News from May 2014
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - The owner of a San Gabriel immigration consulting business and one of his employees have been sentenced to federal prison for participating in a long-running scheme to prepare and file fraudulent asylum applications that made phony claims of religious persecution on behalf of hundreds of Chinese nationals.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: A man who forcibly assaulted a security guard at the Social Security Administration Office in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Isiah Robinson, age 27, of Baltimore, to 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that JAMES EUGENE FRAY, 59, of Missoula, was sentenced to 57 months imprisonment, $10,000 in fines and 3 years supervised release, during a federal court session in Missoula on April 29, 2014, before Senior U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy. Fray was sentenced in connection with his December 2013 guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A three-month multi-agency law enforcement operation, “Operation Red Eye," culminated today with the arrest of several methamphetamine traffickers and the search of more than 30 locations. According to court documents, six individuals are being charged federally with conspiring to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Richard Deng, 68, of Silver Spring, Md., pleaded guilty today to introducing into interstate commerce misbranded foods and drugs, in violation of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. In particular, Deng admitted unlawfully selling various male sexual enhancement dietary supplements...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Preston Coriz, 33, a member and resident of Kewa Pueblo, was sentenced today to 210 months years in federal prison for his aggravated child sexual abuse conviction. Coriz will be on supervised release for ten years after he completes his prison sentence. He also will be required be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls on May 5, 2014, before U.S. District Judge Brian Morris, JAMES ZANDER, 63, pled guilty to one count of Tax Evasion. Zander faces a potential sentence of five years in prison, $250,000 fine, the costs of prosecution and three years of supervised release. Restitution will include unpaid taxes, interest and penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Martin, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Theft Concerning Programs Receiving Federal Funds was sentenced on May 6, 2014, by Jeffrey L. Viken, Chief U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On May 5, 2014, Ricky Dwayne Harvey, 30, of Kingsport, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 180 months in federal prison for his leadership role in oxycodone and money laundering conspiracies centered around the Sullivan County, Tenn., area.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS- Yesterday in federal court, a 67-year-old Bloomington man was sentenced for escaping from a Federal Prison Camp in Duluth. United States District Court Judge Patrick J. Schiltz sentenced Gerald James Greenfield to an additional 18 months in federal prison.
By Homeland Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON- Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, highlighted a recent advisory issued by the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC). The advisory warns that virtual currencies may be at higher risk of fraud by unsavory actors. The full alert can be found here.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - Dong Seok Yi, the former head of College Prep Academy in Duluth, Ga., and a co-conspirator have been sentenced for bringing illegal aliens into the country and issuing them fraudulent immigration documents.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that David.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Shawn Gray, 23, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to charges stemming from a shooting last year in which he fired at an unmarked van full of police officers in Northeast Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By State Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, applauded House passage of H. Res. 418. The bipartisan legislation, authored by Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA), urges the Government of Burma to end the persecution of the Rohingya people and respect internationally recognized human rights for all ethnic and religious minority groups within Burma.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: A ninety-year old man from Indiana was sentenced today to three years in federal prison for his role as a drug courier for a major cocaine trafficking organization with direct ties to the Joquin Guzman Lorea (a/k/a “Chapo" Guzman) Sinaloa cartel, announced United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that GARRETT KIRBY LaFROMBOISE, 21, of Box Elder, was sentenced to 160 months imprisonment and 4 years supervised release in federal court on April 25, 2014, before U.S. District Judge Brian Morris, LaFromboise was sentenced in connection with his guilty...
By DOE Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations today heard testimony from some of the nation’s largest health insurance providers and the trade groups that represent them regarding the status of the president’s health care law, enrollment, and implementation.
