News published on Federal Newswire in July 2014

News from July 2014


BLM Announces Appointments to Council to Help Advise Agency on Balanced Management of Nations Public Lands

News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced new appointments or reappointments of members to Utahs citizen-based Resource Advisory Council (RAC), which advises the BLM on public land issues. The RACs are composed of members with diverse interests and backgrounds. "Our Resource Advisory Councils exemplify...


News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced JAMMEE DUCHEA TERRY, 22, of Henderson to a total of 125 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release.


News Release: WASHINGTON - David Mario Riley, 38, of Tampa, Fla., pled guilty today to a federal charge of possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., Valerie Parlave, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).


BNP Paribas Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Conspiring To Violate U.S. Economic Sanctions

News Release: Court Accepts Plea Agreement Requiring BNP Paribas To Forfeit More Than $8.8 Billion And To Pay A Criminal Fine Of $140 Million.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Afghanistan’s presidential runoff election...


Overbrook Man Sentenced To Prison For Online Ticket Fraud Scheme

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh resident has been sentenced in federal court to 18 months imprisonment, with three years of supervised release to follow, on his conviction of wire fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Illegal Alien Convicted Of Aggravated Identity Theft

News Release: An illegal alien from Mexico who assumed the identity of a United States citizen was convicted by a jury today, after a two-day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids.


Former Social Worker Convicted of Theft of Public Money

News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that James Leonard Holt, 64, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Lincoln, Nebraska, to five years of probation by United States District Judge Lyle E. Strom, after pleading guilty to an information charging him with 9 counts of theft of public money.


News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Jerry St. Fleur (26, Tampa) today pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. St. Fleur faces a maximum penalty of twenty years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks at a hearing on human rights in Southeast Asia...


Man Convicted Of Second Degree Murder Sentenced To 293 Months Imprisonment

News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Ernest Eugene Lillie, IV, age 24, was sentenced to 293 months after being convicted of second degree murder.


Federal Jury Finds Artesia Woman Guilty On Methamphetamine Trafficking Charges

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Yesterday a federal jury sitting in Las Cruces, N.M., returned a verdict finding Genevieve Hernandez, 36, of Artesia, N.M., guilty on methamphetamine trafficking charges after a two-day trial. The jury’s verdict was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Will R. Glaspy, Special Agent in Charge of the El Paso Division of the DEA, and Commander James McCormick of the Pecos Valley Drug Task Force.


Former Strip Club Owner Rick Rizzolo Charged With Felony Tax Evasion

News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Former Las Vegas strip club owner Rick Rizzolo was indicted by the federal grand jury today on charges that he attempted to evade over $2.5 million in employment and income taxes, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.


News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - A Haughton man was sentenced to 120 months in prison and five years of supervised release for a firearms charge and for selling cocaine and methamphetamine with his girlfriend and mother, U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today.


Toray Chemical Korea Resolves Attempted Theft Of Trade Secrets Investigation And Agrees To Pay Over $2 Million Penalty

News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Toray Chemical Korea, Inc., formerly doing business as Woongjin Chemical Co., Ltd., a South Korean chemical company, agreed to pay a criminal penalty of over $2 million to resolve an attempted theft of trade secrets investigation, announced Dana J. Boente, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.


Former New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin Sentenced To 10 Years Imprisonment For Conspiracy, Bribery, Honest Services Wire Fraud, Money Laundering And Tax Violations

News Release: C. RAY NAGIN (“NAGIN"), age 58, a resident of Frisco, Texas, was sentenced today to 10 years imprisonment by United States District Judge Helen G. Berrigan for conspiracy, bribery, honest services wire fraud, money laundering and tax violations, announced the U.S. Attorney’s Office. In addition to the...



Indictment Charges New York Man In Fraud Scheme

News Release: Jade Grander, 29, of Brooklyn, NY, was charged today by indictment with one count of bank fraud and two counts of access device fraud. The charges arise from the defendant=s alleged participation in a scheme to obtain cash advances at TD Bank using other individuals’ deactivated credit cards by convincing bank tellers to override their Cash Advance Machines in order to process the transaction.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Yesterday a federal jury sitting in Las Cruces, N.M., returned a verdict finding Genevieve Hernandez, 36, of Artesia, N.M., guilty on methamphetamine trafficking charges after a two-day trial. The jury’s verdict was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Will R. Glaspy, Special Agent in Charge of the El Paso Division of the DEA, and Commander James McCormick of the Pecos Valley Drug Task Force.


Jury Convicts Fort Dodge Man For Meth Conspiracy

News Release: A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was convicted by a jury on July 8, 2014, after a 1 ½-day trial in federal court in Sioux City.