News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under Project Safe Childhood.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Columbia, Mo., tax preparer has pleaded guilty in federal court to defrauding his clients and failing to pay his personal income taxes, which totaled nearly $300,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Patrick E. Churchville, 47, of Barrington, R.I., owner and president of ClearPath Wealth Management, LLC, formerly located in Providence and Barrington, admitted in federal court in Providence today that he orchestrated a $21 million dollar Ponzi scheme, stole $2.5 million dollars of investors’ funds to purchase a waterfront home, and failed to pay more than $820,000 in personal federal income taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Patrick M. Lopez, 48, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 18 months in prison followed by ten years of supervised release for his conviction on child pornography charges. Lopez also was ordered to pay a $3,000 fine. He will be required to register as a sex offender after he completes his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - Five alleged associates of the Genovese La Cosa Nostra (LCN) crime family were arrested today on extortion related charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: A Charlotte, North Carolina, man was arrested this morning on a federal complaint charging him with conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: Robert L. Capers, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York joined Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown and Queens Borough President Melinda Katz at the first-ever Hate Crimes Forum yesterday in Queens Borough Hall, where law enforcement and community leaders and advocates discussed in depth what constitutes a hate crime and how these crimes are investigated and prosecuted.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: Two investment advisors are charged with conspiring to commit securities fraud in connection with a multi-million dollar scheme to sell unit investment trusts.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: One Pled Guilty to Murder, Two Others to Related Charges.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: Thousand Oaks, CA - Evidence of a black bear in the Santa Monica Mountains was discovered Tuesday by National Park Service employees. The researchers were reviewing photos from two camera traps set up in Malibu Creek State Park to monitor for wildlife movement and came upon images of the mammal dated July 26.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Kwok Cheung Chow, AKA Raymond Chow, AKA Ha Jai, AKA Shrimp Boy was sentenced today to life in prison following his convictions for racketeering, murder, money laundering, and conspiracy charges, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state of Pennsylvania, announced today that Consol Energy Inc., CNX Coal Resources and Consol Pennsylvania Coal Co. LLC (Consol) have agreed to implement extensive water management and monitoring activities...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Jarrail Lamont Smith, 24, of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley to 15 years in prison on two counts of interstate transportation of a minor for the purpose of prostitution, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: International Homicide Investigators Association Recognized FBI Violent Crime Task Force During Local Conferenece.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Donald J. Shappy, Jr., age 57, of Keeseville, New York, pled guilty today to making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Guilford County, North Carolina, resident pleaded guilty today to four counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Ripley Rand of the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 33-year-old former preacher at the Lake Highlands Baptist Church in Sulphur Springs, Texas has been sentenced for child exploitation offenses in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: Investigation implicated four Chicago women in credit card scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Quincy man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearms and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A former employee of a bank in Great Bend was indicted Wednesday on a charge of embezzling more than $73,600, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
