News from December 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Canadian man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with his role in a drug trafficking and money laundering organization that imported Canadian marijuana and MDMA, the club drug also known as “ecstasy" or “mollie," into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: ROCKFORD - A California man claiming to have been a Navy SEAL was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard to federal prison for defrauding non-profit organizations.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Jersey City, New Jersey, man was indicted today on charges that he fraudulently obtained $3.5 million from two investors by falsely representing that his businesses had secured lucrative contracts to sell olive oil to major retailers, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: Movement matters! Start the New Year and a new century for the NPS with a First Day Hike adventure on Sunday, January 1st, 2017. This year, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (C&O) will sponsor two First Day Hikes. First Day Hikes are an exciting way we spotlight our public lands and encourage people to get into nature.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Maryville, Mo., man who is a registered sex offender was sentenced in federal court today on charges related to child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: Justice Department Reaches Agreement with Princeton University to Resolve Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance Review.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Gabriela Castro, 24, a legal permanent resident from El Paso, Texas, pled guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to participating in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine in Doña Ana County, N.M.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Patricia Means, 70, of Williamsburg, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for orchestrating a Ponzi scheme through which she embezzled over $1.1 million from more than a dozen victims. Means was also sentenced to three years of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1,136,862.32 to the victims and the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: Zachary R. Wheeler, 23, of Fairfield, IL, was recently sentenced to federal prison on child pornography related charges, Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today appointed seven members and five alternates to serve on the National Processed Raspberry Council. The appointees will serve 3-year terms beginning Jan. 1, 2017, and ending on Dec. 31, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A federal grand jury returned an indictment last week charging two Salt Lake City women with conspiracy to commit money laundering. The charges allege they conspired to launder drug proceeds for Mexican drug trafficking organizations from Utah to Mexico. The indictment, returned Wednesday, was unsealed Friday afternoon.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell has sentenced Edrey Santo Rojas (31, Fort Myers) to three years and nine months in federal prison for access device (credit card) fraud and aggravated identity theft. He pleaded guilty on Aug. 31, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 12 months and one day in prison, three years supervised release and $2,350.27 in restitution on his conviction of theft of mail, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - A federal grand jury indicted Lawrence Gerard Nassar on federal child pornography charges. As recently as last year, Nassar was a physician for the U.S. Gymnastics Team. The grand jury alleges in the indictment that Nassar received and attempted to receive child pornography in...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: Government Analysis Shows more than $250,000 in Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Joseph J.M. Orabona (619)546-7951 or Michael Heyman (619) 546-9615.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 15 months’ imprisonment on his conviction of being a felon in possession of a firearm, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: Yu Long, 38, a citizen of China and lawful permanent resident of the U.S., waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to charges related to his theft of numerous sensitive military program documents from United Technologies and transporting them to China.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: Defendant Stole Information From Over 700,000 Customer Accounts Stored on a Competitor’s Database and Then Sought to Sell Oilpro.com to the Company He Had Hacked.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2016
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington woman caught with heroin was sentenced today to six years and eight months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Misty Renee Wentz, 38, previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin.
