News from October 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Martin Wayne Flanders, 51, formerly of Roseville, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley to six years and five months in prison for a scheme that targeted distressed homeowners, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: Memphis, TN - A Memphis man who masterminded a federal benefit fraud scheme that cost the government approximately $2.8 million has been sentenced to 37 months in federal prison. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentencing today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Matthew Watts, II, 31, of Charleston, West Virginia, was sentenced in federal court in Charleston to three years of supervised probation for distribution of heroin. As a condition of the probation, Watts is required to serve eight months on home confinement, perform 400 hours of public service, and participate in an AA program.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Thomas E. Bishop, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Office of Internal Revenue Service - Criminal...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today in federal court, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced TERRANCE LAMAR CARR, a/k/a Lil Bud, 23, of Elm City, North Carolina to 204 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Porcupine, South Dakota, woman convicted of False Statement was sentenced on Oct. 28, 2015, by U.S. District Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Chelsea resident was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with stealing the identity of an American armed services veteran.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - A Bolingbrook man pleaded guilty today to a federal charge that he attempted to travel overseas to join a foreign terrorist organization in Syria.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, man today admitted that he conspired to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman, Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, and Special Agent in Charge Richard M. Frankel of the FBI’s Newark Division announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: Sixteen Search Warrants Executed in New Mexico and California as Part of Continuing Investigation into Alleged Violations of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Kristen Michelle Ayala, aka Amber Lynch, aka Olivia Benet, aka Grace Williams, 30, and Joshua Manuel Sanchez, aka Nelson Cruz, aka Chris Ward, aka Daniel Mora, 34, both formerly of Las Vegas, were sentenced today for conspiracy to commit wire fraud for their role in a $3.8 million dollar mortgage modification scam.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today issued the following statement after the House of Representatives selected Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) to serve as Speaker of the House...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Mary Catherine Baumgarten, who handled the case, stated that the charge stems from an investigation into the trafficking of cocaine base and cocaine from the Cleveland, Ohio area into Western New York, and the distribution of those drugs in North Tonawanda, Niagara Falls, Lockport, and Buffalo.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden man was sentenced today to 180 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to sell 22 guns without a license, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Small Business Committee Chairman Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), and House Space, Science and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) introduced the September 11th VCF Reauthorization and U.S. Victims of State Sponsored...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jeffrey Turns, age 32, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The indictment charges Turns with bank robbery and use of a firearm during a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Former Tate County, Mississippi, Lieutenant Randy T. Doss pleaded guilty in federal court today to unlawfully tasing an inmate at the Tate County Jail. The tasing, which occurred in 2012, caused J.W., a pre-trial detainee, to fall to the concrete floor and fracture his skull.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today issued the Community Resilience Planning Guide for Buildings and Infrastructure Systems to help U.S. communities better withstand and rebound from the shocks of severe weather, earthquakes and other hazards.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: The government has intervened in three False Claims Act lawsuits and filed a consolidated complaint against SavaSeniorCare, LLC and related entities, (Sava) alleging that Sava knowingly and routinely submitted false claims to Medicare for rehabilitation therapy services that were not medically reasonable and necessary, the Department of Justice announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a markup for Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, at 1:00 p.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The subcommittee will consider Chairman Whitfield’s two resolutions, H.J. Res 71 and H.J. Res 72, disapproving of the two final rules issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for new and existing power plants.
