News from June 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2014
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS- Today in federal court, United States District Court Judge Ann D. Montgomery sentenced Ieisha Smith to 24 months in federal prison for devising and executing a scheme to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS") by filing fraudulent tax returns for clients. Smith, who was indicted on Dec. 3, 2012, pleaded guilty on May 29, 2014 to one count of False Claims.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2014
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury has indicted four people, alleging that they offered and accepted bribes and kickbacks as part of a public corruption conspiracy in their roles as managers and a consultant for Arise! Academy, a charter school in Dayton, Ohio.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2014
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell has designated a portion of the Lower Colorado River that flows through Lake Mead National Recreation Area as a National Water Trail.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2014
News Release: Las Vegas - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will host a competitive auction for public lands in the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone at the City of North Las Vegas Council Chambers on June 30. Bidder check-in begins at 9 a.m. and the auction will commence at 10 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2014
News Release: Blackhawk Lifecare Center, a skilled nursing facility in Lake View, Iowa, has agreed to pay $500,000 to resolve civil allegations that the facility, which utilized a third party therapy services provider, submitted or caused to be submitted improper therapy services claims for payment to the government.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Child Abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Georgia business owner who held himself out to be an investor and loan broker admitted his role in defrauding investors of more than $800,000, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2014
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Robert Perez Jr., 35, of Corpus Christi, has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the robbery of three local banks, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2014
News Release: DALLAS - A Dallas man, who admitted committing the armed robberies of insurance companies in Dallas last year, has pleaded guilty to federal charges, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON- Roderic J. Smith, 50, the co-founder and former president of a government contracting company, was sentenced yesterday to 48 months in prison, followed by 1 year of supervised release, for conspiracy to bribe public officials. Smith was ordered to forfeit $175,000.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2014
News Release: Johnson City, Texas - Fifty years ago, America underwent fundamental changes in society and politics. Lyndon B. Johnson, in his first full year as president of the United States, was a catalyst for many changes in 1964. On July 2, 2014, the 50th anniversary of President Johnson signing the Civil Rights...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2014
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A 68-year-old Prosper, Texas woman has pleaded guilty in connection with her role in a conspiracy to embezzle millions from the Plano Independent School District, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2014
News Release: A former City of Detroit police officer was sentenced to prison today for leaking sensitive and confidential law enforcement information to a drug trafficker, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2014
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Clifford Cross, age 23, and Khaleb Bonner, age 24, both of Youngstown, Ohio, with being felons in possession of a firearm and ammunition, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2014
News Release: Rochester, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Doron Feldman, 54, of Williamsville, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr., to conspiracy to commit mail fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Kristi K. Sepkowitz, 55, of Alto, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to a felony information charging her with embezzling money belonging to the United States. Sepkowitz was the Postmaster of the Capitan Post Office in Lincoln County, N.M., when she committed the offense to which she pled guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2014
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Ofelia Alvarado Vallejo, 44, of Edcouch, has made an initial appearance on charges she embezzled more than $90,000 from the Mid Valley House Residential Reentry Center while working there, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2014
News Release: Dallas, TX - A Dallas man, who admitted committing the armed robberies of insurance companies in Dallas last year, has pleaded guilty to federal charges, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., at a hearing today called for comprehensive tax reform, with a focus on simplifying the tax credits available for Americans pursuing higher education.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2014
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Burlington County, N.J., man was arrested this morning for allegedly orchestrating a large scale check-kiting scheme that caused $8.8 million in losses to three banks in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
