News from July 2016
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 Interior Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: CRAIG, Colo - The Bureau of Land Management Little Snake Field Office is extending the public comment period on routes for a proposed Travel Management Plan on BLM-managed land in Moffat County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Louis Elmy, age 51, of Wilkes-Barre, pleaded guilty before United States District Court Judge Edwin M. Kosik today in Scranton to extortion and a firearms violation.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: It may not surprise you that the mysterious three-pound mass of tissue found in our heads is the least understood of all the human organs. At the same time, what the global brain research community is discovering about the brain is nothing short of astonishing, and we are poised to make discoveries that...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - Albert Shih-Der Chang, a former Lead Systems Engineer for a Dallas technology company known as One Technologies, was arrested at his residence in Fairview, Texas, this morning by special agents with the FBI on an indictment charging federal felony offenses stemming from his approximate $2.4 million theft or embezzlement from the company, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Chaparral Boats Inc. Inspection site: 300 Industrial Blvd., Nashville, Georgia 31639. Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to the employer on July 18 for one repeated and two serious safety violations. OSHA initiated...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JASON GALANIS pled guilty today to manipulating the market for Gerova Financial Group, Ltd. (“Gerova"), a publicly traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and to defrauding the shareholders of that company. GALANIS pled guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud, securities fraud, and investment adviser fraud before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: Human Trafficking Rescue Project. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for attempting to produce child pornography. Michael Dye, 48, of Kansas City, was sentenced by...
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: HONOLULU - Senior United States District Court Judge Susan Oki Mollway sentenced Delvin Phuong Pham, a.k.a. "Kevin Pham," age 49, to 37 months in prison yesterday for operating illegal gambling businesses and conspiring to bribe an agent of an organization receiving federal funds. Pham’s sentence also included forfeiture of over $96,000, personal property and 14 illegal gambling machines. Pham plead guilty as charged on March 8, 2016.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Air Liquide Large Industries US LP
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Oregon man was sentenced today to six months in federal prison for a computer hacking scheme that gave him illegal access to 363 Apple and Google e-mail accounts, including those belonging to members of the entertainment industry in Los Angeles.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an 11-count indictment today against Leslie Michelle Hays, 49, of Fresno, charging her with wire fraud for embezzling over $1 million from her employer, Acting United States Attorney Phillip Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Philadelphia man was sentenced today to 135 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to obtain firearms from Philadelphia-area licensed dealers and resell them in New Jersey for a profit, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that as a part of the ongoing investigation into pay-to-play activities at the Pennsylvania Treasury, a grand jury in Harrisburg has indicted a Valley Forge business owner for making hundreds of thousands...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: Recidivist Child Sex Offender Sentenced to Life in Prison for Child Pornography-Related Offenses.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: The recommended projects, in 10 states and territories, range from coral reef restoration in Florida to fish passage improvements in California.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: Defendant Warned Customer to “be careful, people have been falling out over this. It’s fire. ;"More than 50 Marylanders Die Every Month from Heroin, Often Poisoned with Deadly Additives.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 Secretary Johnson officially unveils the renovated the ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Forensic Laboratory. (DHS Photo by Jetta Disco/Released) View Original WASHINGTON – Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, U.S. Immigration ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced a new partnership between the DHS Blue Campaign - the unified voice for DHS’s efforts to combat human trafficking - and the Virginia Office of the Attorney General to raise awareness about human trafficking.
