News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: LITTLE ROCK---Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced today that Maria Carmen Nelson, 50, of Little Rock, pled guilty to Count I of the Indictment charging her with conspiring to commit wire fraud. The charge relates to a conspiracy to fraudulently obtain United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) program funds intended to feed children in low income areas during the school year.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: Russian Cyber-Criminal Convicted of 38 Counts Related to Hacking Businesses and Stealing More Than Two Million Credit Card Numbers.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man was sentenced Thursday to 35 years in federal prison for drug trafficking, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - A Dallas man, Joshua Sefnathn Chavez, 24, who admitted robbing or attempting to rob five banks in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex during the first two weeks of September 2015, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to 125 months in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Steven M. Montoya, 28, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to violating the federal firearms laws. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Montoya will be sentenced to 52 months in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Jose Alvarado, 29, of Irondequoit, NY, who was convicted of receipt of child pornography was sentenced to 72 months in prison and 15 years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: Montgomery, Ala. - Twice this week a criminal impersonated a U.S. Marshal and threatened senior citizens, announced U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr., and U.S. Marshal Thomas Hession, both of the Middle District of Alabama. The basics of the scam are simple: the criminal contacts the victim, tells the victim that he or she has missed federal jury duty, and demands the victim pay a fine to avoid being arrested.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: Renae McDermott Named Special Agent in Charge of the Knoxville Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - The leader of a drug trafficking organization was sentenced today to eight years in prison for distributing more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana and laundering the proceeds through luxury auto purchases and high-end property leases.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: Boston - A Southbridge, Mass., man was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Worcester in connection with illegally shipping hundreds of firearm parts to people in 20 countries, including France, Finland, Indonesia, New Zealand, Thailand, Spain, Australia, and Germany.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PIERRE JEUDY, 56, of Norwich, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to one count of wire fraud stemming from his involvement in an insurance fraud scheme.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry requesting information on the William J. Clinton Foundation. The letter states...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that the former owner and CEO of Cornerstone Homes, David Fleet, 52, of Corning, NY, pleaded guilty to mail fraud, before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE: Christopher DeCoste, 20, of Londonderry, New Hampshire, pleading guilty in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to federal charges of possessing over 400 grams of fentanyl with intent to distribute and being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Special Agent in Charge Gary Tuggle of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Philadelphia Division announced today that the DEA will host a Pharmacy Diversion Awareness (PDAC) in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania as part of the DEA’s mission to address prescription opioid and heroin abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: DEL RIO, Texas - A 36-year-old Eagle Pass Texas Mexican (TMM) leader Jesus (aka “Worst Ever") faces up to life in federal prison after pleading guilty today to conspiring to violate the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt (RICO) statute to include acts of murder, extortion and drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: In Del Rio, 36-year-old Eagle Pass Texas Mexican Mafia (TMM) leader Jesus Lopez (aka “Worst Ever") faces up to life in federal prison after pleading guilty today to conspiring to violate the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organization (RICO) statute to include acts of murder, extortion and drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal jury on Wednesday convicted a Birmingham man for assisting in the preparation of false income tax returns and tampering with a witness who the IRS contacted to question about returns he had prepared, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Veronica Hyman-Pillot.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: SILT, Colo. - Firefighters from the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Unit are planning to ignite two prescribed fires on Bureau of Land Management lands in the coming weeks if conditions warrant.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 14 months incarceration and $376,603 in restitution on his conviction of mail fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
