News from December 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Odebrecht S.A. (Odebrecht), a global construction conglomerate based in Brazil, and Braskem S.A. (Braskem), a Brazilian petrochemical company, pleaded guilty today and agreed to pay a combined total penalty of at least $3.5 billion to resolve charges with authorities in the United States, Brazil and Switzerland arising out of their schemes to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes to government officials around the world.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Raymond Collazo, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, was sentenced to 130 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a prisoner in Jackson, La., was sentenced last week to 51 months in prison for sending threatening messages to U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen L. Hayes.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS"), and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Joseph Edwards, age 35, an inmate at the United States Penitentiary, Allenwood, Pennsylvania (USP Allenwood), was indicted on Dec. 20, 2016, by a federal grand jury for possession of a dangerous weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JAMIE JONES, age 34, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after having previously pled guilty to one count of conspiring to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin. According to court documents, between July 2014 and July 2015, JONES conspired with co-defendants LEROY SMITH and KENNETH MIXON to distribute heroin in the New Orleans East area.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 132,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2016/2017 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: MISSOULA - Ian Scott Barclay, 29, of Deer Lodge Montana, was sentenced to 92 months in prison, 3 years supervised release, and a $200 special assessment by Chief United States District Court Judge Dana L. Christensen on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016 for conspiring to distribute controlled substances-methamphetamine...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: Odebrecht and Braskem Plead Guilty and Agree to Pay at Least $3.5 Billion in Global Penalties to Resolve Largest Foreign Bribery Case in History.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that John D. Fraser, a/k/a “John Knight," 54, of Nova Scotia, Canada pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to attempting to enter the United States after having been ordered removed.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Debbie Buckley, 56, of Niagara Falls, NY, who was convicted of theft of government funds, was sentenced to three years probation by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The defendant also paid restitution totaling $15,120.00 prior to sentencing.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester woman was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Worcester in connection with filing false tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: Miami - U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer announced today that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida collected $42,643,443 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2016. Of this amount, $31,939,398 was collected in criminal actions and $10,704,045 was collected in civil actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Assistant United States Attorney Nicholas Llewellyn, Chief of the Civil Division, announced today that the Eastern District of Missouri collected $15,481,954 in criminal and civil actions in fiscal year 2016. Of this amount, $14,157,722 was collected in criminal actions and $1,324,232 was collected in civil actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Odebrecht S.A. (Odebrecht), a global construction conglomerate based in Brazil, and Braskem S.A. (Braskem), a Brazilian petrochemical company, pleaded guilty today and agreed to pay a combined total penalty of at least $3.5 billion to resolve charges with authorities in the United States, Brazil and Switzerland arising out of their schemes to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes to government officials around the world.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Two Camden, New Jersey, men were sentenced to prison today for their roles in a conspiracy to rob a drug stash house of multiple kilograms of cocaine that they believed would be stored at the location, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment Wednesday charging a Wichita woman with bank robbery, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: SAN JUAN, PR-Special Agent in Charge Douglas Leff, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) San Juan Division, announced the arrest of LUIS ANTONIO SANTIAGO.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Jamaican woman living in Fall River was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with using her sister’s identity to enter the United States and collecting nearly $300,000 in government benefits, while also using five other identities.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - As the National Park Service embarks on its second century of service, Lake Mead National Recreation Area is celebrating the significant accomplishments of its centennial celebration and engagement with the Find Your Park / Encuentra Tu Parque initiative.
