News from June 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2014
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Jamal Greene, 27, of Newport News, Va. was sentenced on June 11, 2014, to forty eight months in prison, following his guilty plea for his participation, with others, in a scheme to defraud Unirush, LLC, a provider of prepaid stored value cards. Greene was ordered to pay restitution in excess of $817,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2014
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury in San Francisco indicted Ryan Kelly Chamberlain II yesterday with possession of an unregistered destructive device, and possession of a firearm with the manufacturer’s serial number removed, announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag and FBI Special Agent in Charge David ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Parmalee, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on June 10, 2014, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2014
News Release: With summer and the July 4th holiday rapidly approaching, Mount Rainier National Park Superintendent Randy King advises that additional park areas will soon be opening. Park staff has been working for months to prepare the park for summer visitors. Without the effort to remove snow from roads and parking...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - Cedric Keith Oliphant has been ordered to prison following his conviction related to the preparation of false client tax returns, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Lucy Cruz, special agent in charge of Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI). Oliphant pleaded guilty in August 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2014
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Myles W. Robinson, 21, and Halston M. Smith, 22, both of Shreveport, were sentenced to 314 years in prison and 138 years in prison, respectively, by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote for their participation in a string of armed robberies in Louisiana and Texas. The defendants were also ordered to pay $17,681.31 and $8,033.31 in restitution, respectively.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 13, 2014
News Release: Officials at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have announced plans to establish two new research Centers of Excellence to work with academia and industry on issues in forensic science and disaster resilience.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2014
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Crystal Lake, Ill. man pleaded guilty today in federal court before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to mail fraud. MICHAEL S. MACKAY, 47, of Crystal Lake, Ill., admitted that from Sept. 2011 to at least May 16, 2012, he participated in a scheme to defraud victims into falsely believing they were hired to work as “secret shoppers" or payment processors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2014
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury in San Francisco indicted Ryan Kelly Chamberlain II yesterday with possession of an unregistered destructive device, and possession of a firearm with the manufacturer’s serial number removed, announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag and FBI Special Agent in Charge David...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 13, 2014
News Release: The Aviation Subcommittee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), will hold a hearing next week on airport financing and development.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2014
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Roscoe, Ill. man was sentenced today in federal court by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to 295 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for transporting child pornography via the internet. JASON NICOSON, 36, who pled guilty on May 20, 2013, admitted in...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2014
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Ali Vaziri was sentenced yesterday to one year and one day in prison and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine and $116,703 in restitution for tax fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson, IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez, and Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General Special Agent in Charge Ivan Negroni.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man convicted of Domestic Assault by a Habitual Offender was sentenced on June 9, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2014
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Dale Edward Stanley, 54, of Clintwood, Va., was sentenced on June 11, 2014, by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge, to serve 12 months and one day in federal prison. A fine of $10,000 was also imposed. Following release from prison, Stanley will be subject to three...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2014
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - On June 11, 2014, Marvin Solis was sentenced to 27 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution for an investment fraud scheme he perpetrated against his relatives, announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag, Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, Special Agent in Charge Scott O'Briant, and FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, woman charged with Assault by Striking, Beating and Wounding pled guilty to and was sentenced on June 10, 2014, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2014
News Release: Conviction Follows Ten-Day Jury Trial. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - A federal jury convicted David Casillas and Antonio Rios, both of Holland, Michigan, of racketeering and cocaine conspiracies today. Both defendants were charged, along with 29 other defendants, with conspiracy to engage in racketeering...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2014
News Release: (COLUMBIA, S.C -.) - Joenathan Shelly Chaplin, an attorney in Columbia, S.C. appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Margaret B. Seymour and pleaded guilty to making a false statement to a federal agent, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2014
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Vahid Hosseini, 62, of Reston, Virginia, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison, followed by 2 years of supervised release, for exporting various high-tech unlicensed goods to Iran, in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), and for laundering money wired to him from multiple overseas accounts. Hosseini agreed to forfeit $50,000 as part of his guilty plea in this case.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2014
News Release: Ever need a Federal Lands, or New Mexico State Parks pass, but never seem to have the time to swing by Sugarite or Capulin? Well you are in luck, because we are coming to you. On Saturday, June 28, 2014, from 10:00am to 2:00pm, personnel from Sugarite Canyon and Capulin Volcano will be at the Raton Aquatic Center to sell their passes.
