News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: Cashed Tax Refund and Social Security Checks at Walmart Stores.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Newton investment adviser was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with defrauding clients out of more than $1.4 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - An Arizona man was sentenced Tuesday to two years in federal prison for taking part in a real estate fraud scheme in which developers borrowed to build townhomes at Table Rock Lake, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said today. In addition, he was ordered to pay more than $14.2 million in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man was convicted in federal court today of illegally operating a Clifton, New Jersey, ambulance company despite having been banned from participating in federal health care programs due to a prior conviction, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that David Henry, age 54, of Flint, Michigan, was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison and five (5) years of supervised release on each of two counts of Production of Child Pornography; the sentences are to run concurrently. The sentencing hearing took place before the Honorable Chief Judge P. K. Holmes, III in the United States District Court in Fort Smith.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - After a four-day trial, a jury in Sacramento found a Roseville woman guilty today in a mortgage fraud scheme involving three properties, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man was convicted in federal court today of illegally operating a Clifton, New Jersey, ambulance company despite having been banned from participating in federal health care programs due to a prior conviction, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Georgia man who carried a gun and ammunition into a Beaver County movie theater on July 23 has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Adel Abdullah, 32, of Lackawanna, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, controlled substance analogues, was sentenced to 12 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - A Naperville man admitted in federal court today that he willingly failed to disclose his prior membership in the Chinese Communist Party when seeking naturalized citizenship in the United States.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: Dear Inspector General Missal: On July 7, 2016, Brandon Ketchum, a veteran of the Marine Corps and Army National Guard, found himself at a crisis point, believing himself to be a threat to his own safety and sought the assistance of the Iowa City VA Medical Center. Despite his year-long treatment with...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal grand jury returned indictments charging two men from Wheeling Island with drug and gun charges, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 25 months’ imprisonment on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute a quantity of crack cocaine, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: Earlier today, Leonid Momotok, of Suwanee, Georgia, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for his role in an international scheme to hack into three business newswires and steal yet-to-be published press releases containing non-public financial information that was then used to make trades...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - After a four-day trial, a jury in Sacramento found a Roseville woman guilty today in a mortgage fraud scheme involving three properties, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Westmoreland County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal drug laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Newton investment adviser was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with defrauding clients out of more than $1.4 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: Hot Springs, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that two defendants were sentenced last week for drug trafficking. Michael Weldon Fryar, age 32 of Pearcy, Arkansas, was sentenced on July 28 to 110 months in federal prison followed by three...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An airline passenger was charged with sexually touching a sleeping woman who did not know him aboard a flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Daniel Albert Chavez, 53, of Acoma, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to robbing a Wells Fargo Bank branch in Grants, N.M.
