News from March 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Terrell Moore, 35, of Detroit, Michigan, was convicted in federal court today of oxycodone trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: RBS Trader Admits Defrauding Customers in Multimillion Dollar Securities Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle for the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on March 6, 2015, Eugene Darkow (age 58) of Neenah, Wisconsin appeared in federal court in Green Bay and pleaded guilty to two counts of willfully failing to pay his federal income taxes.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $74,553 civil penalty against Gardner Aviation Specialist, Inc., of Peachtree City, Ga., for allegedly violating drug and alcohol testing regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- Four former Serra Nissan employees charged in connection with a conspiracy at the Birmingham car dealership to fraudulently boost loan approvals and car sales pleaded guilty today in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Veronica Hyman-Pillot and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: A North Miami Beach resident was sentenced today to 96 months imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for filing fraudulent unemployment insurance claims using the personal identifying information (PII) of more than 90 individuals.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting an examination of emergency response capabilities to handle crude oil transportation by rail.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the sentencing of ANGELA CARTER, 33, to 30 months in federal prison for acting as a straw purchaser of two handguns. CARTER was indicted on May 12, 2014, and pleaded guilty on July 28, 2014, to one count of Causing a False Statement to be Maintained in the Records of a Federal Firearms Licensee. The defendant was sentenced on March 10, 2015, before Judge John R. Tunheim in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minn.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell listing the medevacs carried out from King Cove, Alaska, in the 14 months since Jewell rejected an 11-mile, one-lane, gravel, non-commercial road that would have provided reliable medical transport to the all-weather airport in nearby Cold Bay.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Staffred Kai Begay, 42, of Durango, Colo., was sentenced today to time served, 216 days in federal prison, followed by a year of supervised release for his federal child abuse conviction. He also was ordered to pay $256.11 in restitution to cover medical expenses for the victim.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Zarakh Yelizarov, age 52, of Pikesville, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to a conspiracy to distribute over $6.6 million in contraband cigarettes. Yelizarov’s role in the scheme was to help launder the proceeds of the conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on a proposal to reduce hazardous fuels for wildfires south of the Town of Silt near Uncle Bob Mountain Road and Clear Creek.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is offering to fund research projects that address specific challenges in the fields of advanced manufacturing, climate change and clean energy, cybersecurity, health care and bioscience.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Jeffrey Lamson, 51, of El Dorado Hills, charging him with wire fraud, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Hortencia Decaldera, 55, of Indianapolis, and Rodolfo Rodriguez, aka Oscar Rodriguez, 32, of Los Angeles, with possession with the intent to distribute approximately three kilograms of cocaine, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: Change doesn’t happen on its own. It’s led by dedicated and passionate people who are championing innovative solutions to Alaska’s energy challenges. Alaska Energy Champions is a regular feature spotlighting pioneers of Alaska’s new energy frontier.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that DAVID DELANEY, age 57, of Gretna, pled guilty today to conspiracy to commit bank fraud.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today offered the following comment about reports that the House is considering legislation that would fully repeal SGR and replace it with a permanent payment system...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - The Office of United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has launched a review of 25 of Philadelphia’s most popular restaurants to determine if they are in compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (the “ADA"), announced United States Attorney Zane...
