News from February 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Theft of Government Property.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: A 28-year-old man was extradited from Jamaica based on charges that he committed fraud as part of an international lottery scheme against elderly victims in the United States, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RALPH CROZIER, 63, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: A U.S. citizen charged in connection with the operation of a series of fraudulent business opportunities was extradited from Costa Rica to the United States, the Justice Department announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: New germplasm releases highlight success of multinational effort.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Aliksandr Beketav, 53, Mikhail Shiforenko, 43, Alexsandr Voronov, 46, and Daniela Gozes-Wagner, 32, have been arrested following the return of a federal indictment alleging a health care fraud conspiracy and conspiracy to commit money laundering, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: Jemez Springs, NM- Free hiking, snowshoeing and cross country skiing will be offered to visitors of the Valles Caldera National Preserve this weekend in honor of Presidents Day. Beginning Friday and running through Monday, Presidents Day, all day use permit fees will be waived for listed activities. Equipment rental and guided events fees will remain.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Tyrik Lamont Brown, 20, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to a charge of voluntary manslaughter stemming from the death last fall of his one-month-old son, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: Citations are attached.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Frick Service Inc., Portage, Indiana
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. announced that JONATHAN JOHNSON, age 28, of Abita Springs was sentenced today for Operating a Child Exploitation Enterprise, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252A(g).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: After a ten-day trial, a federal jury convicted Marlan L. Copeland, of Miramar, and Brannoc K. Rudd, of Miami Gardens, for their involvement in a tax refund fraud scheme that resulted in the cashing of over $100,000.00 in tax refund checks.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury has found Demetrius Sharron Davis (33, St. Petersburg) guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, tampering with a witness, and obstruction of justice. He faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for May 4, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement on the House passage of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization in Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A former Cape Cod man who was residing in Missouri under an alias was sentenced yesterday for failing to register with law enforcement authorities as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: A one-count criminal information was filed against Victoria Mason, 31, of South Euclid, charging her with conspiracy to defraud the government with respect to filing fraudulent income tax refund claims, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Kathy Enstrom, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service, Cincinnati Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Patrice Taylor, age 33, of Ashburn, Georgia, entered a plea of guilty on Feb. 11, 2015 to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft before the Honorable W. Louis Sands, Senior U.S. District Court Judge, in Albany, Ga.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian announced that RONALD J. RICHARDS, 59, of Syracuse, New York was sentenced today in United States District Court following his earlier plea of guilty to a six-count Information charging him with receipt, distribution, and possession of child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is launching a competition for a fourth round of grants to pilot online identity verification systems that help improve the privacy, security and convenience of online transactions. The pilot grants support the National Strategy for Trusted Identities...
