News from November 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: Schemers Used Phony HSBC Documents And Purported Attorney Escrow Account To Dupe Lone Victim.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: CINCINNATI - Charles H. Sheehan III a/k/a/ “Duke Sheehan", 69, of Cumming, Ga. pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of securities fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - OSCAR ENRIQUE PEREZ-ZUMAETA, of Cancun, Mexico, pled guilty today to laundering the proceeds of a scheme to defraud the Federal Communications Commission, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. Perez-Zumaeta’s guilty plea comes...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: Websites Seized In The Operation Include Underground Markets Trafficking In Illegal Drugs, Firearms, Stolen Credit Cards, Fake Passports And IDs, Computer-Hacking Services, And Counterfeit Currency.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that HERBERT COOPER, age 41, and RICHARD WILLIAMS, age 38, both residents of New Orleans, Louisiana, were charged today in a three-count indictment for violations of the Federal Controlled Substances Act. According to the indictment, on Oct. 24, 2014, COOPER...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that AMANDA DAWN COOKSON, age 27, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma pled guilty to Interstate Travel or Transportation in Aid of Racketeering Enterprises, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1952(a)(3).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Walter T. Alexander, age 31, of Travelers Rest, South Carolina, was sentenced yesterday to 151 months imprisonment and placed on life-time supervised release for possession of child pornography. United States District Judge Timothy M. Cain presided over the case.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A federal grand jury indicted a Neshanic Station, New Jersey, man today for his role in a $1 million mortgage fraud scheme, including an alleged bribe of a bank agent to approve a loan on a property that exploded hours before the closing, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: DENVER - George Brokaw, age 68, John Pawelski, age 66, and Mimi Vigil, age 63, all from Colorado Springs, Colorado, were found guilty today of conspiracy to defraud the IRS and related tax charges, following a 4-day jury trial before U.S. District Court Judge Christine M. Arguello. The jury deliberated...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation has recognized two Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) for their exceptional work in a commercial sex trafficking prosecution.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today responded to new reports regarding the recalls of vehicles equipped with faulty Takata air bag inflators. The New York Times today reported that Takata may have been aware of the dangerous defect as early as 2004 but...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. B U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that George Torres, 52, of Buffalo N.Y., pleaded guilty to unlawfully possessing with intent to distribute more than 200 grams of heroin and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, a $5,000,000 fine, or both.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today responded to new reports regarding the recalls of vehicles equipped with faulty Takata air bag inflators. The New York Times today reported that Takata may have been aware of the dangerous defect as early as 2004 but...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Alphonso Stoddard, 59, of Forest Heights, Maryland, and James McNeal, 63, of Hyattsville, Maryland, were sentenced today to life in prison and 15 years in prison, respectively, for conspiracy to commit bank robbery, armed bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: In 2003, the National Park Service (NPS) completed the Vessel Quota and Operating Requirements Environmental Impact Statement (VQOREIS). Subsequent regulations delegated the authority to set annual cruise ship quotas to the park superintendent. The VQOR EIS Record of Decision (ROD) states that a determination...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: Defendant Took Sexually Explicit Photos Of Juvenile Female.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, (R-CA), today subpoenaed Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im) for documents the Bank has been withholding from Congress for months. Additionally, in a joint letter also signed by House Financial Services Committee Chairman...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., issued the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to hear a legal challenge to the 4th Circuit ruling on whether Obamacare health insurance subsidies can be granted through the federal exchange...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. -Grand Canyon National Parkis proposing to increase entrance fees into the park. The single vehicle entrance fee would change from $25 to $30 for a seven day pass. The park's annual pass would increase from $50 to $60. The current rate of $12 per individual or motorcycle would increase to $15 per individual and $25 for a motorcycle.
