News from May 2015
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Ernest Kar, 34, of Providence, was sentenced on Tuesday to 84 months in federal prison for participating in a counterfeit check scheme that defrauded local banks of at least $800,000. Kar was convicted at trial on Feb. 12, 2015, of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and three counts of bank fraud.
By Commerce Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today highlighted a new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) that found the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) handled misconduct by employees with serious tax violations in an irregular manner over a period of 10 years, and in some cases, failed to take action against employees with serious tax violations altogether.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: Lucas J. Ippolito, 41, of Leetonia, Ohio, was charged with transportation of a minor to engage in illegal sex, sexual exploitation of a child and receipt, distribution and possession of sexually exploitive visual depictions of minors, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a reserve deputy sheriff for Christian County, Mo., was indicted by a federal grand jury today on additional charges related to a $14.5 million investment fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Westmoreland County resident has been sentenced in federal court to an additional 12 months and one day of incarceration as a result of violating the federal supervised release on his prior federal conviction, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - An East Boston man was indicted on Thursday, April 30, 2015, in connection with his unlawful application of a federally-registered pesticide.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Randy James Hirst, 58, of Rathdrum, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday to 36 months in prison for possessing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Hirst to pay $3,000 to a child in one of the images Hirst possessed, and to serve ten years of supervised release upon his release from prison. Hirst pleaded guilty to the charge on Jan. 21, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: French National Arrested on Charges of Alien Smuggling.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LYNWOOD PATRICK, JR., 39, of East Hartford, was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging him with wire fraud in connection with his submission of a fraudulent application for a personal mortgage modification.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - John Paul Kill, the former operator of Appeal Insurance Agency, LLC, has pleaded guilty to a charge of insurance fraud. Kill collected over $3.7 million from nearly 800 trucking companies nationwide for fraudulent cargo insurance policies.
By Homeland Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: Good morning. The mission Ranking Member Carper and I set for this committee is clear: to enhance the economic and national security of America. I am pleased that the legislation on today’s business meeting agenda does just that.
By Homeland Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON- Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) advanced eight bills Wednesday. The legislation reported will work toward enhancing economic and national security, specifically through the Federal Permitting Improvement Act of 2015, the Arizona...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Thi Nguyen, 40, of West Seneca, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to conspiracy to collect extension of credit by extortion. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: On April 15, 2015, Woodland Academy in Worcester hosted U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz for the Your Future, Your Decision Program. More than 100 fifth and sixth-grade students attended the event which focused on the importance of good decision making. A resource fair and student essay contest was held in concert with the event. U.S. Attorney Ortiz congratulates the following top three essay contest winners, who were selected by the teaching staff at Woodland Academy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: Fined $200,000, Placed On Probation For Failing To Minimize The Chance Of Release Of Hydrofluoric Acid,.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Christina Scaringi, Special Agent in Charge, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of the Inspector General ("HUD-OIG"), Northeast Region, announced today the return of a Superseding Indictment charging...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ROGER NADEAU, age 51, a resident of Linn, Missouri, was sentenced today for his role in a scheme to defraud the Louisiana Workforce Commission of unemployment benefits. NADEAU previously pled guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Joshua Moya, 33, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced this morning in federal court to six months in prison, or time served, followed by three years of supervised release for defrauding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, more commonly known as the “Food Stamp" Program. Moya also was ordered to pay $2,444.00 in restitution.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: The National Park Service announces Fort Pulaski National Monument.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: Fayetteville/Fort Smith, Arkansas - Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that James Gerald Cain, Edward McMahon, and Matthew McMullen were sentenced this week to a combined total of 254 months in federal prison without the possibility of parole for unrelated...
