News from January 2014
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: 2013 enacted level: $39.6 billion. 2014 House bill: $39.0 billion. 2014 Omnibus: $39.3 billion. · $10.6 billion for Customs and Border Protection, $220.4 million more than the 2013 enacted level. · $5.27 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, $158.1 million less than the 2013 enacted level...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: Child pornography charges were filed against four people in unrelated cases, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: Departamento de Justicia. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eastern District of California. PARA DIVULGACION INMEDIATA. Miércoles, 15 de enero de 2014. SACRAMENTO, Calif. - En octubre y noviembre de 2011, fueron interpuestas demandas en cada uno de los cuatro distritos judiciales federales de California buscando detener...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: Jackson, Miss - On Jan. 10, 2014, after a four day trial, a federal jury found Idella Jones, 47, of Pickens, guilty of theft of government funds, making a false statement, filing a false claim against the United States and disaster relief fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and James E. Ward, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: In San Antonio today, 69-year-old Daniel Henry Lopez was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for stealing identification information of individuals he met at Veterans Affairs rehabilitation facilities and using that information to obtain credit cards and fraudulent tax refunds from the Internal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: Yall Inc., an Internet-based vendor of consumer electronics, and its principal, Hang Feng (Nick) Wu, have entered into a settlement agreement in which they have agreed to pay the United States $700,000 to resolve allegations that they knowingly underpaid postage on large amounts of mail sent through the United States Postal Service. The settlement agreement has been approved by United States District Judge Roslynn R. Mauskopf.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: The former chief executive officer of Taupa Lithuanian Credit Union was charged today for engaging in a conspiracy that defrauded the credit union out of $15 million, some of which he used to build a home in Solon, obtain a luxury suite at Cleveland Browns games and buy multiple vehicles and firearms...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: 2013 enacted level: $29.8 billion. 2014 Committee mark: $24.3 billion. 2014 Omnibus: $30.1 billion. · $3.938 billion for wildland fire, which is $417 million more than the 2013 enacted level. · $4.4 billion for the Indian Health Service, which is $78 million more than the 2013 enacted level. · $2.5...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Romeo P. Cruz, of West Haven, Connecticut was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Sylvia H. Rambo in Harrisburg in connection with his role in what the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has called the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Linda Rakonczay, 58, of Middleport, N.Y., pleaded guilty to wire fraud and filing false tax returns before Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Jesus Bustos, 57, has been arrested on charges of conspiracy and bribery associated with a federally-funded program, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, today delivered the following statement on the Fiscal Year 2014 Consolidated Appropriations Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Special agents of the FBI arrested a Monmouth County man at his home this morning after discovering alleged images of child sexual abuse on his computer, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Virginia doctor was convicted today of making a false declaration to a grand jury regarding her involvement in falsifying patient medical records.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 22-year-old Shreveport, Louisiana man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: 2013 enacted level: $51.8 billion. 2014 Committee mark: $44.1 billion. 2014 Omnibus: $50.9 billion. · $9.65 billion for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Operations, which is roughly equal to the FY2013 enacted level and $246 million more than the post-sequester level. · $600 million for National...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 29-year-old Palestine, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: Departamento de Justicia. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eastern District of California. PARA DIVULGACION INMEDIATA. Miércoles, 15 de enero de 2014. SACRAMENTO, Calif. - El procurador federal Benjamin B. Wagner y el Jefe Adjunto Inspector Postal para las Operaciones del Campo Occidental Dr. Gregory Campbell Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Ambridge, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics and burglary laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - Daniel Wade Holler, 27, has been sentenced to federal prison for conspiracy to make false written statements to licensed dealers in connection with the acquisition of firearms and being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Holler, of Magnolia, pleaded guilty June 28, 2013.
