News from June 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: Defendant Tried to Influence Assistant's Statements to FBI Regarding Fraudulent Medicaid Billing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: Joshua Leute, age 28, of Dubuque, Iowa, has been charged with one count of receipt of child pornography and two counts of possession of child pornography. The charges are contained in an Indictment unsealed on May 27, 2015, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned a superseding indictment charging 11...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: Alleged Violations Involved Federally Funded Transportation Projects in Kentucky and Indiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: The study is the work of a team of scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA ) National Centers for Environmental Information* (NCEI ) using the latest global surface temperature data.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: Targeted Dozens of Investors Across the Country.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: A Broward resident was sentenced to 34 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay restitution of $45,711.10, for his involvement in an identity theft fraud scheme where he obtained and used stolen credit card numbers of individuals without their authorization.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Burlington, New Jersey, woman admitted today to stealing more than $150,000 in Social Security benefits that were paid to an account in her deceased mother’s name, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: LONDON - The owner of two out-of-state pain clinics, where hundreds of thousands of prescription pills were unlawfully distributed to thousands of Kentuckians, has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: In El Paso this afternoon, a federal jury convicted 53-year-old Victor Manuel Solis, a legal permanent resident living in Lancaster, CA, of making a false statement to El Paso FBI agents concerning an ongoing investigation and search for his son, former Los Angeles Police officer Henry Solis. That announcement was made today by Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Special Agent in Charge Douglas E. Lindquist of the FBI’s El Paso Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A former Cameron County Deputy Constable has entered a plea of guilty to transporting illegal aliens, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed a new study released by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the safety of hydraulic fracturing and its potential impact on drinking water. In the study, the EPA states that hydraulic fracturing activities “have not led to widespread, systemic impacts to drinking water resources," and identifies ways to further ensure the safety of drinking water moving forward.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A 108-count superseding indictment, charges 37 people as participants in a multi-state heroin trafficking organization with ties to Mexico. The charges, which include conducting a continuing criminal enterprise, conspiracy to commit money laundering, 62 counts of money laundering, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: In San Antonio today, federal authorities arrested 26-year-old Texas Mexican Mafia (TMM) member Jesse Santibanez without incident. A federal grand jury yesterday indicted Santibanez and fellow TMM members Jerry Idrogo, age 34, and Alfredo Cardona, age 36, in connection with the death of Balcones Heights...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: Bookkeeper made unauthorized purchases totaling over $105,000.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: Dear Secretary Duncan: We write to request that the U.S. Department of Education use its authority to improve the financial aid process, empower consumers, and increase college access by allowing students to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) earlier. Right now, many students...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: Fort Union National Monument announces its annual Fort Union Days Event to be held on June 20 and 21, 2015. The event weekend is FREE to the public and runs from 8:00 am to 10:30 pm on Saturday, and 8:00 am to 4:30 pm on Sunday. This year, programs and activities will concentrate on the latter years...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that SERGIO TULIO VARGAS-VARGAS, age 25, a citizen of Guatemala, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Johnny Devon Snow, age 20, today to 150 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in the armed robberies of three cell phone stores.
