News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The 16th and final defendant in a racketeering indictment that targeted the East Coast Crips (ECC) street gang, which claims a large swath of territory in South Los Angeles, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to federal charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: A Dearborn, Michigan, man pleaded guilty to making false statements to federal agents involving terrorism, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: McALLEN, Texas ‐ A San Benito man falsely holding himself out as a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) has been charged and arrested for aggravated identity theft and making false statements, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DEREK GALANIS pled guilty today to manipulating the market for Gerova Financial Group, Ltd. (“Gerova"), a publicly traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and to defrauding the shareholders of that company. GALANIS pled guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud and securities fraud before U.S. Magistrate Judge Kevin Nathaniel Fox.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Nitro man pleaded guilty today to a federal methamphetamine charge, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Shawn Keathley, 26, entered his guilty plea to distribution of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: AUG 15 - BOSTON - A UPS employee was charged in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with shipping cocaine from Puerto Rico to Massachusetts. Jorge Carrasquillo-Ortiz, 41, of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, was charged in a criminal complaint unsealed today with attempted possession with intent to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DEREK GALANIS pled guilty today to manipulating the market for Gerova Financial Group, Ltd. (“Gerova"), a publicly traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and to defrauding the shareholders of that company. GALANIS pled guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud and securities fraud before U.S. Magistrate Judge Kevin Nathaniel Fox.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Ronald T. Spoor, 52, of Waterloo, NY, who was convicted following a jury trial of production and possession of child pornography, was sentenced to 30 years in prison and 15 years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: NextGen is bringing new benefits to Salt Lake City International Airport through a technology called Data Comm. Data Comm revolutionizes communications between air traffic controllers and pilots by replacing some traditional voice communications with digital information exchanges.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: Seven defendants were sentenced for their participation in extensive identity theft and drug trafficking schemes.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: My story with #CURESNow and OPEN ACT started as many do - with a rare, serious disease, and the timid words “there is no FDA approved treatment."
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - The former legal guardian for his cognitively disabled cousin, was sentenced to 30 months’ imprisonment for stealing more than $570,000 in annuity payments that were intended for the cousin’s care. Michael R. Braun, 68, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Anna Brown on Monday for his commission of wire fraud that was ongoing for more than 22 years. Braun was also ordered to pay $573,604 restitution and serve a three-year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Georgia man who was caught with methamphetamine and a stolen pistol in a Summersville hotel was sentenced today to two years and eight months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Daniel Branden O’Dell, 34, previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II, announced that Jimmy Odong, 26, of Portland was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to 14 years in prison for robbing three credit unions and two banks in 2015. He was also order to pay $26,790 in restitution.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - In a letter to President Barack Obama on Friday, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, expressed strong opposition to the president’s plan to propose a U.N. Security Council Resolution that could reinforce the objectives of the Comprehensive ...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) sent a letter to U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Channing Phillips identifying several examples where Secretary Hillary Clinton’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II, announced that Jimmy Odong, 26, of Portland was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to 14 years in prison for robbing three credit unions and two banks in 2015. He was also order to pay $26,790 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A registered sex offender was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Springfield in connection with persuading a 16-year-old boy to travel to New York to engage in sexual activity.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: My story with #CURESNow and OPEN ACT started as many do - with a rare, serious disease, and the timid words “there is no FDA approved treatment."
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
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