News from December 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: Indianapolis - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler, announced today the sentencing of a Detroit, Michigan, man, for his leadership role in an Indianapolis kidnapping conspiracy. John Thomas a/k/a Jay, 40, was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole by U.S. District Chief Judge Richard L. Young following his conviction in September 2016, of two counts of kidnapping and one count of conspiracy to commit kidnapping.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: Five men and three women responsible for distributing hundreds of pounds of methamphetamine were sentenced earlier this week to various federal prison terms.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a former contracting official for the U.S. Army at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville to five months in prison and five months’ home confinement for filing a false income tax return, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Veronica Hyman-Pillot.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two real estate brokers and a client were arrested today and charged in connection with a scheme to use bogus information and simultaneous loan applications at multiple banks to fraudulently obtain home equity lines of credit, a practice known as “shotgunning," U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - U.S. Attorney Tom Beall announced today that the District of Kansas collected more than $6.1 million in criminal cases and civil actions in federal fiscal year 2016. Of this amount, $3.7 million was collected in criminal actions and $2.4 million was collected in civil actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U. S. Department of Justice announced today that the United States has filed a civil complaint seeking the forfeiture of multiple antiquities associated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known as Da’esh. The complaint alleges that ISIL, which is designated by the U.S. Department of State as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, markets and sells antiquities to finance its terror operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a U.S. citizen has been indicted on federal charges for his alleged role in a scheme to provide services to Iran which resulted in the unlawful distribution of approximately $1 billion United States dollars equivalent of Iranian...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian, joined by FBI Special Agent in Charge Andrew W. Vale, will hold a news conference at noon on Dec. 19, 2016 to discuss the sentencing of Glendon Scott Crawford.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Joshua Harrison, 34, of Augusta, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Joseph Wayne Acevedo, age 31, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Dec. 14, 2016, by a federal grand jury for failure to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: BACKGOUND: The purpose of this event is to celebrate and promote the remediation work done by Caribbean Cinemas of the V.I., Inc. to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA"). By working with the U.S. Attorney’s Office to eliminate access barriers for individuals with disabilities, the theatres are now more accessible for the entire Virgin Islands community. Caribbean Cinemas has implemented these improvements under the ADA.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Lim Yong Nam, aka Steven Lim, 42, a citizen of Singapore, pled guilty today to a federal charge stemming from his role in a conspiracy that allegedly caused thousands of radio frequency modules to be illegally exported from the United States to Iran, at least 16 of which were later found in unexploded improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Iraq.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai‘i - Everyone is invited to participate in the upcoming free guided hikes in the Kahuku Unit of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, from January through March 2017. Visitors can also explore Kahuku on their own on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture today announced important steps to protect the watershed of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW), a spectacular area in northeastern Minnesota comprised of more than a million acres of lakes and forests.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) met with the nominee to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Seema Verma and issued the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Daniel Krull, 44, of Niagara Falls, NY, pleaded guilty, before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo, to distribution of child pornography following a prior conviction under New York law for possessing a sexual performance by a child. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years and maximum of 40 years in prison, and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: Montgomery, Ala. - Billy Ray Roberson, Sr., 60, of Milton, Florida; Darin Lewis, 46, of Crestview, Florida; and Roberson Excavation, Inc. (Roberson Excavation), a company headquartered in Milton, Florida were indicted and charged with conspiring to commit wire fraud, announced United States Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Larry Casper (619) 546-6734.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: Detroit man to spend the remainder of his life in prison for kidnapping two Indianapolis children in retaliation for a drug rip off.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: Iowa Businessman Sentenced to More Than a Year in Prison for Failing to Pay Employment Taxes.
