News from September 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - James Bender, 49, of Sharon, Massachusetts, was sentenced in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to 24 months in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, announced United States Attorney John P. Kacavas.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: Embrace Citizenship - Experience America Through Your National Parks.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: Orlando, FL - U.S. District Judge Gregory Presnell today sentenced Abdul Cunningham to 12 years in federal prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The court also ordered Cunningham to pay restitution in the amount of $560,731.00. As part of his sentence, the court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $560,731.00, the proceeds of the wire fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: Goodwin and Holbrook say film’s anti-drug message will reinforce prevention efforts.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) issued the following statement on Lois Lerner’s departure from the IRS...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded more than $2 million in grants to the states of Pennsylvania and Michigan to test new online identity technologies to improve access to government services and the delivery of federal assistance programs, and to reduce fraud. The pilot...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Wabaunsee County woman has been indicted on charges of embezzling from the Bio-Security Research Institute at Kansas State University, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: FARGO - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Sept. 23, 2013, Charles Marcus Lambert, of Fort Totten, N.D., was sentenced before U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson on a charge of failure to register as a sex offender. Lambert, 33, pleaded guilty to the charges on June 17, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: Dartavious Thomas, 30, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced in federal district court on Sept. 23, 2013, to 30 months in prison, to be followed by 1 year of supervised release, a $100 special assessment, and a fine of $200, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement after Lois Lerner resigned from the Internal Revenue Service. Lerner’s resignation was received this morning after the IRS’ internal Accountability Review Board completed its review and was set...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: National Park Service (NPS) Northeast Regional Director Dennis Reidenbach has announced the selection of Dawnland, LLC to operate the Jordan Pond House restaurant, including the traditional tea and popovers on the lawn overlooking Jordan Pond and the Bubbles, and retail services at Jordan Pond House, Cadillac Mountain and Thunder Hole.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury found Alma Lucrecia Hernandez-Preciado, a/k/a "La Tia," (40, Tecun Uman, Guatemala) guilty last week of two counts of violating the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act. An indictment was returned against Hernandez-Preciado...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Jarrid Delmont Cropper, 41, of Northampton County, Va., was sentenced on Sept. 23, 2013 to 300 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine and 280 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base, commonly known as “crack" cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - John C. Tausche, 62, of Blowing Rock, NC, was sentenced today to 54 months in prison for his role in a multi-million dollar investment fraud scheme. U.S. District Court Judge John R. Padova also ordered Tausche to pay $114,995,446 in restitution to victim Barclays Bank. Tausche was a hedge...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Cornelius Magee, 37, of Silver Spring, Md., was sentenced today to 46 months of incarceration for possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., Valerie Parlave, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Ahmad Qaabid Abdul Rahim, age 37, of College Park, Maryland pleaded guilty today to transportation of stolen property in connecting with a scheme to steal waste vegetable oil.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON -Today, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray (D-WA) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) released a joint letter and memo to Senate Democrats refuting recent Republican claims that attempt to justify playing partisan games with the debt ceiling, explaining why Republican...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Monongahela, Pa., was sentenced to serve time in federal custody for violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: Two Brook Park men pleaded guilty today to defrauding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly the Food Stamp Program) out $2 million from four Cleveland stores where they accepted food stamps for ineligible items such as beer and cigarettes, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Brian P. Stieren, 37, was sentenced in federal court in Omaha for receiving child pornography. The Honorable Joseph F. Bataillon imposed a sentence of 5 years of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After Stieren’s release from prison he will begin a five year term of supervised release. As a result of his child pornography conviction Stieren will be required to register as a sex offender.
