News from January 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: Earlier today, Aleksander Efrosman, the investment manager of Century Maxim Fund, Inc. and AJR Capital, Inc., was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 188 months following his conviction for wire fraud. Efrosman, who fled the United States, was extradited from Poland and pleaded guilty on Oct. 18, 2012. In addition to the prison term, Efrosman was ordered to pay restitution of approximately $4 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Shady Spring man who stole a high-powered rifle from a Raleigh County residence last year was sentenced yesterday to four years and nine months in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Cameron Martin Taylor, 25, of Shady Spring, Raleigh Co., W.Va., previously pleaded guilty in September 2013 to stealing a firearm. Taylor’s sentence was handed down by United States District Judge Irene C. Berger in Beckley.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: The Obama Administration today announces the selection of North Carolina State University to lead a public-private manufacturing innovation institute for next generation power electronics. Supported by a $70 million Energy Department investment over five years as well as a matching $70 million in non-federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, would like to highlight some of the recent accomplishments in the area of collecting and recovering funds on behalf of the taxpayers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: Wholesale Value of Marijuana Exceeded $16 Million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: Three separate indictments were filed charging five men for their roles in two bank robberies in Cleveland Heights late last year, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland office.
By State Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Eliot L. Engel, the senior Democratic member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement after the Israeli Chief Rabbinate reversed course and agreed to accept the religious credentials of Rabbi Avi Weiss.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Shawn Anthony Pollard, age 35, of Annapolis, Maryland, today to 92 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: DENVER -- Kenneth Royal Wheeler, of Grand Junction, Colorado, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge William J. Martinez to serve 40 months in federal prison for sending interstate threatening communications, U.S. Attorney John Walsh and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Another bipartisan Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee bill is headed to President Obama’s desk following unanimous Senate passage last night. The Poison Center Network Act cleared the Committee in December and passed the U.S. House of Representatives last...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces today that U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven sentenced Rick (33, Oldsmar) to two years and nine...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: BOISE - Anthony Jones, 29, of Nampa, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to distribution of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A downtown Pittsburgh jeweler pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to a charge of failing to file a report of currency received by non-financial business, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON ---- The former Executive Director of International Adoption Guides Inc. (IAG), an adoption agency, pleaded guilty yesterday to making false and fraudulent statements to the Council on Accreditation with respect to IAG’s accreditation.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: On Jan. 24, 2014, maritime archaeologist Joshua Marano will provide an introduction to the archaeological resources of Biscayne National Park, especially the park's Maritime Heritage Trail. The talk takes place at 7:30 PM at the Divers Direct in Coral Gables, located at 425 South Dixie Highway, Coral...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Shawn Anthony Pollard, age 35, of Annapolis, Maryland, today to 92 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: 2013 enacted level: $71.9 billion. 2014 Committee mark: $73.3 billion. 2014 Omnibus: $73.3 billion. · $9.8 billion for Military Construction projects, which is $817 million below the 2013 enacted level, including: o $1.5 billion for Family Housing construction, which is $133 million less than the 2013...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The President today will announce new steps with the private sector to strengthen the manufacturing sector, boost advanced manufacturing, and attract the good paying jobs that a growing middle class requires. The President will announce the selection of a North Carolina headquartered consortium of businesses and universities, led by North Carolina State University, to lead a manufacturing innovation institute for next generation power electronics.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Correy Markel Janifer, age 21, of Washington, D.C., today to 46 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a gun and interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An employee of the United States Postal Service has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of theft of mail by postal employee, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
