News from July 2016
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: Everglades National Park Invites Local Cuban Community to Take Part in Oral History Project.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice announced that an Orange County, California, man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, California, for his role as the sales manager of a multi-million dollar fraudulent mortgage modification scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Jersey City, New Jersey, man today admitted using social media to promote a sophisticated website that sold fake driver’s licenses, some of which were later used to commit financial crimes, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: Two Bureau of Land Management (BLM) firefighters died and one was injured in a single-vehicle crash Sunday on Nevada Route 140, north of Winnemucca. The BLM firefighters were returning from duty in the Denio area and were on their way back to Winnemucca when the accident occurred at about 5 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Mir Islam, 22, of New York, N.Y., was sentenced today to 24 months in prison on three federal charges stemming from a conspiracy to commit various crimes related to the “swatting" and “doxing" of dozens of victims, and from a false bomb threat made against a university in Arizona and a pattern of online harassment constituting cyber-stalking against a university student, all occurring between February and September 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was sentenced Monday to five years in federal prison for using the Internet to sexually exploit a Mississippi girl, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: This morning, Monday, July 11, Rocky Mountain National Park visitors notified officials that they saw smoke and flames near the Twin Sisters Trailhead. Estes Valley and Allenspark Fire Protection District and Rocky Mountain National Park firefighters responded to the scene. The fire was contained to a 20 feet by 20 feet area. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Lilian Suyapa Garcia-Soto, 33, of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced today in federal court for her role in a drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy. Court documents reflect that the organization operated between...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Janelle A. Rose, age 21, of Baltimore, and Tuscon, Arizona, pleaded guilty today to unauthorized access to a protected computer in furtherance of fraud arising from a scheme to steal student loan refund payments.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: The House of Representatives today unanimously approved a bipartisan Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) extension that ensures the FAA is funded through Sept. 30, 2017, and that provides a limited number of important safety, security, and time-sensitive improvements for the U.S. aviation system.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Nidi Tec Inc. Worksite: 591 East 56th Ave., Denver, Colorado 80216. Citations issued: July 6, 2016. Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated an inspection of Nidi Tec Inc. on Jan. 29, 2016, after fractured sections...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: More than 1,500 Victims of Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: ABINGDON, VIRGINIA - In separate hearings this afternoon in federal court, the former general counsel for the Bristol Virginia Utilities Authority and the former chairman of the board of directors for BVU were sentenced as part of a wide-spread corruption investigation that has led to the conviction of several high-ranking officials at the service authority.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: SOUTH BEND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that Isaiah Beavers, age 26, of South Bend, Indiana was arrested and charged by criminal complaint for threats posted using the Internet. Beavers was arrested over the weekend by the FBI and the South Bend ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Daniel Kocan, 59, of Morgantown, West Virginia, pled guilty to distribution of synthetic marijuana and money laundering, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: Yakima - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Vincent Piel III., age 44, of the Yakama Nation Indian Reservation, was sentenced today after having previously plead guilty to attempted sexual abuse of a minor. United States District Judge Stanley Bastian sentenced Piel to a 15 year term of imprisonment. Upon release from federal prison, Piel will be under court supervision for the remainder of his life.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Gregory Stonoha, 24, of Rochester, N.Y., pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following statement in response to desperate Republican efforts to attack Secretary Hillary Clinton...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE: John Martin Favor, 49, of Plainfield, New Hampshire, was sentenced on Monday to 66 months in prison by the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire, announced United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Newport Beach, California, man pleaded guilty today for his role as a salesman at fraudulent debt relief firms that offered to settle credit card debts but instead took victims’ payments as undisclosed up-front fees, the Justice Department and U.S. Postal Inspection Service announced.
