News from February 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: Richard M. Gordon, 65, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for conversion of government property. Gordon implemented a scheme to steal from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) by using another veteran’s identity to obtain unauthorized healthcare benefits and to receive...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: The LIRR Disability Fraud Scheme. Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that PETER J. LESNIEWSKI, a Board-certified orthopedist, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to eight years in prison for his role in the alleged massive fraud scheme...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Grant Johnson, 39, of Bladensburg, Md., was sentenced today to 49 years in prison on charges of first-degree premeditated murder while armed and other offenses for the May 2012 slaying of a Maryland man, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal judge Thursday sentenced a Birmingham man to more than 12 years in prison for distributing heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and federal Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay A. Morris.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Today, U.S. District Judge Michael H. Simon sentenced Maria Lana Gilbert for embezzling funds from her employer, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Salem District Office (SDO), between 2007 and 2011. A felony information, dated Sept. 13, 2013, charged Gilbert with one count of...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: Maya Latoya Wiltz, 31, of Riverbank, California, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on Feb. 20, 2014, for fraud using an unauthorized access device. Wiltz was arrested in Stanislaus County, California. She received 30 months imprisonment, to be followed by three years of...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that MARCUS WAYNE HALL, age 42, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, pled guilty to Possession of Certain Material Involving the Sexual Exploitation of Minors, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2252(a)(4)(B) and 2252(b)(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Diane Abram, 61, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of making false statements in a passport application and tax evasion, was sentenced to two years supervised release with five months of home confinement by U.S. District Court Chief Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an 18-count indictment today against David M. Lewis, 60, of Sacramento, charging him with one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and mail fraud and 17 counts of health care fraud, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: Park Also Honors Galen Clark, the First Guardian of Yosemite.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Anthony P. Chavez, 32, of Los Alamos, N.M., entered a guilty plea to an indictment charging him with bank robbery and high speed flight from an immigration checkpoint. In entering his guilty plea, Chavez admitted robbing Wells Fargo Bank branch located at 5555 Montgomery Blvd. NE in Albuquerque, N.M., on June 29, 2013, and engaging in a high speed flight while trying to evade the Interstate 10 U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint near Deming, N.M., the following day.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 LOS ANGELES— Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson traveled to Los Angeles where he met with Department of Homeland Security personnel, viewed Transportation Security Administration (TSA) security operations as well as the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Federal Inspection Facility at Los Angeles International Airport.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 2014—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today made the following statement on the 2012 Census of Agriculture preliminary results: "The preliminary data released today provide a snapshot of a strong rural America that has remained stable during difficult economic times.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: A former executive of Japan-based Denso Corp. has agreed to plead guilty to obstruction of justice charges in connection with the Antitrust Division’s investigation into a conspiracy to fix the prices of heater control panels installed in cars sold in the United States and elsewhere, the Department of Justice announced today. The executive has also agreed to serve one year and one day in a U.S. prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: LaQuanta Clayton, a resident of Montgomery County, Ala., and a former bank teller employed by the Community Bank and Trust, was sentenced on Feb. 19, 2014, to serve 21 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for participating in a fraudulent tax refund scheme, announced Assistant ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: Mary Young and her husband, Christian Young were sentenced today, and her son, Octavious Reeves, was sentenced late yesterday, for their involvement in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice Department's Tax Division and U.S. Attorney ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: The Justice Department announced that James Kalbflesh, a former correctional officer at the Roxbury Correctional Institution (RCI) in Hagerstown, Md., was convicted today by a federal jury on three civil rights and conspiracy counts related to his participation in the beating of an RCI inmate in 2008 and the cover-up that followed. A second defendant, Lt. Jason Weicht, was acquitted on one charge of conspiring to help cover up the assault.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: Two Florida men were sentenced today to serve 84 months in prison for defrauding thousands of homeowners in a $4 million nationwide home loan modification scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: A Georgia real estate investor pleaded guilty today for her role in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Georgia, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: The Department of Justice filed a civil lawsuit today in the federal court in Nashville, Tenn., to stop Gilberto Cortes and his business, Mundo Hispano Services, from preparing federal tax returns. According to the complaint, Cortes and his business have prepared more than 7,000 tax returns since 2010.
