News from October 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2015
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A total of four people have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions related to an alien smuggling conspiracy that resulted in the death of two Guatemalan nationals, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2015
News Release: Defendant Attacked Ex-Girlfriend, Her New Boyfriend, and Her Grandmother.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - Seamus Murphy, 33, of Milford, New Hampshire, entered a guilty plea to one count of bank robbery announced Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - A previously deported undocumented immigrant from Guatemala has entered a plea of guilty to harboring illegal aliens, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Alberto Martinez-Vasquez, 26, was convicted today as he appeared in federal court before U.S. District Judge Vanessa Gilmore.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W. Va. - Maria Martin, 64, of Chapmanville, West Virginia, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Charleston to preparing fraudulent tax returns, announced United States Attorney Booth Goodwin. Martin admitted that from 2011 through 2013, she prepared 43 fraudulent tax returns from her...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland -Taylor King Pepe, age 21, of Laurel, Maryland pleaded guilty today to an armed robbery conspiracy, and to aiding and abetting the brandishing and use of a gun during a crime of violence, arising from the robbery of an individual who was shot and killed.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2015
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Culloden man who sold heroin and assisted others in selling heroin from his home pleaded guilty today in federal court in Huntington, announced United States Attorney Booth Goodwin. Sanford Dale Cremeans, 45, pleaded guilty to distributing heroin, admitting that on Dec. 2, 2014...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2015
News Release: WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah - A specialized fire investigation team from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) arrived in West Valley City, Utah, today to begin investigating a local structure fire that occurred at about 2:20 a.m. Sunday morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Irvington, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 114 months in prison for brandishing a firearm while stealing a car in Newark, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 24, 2015
News Release: Health Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Joseph R. Pitts (R-PA) this week highlighted the extensive work that the Energy and Commerce Committee has done this year to protect our seniors. Pitts writes, “These are just some, not all, of the things we’ve done to help seniors just this year. We will continue this work and always keep in mind the best interests of our seniors."
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 24, 2015
News Release: Health Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Joseph R. Pitts (R-PA) this week highlighted the extensive work that the Energy and Commerce Committee has done this year to protect our seniors. Pitts writes, “These are just some, not all, of the things we’ve done to help seniors just this year. We will continue this work and always keep in mind the best interests of our seniors."
By EPA Newswire | Oct 24, 2015
News Release: Health Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Joseph R. Pitts (R-PA) this week highlighted the extensive work that the Energy and Commerce Committee has done this year to protect our seniors. Pitts writes, “These are just some, not all, of the things we’ve done to help seniors just this year. We will continue this work and always keep in mind the best interests of our seniors."
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 Now that the Inspector General’s investigation has concluded we will proceed expeditiously in determining accountability for those who violated any laws or policies of this Department. In light of the matters reflected in the report and addendum, ...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 On Oct. 24-26, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas will travel to Chicago to participate in the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) 2015 Conference and Exposition. During the conference, Deputy Secretary ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: A Douglasville, Georgia, man was sentenced after pleading guilty to his role in a Jamaican-based fraudulent lottery scheme that targeted victims in the United States, the Department of Justice announced today. This prosecution is part of the Department of Justice’s effort, working with federal, state ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that Piguet Galland & Cie SA (Piguet Galland) has reached a resolution under the department’s Swiss Bank Program. Piguet Galland will pay a penalty of more than $15 million and continue to cooperate with the department.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: Mozaffar Khazaee, 61, formerly of Manchester, Connecticut, was sentenced today to 97 months in prison and ordered to pay a $50,000 fine by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant of the District of Connecticut for violating the Arms Export Control Act by attempting to send to Iran highly sensitive, proprietary, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: An Enterprise, Alabama, resident pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida to accepting unlawful kickbacks and tax evasion, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: A resident of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, was sentenced to serve 12 months and one day in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for his involvement in a stolen identity refund fraud (SIRF) scheme, Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite of the Eastern District of Louisiana announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: Defendant Operated Out of the United States, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Bahamas, Spain, France, Italy, Panama and Luxembourg Gregory Joel Sitzmann, 65, was sentenced today to 30 years in prison for his role as the leader of an international drug trafficking and money laundering ring that operated for ...
