News from February 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - HUBOLIST ELLIOTT pled guilty to mail fraud in connection with a real estate investment scheme involving fractional interests in vacation properties.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) today sent a letter to the nation’s governors seeking feedback on their recently released Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2015
News Release: Dickson Medical Associates, P.C. (“DMA") of Dickson, Tennessee has agreed to pay civil damages of over $500,000 to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. The alleged false claims involved the importation and distribution of foreign, non-FDA approved prescription drugs prohibited under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) today sent a letter to the nation’s governors seeking feedback on their recently released Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility,...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2015
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Feb. 20, 2015, Anthony Arn, age 44, formerly of Coralville, was sentenced by United States District Court Stephanie M. Jones to 45 months in prison, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Arn was also ordered to serve ten years of supervised release following imprisonment, and to pay $100 towards the Crime Victims Fund. Arn will also be required to register as a sex offender.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On Tuesday, the House of Representatives will consider two pieces of bipartisan legislation as part of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s ongoing efforts to protect the public health and streamline government to better function in the 21st century. H.R. 212, the Drinking Water Protection Act, and H.R. 734, the Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act, were both approved by the Energy and Commerce Committee by voice vote in early February.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On Tuesday, the House of Representatives will consider two pieces of bipartisan legislation as part of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s ongoing efforts to protect the public health and streamline government to better function in the 21st century. H.R. 212, the Drinking Water Protection Act, and H.R. 734, the Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act, were both approved by the Energy and Commerce Committee by voice vote in early February.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On Tuesday, the House of Representatives will consider two pieces of bipartisan legislation as part of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s ongoing efforts to protect the public health and streamline government to better function in the 21st century. H.R. 212, the Drinking Water Protection Act, and H.R. 734, the Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act, were both approved by the Energy and Commerce Committee by voice vote in early February.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2015
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Justin Ede, 30, of Enosburg Falls, Vermont was sentenced to 18 months in prison, having pled guilty to one count of possessing child pornography. Senior United States District Judge William K. Sessions III, sitting in Burlington, also sentenced Ede to 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2015
News Release: BISMARCK - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Feb. 23, 2015, Gabriel Lazaro Garcia-Hernandez, a/k/a Gabriel L. Garcia, 54, Williston, N.D., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland on a charge of possession of firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. Garcia was convicted on Oct. 29, 2014, by a federal jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - CHARLES WILLIAMS pled guilty to defrauding investors of their funds between on or about Nov. 1, 2007 and Jan. 31, 2013. The 11 individuals whose funds were invested in the C.R. Williams Investment Fund, LLC, and the C.R. Williams Tax Advantaged Investment Fund, LLC reported that...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2015
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA -United States Attorney Walt Green announced that JOCK R. JONES, 38, formerly of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was convicted of carjacking, using a firearm in furtherance of the carjacking, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2015
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Robert Lamar Payne, 31, of Detroit, pleaded guilty to possession of heroin with the intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2015
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Many resident was sentenced last week to 188 months in prison for distributing methamphetamine in the Sabine Parish area.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Shannon T. Lewis, 41 of Elmira, NY, pleaded guilty to producing child pornography before U.S. District Court Judge Charles J. Siragusa. The charge carries a mandatory minimum 15 years and a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2015
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska-U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a Wasilla man was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Sharon L. Gleason to serve 84 months in federal prison for his role in a heroin trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Travis Wetzel, age 36, of Frederick, Maryland today to 42 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for wire fraud and money laundering in connection with a fraudulent scheme to take $1,282,224 from an elderly client’s annuity account. Judge Blake also entered an order that Wetzel forfeit and pay restitution of $1,282,224.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Defendants, Joseph Cuellar, age 74, a resident of Fresno, California; Patrick Bowman, age 48 of Los Banos, California; and Rudolph Buendia, age 52 of Planada, California, were ordered today to pay a total of $1,801,832.50 in restitution to 65 victims exposed to airborne asbestos as a...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Derik Carson Kumagai, 41, and Saykham Somphoune a/k/a, “Oat," 41, both residents of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to commit bribery, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2015
News Release: A St. Louis, Missouri, resident was sentenced to federal prison for access device fraud and aggravated identity theft on Feb. 20, 2015, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. Melissa Charlton, originally from Valmeyer, Illinois, was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison, $5,271.69 in restitution, a $200 special assessment and three years of supervised release.
