News from August 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr, Western District of New York, announced today that six drug houses forfeited in the United States v. Theresa Anderson, et al, are being demolished following a...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: DOLORES, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management, Tres Rios Field Office is seeking comments on a preliminary environmental assessment that analyzes an exploration license application submitted by GCC Energy. The 23-hole drilling proposal, which is federal coal underlying predominately private land, would aid GCC in locating coal resources adjacent to their King II Mine near Hesperus, Colorado.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, man today admitted using bogus litigation support companies to obtain millions from two law firms where his wife was a partner, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Anderson residents John Wesley Lane, 35, and Kelsey Ann Lane, 28, pleaded guilty today to charges related to marijuana cultivation and distribution, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. John Lane pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute at least 50 kilograms of marijuana, and Kelsey Lane pleaded guilty to concealment of a felony.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: On Aug. 20, 2015, Michael A. Boyt, Jr., 19, of Marion, pled guilty to one-count of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - A husband and wife residing in Lewis Center, Ohio, were sentenced to prison in U.S. District Court today for their roles in a fraud scheme related to the company Imperial Integrative Health Research and Development LLC (Imperial) and its product, OXYwater, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Carter M. Stewart of the Southern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An analyst with J.P. Morgan Securities and two longtime friends were taken into custody this morning after being charged in a federal grand jury indictment that alleges they participated in an insider trading scheme that netted more than $600,000 in illicit profits.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Michael Lewis, 27, made his initial appearance today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller after being charged in an Indictment with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, two counts of possession of ammunition by a convicted felon, and the local offenses of possession of...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: The reduction of hazardous fuels is a significant preventative management tool used in preparation for managing wildfire near structures and communities. As seen with the Fern Lake Fire, previous reduction of hazardous fuels aided firefighters in stopping the fire within the park when it made its more...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg and Andrew M. Thornton, Acting Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation, announced that on Aug. 25, 2015, Chet Lee West, 59, of Nebo, North Carolina, was sentenced following his conviction on felony tax charges. West was convicted on Feb. 25...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Nevyou Alemu, 21, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, was convicted today of possessing stolen firearms, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Valentina Elebesunu, age 50, of Temple Hills, Maryland to 105 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to commit, and committing, an armed robbery of an armored truck. Judge Hazel also entered an order that Elebesunu pay restitution of $272,956.17.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) is requesting comments on a draft guide to help energy companies better control who has access to their networked resources, including buildings, equipment, information technology and industrial control systems. The center, part of the U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), works with IT developers and providers to help businesses reduce their cyber risk.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney Donald A. Feith announced that United States Senior District Judge Joseph A. DiClerico today sentenced Christopher J. Bailey to a term of 33 months in federal prison based upon his previous pleas of guilty to one count each of Bank Fraud, False Statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: Defendant Owned Quick File Tax Service in Addison, Farmers Branch, and Irving, Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: Employee Alleged To Have Illegally Downloaded Proprietary Information Related To The Multiplayer Mobile Game, Game Of War: Fire Age.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - A registered sex offender, living in Fort Worth, Texas, who pleaded guilty to a two-count indictment charging child pornography offenses, was sentenced today, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Christopher Bigmouth, 25, an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Nation who resides in Mescalero, N.M., pleaded guilty this afternoon in Las Cruces, N.M., to an assault resulting in serious bodily injury charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Bigmouth will be sentenced to 84 months in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Joshua Scott Schellhase, age 31, of Leonardtown, Maryland today to six years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for distribution of heroin. A close friend of Schellhase died as a result of using the heroin distributed by Schellhase.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - A father and son schemed with a Chicago attorney and a Lincolnwood businessman to sell $2.9 million in phony mortgages to more than a dozen duped investors, according to a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday.
