News published on Federal Newswire in March 2014

News from March 2014


Kirkland Plastic Surgeon Agrees To Pay $125,000 To DEA In Drug Diversion Investigation

News Release: SEATTLE - Gavin Dry, a plastic surgeon who practices in Kirkland, Washington has agreed to settle federal civil penalty claims brought by the U.S. Attorney's Office on behalf of the federal Drug Enforcement (DEA). Based on evidence and information obtained through DEA's investigation, from 2007 through...


Talladega Scrap Yard Owner Forfeits $1.3 Million For Financial Structuring

News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A Talladega scrap yard owner pleaded guilty today to structuring $119,400 in cash transactions, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and IRS Criminal Investigation Division Special Agent in Charge Veronica Hyman-Pillot.


Case Update: Central Valley Marijuana Traffickers

News Release: FRESNO, Calif.) - Marijuana cultivators from Kern, Stanislaus, and Fresno Counties entered guilty pleas today in two cases and were sentenced in another for their involvement in separate large-scale marijuana cultivation operations.


Activity For March 20, 2014

News Release: Wyoming Man Charged with Assault on a Federal Officer.


Idaho Man Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison For November 2011 Shooting At The White House-Defendant Fired At Least Eight Shots In Attack-

News Release: WASHINGTON - Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, 23, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, who used a semi-automatic assault rifle to fire at least eight rounds at the White House in November 2011, was sentenced today to 25 years in prison for terrorism and weapons offenses.


District Man Pleads Guilty To Prostituting And Sexually Abusing 15 Year-Old Victim-Defendant Lured Teenager From Seattle To Work As Prostitute-

News Release: WASHINGTON - Jason Whren, 33, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to charges of first-degree sexual abuse of a child and pandering of a minor for sexually abusing and prostituting a 15-year-old girl, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.


Detroit Resident Convicted For Assaulting A Federal Law Enforcement Officer

News Release: Larry O’Neill Walker, II, 31, of Detroit, was convicted today in federal district court of assaulting a federal law enforcement officer, announced United States Attorney Barbara McQuade.


Delaware County Man Sentenced For Mortgage And Bank Fraud

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Simon H. Aouad, 35, of Garnet Valley, PA, was sentenced today to 70 months in prison and restitution of $5,462,682 for a mortgage fraud scheme involving fraudulently obtained mortgages to purchase properties in North Wildwood, NJ, and Dorchester, MA, and a bank fraud scheme involving fraudulently...


Federal Grand Jury In Fort Wayne Returns Indictment

News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana - The United States Attorney's Office announced that a Grand Jury sitting in Fort Wayne, Indiana, returned the following Indictment on March 26, 2014.


Former Fugitive Admits Selling Bogus Insurance Policies

News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A former insurance broker admitted today to conspiring to defraud purchasers of commercial liability insurance by overcharging for policies as well as issuing some customers bogus policies, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


Former Raleigh Mortgage Broker Sentenced To 42 Months In Prison For His Role In Mortgage Fraud Scheme

News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today before Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, MARK THOMAS BOWE, JR., 56, of Jonesboro, Georgia, was sentenced to a 42 month term of imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release, on Count...


Two Sentenced In Connection With Sunshine Pharmacy Health Care Fraud

News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - United States District Judge John E. Steele today sentenced Delmer Holmes Parrish (44) and Patricia Parrish (74), both of Naples, for their roles in a conspiracy to commit health care fraud that operated from Sunshine Pharmacy in Naples, Florida. Delmer Holmes Parrish, a licensed...


Martinsburg Man Sentenced To Prison On Cocaine Trafficking Charge

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Huntington Man Pleads Guilty To Heroin And Gun Charges

News Release: Huntington, W.Va. - A Huntington, West Virginia, man pleaded guilty today in federal court to charges of being a convicted felon in possession of firearms and of selling heroin, announced U.S. Attorney, Booth Goodwin. Antonio Michael Smith, 31, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers in Huntington.


New York City Man Pleads Guilty to Oxycodone Distribution Charge

News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that William.


Camp Statement on CMS’ Announcement on Medicare Part D Rule Changes

News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement in response to CMS’ announcement that it would not finalize certain rules related to Medicare Part D prescription drug plans.


Camp: BRT Analysis Shows Tax Reform Draft Will  Increase Wages, Grow the Economy and Encourage Investment

News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement in response to an independent economic analysis commissioned by Business Roundtable (BRT) and conducted by Rice University Professors John Diamond and George Zodrow that shows the Tax Reform Act of 2014 would grow the economy and increase wages for American workers.


Final Defendant Pleads Guilty In Scheme To Use Fresno Trucking Front To Smuggle Cocaine Into Canada

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Armitdeep Mann, 33, a Toronto resident and a Canadian citizen, pled guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute five or more kilograms of cocaine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.


USDA Cites Osteen Marketing LLC in Wisconsin for PACA Violations

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited Osteen Marketing LLC, of Waupun, Wis., for failure to pay for produce.


Rio Arriba County Man Pleads Guilty to and is Sentenced for Driving While Intoxicated in the Carson National Forest

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - David J. Martinez, 36, of El Rito, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court to an aggravated driving under the influence misdemeanor charge, and was sentenced immediately thereafter.