News from June 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: DENVER - Mauro Emilio Pennini, age 56, of Aspen, a postal employee who worked at an Aspen post office was arrested based on a Criminal Complaint charging him with being the subject of a protection order in possession of a firearm and for possessing a firearm at a federal facility, the U.S. Attorney’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Tracy Dunn, Assistant Director, NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement, Sean Morton, Superintendent of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS), and David Pharo, Resident Agent in Charge U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: In Waco, 47-year-old Stacey B. Hines of Lacey, WA, a former contractor for the U.S. Army employed by Raytheon and assigned to Camp Taji in Iraq as an advisor to the Iraqi Army, was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for stealing U.S. government property valued at more than $2.6 million and selling it on the black market in Iraq announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Six men and three women have now been ordered to federal prison following the sentencing of two more today in a lengthy case which was the result of the efforts of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation dubbed “Operation Prototype," announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: Terry Sonner, a 33-year old Bureau of Land Management (BLM) firefighter, passed away the morning of Wednesday, June 10, after he and his fire crew finished physical training. His crew members immediately began medical treatment and called emergency services, but they were not able to revive him.Sonner...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Bryan T. Zuzga (37, Coldwater, Michigan) has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He faces up to 20 years in federal prison and has also agreed to pay more than $11.6 million in restitution to his victims. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A jury has convicted a Pittsburg, Kan., man on federal firearms and drug charges, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Democratic leaders on the House Natural Resources Committee hailed Pope Francis’ release this morning of his encyclical “Praise Be," a call to the world’s people to consider the environmental and climate impacts of their lifestyles and reduce unnecessary consumption.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Delores Turner, 62, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged today by information with one count of theft of government funds, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the information, the defendant received retirement benefits intended for her mother, after her mother’s death in June 2012 until September 2014. The defendant’s alleged actions resulted in a loss to the government of approximately $30,159.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: DETROIT, MI - Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell announced today a nationwide sweep led by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force in 17 districts, resulting in charges against 243 individuals, including 46 doctors, nurses and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Sylvester Banks, Jr. today pleaded guilty to theft of government funds. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: NIST is a participant in the National Nanotechnology Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: Twelve people were charged in federal court this week as part of a nationwide sweep targeting healthcare fraud violations, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Deputy Special Agent in Charge Michael Shea of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (“ICE") Homeland Security Investigations New England, announced today that a painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat called “Hannibal"...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - A previously convicted political operative was sentenced yesterday to over 11 years in prison for using his advertising firm to orchestrate a scheme to defraud car dealerships in southeast Louisiana out of over $1,200,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: HELENA - Montana U.S. Attorney Michael Cotter announced today the culmination of a federal operation that found nine Montanans engaged in Social Security fraud. Dubbed “Operation Save our Social Security," Operation S.O.S. uncovered approximately a half-million dollars in fraudulent payments to individuals...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: Robert James Kelley Jr., David Copeland and Michael Clarke Will All Serve Jail Time.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: John Muir National Historic Site (NHS) has received public comments for the Strentzel-Muir Gravesite Plan Environmental Assessment (EA) that warrant further analysis and exploration. The public comment period began on April 20th and recently closed on June 1st. Based on public feedback, which provided...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: Allegedly Billed Medicaid $68,171.34 for IUD’s Not Approved For Use By The FDA.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Russell Edward Johnson, age 24, of Lusby, Maryland, today to 11 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for distributing heroin to a person who died as a result of ingesting the heroin.
