News from December 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2014
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of North East, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By State Newswire | Dec 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks at an event marking Human Rights Day and calling for action on the “Laos Nine," young refugees who fled and were ultimately returned to North Korea. In his remarks, Rep. Engel urged the United Nations General Assembly to refer the case to the International Criminal Court...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) introduced the Taxpayer Protections Against Abusive Seizures Act, legislation that provides taxpayers with protections against the inappropriate application of civil forfeiture laws. These laws...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2014
News Release: Beckley, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that a White Sulphur Springs woman was sentenced to federal prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin. United States District Judge Irene C. Berger sentenced Amanda Nicole Canaday, 27, to 18 months in prison. Canaday pled...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2014
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Houston man was sentenced Tuesday to 120 months in prison for bringing a minor from Texas to Louisiana and forcing her to engage in prostitution.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON- Today, the Senate approved legislation that would take a number of steps to update and improve the government’s chemical security program. The bipartisan H.R. 4007, the Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2014, reestablishes the Chemical Facilities Anti-Terrorism...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that JOSHUA ALLEN BARNETT, age 24, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma pled guilty to Interstate Travel or Transportation in Aid of Racketeering Enterprises, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1952(a)(3) and 2.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2014
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - First Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin R. Feldis announced today that Yin Mei Tran Lau was indicted for structuring financial transactions in violation of federal law. In addition, Yin Mei Tran Lau has been charged by the State of Alaska with Sex Trafficking in the Third Degree for her...
By State Newswire | Dec 10, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, applauded House passage of H.Con.Res.107, a resolution denouncing the use of civilians as human shields by Hamas and other terrorist organizations in violation of international humanitarian law.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2014
News Release: Albany, New York - Elizabeth C. Coombe has been named the Chief of the Criminal Division of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian. Ms. Coombe succeeds Steven D. Clymer, who is becoming the Appellate Chief for the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - Two Boston-area hedge fund managers pleaded guilty today to conspiring to mislead investors into investing more than $500 million in their fraudulent hedge fund business.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that KIRK P. WEBER, age 54, of Reserve, was sentenced today for crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, applauded today’s release of a new study highlighting the outstanding return on investment of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Tips From Former Smokers...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2014
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Adam Lee SiJohn, 26, of Worley, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to theft from a tribal organization, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. SiJohn was indicted by a federal grand jury in Coeur d'Alene on Oct. 21, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2014
News Release: ASHLAND, KY - A Huntington, W.Va., man, previously convicted of second degree murder, has been sentenced to 312 months in federal prison for trafficking in heroin and crack cocaine in Boyd County.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2014
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - Four Southeast Texas residents have pleaded guilty to federal counterfeiting charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2014
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Adonys Hurtado-Gutierrez, 38, has entered a guilty plea on the day prior to commencement of trial, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. One hour prior to the plea, Yisnel Garcia-Gonzalez, 31, one of nine others previously convicted in the case, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today continued the process of gathering public input ahead of the #CommActUpdate. The white paper released today explores the laws governing the market for video content distribution.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union City contractor today admitted conspiring to rig the contractor selection process for projects run by the Union City Community Development Agency (UCCDA), causing losses of at least $70,000, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2014
News Release: Used Forged Receipts and Invoices in Seven-Year Scheme to Claim Reimbursements for Mislabeled Personal Expenses and Obtain Duplicate Reimbursements.
