News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: Arrest part of an international undercover investigation by Toronto, Ontario police.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - Charles F. Hubbard has pleaded guilty to extortion and drug trafficking conspiracy charges. The defendant was an officer with the Auburn, Georgia, Police Department who used his law enforcement position and his patrol car to intercept and steal drugs and money.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Western District of Kentucky. Friday, Aug. 19, 2016. LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr. today announced the sentencing of a former medical office manager to 20 months in prison, on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2016, by Senior District Judge...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: HAMMOND - United States Attorney David A. Capp announced that a federal grand jury in Hammond returned a 9 count superseding indictment charging Luis Allen Perez a.k.a. “LA", 26, of East Chicago, Indiana with murder in aid of racketeering activity & RICO conspiracy in addition with numerous other charges.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A doctor from Pasadena who falsely certified that at least 79 Medicare and Medi-Cal patients were qualified for hospice care because they were terminally ill - when, in fact, the vast majority of them were not dying - has been sentenced to four years in federal prison.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - After a four-day trial, a federal jury found Anthony Lester, 52, of Fresno, guilty today of two counts of mail fraud and five counts of money laundering in connection with his embezzlement of $300,000 from a Fresno business, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - A Garland, Texas, resident, Chester Brown, a/k/a “Baldy," 41, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to serve a total of 262 months in federal prison on drug conspiracy convictions, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Defendants Gabriel Aquino-Camilo and Pedro J. Esteves-Rosa and defendant Samer Suboh-Kased plead guilty before United States District Judge Juan M. Pérez-Giménez to twenty counts, ten counts, and five counts, respectively, of theft of government property, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: California Woman Sentenced to 50 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Illegally Export Fighter Jet Engines and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle to China.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Lejohn Windom Sr., 53, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to mail fraud, conspiracy to submit false claims, and aggravated identity theft, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - The former “enforcer" of the Massachusetts Latin Kings gang was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Springfield for distributing cocaine and illegally possessing a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: On September 17 and 18, the National Park Service will sponsor a World War II living history weekend at the Eisenhower National Historic Site. See authentic recreations of Allied and German army camps, complete with original World War II vehicles. Several hundred living history enthusiasts from over 50 organizations will portray military personnel from the European Theater in 1944.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that New York Supermarket Inc. satisfied a reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Donnie Bell was sentenced to 97 months and one day in prison today after pleading guilty to assaulting a person assisting a federal officer in the performance of official duties and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, announced United States Attorney Brian...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Larry White, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of distributing crack cocaine, was sentenced to 36 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - The former “enforcer" of the Massachusetts Latin Kings gang was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Springfield for distributing cocaine and illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with Harley-Davidson Inc., Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group LLC, Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Company Inc. and Harley-Davidson Motor Company Operations Inc. (collectively Harley-Davidson), that ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: Skimmed Cash and Gave Preparer False Set of Books to Evade Reporting Nearly $4 Million in Sales A federal jury sitting in the District of Nevada found the former co-owner of three Las Vegas, Nevada, liquor stores guilty of conspiracy to defraud the United States, assisting in filing false corporate tax ...

By Fed Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the enforcement action listed below: Allied Bank, Mulberry, Arkansas Prompt Corrective Action Directive dated Aug. 15, 2016 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions. For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.

By Fed Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board launched a Facebook page on Thursday with the aim of increasing the accessibility and availability of Federal Reserve Board news and educational content.