News from April 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JOHN F. KELLY III, age 57, of Metairie, was charged today in a one-count Bill of Information with wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Mohsin Raza, 51, and his wife, Humaira Iqbal, 40, of Woodbridge, were sentenced to 24 months and 15 months in prison, respectively, for conspiracy and wire fraud affecting a financial institution.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - Edric Norvell Robinson, Sr., 45, of Dallas, pleaded guilty this week, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul D. Stickney, to one count of sex trafficking of children as charged in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Dallas in September 2015, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A local doctor and eight other Reno-area residents, including a number of employees of an automobile dealership, have been arrested and charged with being part of a conspiracy to unlawfully distribute highly addictive prescription drugs, including oxycodone, to persons who did not have a...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: SHREVEPORT, LAFAYETTE, MONROE, ALEXANDRIA, LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley urges the public to get out this weekend and throw out unused prescription drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A native of Romania who was arrested in Spain and extradited to the United States admitted today to participating in a large-scale, long-running scheme to steal bank customer account information, commonly referred to as “ATM skimming," by installing secret card-reading devices and pinhole cameras on ATMs throughout New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Florida, and elsewhere, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the guilty plea of EITAN BENJAMIN FELDMAN, 28, for illegally dealing in firearms without a license. The defendant pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Patrick J. Schiltz in United States District Court in Minneapolis, Minn. A sentencing date has been set for Aug. 30, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Dae Hyuck Ko, aka James Ko, aka Minghua Hong, 59, was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft. Ko was also ordered to pay forfeiture and restitution in the amount of approximately $3 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Yvonne E. Borders, 43, of Cheektowaga, NY, pleaded guilty to theft of government funds before U.S. Magistrate Judge H. Kenneth Schroeder, Jr. The charge carries a maximum penalty of one year in jail and a $100,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: HAMMOND- United States Attorney David A. Capp announced today that a criminal complaint was filed against Nicholas Baez, a/k/a “Cali", 22, of Hammond, Indiana for causing the death of another through the use of a firearm in connection with a narcotics conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida is committed to reducing recidivism and helping formerly incarcerated individuals contribute to their communities.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
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By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review the Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Volta Wells 5-Year Incremental Level 4. Groundwater Pumping and Level 2 Diversification Project. Reclamation proposes to enter into an agreement with the Del Puerto Water District...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a lobbyist has been charged with wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: Contact Person: Beth Drake (803) 929-3000.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Pennsylvania man who was previously incarcerated for robbing a Citizens Bank in Philadelphia and a Cape Bank in Atlantic City, New Jersey, was sentenced today to 71 months in prison for robbing the same two banks after his release in April 2015; he was sentenced to an additional 24 months - to be served consecutively - for violation of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: BERLIN, MARYLAND -A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 2,275,606 visitors to Assateague Island National Seashore in 2015 spent $96,705,600 in communities near the park. That spending supported 1,320 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $109,970,500.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and 32 of their Republican committee Members sent a letter today to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt regarding a new agency rule that will affect how health care plans are designed and sold on the Obamacare exchange.
By State Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement today after speaking with Dr. Riyad Hijab, the General Coordinator of the High Negotiations Committee for the Syrian opposition, about the worsening situation in Aleppo...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles announced today that Joseph Carlton Meek, 21, of Lexington, South Carolina, plead guilty to an Indictment charging him with Misprision of a Felony (in violation of 18 U.S.C. §4) and Making a False Statement (in violation of 18 U.S.C. §1001).
