News from March 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2015
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Javon Glen Britton, aged 34, of Sacramento, California, was sentenced on March 12, 2015 to serve a total of 138 months (11.5 years) in Federal prison for robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Marc T. Treadwell, United States District Court Judge, in Macon, Georgia.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 13, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today announced witnesses for the subcommittee’s Tuesday, March 17, hearing, which will focus on legal and cost issues relating to EPA’s proposed carbon dioxide (CO2) rule for existing power plants under section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act, referred to by the agency as the “Clean Power Plan."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The deputy director of the Hudson County Correctional Facility was found guilty today of illegally wiretapping his co-workers and another individual, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - A former teacher at Denton High School, Gregory Bogomol, 39, was sentenced today on child pornography production convictions, announced Acting U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, March 12, 2015. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERT SANTOS, also known as “Scoot," 33, of New Haven, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: MIAMI - Broward County Circuit Judge Martin J. Bidwill issued six arrest warrants for individuals involved in an illegal oxycodone distribution ring operating out of Hollywood, Florida. All six individuals were arrested yesterday.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: (NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Robert Santos, also known as “Scoot," 33, of New Haven, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New Haven to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by eight years of supervised release, for distributing narcotics.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: One Defendant Charged With Firing AK-47 At Federal Agents.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a contract worker pleaded guilty to using a fraudulent facility access pass to attempt to gain entrance into a Sulphur, La., petrochemical facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division announced that John Haak, 33, of Evans, NY, and Francis Tessina, 43, of Buffalo, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with distribution of heroin and conspiracy to distribute heroin. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office Contact: John Verrico (202) 254-2385 WASHINGTON — On March 13, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Under Secretary for Science and Technology Dr. Reginald Brothers will deliver opening remarks and participate in a town hall discussion entitled ...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: From February 17-19, 2015, members of DHS’s Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) joined a U.S. delegation, led by the State Department, to participate in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) Implementation and Assessment Group’s Mid-Year Meeting in Rabat, Morocco. DNDO provided ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: A federal jury in Houston yesterday convicted the owner of two Texas medical equipment companies for his role in a $3.4 million Medicare fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: The U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced today that a settlement has been reached with the Missouri National Guard (MNG) to resolve allegations that MNG violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) by requiring its civilian National Guard dual technician employees to be separated from their civilian positions prior to entering active military duty service with the U.S. Active Guard Reserve (AGR) Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: The United States filed a complaint seeking to bar a Doral, Florida, man and his businesses from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder released the following statement Thursday on the overnight shooting of two officers in Ferguson, Missouri: “This heinous assault on two brave law enforcement officers was inexcusable and repugnant. I condemn violence against any public safety officials in the strongest terms, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: Combined with Payments to Regulators, Commerzbank to Pay $1.45 Billion Commerzbank AG, a global financial institution headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, and its U.S. branch, Commerzbank AG New York Branch (Commerz New York), have agreed to forfeit $563 million, pay a $79 million fine and enter into ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin and U.S. Attorney James L. Santelle of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced today that Kyle Allen Smith, 21, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, has entered a guilty plea to possession of ricin. At sentencing, Smith faces a maximum of 10 years imprisonment and fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that Hencorp Becstone Capital L.C. (Hencorp) has agreed to pay $3.8 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that it made false statements and claims to the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) in order to obtain loan guarantees. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: The United States filed a civil complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California today against Plaza Bank of Irvine, California, for knowingly facilitating consumer fraud by permitting a third-party payment processor to make millions of dollars of unauthorized withdrawals from ...
