News from September 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Donnell Young, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Paula Reid, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service (USSS), and J. Scott Dennis, Chief, North Miami Beach Police...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Hayatullah Dawari, 62, of Philadelphia, PA, pleaded guilty today to two counts of immigration fraud and was sentenced to two years in prison, which U.S. District Court Judge Stewart Dalzell suspended for immediate deportation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Northern District of Florida. Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. Follow @NDFLNews. TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Titus Lee Dixon, 48, Perrissa Dixon, 40, Orman Curtis Witherspoon, 40, Stefondra Monroe, 23, all residing in Kissimmee, Florida, and Katrina Pratt, 39, of Tallahassee...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Pennsylvania accountant was sentenced today to 40 months in prison for conspiring to defraud FirstPlus Financial Group Inc. (FirstPlus), a Texas-based financial services company, which had been targeted for extortionate takeover and looting by a group led by Lucchese organized crime family member Nicodemo S. Scarfo.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: Crater Lake National Park experienced a strong warming and drying weather trend between September 11th and September 16th. During this period the lightning ignited Founders Day Fire grew steadily from 15 acres to 188 acres. On September 17th the passage of a cold front and associated low pressure trough...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Last night, the U.S. Senate approved bipartisan child welfare legislation aimed at reducing child sex trafficking, increasing adoptions and improving child support collections. The legislation was approved by the House on July 23, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: July 2014 proved to be another warmer-than-normal and drier-than-normal-month in the Kenai Fjords area. Daily high temperatures ranged from 60 degrees F to 76 degrees F with a total of five days above 70 degrees F. Measurable precipitation was recorded on 12 days with more than half the total rainfall occurring on one day, July 9th. Winds were relatively calm with average daily wind speeds remaining below 9 mph every day except July 20thwhen daily winds averaged 11.4 mph.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Neosho, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for stealing more than $4.9 million from his employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Richard A. Lazzara sentenced Erich Clifford Mandell Ramos (27, Tampa) today to 30 years in federal prison for production of child pornography. The Court also ordered him to serve a lifetime of supervision and to register as a sex offender following his release from prison. He pleaded guilty on June 20, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: National Public Lands Day. Fort Union National Monument is pleased to announce that it is participating with all the other 401 national parks in celebrating National Public Lands Day on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. This 21st annual event encourages everyone to volunteer on their public lands and enjoy...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On Sept. 15, 2014, Angela Shae Ellison, age 47, of Centerville, Iowa, the former owner and CEO of Cornerstone Counseling Center, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose on charges of health care fraud and money laundering, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Ellison was ordered to serve one year and one day in prison, and was ordered to pay $724,359.26 in restitution, and pay $200 to the Crime Victim Fund.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: Mount Rainier National Park will celebrate National Public Lands Day on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, with several volunteer projects open to public participation. The work day caps a busy summer in which nearly 2,000 people have contributed to the protection of Mount Rainier's natural and cultural treasures and helped serve its visitors.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Hawthorne woman who was responsible for more than $7 million in fraudulent Medicare billing for durable medical equipment - mostly power wheelchairs - was found guilty today of 16 federal charges stemming from the health care fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Carmine G. Mandarano, a medical doctor whose practice is located in East Islip, New York, pleaded guilty today to the illegal distribution of oxycodone, a highly addictive prescription pain killer. Mandarano entered his plea before United States Magistrate Judge Gary R. Brown at the...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: A man who concealed assets from the bankruptcy court and then lied about his assets under oath before a bankruptcy judge was sentenced today to eighteen months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - A convicted felon who led police on a high-speed chase through San Angelo, Texas, earlier this year, was sentenced this morning, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Michael Lee Kelly, age 34, of Baltimore, Maryland pleaded guilty today to a bank fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft, in a scheme to use the identity information of others to finance luxury automobiles for his own use and to rent to others.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 25 indictments charging 27 defendants. Indictments are charging documents that contain one or more individual counts that are merely accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: LITTLE ROCK, AR - Christopher R. Thyer,United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Christopher A. Henry, Special Agent in Charge of the IRS-Criminal Investigation Nashville Field Office announced today that Unites States District Judge D.P. Marshall, Jr. sentenced Anas N. Atrach...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: Beat Rival Gang Member At Capitol Hill Nightclub.
