News published on Federal Newswire in December 2014

News from December 2014


Philadelphia Man Gets 46 Month Prison Sentence For Tax Fraud

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Victor Thach, 47, of Philadelphia, was sentenced today to 46 months in prison and ordered to pay $1,337,000 in restitution to the IRS, arising out of his scheme to evade payroll and other taxes. Between 2007 and 2009, Thach operated a 250-person labor leasing agency that supplied temporary...


Bureau of Reclamation's Desalination and Water Purification Research Program Seeks Proposals to Improve Water Treatment Technologies

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking proposals within two funding opportunity announcements to improve water treatment technologies aimed at increasing water management flexibility through new usable water supplies in the United States. The first is for research, laboratory studies and the second is for pilot projects.


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News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the sentencing of MICHAEL ROBERT DRILLING, 47, to 60 months in federal prison for devising and executing a multi- million dollar investment fraud scheme. DRILLING pleaded guilty on April 17, 2014, to one count of securities fraud. He was sentenced on Dec. 10, 2014, before Judge Ann D. Montgomery in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis.


Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Doctor And 10 Other Individuals Involved In Illegal Distribution Of More Than One Million Oxycodone Pills

News Release: MANHATTAN, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Field (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William J. Bratton, the Police Commissioner of the New York City Police (NYPD), today announced...


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ruben Nieto, 45, of Albuquerque, N.M., was arraigned this morning on an indictment charging him with distribution of visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit activity. The indictment alleges that Nieto distributed child pornography in Bernalillo County, N.M., from March 24, 2014 through March 27, 2014. Nieto entered a not guilty plea during his arraignment hearing.


Rochester Woman Pleads Guilty To Mail Fraud

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Aysha Humayun of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit a fraud upon Intuit, Inc. through the use of the United States mail, and making false statements on tax returns before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci.


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St. Peters Man Pleads Guilty To Bank Fraud

News Release: St. Louis, MO - MARK AVALOS pled guilty to bank fraud charges relating to his work as the Controller for The Mortgage Store, Inc. (TMS) in 2008.


Honduran National Sentenced for Illegal Reentry

News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JOSE LUIS JOSE LUIS MAYORGA-LEMUS, age 24, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced yesterday after having pled guilty to a one-count indictment for illegal reentry of a previously removed alien.


Subcommittee Examines Decades-Old EPCA in Era of Energy Abundance

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing on “The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975: Are We Positioning America for Success in an Era of Energy Abundance?" The hearing examined the current law and its effects on domestic...


Fort Hall Women Pleads Guilty To Assault On Federal Officer

News Release: POCATELLO - Caitlin Eagle, 24, of Fort Hall, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday in United States District Court to assaulting a federal officer, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.


News Release: A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging John N. Lockett III, age 38, and Kaylee Marie Lockett, age 25, both of East Liverpool, Ohio, with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of at least 280 grams of cocaine base, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.


News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return of an indictment charging Henry Blain Howard (47, Bradenton) with arson, possessing an unregistered destructive device, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. If convicted on all counts, Howard faces a mandatory minimum term of 50 years in federal prison.


Marrero Woman Sentenced for Theft of Government Funds

News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that LISA ROBERTS, age 48, of Marrero, was sentenced for theft of government funds.


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation...


Hammond Man Indicted for Violations of the Federal Controlled Substances Act and the Federal Gun Control Act

News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that RYAN BINNER, age 42, of Hammond, was charged today in a four-count Indictment for violations of the Federal Controlled Substances Act and the Federal Gun Control Act. In Counts One and Two of the Indictment, BINNER was charged with distributing a quantity...


Columbus Pharmacist Charged With Health Care Fraud

News Release: COLUMBUS, OHIO - A federal grand jury has charged Maria Mascio, 59, of Columbus, Ohio, with 46 counts related to health care fraud in an indictment returned today in Columbus, Ohio.


News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that.


Two Convicted For Role In Manufacturing Methamphetamine

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