News from November 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: BOULDER, Colo.-Einstein was wrong about at least one thing: There are, in fact, "spooky actions at a distance," as now proven by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
By DOL Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - A fall from a third-story balcony killed 44-year-old Jorge Carrion Torres as he worked on the exterior of an apartment complex on May 14, 2015. Torres, who had been on the job for one month, was applying stucco underlayment to the balcony walls when the incident occurred. His employer had not installed scaffolding and had not provided Torres or his co-workers with personal fall protection.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announced today that Robert Lamar Starling (31, Lake City) has pleaded guilty to transporting child pornography over the Internet. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 5 years, up to 20 years, in federal prison and a potential life term of supervision. Starling has been detained since his arrest on May 1, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: In El Paso today, 37-year-old Salvador Lopez of El Paso was sentenced to 125 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for attempting to entice a minor into engaging in sexually explicit conduct announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Waldemar Rodriguez, El Paso Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Newport Beach man has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for running a multi-million dollar fraud scheme that bilked investors with false promises of In-N-Out Burger franchises in the Middle East.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: A new study published today identifies a set of features common to all ocean ecosystems that provide a visual diagnosis of the health of the underwater environment coastal communities rely on. Together, the features detail cumulative effects of threats - such as overfishing, pollution, and invasive species - so responders can act quickly to increase ocean resilience and sustainability.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration today announced Pittsburgh as the pilot city for a comprehensive law enforcement and prevention “360 Strategy" to help cities dealing with a heroin and prescription drug abuse epidemic, and its associated violent crime. DEA Special Agent...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Liberty Township, Ohio, resident pleaded guilty to one count of obstructing and impeding the Internal Revenue Code, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bruce M. Salad of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former Pico Rivera businessman pleaded guilty late this afternoon in relation to a stolen identity refund fraud scheme in which he conspired to use stolen identities to file fraudulent tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service that fraudulently generated approximately $550,000 in tax refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Calvin Nesmith, 28, of Rockport, has entered a guilty plea to sexual exploitation of a child, otherwise known as production of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: On November 4, 2015, Herman E. Sims, Jr., 35, of Pinckneyville, was sentenced in United States District Court, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA -Kenneth Hobson, 33, of Memphis, Tennessee, was sentenced today to 92 months in prison for knowingly assaulting and injuring a correctional officer at the Federal Correctional Institution in Marianna. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Loganville, Ga., man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for a fraud scheme in which he stole personal identity information from several victims in order to file fraudulent federal income tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that NICHOLAS MOTTA and DOMINIC MOTTA pled guilty today in White Plains federal court to attempted mail fraud in connection with a scheme to obtain insurance proceeds by committing arson. Previously, on October...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - After a three-and-a-half week trial, a federal jury in Fresno has found four defendants guilty of participating in a tax refund scheme claiming more than $33 million in federal tax refunds, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Between Oct. 26 and Nov. 9, 2015, four more individuals involved in an extensive a-PVP (alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone) distribution conspiracy centered in northeast Tennessee, southwest Virginia and western North Carolina, were sentenced to serve time in federal prison by the Honorable Pamela L. Reeves, U.S. District Court Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: Abused Position of Trust to Enrich Himself.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: On November 5, 2015, Jeremey A. Phillips, a/k/a "Jeremy Phillips," 28, of Marion, pled guilty to a two-count indictment charging conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine and possession of pseudoephedrine knowing that it would be used to manufacture methamphetamine, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: Robert L. Capers, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, today announced the filing of a Complaint and Settlement Agreement in United States v. Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority a/k/a MTA Bridges and Tunnels, Civil Action No. CV-15-6417 to settle violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ("Title VII").
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A former public employees union treasurer was indicted Tuesday on federal charges of embezzling $65,000, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
