News from July 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that additional charges have been filed against a Buffalo, Mo., woman for conspiring to solicit violence against federal agents and military service members by utilizing various Twitter accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Andysheh Ayatollahi, 36, formerly of Virginia Beach, Virginia, was sentenced today to 74 months in prison, followed by 4 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $980,541.43 in restitution for conspiracy to commit financial institution fraud and filing a false tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced an indictment charging RONALD DAVID JOHNSON, 50, for stealing more than $2.1 million from victims hoping to invest successfully in the North Dakota oil boom. JOHNSON is charged with five counts of wire fraud, one count of money laundering. JOHNSON is expected to appear tomorrow before Magistrate Judge Becky R. Thorson in U.S. District Court in Saint Paul, Minn.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today the indictment of a Pike County physician, Fuhai Li, age 51, on charges of unlawfully distributing controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose, money laundering, and tax evasion. Li was taken into custody today and will appear later today before United States Magistrate Judge Joseph F. Saporito, Jr. in Wilkes-Barre for his initial appearance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: Memphis, TN - The former leader of notorious street gang FAM Mob has been sentenced to federal prison for violating the RICO Act. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - Nicholas Jacobson and his twin brother Matthew Jacobson, 30, of Jackson County Oregon, were sentenced to prison on Wednesday, July 20, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken for conspiracy to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin. Nicholas Jacobson was sentenced to 97 months in prison, and Matthew Jacobson was sentenced to 78 months in prison. Following their release from prison, both defendants will be on supervised release for five years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - On July 20, 2016, Brian Lee Fielding, a.k.a. “Bull", 35, of Coffee County, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 262 months in prison by the Honorable Curtis L. Collier, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - After a six-day trial, a federal jury convicted Jennifer Maldonado, 29, and her father Jorge Maldonado, 52, both of Oviedo, Florida, of conspiracy, wire fraud, theft of government property, and aggravated identity theft. Co-conspirators Sharon Glover and Diane White, both 54 of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: Drew Alia, 40, a Philadelphia attorney, was charged today in a Criminal Information[1] with willfully failing to file federal income tax returns announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that DONALD FONTENOT, age 63, of Bogalusa, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to four counts of selling oxycodone tablets to an undercover Drug Enforcement Administration agent. Oxycodone is a prescription-only Schedule II controlled substance and a highly addictive and abused opioid drug.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Monsuru Giwa, 24, of Niagara Falls, NY, who was convicted of assaulting a federal officer, was sentenced to 30 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: Gerald Tanner, 56, of Collinsville, Illinois, pleaded guilty on July 18, 2016, in US District Court to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and methadone, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Donald S. Boyce, announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON -The National Park Service announced today $324,700 in grants to fund research, training, and online and social media projects that promote innovative uses of technology in the preservation of America's important cultural and historical resources.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Danny Lamar Andrews, 54, of Richmond, California, was sentenced today to 84 months in prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. He was also ordered to pay $69,500 restitution to Bank of America and to serve five years of supervised release when released from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: Defendant Conspired with Others to Distribute Methamphetamine in Lea County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Gregory Owens, 59, of Londonderry, New Hampshire, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to 20 years plus life in prison for interstate domestic violence and discharging a firearm during and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: U.S. Authorities Charge Owner of Most-Visited Illegal File-Sharing Website with Copyright Infringement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Christian Tafolla, 26, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to robbing an Albuquerque-area Wells Fargo Bank branch on March 18, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: Charges Also Unsealed Against Former Head of Foreign Exchange Cash-Trading DeskFor Europe, Middle East and Africa.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced an indictment charging RONALD DAVID JOHNSON, 50, for stealing more than $2.1 million from victims hoping to invest successfully in the North Dakota oil boom. JOHNSON is charged with five counts of wire fraud, one count of money laundering. JOHNSON is expected to appear tomorrow before Magistrate Judge Becky R. Thorson in U.S. District Court in Saint Paul, Minn.
