News from December 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that an Old Forge pharmacist who previously plead guilty to health care fraud was sentenced on Dec. 18, 2014 in federal court in Scranton.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Nichole Dean, 27, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of bank fraud, was sentenced to time served and two years supervised release by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The defendant was also ordered to pay $7,612.73 in restitution.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee has built a strong, bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess throughout the 113th Congress. In December alone, 16 committee bills have become law, bringing the grand total to 51 bills that have been signed into law in the 113th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ----United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Cassandra Kendall Wilson, age 66, of Woodruff, South Carolina, and Timothy L. Wilson, age 60, of Martin, Tennessee, were sentenced today in federal court in Greenville for their involvement in a conspiracy to obstruct...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: PHOENIX - On Dec. 22, 2014, U.S. District Court Judge Diane J. Humetewa sentenced Malcom Robert Markson, 45, of Peoria, Ariz., to six months in prison. Markson previously pleaded guilty to the crimes of fraud involving aircraft parts and obstruction of federal investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: Donna Tucker Previously Admitted To Stealing From Elderly Couple, Lying On Tax Returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Siquana Wallace, age 39, Scranton, was sentenced on Dec. 18, 2014 in federal court in Scranton on a charge of trafficking in excess of 100 grams of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: CHICAGO - A Canadian man who cooperated with U.S. law enforcement and voluntarily traveled from the Philippines to face federal prosecution was sentenced to seven years in prison for swindling 168 elderly victims nationwide of approximately $8 million in a telemarketing fraud scheme, federal law enforcement officials announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) announced the release of the 2014 version of the Ways and Means Green Book, which is officially titled “Background Material and Data on the Programs within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means." This document,...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, a bipartisan and bicameral group of lawmakers introduced legislation to terminate Social Security benefits for Nazi persecutors who receive them because of a loophole in current law. In the House, Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX), Subcommittee...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Kelly R. Jackson, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and J. Scott Dennis, Chief, North Miami Beach Police Department, announce that Jude Estama, 42 of Pembroke Pines, Florida, was sentenced to 87 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $759,992 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former partner of a prominent New York law firm and her husband were arrested by federal law enforcement officers this morning for allegedly engaging in a conspiracy to obtain millions of dollars through fraudulent activity, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: Extradited from UK and brought to Indianapolis to faces charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Monday, Dec. 22, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHNATHAN REYES, also known as “Whitey," 24, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill sentenced Bee Yang, 31, of Fresno, today to 20 months in prison for unlawful possession of stolen mail, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: Carlsbad, NM - The National Park Service proposes to replace existing underground lighting and electrical systems at Carlsbad Caverns National Park. The project will include the Natural Entrance, King's Palace, and the Big Room sections of the cavern. The project will accomplish the following.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - An inmate at the McKean Federal Correctional Institution in Bradford, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty and was sentenced in federal court to 20 months in jail on his conviction of possession of contraband in prison, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: DALLAS - A former youth minister in Garland, Texas, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Dallas yesterday on child pornography offenses, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - 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...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Monday, Dec. 22, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. A Jersey County resident was sentenced to federal prison for tax evasion and possession of a firearm by a user of controlled substances on Dec. 19, 2014, the United States Attorney...
