News from April 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that Jeffrey A. Peterson, 51, of Freedom, NY, pleaded guilty to exceeding authorized access to the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (NYS DMV) database before Senior U.S. District Court Judge William M. Skretny. The charge carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Sprint Communications, Inc., formerly Sprint Nextel Corporation, has agreed to pay the government $15.5 million to resolve allegations it defrauded federal law enforcement agencies when recovering its costs of carrying out court-ordered wiretaps, pen registers, and trap devices, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Inspector General (“OIG"), Special Agent in Charge M. Elise Chawaga.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Walter Elicer Luna Cayseda, 49, of Bronx, New York, was sentenced Wednesday in United States District Court in Utica for making a false statement and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and United States Customs Acting Director of Field...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: BOS 2015-072. Employer name: Beacon Industries Inc., an aircraft engine and parts manufacturer, headquartered in Bloomfield, Connecticut. Inspection site: 549 Cedar St., Newington, Connecticut 06111. Date inspection initiated: The inspection began Oct. 21, 2014, in response to a complaint. Investigation...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: Upcoming Webinars. April 9: Live Webinar on the ORNL Buildings Crowdsourcing Community Online. Webinar Sponsor: Building Technologies Office. The Energy Department and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) will present a live webinar titled "Getting the Most Benefit from Participating in the ORNL Buildings...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: El Dorado, Arkansas - Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Kendall J. Dykes, aka “KD", age 43, of El Dorado, Arkansas, and Jewel E. Easter, age 34, of Little Rock, Arkansas, were sentenced today to a combined total of over 14 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 120 months in prison and three years supervised release on his conviction of distribution of cocaine base, in the form commonly known as "crack," United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - John Greene, 70, a former captain at the Gallup-McKinley Adult Detention Center (GMADC), was sentenced today on charges related to sexual assaults of female inmates in his custody.In Nov. 2014, Greene pled guilty to three counts of violating each of three victims’ rights to bodily integrity...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that JORDAN WAYNE PARKS, age 24, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, pled guilty to Felon in Possession of a Firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: Quality Egg, Company Owner & Top Executive to be Sentenced in Connection with Distribution of Adulterated Eggs.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that George D. LaCasse, 35, of Caribou, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Butler County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of distribution of child pornography, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: United States Sues Two Other Companies and Three Individuals for Similar Violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven returned a 10-count indictment today charging CYNTHIA TANNER, 53, of Darien, with fraud and tax evasion offenses stemming from her alleged embezzlement of approximately $800,000 from a Connecticut-based veterans services organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: Preston Umbach, 35, of Gillette, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on April 8, 2015, for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, and heroin. He received 109 months imprisonment, concurrent to a previous state sentence, and was ordered to pay...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Marietta Harris, 39, of Jackson, was sentenced on April 8, 2015 by U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate to 120 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for stolen identity refund fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and Acting Special Agent in Charge Jerome R. McDuffie with IRS Criminal Investigation. Harris was also ordered to pay restitution to the Internal Revenue Service in the amount of $771,956.27.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - The former owner of a New Jersey defense contracting business today admitted supplying the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) with foreign-made replacement parts on contracts that only allow products manufactured in the United States, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - A federal grand jury today returned a four-count indictment charging Clinton G. Todman, Jr., 44, with federal and territorial firearm offenses, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Todman was arrested on March 23, 2015 on a warrant issued by U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller. He was released on an unsecured $25,000 bond.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal judge today sentenced a Trussville woman to six months in prison and six months home confinement for preparing fraudulent tax returns for herself and others in a Tarrant business she ran with her sister, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and IRS, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge Veronica Hyman-Pillot.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - The owner and operator of a prep school admissions business was convicted yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with his role in embezzling funds.
