News from May 2014
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Joseph Karl Muller, 54, of Webster, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer to bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. The charges carry a mandatory minimum sentence of two years in prison, a maximum of 30 years, a fine of $1,000,000, or both.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), working in collaboration with the Naval Research Laboratory, have found that a particular species of quantum dots that weren't commonly thought to blink, do.
By State Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, applauded House passage of the International Megan’s Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking (H.R. 4573), introduced by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ). The legislation, which passed the Committee earlier...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Tuffek Mohammed Ali Saleh, 41, a citizen and national of Yemen, pleaded guilty to making a false statement on an immigration document before U.S. District Court Judge Charles J. Siragusa. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, and a fine of up to $250,000.
By State Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: Dear Comptroller General Dodaro: Firearms trafficking from the United States to Mexico continues to fuel violence by the country’s brutal transnational criminal organizations. In June 2009, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) conducted a review of firearms trafficking to Mexico and reported that...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: Rochester, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Gino A. Sava, 53, of Gates, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer, to possession of child pornography. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a fine of $250,000 or both.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - The Justice Department filed a joint motion today for entry of a landmark consent decree to resolve allegations that the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) engaged in widespread and systemic discrimination in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Under the proposed...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. On May 15, 2014, Willie Joe Strayhorn, a/k/a “Jo Jo," 47, of Murphysboro, pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, the United States Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Utah. Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Aaron Peila Charged With Engaging In A Continuing Criminal Enterprise. SALT LAKE CITY - A federal indictment unsealed Monday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City charges eight individuals with conspiracy...
By State Newswire | May 20, 2014
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 the Obama Administration’s sanctioning of 12 Russians under the Magnitsky Act...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Five men and three women have been arrested today as a result of an the efforts of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation dubbed “Operation Prototype," announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 22-year-old Jacksonville, Texas man has pleaded guilty in connection with a violent crime spree targeting area businesses in the Eastern District of Texas announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - A Houston man pleaded guilty today to conspiring to smuggle and to traffic in counterfeit and misbranded pharmaceuticals, including Viagra tablets, from China, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson and Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Varapong Ruengvivatanakij, 33, formerly of Washington, D.C., was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today continued its oversight of the Federal Communications Commission. Hearing from FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, members addressed a number of issues before the commission, including the upcoming incentive auction, the commission’s work on net neutrality rules, broadcast sharing agreements, and FCC process reform.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: POCATELLO - Austin Del Broncho-Timbana, 21, of Fort Hall, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 15 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for abusive sexual contact, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Broncho-Timbana was charged by information on Jan. 17, 2014, and pleaded guilty to the charge on Feb. 27, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Steven.
By DOE Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health today held a hearing in the 21st Century Cures initiative to review the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) Report on Drug Innovation. The hearing built on a recent white paper soliciting input on the...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Shamorcus Brandan Nesbitt (27, Tampa) and England Alexander Wilson (32, Tampa) have been charged in a criminal complaint with conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery, interference with commerce by robbery, and brandishing ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Five men and three women have been arrested today as a result of the efforts of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) investigation dubbed “Operation Prototype," announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
