News from January 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2014
News Release: TRENTON N.J. - The owner of pizzeria in Manhattan admitted today to underreporting on his tax returns more than $500,000 in income that he kept for his personal benefit, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - William Hogan, 28, of Oxon Hill, Md., was sentenced today to a prison term of 15 years for killing a man last year in Southwest Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2014
News Release: OAKLAND, Calif. - Calvin Earl Odom, Jr. and Craig Goatley pleaded guilty in federal court in Oakland yesterday to armed bank robbery, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2014
News Release: An Indictment Is An Accusation Of Criminal Conduct, Not Evidence.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of Jan. 13, 2014. The committee will continue its oversight of the president’s health care law, hold its opening hearing on the #CommActUpdate, and vote on legislation to help keep American electricity affordable and reliable.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney Kenyen Brown announces that Mildred Calhoun, a Selma, Alabama resident, was sentenced today to five (5) years’ probation after a guilty plea to theft of government funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2014
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man pleaded guilty Friday to robbing a Topeka bank, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2014
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 42-year-old Farmersville, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2014
News Release: SAN JOSE, Calif. - Fidencio Moreno, Arturo Moreno, and Elena Moreno were charged, yesterday, in a superseding indictment with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, eleven counts of filing a false tax return, one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, and seven counts...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Friday, Jan. 10, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL GESIMONDO, 57, of Farmingdale, N.Y., waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2014
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Inoe R. Valdez, Jr., 43, a former deputy sheriff with the Yoakum County Sherriff’s Department (YCSD), was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to serve 48 months in federal prison and a year of supervised release on a federal conviction stemming from his involvement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2014
News Release: ORLANDO, 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 the return of an indictment charging Valentine (52, Orlando) with one count of conspiracy to possess...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Three area businessmen surrendered to authorities on two separate indictments alleging bank fraud against Excel Bank, which failed in 2012 after receiving $4,000,000 in capital from the Treasury Department through the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District, Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Fred W. Gibson, Jr., Acting Inspector General, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Office of Inspector General (FDIC-OIG)...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2014
News Release: An 11-count indictment was unsealed charging seven Toledo men for their roles in a conspiracy to possess both powder and crack cocaine with the intent to distribute the drugs, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Cleveland office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Katherine Fernandez Rundle, Miami-Dade County State Attorney, Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and J.D. Patterson, Director, Miami-Dade Police Department...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., voted to pass H.R. 3811, the Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act of 2014, which will require the Administration to notify consumers when their personal information has been compromised on HealthCare.gov.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2014
News Release: Kenyen R. Brown, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama announced that Gabriel James Shamburger, age 25, of Mobile, Alabama, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Kristi DuBose to serve 84 months in federal prison in connection with his guilty plea to being a felon...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Dighton man was sentenced for falsifying his own personal income tax returns.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 10, 2014 - Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing entitled “The Science Behind Discovery: Seismic Exploration and the Future of the Atlantic OCS." This hearing examined the technological advancements in seismic technology, continued delays by the Obama Administration for seismic research, and the role seismic exploration plays in future offshore energy development and job creation in the Atlantic.
