News from July 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - Two Dallas residents who admitted their roles in an identity theft scheme to fraudulently obtain unemployment insurance benefits from the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Wayne C. Parker, Jr., the former headmaster of a Huntersville area parochial school is facing federal charges for embezzling nearly $9 million from the school and its affiliated church, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. A criminal bill of information was filed (today) in federal court, charging Parker with one count of wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a federal grand jury in Harrisburg has indicted the former Treasurer of Pennsylvania for concealing from federal investigators the receipt of hundreds of thousands of dollars in consulting fees.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of West Sunbury, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that an Anchorage woman was indicted in federal court on one count of committing a health care fraud scheme against the State of Alaska Medicaid program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Shawn L. McClain, 37, of Cleveland, Ohio, pled guilty today to distributing heroin mixed with fentanyl, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Raytown, Mo., man and a Kansas City, Mo., man have been indicted by a federal grand jury for engaging in a bankruptcy fraud scheme in order to prevent dozens of rental properties from being sold by the county for failure to pay property taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 29-year-old man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction as a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Marcus Colunga, of Corpus Christi pleaded guilty April 7, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced Taylor King Pepe, age 21, of Laurel, Maryland today to 35 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for an armed robbery conspiracy, and for aiding and abetting the brandishing and use of a gun during...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 32-year-old local man has been convicted of transferring obscene material to a 14-year-old girl, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Brandon Guthrie, of Corpus Christi, entered his plea today before U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: El Dorado, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Mario McGeilberry, age 29 of Rialto, California, was sentenced yesterday to 140 months in federal prison followed by four (4) years of supervised release on one count of Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances with the Intent to Distribute. The Honorable Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in El Dorado.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Newark, New Jersey man was sentenced to 151 months in prison today by Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley in Scranton, for distributing heroin in Luzerne County during October 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: OXFORD, Miss. - United States Attorney Felicia C. Adams and Special Agent in Charge Donald Alway, FBI, announce that Austin Reed Edenfield, of Kennesaw, Georgia, was sentenced today to twelve months probation and ordered to complete fifty hours of uncompensated community service for tying a rope and Confederate flag around the neck of the James Meredith Statue at the University of Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge Wm. Terrell Hodges today sentenced Kenneth Everette Robinson, Jr. (31, Marion County) to 15 years in federal prison for possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon. The Court also ordered him to forfeit the semi-automatic firearm and ammunition involved in the offense. Robinson previously pleaded guilty on Jan. 19, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: This is the First Federal Securities Fraud Case Involving a Bitcoin-Related Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Paul E. Van Voorhees, 55, of Hamburg, NY, pleaded guilty to obstruction of waterways before Magistrate Judge Michael J. Roemer Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charge carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today Agha Muhammad Khan Durrani, 27, of Pakistan, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with making false statements during an attempt to unlawfully export merchandise consisting of weapons parts. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Jill Westmoreland Rose announced that a federal jury sitting in Charlotte retuned a guilty verdict today against the former CEO of ZeekRewards for operating a $900 million Internet Ponzi scheme. Following a three-week trial, the jury convicted Burks, 69, of Lexington, N.C., of wire and mail fraud conspiracy, wire and mail fraud, and tax fraud conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Caddo Parish Commissioner Michael Dwayne Williams was sentenced to 14 months in prison for stealing from a nonprofit meant to help at-risk youth.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: Spokane -- Michael C. Ormsby, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington announced that Domingo Valdovinos (a.k.a. Junior), age 28, of Pasco, Washington, was sentenced to a life term in federal prison after a jury found him guilty of murder in connection with a drug-trafficking...
