News from December 2016
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: Recent rain showers and cooler weather have reduced fire activity and Obed Wild & Scenic River officials have lifted the ban on open fires in the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: Three Romanian Nationals Indicted in $4 Million Cyber Fraud Scheme that Infected at Least 60,000 Computers and Sent 11 Million Malicious Emails.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: A 21-count indictment was unsealed in which three Romanian nationals were charged for operating a cyber fraud conspiracy in which they infected 60,000 computers, sent out 11 million malicious emails and stole at least $4 million, said U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: Dec. 20, 2016 Press Conference in Binghamton, New York, Following Sentencing in United States v. Bruce Kane.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A woman claiming to be a financial advisor and money manager has been arrested on allegations she defrauded former NFL football player Ricky Williams and three other professional athlete victims out of millions of dollars, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Peggy Ann Fulford, 58, formerly of Houston and now residing in New Orleans, is charged with wire fraud, mail fraud, interstate transportation of stolen property and money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr. today announced the guilty plea of a Bullitt County, Kentucky, man before District Judge David J. Hale, in United States District Court, on Dec. 15, 2015, to a charge of enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: A leader of the Almighty Imperial Gangsters Nation pleaded guilty today to participating in a racketeering conspiracy involving murder, attempted murder, robbery, aggravated battery, aggravated assault and narcotics distribution.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the followings statement on enactment of S. 1635, which represents the first State Department authorization enacted in 14 years...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: Merced River Crested Below Flood Stage Early This Morning.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: CANON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management will lift Stage 1 fire restrictions at 5 p.m. today on public lands managed by the Royal Gorge Field Office within El Paso, Jefferson, Park and Teller counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that David Jesus Pagan, 40, of Dunkirk, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine and being a felon in possession of a firearm, before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum penalty of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: A leader of the Almighty Imperial Gangsters Nation pleaded guilty today to participating in a racketeering conspiracy involving murder, attempted murder, robbery, aggravated battery, aggravated assault and narcotics distribution.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that the former owner and CEO of Cornerstone Homes, David Fleet, 52, of Corning, NY, who was convicted of mail fraud, was sentenced to three years probation and 100 hours of community service by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The defendant was also ordered to pay approximately $88,000 in restitution to his victims.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the President’s signing into law the United States-Caribbean Strategic Engagement Act (H.R. 4939), which he authored...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Christian O. Dalmau, 31, of Bronx, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of a controlled substance, before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that Reginald Jesse Hawley, 39, of Anchorage, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason to serve 17 months in prison for being a felon in possession of explosives, followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Dec. 14, 2016, Audra Sue Rowson, 43, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to 50 months in prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Rowson was ordered to serve three years of supervised release following her prison term and to pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), issued the following statement regarding the administration’s decision not to move forward with the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation’s (CMMI) proposed changes to the Medicare Part B Drug Payment Model...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: Backcountry camping at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore has doubled in growth in the last five years. The increase in usage has made it more difficult for backpackers to get reservations and a more labor intensive process for park staff to fufill reservations with our current system. After hearing from users about our permit process and talking to other parks, we have decided to switch to an online reservation system.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Lydia Jennine Thomas, 39, of Tallahassee, has been sentenced to 24 months and 1 day in prison for theft of public money and aggravated identity theft. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
