News from January 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A resident of Ohio admitted today to defrauding a charter flight company and other luxury brands of more than $100,000 worth luxury goods and services, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Trent Ashley Willis, 37, has pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The plea was entered yesterday in federal court in Corpus Christi before Senior U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a St. Joseph, Mo., man who is a citizen of Mexico and a registered sex offender, was sentenced in federal court today for illegally reentering the United States after being deported to Mexico.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today approved H.R. 2279 by a vote of 225 to 188. The legislation is a product of a series of bills advanced by the Energy and Commerce Committee, including the Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act, the Federal and State Partnership for Environmental...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, January 9, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ENRIQUE LUCIANO, also known as “Pucho," 26, of Hartford, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Anthony Kellum, a/k/a Nitti, 26, of Rochester, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of 28 grams or more of cocaine base, and possession of firearms in furtherance of a federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announces that defendant Richard Rizzuto has pled guilty to engaging in a healthcare fraud scheme. Rizzuto is a chiropractor who serviced patients at his chiropractic clinic, Chiro Partners, Inc. (formerly Back on Track Chiropractic), located in Foley, Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Alabama collected $2.3 million in Fiscal Year 2013 from criminal and civil actions, and an additional $12.2 million in criminal and civil forfeitures, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - James Allen Moquino, 32, a member of Santa Clara Pueblo, N.M., was sentenced this afternoon to 42 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for his assault conviction, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven C. Yarbrough and DuWayne W. Honahni, Sr., Special Agent in Charge of District IV of BIA’s Office of Justice Services.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: EBONY WILLIAMS WHITE, age 33, a resident of Katy, Texas, was charged in a seven count wire fraud and one count of obstruction indictment for wire transferring $207,135 without authorization into her personal bank account from her employer’s bank accounts, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
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By EPA Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) formally introduced the Electricity Security and Affordability Act today in the House and Senate. The lawmakers put forward a draft of the legislation last fall to offer a reasonable alternative to...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Sheikh Javed Rehmat, a pharmacist in Little Neck, NY, pleaded guilty today to one count of making false statements relating to a government investigation into violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the Foreign Agents Registration Act, and a conspiracy to defraud the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Nicholas Perry, 36, of Sacramento, and Eric Johnston, 23, of Folsom, pleaded guilty today to attempted enticement of a minor, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders expressed disappointment following today’s White House release of its Statement of Administration Policy opposing H.R. 3811 - the Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act. The legislation, introduced by Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Daniel C.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: Justin J. Sadler, 27, of Gillette, Wyoming, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on January 6, 2014, for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Sadler was arrested in Gillette, Wyoming. He received 120 months imprisonment, to be followed by three years supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $900.00 fine and a $100.00 special assessment. This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - U.S. Attorney David B. Barlow announced Thursday that the District of Utah collected $4,613,846 in Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 related to criminal and civil actions. Of this amount, $2,321,772 was collected in criminal actions and $2,292,074 was collected in civil actions. The U.S. Attorney’s Office is responsible for enforcing and collecting civil and criminal debts owed to the United States and restitution owed to federal crime victims.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT), Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) joined together today to introduce legislation that will establish strong rules for trade negotiations and Congressional approval of trade pacts, to deliver trade agreements that boost U.S. exports and create American jobs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: Total Recoveries Including Shared Cases and Forfeitures Exceeds $81.9 Million.
