News from October 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury today indicted the owner of an Orange County manufacturing business on a federal charge related to the illegal manufacture and sale of lower receivers for AR-15-type rifles, as well as completed firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Federal authorities today announced that the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued a (GTO) that imposes additional reporting and recordkeeping obligations on most of the businesses located in the Los Angeles Fashion District. The GTO will enhance law enforcement’s ongoing efforts to identify and pursue cases against persons and businesses engaged in money laundering that benefits international drug cartels.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: A resident of Brownstown Township, Michigan, was sentenced today for his involvement in a scheme to file fraudulent tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service, United States Attorney Barbara McQuade announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JABARI RAGAS, age 40, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced today for one count of money laundering and one count of tax fraud. RAGAS previously pled guilty to embezzling nearly $1,700,000 from clients, and failing to pay nearly $260,000 in tax due and owing to the Internal Revenue Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - John Michael Dial, 58, of Skaneateles, New York, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to two years in prison for aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Frances Marie Charles, 35, of Stockton, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley to five years and five months in prison for aggravated identity theft and mail fraud, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a federal grand jury in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania returned an indictment yesterday against Christopher G. Lee, age 65, a resident of Boalsburg, Pennsylvania. The indictment charges Lee with alleged use of facilities...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON- The National Park Service (NPS) will improve grassy areas at Lincoln and Stanton parks by improving soil heath, re-seeding with a new seed blend and allowing time for proper seed germination, which will create a strong root system. The result will be durable turf that is more tolerant of heavy use. We kindly ask the public to observe the posted closures from Oct. 14, 2014 through June 30, 2015 to help ensure the project’s success.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: CHICAGO ― In the first federal prosecution of its kind, a high-frequency trader was indicted for allegedly manipulating commodities futures prices and illegally profiting nearly $1.6 million as a result of trading orders he placed through CME Group and European futures markets in 2011. The defendant, MICHAEL COSCIA, was the manager and sole owner of the former Panther Energy Trading LLC, of Red Bank, N.J., which he formed in 2007.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned two separate indictments today for charges of trafficking cocaine and heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Kelly R. Jackson, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announce that Scarlet Veres, 45, and Steven M. Veres, III, 49, both of Clermont, formerly of Broward County, were sentenced...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: Grab your flashlight and experience a lighthouse at night by joining the National Park Service on a Full Moon Climb at either the Cape Hatteras or Bodie Island Lighthouse on Wednesday, October 8, 2014.Hear stories of keepers of old, view the working light close up in the lantern room, and catch the reflection...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today in federal court, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced Thomas L. Kimmel, 68, to 264 months imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release. Kimmel was ordered to pay over $16.5 million in restitution. On June 26, 2014 KIMMEL was convicted by a jury trial of Conspiracy, Mail Fraud, and Money Laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Waxahachi, Texas, man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for armed bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: OAKLAND - Anthony Keslinke was charge today by superseding indictment in a scheme involving short sale mortgage fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Jay Fitzpatrick, and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: Defendant Provided Prescriptions For Oxycodone Without A Legitimate Medical Purpose.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Senator Bernard Sanders, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, sent letters to 14 drug manufacturers requesting information about the escalating prices they have been charging for generic drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - David Schrader, 47, of Portland, Oregon, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Jones to 46 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for the crime of wire fraud. He was also ordered to pay over $1.4 million in restitution to DAT Solutions...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 54-year-old McKinney, Texas photographer has pleaded guilty to child exploitation charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: In Austin today, 25-year-old Gabriel Soza Ruedas, Jr., was sentenced to two years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for pointing a laser at an aircraft flying overhead announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
