News from June 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - A federal jury today convicted three defendants who worked at a Rancho Cucamonga business that offered bogus loan modification programs to thousands of financially distressed homeowners who lost more than $7 million when they paid for services, including loan modifications, that were never provided.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: Seven Stark County men were indicted in a 13-count federal indictment for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine in the Canton area, law enforcement officials said.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: Good morning and welcome. Today’s hearing will shed light on some of the problems within the Transportation Security Administration. TSA is charged with protecting the traveling public’s safety by screening passengers and baggage as well as securing our nation’s transportation network. Recent media...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Manuel de la Cruz Jr., 32, has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute nearly 11 kilograms of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. De la Cruz, a U.S. citizen from Hidalgo, pleaded guilty Feb. 2, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area will be holding two listening sessions to hear from the public their thoughts on rock climbing management issues at the Big South Fork. The first listening session will be on Thursday, July 16, at the Square Room from 5 to 7 p.m. (ET) located at 4 Market...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANN HILS, 55, of East Hampton, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 63 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for operating a real estate appraisal scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: BOISE B Shawn Smith, 19, of Salinas, California, was sentenced today to 119 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release for bank robbery by use of dangerous weapons, and brandishing of firearms during the commission of a felony offense, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Christopher J. Cleveland, 35, a resident of Las Cruces, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to methamphetamine trafficking charges under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: BOSTON -Two Southbridge residents were arrested today for manufacturing and distributing anabolic steroids out of their apartment which doubled as a small laboratory.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - An Iowa man was indicted today on charges of threatening to shoot and kill Muslims by posting threats on the Facebook page of an Islamic organization in Boston.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: COLUMBUS - Keith A. Arrick Sr., 47, of Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 13 years in prison for sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - Two Southbridge residents were arrested today for manufacturing and distributing anabolic steroids out of their apartment which doubled as a small laboratory.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice announced today that the United States has settled a False Claims Act lawsuit with Health Management Associates (HMA) and Clearview Regional Medical Center for $595,155. The lawsuit filed in the Middle District of Georgia alleged that from 2008 to 2009 the hospital...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a father and son in northern Missouri were indicted by a federal grand jury today for their roles in a conspiracy to defraud farmers in 10 states of nearly $862,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that four Mexican nationals were indicted by a federal grand jury today, in two separate but related cases, for their roles in distributing large amounts of methamphetamine in Jackson County, Mo., and elsewhere.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said Tuesday morning during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) hearing that the federal government must “start prioritizing what we can do that is going to improve security in the most effective way." Witnesses from the front...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: Concrete jobs for roads and sidewalks rewarded with bribes and kickbacks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former specialist with the U.S. Army pleaded guilty to accepting a bribe from an Afghan truck driver at Forward Operating Base Gardez, Afghanistan (FOB Gardez), in exchange for allowing the driver to take thousands of gallons of fuel from the base for resale on the black market. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Michael J. Moore of the Middle District of Georgia made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Manuel de la Cruz Jr., 32, has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute nearly 11 kilograms of methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. De la Cruz, a U.S. citizen from Hidalgo, pleaded guilty Feb. 2, 2015.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a fast, simple process for making platinum "nano-raspberries"-microscopic clusters of nanoscale particles of the precious metal. The berry-like shape is significant because it has a high surface area, which is helpful in the design of catalysts. Even better news for industrial chemists: the researchers figured out when and why the berry clusters clump into larger bunches of "nano-grapes."
