On Aug. 30, 2013, four Anchorage men were indicted for drug conspiracy, kidnapping, and using firearms in furtherance of these crimes. The four men indicted are as follows...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Nigerian national charged in connection with a multi-national scheme that bilked more than $70 million from U.S. and Canadian lawyers was sentenced to serve 100 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: In Austin this afternoon, three men including Jose Trevino Morales, the brother of purported Los Zetas leaders, Miguel Trevino Morales (aka “40") and Oscar Omar Trevino Morales (aka “42"), were sentenced to lengthy federal prison terms for their roles in a complex conspiracy to launder millions of dollars...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: Defendant Also Ordered to Pay More Than $25 Million in Restitution.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: On Wednesday evening, September 4, a team of 20 National Park Service employees and Jackson Hole Fire/EMS staff responded to a medical emergency involving a hiker on the Hermitage Point trail in Grand Teton National Park. Responders located and assisted a 74-year-old woman from Amsterdam, Holland who...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: ARLEN B. CENAC, JR., age 57, a resident of Houma, LA, was sentenced today in federal court before U.S. District Court Judge Carl J. Barbier to one year probation, a $5,000 fine and a $100 special assessment for Making False Statements to the Federal Elections Commission, announced U.S. Attorney Dana Boente and Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. CENAC had previously pleaded guilty to a one-count Bill of Information.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The New Jersey U.S. Attorney’s Office today filed a civil asset forfeiture complaint seeking the forfeiture of hundreds of thousands of dollars held in bank accounts previously seized by special agents of the U.S. Secret Service from an Atlanta-based unlicensed money transmitting business, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today announced a hearing, “Preventing Violations of Federal Transparency Laws," on Tuesday, September 10 that will examine ongoing compliance problems with the Federal Records Act and the Presidential Records Act. Current and former senior Administration officials who have been publicly linked to compliance problems will testify, along with the U.S. Archivist.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced today that Michael Falu -, 25, of New York, New York, was sentenced on Sept. 3, 2013, in U.S. District Court in Portland...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: Two-year Investigation Alleges More Than $3 Million Dollars In Fraud By Owners And Operators Of Providence Convenience Stores In Unauthorized Acquisition Of Food Stamp Funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Julius Willard, 55, of Chicago, Il., who was convicted of bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, was sentenced to 94 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard Arcara, and ordered to pay over $7,000,000 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: ORLANDO, FL - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Pam Bondi, Attorney General of Florida, announce the arrest of two individuals charged in violation of the Florida drug statutes. The arrest warrants for Damieian Trivieino (Lake Mary, 40) and...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Gary Crawford, age 42, of Bridgeton, New Jersey, was sentenced to 97 months in prison today for his role in a conspiracy to file hundreds of false federal income tax returns seeking First Time Home Buyer Credits for the 2008 tax year. Crawford also was order to pay $1,020,388.00 in restitution to the United States Treasury, and was sentenced to three years of supervised release, which will commence following his prison term.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Joplin, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for disaster fraud and making false statements to FEMA in a failed attempt to get federal disaster benefits following the May 22, 2011 tornado.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn.- Billy Joe Rice, 55, of Unicoi County, was sentenced on September 5, 2013, to serve 46 months in federal prison by the Honorable Leon Jordan, U.S. District Judge. Rice pleaded guilty in August 2012 to a federal indictment charging him with distribution of methamphetamine and dealing firearms without a license. Upon his release from prison, Rice will serve three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: Defendant Arrested at JFK International Airport Prior to.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: Amid news reports the administration is crafting new regulations to appease union critics of the health care law, House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today requested the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian announced the imposition of sentence in United States District Court in Utica on Donna Schneeberger for the offense of filing a false tax return.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: Jennifer T. Nersesian has been selected as the next superintendent to lead Gateway National Recreation Area, according to Joshua Laird, commissioner of the National Parks of New York Harbor. Nersesian replaces Linda Canzanelli who retired earlier this year. Gateway National Recreation Area includes 26,000...
