News published on Federal Newswire in July 2016

News from July 2016


News Release: Felons Trafficked Drugs and Guns through the ‘Jungle’ Homeless Encampment.


News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Carlos Alexander Davila, 23, of Edmond, pleaded guilty today to production of child pornography, announced Mark A. Yancey, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.


Amtrak Supervisors Charged In Connection With Separate Overbilling Of Work Hours Schemes

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two Amtrak supervisors were charged today with overbilling Amtrak a combined total of more than 800 overtime hours and more than 60 regular hours they claimed to be working when they were actually not present at Amtrak work sites, causing $92,000 in losses to Amtrak, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


Harford County Cocaine Dealer Sentenced to Over 12 Years in Federal Prison

News Release: Purchased Kilograms of Cocaine and Leased Rental Cars Used by Couriers to Bring Cocaine from Philadelphia to Maryland.


News Release: United States Files Suit against DynCorp International Alleging Submission of False Claims under State Department Contract.


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Joplin, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today during the second day of his trial for the sexual exploitation of two child victims.


News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Todd Alan Nelson, 51, of Salem, Oregon, was sentenced on July 12, 2016, to a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, followed by a consecutive five-year mandatory minimum sentence for possession of a firearm during and in...


News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- Acting United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Tracy Lynn Albertson, age 43, of Piedmont, was sentenced today in federal court in Anderson, for conspiracy to commit fraud, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371. United States District Judge Timothy M. Cain of Anderson sentenced Albertson to 57 months imprisonment and ordered her to pay over $11,000 in restitution.


News Release: St. Louis, MO - Christopher Schroeder pled guilty to transporting a minor across state lines to engage in criminal sexual activity.


News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Three former employees of The Vacation Ownership Group LLC have been sentenced for their respective roles in conspiring to defraud owners of timeshare properties by offering phony consulting services, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced today.


News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Martin Allen Mentzer, age 44, Franklin County, was sentenced to 20 years (240 months) in federal prison by United States District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo in Harrisburg for production of child pornography.


News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Louisville, Kentucky, dentist was sentenced to 78 months in prison, followed by ten years of supervised release, today in United States District Court by Senior District Judge Charles R. Simpson III, for attempting to receive child pornography and possession of child pornography that had been transported by computer, announced United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.


Doctor Heads to Prison for Home Health Care Fraud

News Release: HOUSTON - A Houston doctor has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction on five counts related to health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. A jury deliberated for approximately three hours following a three-day trial before convicting Dr. Warren Dailey, 68, on March...


News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Branchburg, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a scheme to produce sexually explicit images of children through a website he operated from his home computer, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


Defense Contractor Employee Indicted by Grand Jury for Selling Satellite Secrets to Undercover Agent Posing as a Foreign Spy

News Release: Update: Today, a federal grand jury in Los Angeles returned a two-count indictment that charges Gregory Allen Justice with economic espionage and violating the Arms Export Control Act for his attempts to sell sensitive satellite information to a person he believed to be a foreign intelligence agent.


Pennsylvania Man Admits Role in Scheme to Obtain Medically Unnecessary Prescription Compound Medication

News Release: Pharmaceutical Employees, Military Beneficiaries and Others Recruited as Part of the Scheme.


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News Release: The House Foreign Affairs Committee continues to get things done to help keep our country safe, advance free enterprise and human rights, and restore American influence abroad.


Former Credit Union Employee Admits to Embezzling Nearly $2.5 Million

News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On July 15, 2016, Linda Lee Clark, 68, of Corydon, Iowa, waived indictment and pleaded guilty to an United States Attorney’s Information to one count of embezzlement by a credit union employee, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Clark admitted to embezzling $2,494,809...


Jury Convicts Houston Registered Nurse in $8 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

News Release: Jury Convicts Houston Registered Nurse in $8 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme.


Former Employee of Charitable Organization Pleads Guilty to Stealing Over $140,000 in Funds

News Release: Scheme Involved Fake Invoices and Claims for Reimbursement.