News from May 2015
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Rhode Island woman was arrested this morning and charged in U.S. District Court in Worcester with federal wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud undocumented immigrants that netted over $600,000.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Lowell defense attorney pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with his role in a conspiracy to use inside information about business activities of American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) to profit from trading AMSC stock.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced the indictment of ALPHA OUMAR DIALLO, 24, of Raleigh, MAMADOU LAMARANA BAH, also known as “Lanzo", 34, of Bronx, NY, and MAMADOU JALLOW, also known as “Mike", 32, of Raleigh. DIALLO, BAH, and JALLOW were each charged in indictments alleging Conspiracy to Commit Access Device Fraud, Access Device Fraud, and Aggravated Identity Theft. DIALLO also faces the charge of Felon in Possession of a Firearm.
By State Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: In June 2014, this committee held a hearing on the future of U.S.-China relations. And at that time, I raised concerns over the lack of a coherent China policy, including the absence of sustained high-level engagement from senior administration officials despite the consistent rhetoric that the U.S.-China relationship is one of the most consequential relationships for U.S. political, security and economic interests.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: A Miami Dade College student was sentenced to 24 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $7,712, for his participation in a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme involving his student financial services account.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: Today, during debate on the House Floor of H.R. 2048, the “USA FREEDOM Act," House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. urged his colleagues to vote in support of measure. Rep. Conyers delivered the following remarks as prepared for delivery...
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: Recent rains should help make this another banner year for our annual eruption of wildflowers. A variety of flowers are already blooming on sagebrush covered slopes, through cracks in the lava and on cinder fields. Peak bloom typically occurs on the cinder fields in early June and continues through early July.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A local man pleaded guilty and was sentenced in federal court to eight years imprisonment on a charge of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOE Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sens Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., along with 11 of their Senate colleagues today introduced the Energy Supply and Distribution Act of 2015 (S.1312). This bipartisan legislation would modernize federal energy policy by ending the outdated ban on crude oil exports.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: In Waco today, 20-year-old Leticia Andrea Newton-Shelton was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for bank robbery announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 13, 2015 - Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) of the Committee on Natural Resources made the following opening statement at today's oversight hearing entitled "The Obama Administration’s CEQ Recently Revised Draft Guidance for GHG Emissions and the Effects of Climate Change.".
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Earl Hamman Musheer, age 60, of Baltimore, today to 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By USDA Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: Washington - Losses of managed honey bee colonies were 23.1 percent for the 2014-2015 winter but summer losses exceeded winter numbers for the first time, making annual losses for the year 42.1 percent, according to preliminary results of the annual survey conducted by the Bee Informed Partnership, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Apiary Inspectors of America.
By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: Employer name: DS Utilities Inc. Inspection site: At the time of the inspection, workers were installing sewer lines at the intersection of Lee and Washington Roads, Fort Jackson, South Carolina 29207. Date inspection initiated: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated the January...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: Worked With Others to Seek More Than $1.1 Million in Fraudulent Refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner is pleased to announce the 2014 winner of the Eastern District of California Law Enforcement Award for Outstanding Investigator in the Sacramento Division. This award is one of four awards presented annually to a law enforcement agency and...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Scott J. Bornt, age 53, and his wife Geri Mondlin-Bornt, age 50, of Hillsborough, NJ, formerly of Gloversville, NY, each were sentenced yesterday in Albany for Social Security Fraud before Senior United States District Court Judge Thomas J. McAvoy, announced United States Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHELLE CRAWFORD, 33, of Greenwich, waived her right to indictment and pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of wire fraud stemming from her embezzlement of more than $176,000 from her employer.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Alejandro Soto-Silva, 24, a Mexican national, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to one year and six months in prison and restitution of $9,572 for growing marijuana and for depredation of public lands, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
