News from December 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Kendrick Williams, 36, of Meridian, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Tom Lee to serve 21 months in federal prison followed by one year of supervised release for aiding and assisting in the preparation of false and fraudulent federal income tax returns, announced U.S. Attorney...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: EERE offers webinars to the public on a range of subjects, from adopting the latest energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies, to training for the clean energy workforce. Webinars are free; however, advanced registration is typically required.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: Melinda Wormuth Convicted of Extortion and Making a False Statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: A Miami resident was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks to 108 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $20,988,632 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: Today, Gregory J. Haanstad, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that Vladimir Sonin (age 50) of Bayside, Wisconsin; Natalya Sonina (age 47) of Bayside, Wisconsin; and Irina Tinney (age 47) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin entered guilty pleas in federal court. According...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - Eight members of a traveling robbery crew-based out of Detroit, Michigan, and linked to jewelry store robberies in several states-have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in the June 2013 smash-and-grab robbery of the Mayors Jewelry Store in Lenox Square Mall, in Atlanta, Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury has found Edik Asadorian (43, Queens, NY) guilty of interstate transportation for prostitution and interstate violation of a protective order against domestic violence. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Feb. 29, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: Former New Jersey Resident Admits Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIL.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: Former Head of Offshore Brokerage Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit International Stock Fraud and Money Laundering Scams.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Kevin R. Feldis announced today that a 25-count indictment was unsealed alleging 12 defendants are part of a local Anchorage gang that engaged in drug trafficking, firearms possession, and money laundering crimes. The indictment further alleges that the gang members...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: Army Sergeant Sentenced to Prison for Conspiracy in Afghanistan Bribery Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Michael Hoffner, Sr., 50, of Voorhees, New Jersey was charged today by superseding indictment with five additional counts of wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Hoffner was first charged in June 2015 with 23 counts of wire fraud.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today commented on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s fine of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles for not reporting safety data required under the TREAD Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - JONATHAN CURTIS pled guilty to charges involving his sale of stolen vehicles to out of state buyers.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man convicted of Incest was sentenced on Nov. 30, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking information on how its voluntary "Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity" is being used, as well as feedback on possible changes to the Framework and its future management.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - At yesterday’s oversight hearing on the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Role in the EPA’s Animas Spill, both Republicans and Democrats on the Committee raised numerous questions about the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) involvement with the peer review process of the Bureau of Reclamation’s (BOR) study on the EPA’s Animas spill, particularly in light of USACE’s technical expertise and its serious criticisms of the scope of the Interior evaluation.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today commented on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s fine of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles for not reporting safety data required under the TREAD Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: A former Department of Veterans Affairs employee pled guilty today to destroying, altering and falsifying records and committing computer fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former Allegheny 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.
