News from February 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: Allegedly Urged Clients to Feign Spousal Abuse to Stay in United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was convicted in federal court today of drug-trafficking and illegally possessing firearms after shooting at pursuing police officers during a foot chase that ended in his arrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Joel.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Adrian Romero-Carrera, 27, originally of Oaxaca, Mexico, was sentenced on Feb. 25, 2014 by Senior U.S. District Judge David Bramlette III to 75 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for rioting at the Adams County Correctional facility, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis. Romero-Carrera was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1,350,113.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two of the leaders of a scheme to steal account information from bank customers throughout New York, New Jersey and Connecticut by installing secret card-reading devices on ATMs were in court today for separate proceedings, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: PIKEVILLE, KY -A former mayor of Martin, KY., and her daughter, have been convicted on all counts by a federal jury of charges related to a scheme to defraud the Social Security Administration (SSA) and to misapply federal funds.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Twentynine Palms, California -.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An internist with a practice in Montclair, N.J., admitted today accepting bribes in exchange for test referrals as part of a long-running scheme operated by Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS), of Parsippany, N.J., its president and numerous associates, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: MONTE VISTA, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management San Luis Valley Field Office and BLM Taos Field Office announce the launch of the San Luis Valley/Taos Plateau Study: Landscape Assessment and Solar Regional Mitigation Strategy. The study will help the BLM to ensure environmentally responsible solar energy development on public lands through long-term planning.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man was sentenced yesterday to a total of 29 months’ imprisonment for violating the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced. Sam Bailey, Jr., pleaded guilty to violating SORNA’s requirement that a sex offender...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A federal grand jury returned an indictment Wednesday charging Charles Fredrick McCusker, age 62, of Salt Lake City, a licensed Utah psychologist, with health care fraud and mail fraud in connection with a health care fraud scheme the indictment alleges caused federal and private benefit programs to pay more than $1.3 million for services not provided to patients. The indictment alleges the conduct occurred from around 2007 to around August 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging Benny Lee Freeman, 35, of Ravenna, Ohio, with being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, and with possession with the intent to distribute marijuana, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte sentenced Mirza Kunjundzic, age 33, of Woodbridge, Virginia, to 15 year in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, after Kunjundzic pleaded guilty late yesterday to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: (Richmond, CA) -One of America’s original “Rosie the Riveters," who is still building airplanes at age 94, will be making a special appearance this Saturday, March 1, from 1 to 3 PM at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front Historical Park in Richmond, CA.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: Thank you Mr. Chairman. I would also like to welcome new Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen for his first hearing before the subcommittee. I thank you for your service to our nation, and for undertaking this endeavor at a very challenging time for the IRS.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: Dear Attorney General Holder: We write today to encourage the Department of Justice (the Department) to continue a vigorous review of potential payment fraud, anti-money-laundering violations, and other illegal conduct involving payments by banks and third-party payment processors. We believe this review...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Daniel Taylor, age 45, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 15 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Judge Quarles found that Taylor was an armed career criminal based on three previous convictions for first degree assault, unlawful manufacturing of drugs and possession with intent to distribute drugs.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC -Today, Reps. Sander Levin and Elijah Cummings, the Ranking Members of the House Ways and Means Committee and Oversight and Government Reform Committee, released a letter from IRS Commissioner John Koskinen documenting the significant funds expended by the IRS in responding to Congressional...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - In an effort to give school-aged youth a voice in preventing violence in the community, a series of events will take place throughout the City of Boston during National Youth Violence Prevention Week, April 7-11, 2014. A highlight will be an anti-violence, hip-hop video contest, featuring videos submitted by Boston youth. The winners of the contest will be announced on April 10, at the Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center in Roxbury.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney for the District of Nebraska, Deborah R. Gilg, announces today members of the CODE and WING drug task forces received a regional High Intensity Drug Trafficking award for their work in dismantling a significant methamphetamine drug organization into western Nebraska and eastern...
