News from July 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Hopewell, New Jersey, woman was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for bribing a former Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) supervisory engineer at the VA’s campus in East Orange, New Jersey, in order to fraudulently obtain $6 million in construction contracts, including those reserved for service-disabled, veteran owned small businesses, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: Visual Artist Lori Discoe from Fort Collins, Colorado, will continue to highlight this year's Art in the Park Program at Rocky Mountain National Park with presentations held Wednesdays, July 15 and July 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Today, after a three-week jury trial, a federal jury found Olga Palamarchuk, 45, of Rancho Cordova; Pyotr Bondaruk, 44, of Sacramento; Vera Zhiry, 35, of Sacramento; and Peter Kuzmenko, 37, of West Sacramento, guilty of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, related to a mortgage fraud...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
Release: Washington, DC, July 13, 2015 - Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is proposing to improve access to groceries for homebound seniors and people with disabilities who participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. USDA is proposing...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New York woman was charged today with running a real estate investment scheme that defrauded victims of hundreds of thousands of dollars, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Atlantic City Police Department Sergeant was arrested by special agents of the FBI this morning for allegedly structuring financial transactions to avoid the filing of currency transaction reports and making false statements to federal agents, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: Michael Ross Smith, 44, of Brentwood, Tenn., pleaded guilty today to making a false material statement under oath in a bankruptcy case, announced David Rivera, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Buyantod Thomas was sentenced on July 9, 2015, to six months in prison, for aiding and abetting the submission of fraudulent asylum applications, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Homeland Security Investigations Acting Special Agent in Charge Tatum King.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Luciano (39) to nine years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. He pleaded guilty to the charges on Dec. 22, 2006, and subsequently fled the United States to Italy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - James Ashby Moncure, Jr., 42, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, was sentenced today to 65 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for wire fraud and engaging in unlawful monetary transactions. Additionally, Moncure was ordered to pay approximately $8.3 million in restitution to his victims.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: MINERAL, CA - Due to a major wind event this past February, Lassen Volcanic National Park experienced an unprecedented number of downed trees along the park’s 150 miles of hiking trails. Especially hard hit was an eight- mile stretch of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) at Lassen’s northern boundary near...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, Marie Ann Stoltz, 38, of Phoenix, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi to 21 months’ imprisonment and ordered to pay $408,021 in restitution. Stoltz’s husband, Mark Edwin Stoltz, 44, of Phoenix, Ariz., was sentenced to 9 months of home confinement and also ordered to pay $408,821 in restitution. Both defendants previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)released the following joint statement after the White House announced President Obama granted commutations to 46 individuals...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - William Santiago-Reyes was sentenced to 540 months (45 years) in prison for his participation in various crimes, including Hobbs Act robbery, carjacking and firearms violations, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The defendant pled guilty on February 4, 2015, before United States District Court Senior Judge Daniel R. Domínguez.
By State Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., as the Obama Administration works to complete a final nuclear deal with Iran, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will convene a hearing entitled, “Implications of a Nuclear Agreement with Iran: Part II." The hearing is the second in a series of hearings the Committee will convene to examine the Obama Administration’s anticipated nuclear agreement with Iran.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DAVID LESTER JOHNSTON, 46, of Ridgefield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to three months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, the first six months of which must be served in home confinement, for committing health care fraud. JOHNSTON also was ordered to perform 150 hours of community service.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on two produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOL Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has scheduled a meeting of the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health July 16, 2015, in Washington, D.C.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada -The body of an adult male was recovered in the Boulder Basin on Lake Mead July 12 in an area where a man went missing July 5.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Nicholas S. Dubrowski, 27, an oil and gas worker living in Moundsville, West Virginia, was convicted of methamphetamine trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
