News published on Federal Newswire in April 2014

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014

News Release: Defendant Robbed Prosperity Bank on Kiest Boulevard in Dallas in October 2013.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014

News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that KYLE KANE KICKING WOMAN, 26, of Browning, Montana, was sentenced to a term of 24 months imprisonment, three years supervised release, and a special assessment of $100 during a federal court hearing in Great Falls, Montana, on April 24, 2014, before U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014

News Release: ATLANTA - Six defendants, including three former police officers, pleaded guilty this week in federal court to accepting thousands of dollars in cash payments to provide protection during staged drug deals which were part of a federal undercover operation

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014

News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - On Apr. 24, 2014, Darien Houston, 43, of Chattanooga, Tenn., was sentenced as an armed career criminal to serve 15 years in prison, by U.S. District Court Judge Curtis L. Collier. Houston's criminal history includes 23 felony convictions which include second degree burglary, possession ...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014

News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Miguel Angel Navarro, Milton Leonel Trevino and Onan Herrera-Sanchez have been ordered to prison for their involvement in the hostage taking of a University of Texas-Pan American student, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Trevino, 21, of Pharr, and Herrera-Sanchez, 30...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014

News Release: Arturo Gallegos Castrellon, aka “Benny,” “Farmero,” “51,” “Guero,” “Pecas,” “Tury,” and “86,” 35, of Chihuahua, Mexico, the Barrio Azteca Lieutenant who ordered the March 2010 murders of a U.S. Consulate employee, her husband and the husband of another U.S. Consulate employee, was sentenced today to serve life in prison.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014

News Release: A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against John W. Ng, 58, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, charging him with hate crime offenses related to anti-Semitic threats he made against a Jewish woman who owns and operates the Nosh Jewish Delicatessen and Bakery in Albuquerque. Ng was arrested by ...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014

News Release: A former executive of a rubber hose manufacturer, who was extradited from Germany in early April 2014, today pleaded guilty and was sentenced to serve two years in prison for participating in a conspiracy to rig bids, fix prices and allocate market shares of marine hose sold in the United States and ...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014

News Release: The Department of Justice filed a civil forfeiture complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California seeking to recover more than $700,000 in alleged corruption proceeds of Chun Doo-hwan, the former president of the Republic of Korea.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014

News Release: The Justice Department reached an agreement today with Mexico Foods LLC, aka El Rancho Corp., a supermarket chain based in Garland, Texas, resolving claims that the company engaged in discrimination during the employment eligibility verification process in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014

News Release: Ivory Bolen, of Dothan, Alabama, was sentenced to serve 42 months in prison today to be followed by three years of supervised release for committing stolen identity refund fraud (SIRF) crimes, announced Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney ...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014

News Release: A Maryland man was sentenced today to serve one year and a day in prison for defrauding thousands of homeowners in a $4 million nationwide home loan modification scheme.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014

News Release: The owner of a Louisiana pharmacy pleaded guilty today for directing a $2.2 million Medicare fraud scheme to repackage and redistribute prescription medications.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014

News Release: Velma I. Salinas-Nix and Kenneth H. Nix, of Boerne, Texas, were sentenced today to serve 20 months in prison and 30 months in prison, respectively, for filing false tax returns and making false statements to the U.S. Army by filing false financial ethics disclosure forms, the Justice Department announced. ...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014

News Release: The Department of Justice and Bazaarvoice Inc. have agreed on a remedy that will address Bazaarvoice’s illegal acquisition of PowerReviews Inc. by requiring Bazaarvoice to divest the assets it acquired from PowerReviews and adhere to other requirements to fully restore competition in the provision of online product ratings and reviews platforms.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014

News Release: The Department of Justice today announced that Joseph F. Klimavicz will become its new chief information officer (CIO), arriving in late May. Klimavicz will provide leadership and oversight of the department’s information technology programs and services in support of the department’s technology-intensive law enforcement mission.

By Fed Newswire | Apr 24, 2014

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement actions listed below: Farmers Bancorporation, Inc., Buhl, Idaho Written Agreement dated April 28, 2010 Terminated April 21, 2014 Great River Holding Company, Baxter, Minnesota Cease and Desist Order issued by the Office of Thrift Supervision dated December 6, 2010 Terminated April 21, 2014 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions.

By Labor Gazette | Apr 24, 2014

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS — A U.S. Labor Department investigation has resulted in the debarment of Garcia Forest Service LLC, and its president, Samuel Garcia, from eligibility for further service contracts with any U.S. government agency for three years. The investigation found that the Rockingham, N.C.-based company ...

By Labor Gazette | Apr 24, 2014

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS — A U.S. Labor Department investigation has resulted in the debarment of Garcia Forest Service LLC, and its president, Samuel Garcia, from eligibility for further service contracts with any U.S. government agency for three years. The investigation found that the Rockingham, N.C.-based company ...

By Labor Gazette | Apr 24, 2014

News Release: Roeder Construction ignores safety requirements at residential jobsite GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — A 42-year-old worker fell 16 feet to his death and a 25-year-old co-worker suffered serious injuries after their employer, Roeder Construction, failed to provide either man with fall protection as they worked on a roof, an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has determined.