News from November 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Christopher Castillo, 22, of Philadelphia, was charged in an Indictment with producing and selling counterfeit credit cards, possessing credit card making equipment, and aggravated identity theft of a Scotiabank credit card account holder, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: Granite Construction, Incorporated (Granite), a nationwide construction and public works company that is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange, has entered into a non-prosecution agreement and agreed to pay more than $8 million to the federal government and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr. announced the guilty plea of an Allen County, Kentucky woman before U.S. Magistrate Judge H. Brent Brennenstuhl, yesterday, to three counts of wire fraud, for embezzling $274,846 from her former employer, the Scottsville Baptist Church.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Dwayne Wesselhoft, 29, of St. Croix, was arrested today on an indictment charging him with possession of a firearm and ammunition by an unlawful user of acontrolled substance, unauthorized possession of a firearm, and unauthorized possession of ammunition, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced today. Wesselhoft made his initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge George W. Cannon in District Court and was released to a third-party custodian.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: ANCHORAGE - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Alaska Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet at the Office of Aviation Services located at 4405 Lear Court, Anchorage, Alaska. The meeting starts at 8:30 a.m. on both December 1 & 2 in training room #109. The council will accept comments from the public...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: For the first time, a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researcher has found a relationship between cognitive control and emotional eating behavior in preschool children.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - Yolanda Lavell Kaiser was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Barbara M. G. Lynn to 132 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $2,294,442 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) following her guilty plea in April 2015 to one count of wire fraud stemming from a stolen-identity...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska-U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a Palmer man has been sentenced by United States District Court Judge Timothy M. Burgess to serve 16 months in prison for possessing a gun as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS - The Eastern Iowa Heroin Prevention/ Treatment/ Enforcement Initiative is a partnership between the Cedar Rapids Police Department and the United States Attorney’s Office in Cedar Rapids. The goal of the initiative is to stem the tide of heroin supply and use affecting Eastern Iowa. It...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Edwin William Rosa, 45, of Peabody, Mass., was ordered detained in federal custody today by U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Lincoln D. Almond following an initial appearance in federal court in Providence on charges that he allegedly purchased eight guns from firearms dealers in Massachusetts using bogus bank checks, and that he allegedly sold the stolen guns to firearms dealers in Rhode Island.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: A Miami-Dade County resident was sentenced by United States District Judge Marcia G. Cooke in Miami to 38 months imprisonment, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, for organizing and engaging in a fraudulent investment scheme in South Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that New York State Senator THOMAS W. LIBOUS was sentenced to six months of house arrest for making false statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"). LIBOUS was convicted on July 22, 2015, following a seven-day trial in White Plains federal court before the Hon. Vincent L. Briccetti, United States District Judge, who also imposed today’s sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: TULSA, Okla.-Following a five-day jury trial, a Sapulpa businessman was convicted late Monday for mail fraud, money laundering, and bankruptcy fraud resulting in a $133,500 loss to the Frank and Barbara Broyles Legacy Foundation, a charitable organization and affiliate of the University of Arkansas Foundation. Frank Broyles is the noted former athletic director and football coach of the University of Arkansas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man was convicted yesterday of robbing multiple banks by a federal jury following a six-day trial in U.S. District Court in Boston.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: Al-Qaeda Operative Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison for Role in International Terrorism Plot that Targeted the United States and Europe.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Doroteo Manual Ponce, who is 35 years old and from Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on Nov. 18, 2015 to a term of 262 months (21.8 years) imprisonment, to be followed by a term of 5 years of supervised release. Ponce pleaded guilty on Aug. 27...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: Five Individuals, Including Two Doctors, Charged in Kickback Schemes Involving nearly $600 Million in Fraudulent Claims by Southern California Hospitals.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - A U.S. citizen from Georgetown and a citizen of Nigeria who was residing in Houston have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions related to a fraud scheme directed by Harris Dempsey “Butch" Ballow, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: A special program of dulcimer music will be provided by the North Mississippi Dulcimer Association from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm on Saturday, December 5, 2015, at the Parkway Visitor Center located at milepost 266 near Tupelo, Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday, Jeremy Lee Thompson, 33, of Sacaton, Ariz., a member of the Gila River Indian Community, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan R Bolton to 144 months in prison after previously pleading guilty to assault resulting in serious bodily injury.
