News from September 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - JASMINKA ROMIC, Rockford, Illinois, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States by conspiring to provide material support to terrorists and designated foreign terrorist organizations. She entered her plea of guilty earlier today in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, before United States District Judge Catherine D. Perry. Sentencing has been set for January 5, 2016.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: HOMERVILLE, Ga. - A 33-year-old woman had two fingers amputated as she used a mechanical power press for the first time without proper training or safety guards at the Homerville facility, federal inspectors have determined.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown announced that his office has reached a settlement agreement with the Mobile County Commission to retrofit the Strickland Youth Center (SYC) so that it can be used by individuals with disabilities. The agreement resolves charges by the United States Attorney’s Office...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: Oklahoma City -United States Attorney Sanford C. Coats has been recently named to serve as Co-Chair of several key advisory and policy committees within the Department of Justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge David Downing and Kenneth Elser, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Gilberto Ray Ramos, age 41, of Springdale, was found guilty on one count of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Beverly Eaton, 57, of Seabrook, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to one count of Social Security Fraud and four counts of Making False Statements, announced Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska-U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that two Ketchikan residents were sentenced in federal court in Juneau for trafficking methamphetamine and heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Phillip Coyne, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), New England Region, announced today that American Access Care Holdings, LLC, (AAC) which handled billings and claims...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: Suit Alleges that Purported Charity Concealed Problem Lenders from Federal Housing Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn.- On Sept. 28, 2015, Ray M. Mubarak, 56, of Knoxville, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable Pamela L. Reeves, U.S. District Judge, to serve 57 months in prison for conducting a scheme to defraud financial institutions and engaging in an unlawful monetary transaction with fraudulently-obtained loan proceeds. He was also ordered to pay $1,993,938.44 in restitution to three banks and a title insurance company that lost money as a result of the scheme.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: Dear Secretary Burwell:. We write to reiterate our request for information and documents from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) relating to HHS enforcement and oversight policies and procedures governing the research, transfer, and sale of human fetal tissue. On Aug. 14, 2015, HHS...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester woman was charged today in U.S. District Court in Worcester in connection with a $3.6 million food stamp fraud scheme that she operated out of her Worcester convenience store.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: Memphis, TN - Several alleged members of the Gangster Disciples have been indicted federally for their roles in the attempted murder of five teenagers in South Memphis.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Three individuals were convicted of heroin trafficking today in federal court, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON -Gay Vietzke, a national park manager with 23 years' experience and expertise in public-private partnerships and historic preservation, will serve as superintendent of National Mall and Memorial Parks. She will manage iconic monuments and memorials and care for treasured neighborhood green...
By State Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: Dear Mr. President: I am writing to urge you to sanction senior Iranian officials for serious human rights abuses against the people of Iran. In announcing the nuclear agreement with Iran you stated, “American sanctions on Iran for its support of terrorism, its human rights abuses, [and] its ballistic...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Preston Frazier, 22, and Keandre Williams, 24, both of Newport News, pleaded guilty today to charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig R. Gestring, who is handling the case, stated that the defendant was convicted in 2010 for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. As part of that sentence, the Bureau of Prisons assigned Nelson to the Volunteers of America Residential Reentry Center in Rochester...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Ranking Members of the House Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Budget denounced the budget reconciliation language expected to come before their committees in the coming days. Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Robert C.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Dorchester man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston for sex trafficking of minors.
