News from May 2015
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: MIAMI - Seven owners and operators of a now defunct pain clinic along with a physician that they employed, have been charged with Racketeering, Conspiracy to Commit Racketeering and eight counts of Manslaughter which resulted from the operation of Real Care Medical Group, a clinic which was set up solely...
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston lawyer was charged today with repeatedly encouraging the victim of a hate crime to ignore calls from state and federal law enforcement officials.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A Sandy, Utah, resident was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City, Utah, to serve two years in prison for tax evasion, filing false claims for federal income tax refunds, and filing fictitious financial obligations with the U.S. government, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced today that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Jeffrey Lewke (age: 37) of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin with nine counts of crop insurance fraud. Mr. Lewke operated a large farming operation, farming as many as 12,000 acres in Wisconsin during 2011 and 2012.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: WHAT: Recognition event to present Ted Brummer with the prestigious "Making a Difference" National Volunteer Award for outstanding volunteer service.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Eric Goodall, age 44, of Temple Hills, Maryland today to 13 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for two counts of possessing with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of phencyclidine (PCP), and illegal possession of ammunition by a convicted felon. Judge Titus also ordered Goodall to forfeit $22,316 seized from his home, a 2013 Porsche Panamera and a 2005 Chevrolet van.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: Parents from Daniel Webster School to hear the dangers of social media and how to prevent children from becoming victims.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was convicted by a jury May 22, 2015, after a 2 ½-day trial in federal court in Sioux City.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Christi Romano, aka Christi Machala, 35, of Smithfield, R.I., pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence today to stealing more than $274,000 from Christa Creations, a toy manufacturer and distributor in Smithfield where she was employed, and that she lied to the FBI during the investigation into the theft, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Vincent B. Lisi, Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Field Office of the FBI.
By US DOT Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) and Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Chairman Bob Gibbs (R-OH) released the following joint statement today after the Administration finalized a rulemaking to broaden the federal government’s authority to regulate waters under the Clean Water Act...
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Ellis McCoy, former Manager of Portland’s Parking Operations Division, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Marco Hernandez to 24 months in prison after his conviction for taking almost $200,000 in bribes from two city contractors from 2002 to mid-2011.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich has sentenced Stacy Lynn Ivey (38, Bradenton) to 12 years and 7 months in federal prison for receiving and possessing child pornography. The court also ordered him to forfeit the electronic media on which the images and videos of child pornography had been found. Ivey pleaded guilty on March 4, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: MISSOULA - Richard Pitts, 27, of Cathedral City, California, was sentenced today to seven years in federal prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute child pornography. Pitts was also required to forfeit his computer and hard drive. Chief U.S. District Court Judge Dana Christensen sentenced Pitts following a Jan. 27, 2015, change of plea hearing, in which Pitts pleaded guilty to the offense.
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: Until recently, the semiconductor industry had a go-to method for quantifying atomic-scale defects in the billions of transistors contained in a single computer chip. This favored technique, called charge pumping, helped semiconductor manufacturers maintain the quality of their chips, and was used by industry researchers to test the viability of new designs or materials for the next generation of transistors.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: Nine FIFA Officials and Five Corporate Executives Indicted for Racketeering Conspiracy and Corruption.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - An area psychologist pled guilty today to engaging in a health care fraud scheme to defraud the Medicare program, federal law enforcement officials announced today. SHARON A. RINALDI, a licensed psychologist, was charged in a five-count indictment returned in October 2012 with defrauding Medicare...
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRANDON KEY BENTLEY, 31, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for his role in a check fraud ring.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: Ashburn Resident Did Not Report Over $720,000 Earned from Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - A 28-year-old Dallas man appeared in federal court yesterday before U.S. Magistrate Judge David L. Horan and pleaded guilty to a felony drug offense stemming from his role in the March 2014 heroin overdose death of a Dallas teenage girl, Rian Hannah Lashley, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JASON C. DOYLE, age 38, of New Orleans, pled guilty yesterday to wire fraud and failing to pay over taxes.
