News published on Federal Newswire in August 2015

News from August 2015


Maryland Owner of Loan Brokerage Firms Pleads Guilty to Fraud and Obstruction of Justice Charges

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Jeong Joon Moon, a/k/a Patrick Moon, age 47, of Germantown, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to charges arising from a scheme to defraud financial institutions who loaned money to small businesses.


News Release: A convicted felon who possessed a firearm in Dubuque last November was sentenced this week to 135 months in federal prison.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Joseph Wallace Apodaca, 39, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court to being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition.


Pawn Shop Owner Indicted in Scheme to Sell Stolen Goods on eBay

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Noel Eric Anshel, age 48, of Owings Mills, Maryland for selling stolen goods and fraudulently obtained gift cards on eBay. The indictment was returned on Aug. 11, 2015 and unsealed today.


News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Hung Danh, age 55, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, pled guilty to conspiracy to evade $337,000 in employment taxes in connection with his operation of an employee leasing business known as HD Staffing. The guilty plea was accepted by U.S. District Court Judge John E. Jones, III and sentencing was scheduled for January 2016.


Missouri Hospital Agrees to Pay United States $5.5 Million to Settle Alleged False Claims Act Violations

News Release: Missouri Hospital Agrees to Pay United States $5.5 Million to Settle Alleged False Claims Act Violations.


News Release: Albanian National Sentenced to 16 Years for Attempting to Support Terrorism.


Advisory Commission August 2015 Meeting

News Release: The Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission will convene for its regular quarterly meeting at 9:00 A.M. on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015 at park headquarters located on the corner of Red Jacket Road and Hwy. US-41 in Calumet. The meeting will include an update on the efforts and work of the...


News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MATTHEW GOLDREICH, 46, of East Lyme, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to a false advertising offense stemming from his production and dissemination of false advertisements for mortgage modification services.


News Release: BOSTON - Four individuals involved in a Lawrence-based fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine trafficking organization were indicted yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Joseph Wallace Apodaca, 39, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court to being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Barbara Stanley, 62, of Nottingham, PA, was convicted by a jury today of five counts of wire fraud, two counts of theft of government funds, one count of making false statements, and two counts of making false statements regarding workers? compensation benefits, announced United States...


Houston Area Business Owner Charged with Defrauding Medicare of $5.6 Million

News Release: HOUSTON - Three people have been taken into custody on charges contained in a 21-count indictment alleging a conspiracy to defraud Medicare of approximately $5.6 million for various diagnostic tests which were never performed or were not medically necessary, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.


News Release: BOISE - A federal jury in the District of Idaho returned guilty verdicts today against Fazliddin Kurbanov, 33, on charges that he conspired and attempted to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and possessed an unregistered destructive device. The jury found the defendant not guilty on two other charges.


News Release: St. Louis, MO - GWENDOLYN BROWN, of Town & Country, Missouri, admitted to filing a false income tax return in violation of 26 USC 7206(1), a felony. Brown appeared this afternoon before U.S. District Court Judge Ronnie L. White in St. Louis.


Fugitive Wanted On Tax Charges Is Captured

News Release: Carmen Basilis, a fugitive and owner of Basilis Tax Services, of Allentown, PA, was arrested this morning on a 58-count indictment charging tax violations, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Basilis had been a fugitive since her indictment on Sept. 27, 2011. She is charged with...


News Release: Defendant Previously Served over Five Months in Jail for Illegally Harvesting Ginseng.


Sierra National Forest Marijuana Cultivators Indicted

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against Francisco Javier Gomez-Rodriguez, 37, Alejandro Ramirez-Rojo, aka Alejandro Ramires, 30, and Humberto Ceballos-Rangel, 37, all citizens of Mexico, and Anthony Isaac Santibanez, 19, of Woodlake, Calif., charging them in connection with their involvement in a large marijuana cultivation in the Sierra National Forest in Madera County, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.


News Release: Steven Schauf, Jr., 28, of Carbondale, Illinois, was sentenced to 24 months in prison today for his role in an eight-count indictment charging him with Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with the Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance, Unlawful Distribution of a Controlled Substance, Use of a...


PSP Fingerprint Expert Identifies Child Porn Producer By Analyzing Ridges in Photo

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Beaver County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of production of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.