News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: TULSA, Okla.-Former Oklahoma State Senator Ricky L. Brinkley was sentenced today to serve 37 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining over $1.8 million dollars from the Better Business Bureau and for tax evasion. In addition to the prison term, United States District Court Judge Claire V. Eagan ordered Brinkley to pay $1,829,033.86 representing proceeds of the wire fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago psychiatrist was sentenced today to nine months in federal prison for accepting nearly $600,000 in fees and benefits from pharmaceutical companies in exchange for prescribing a medication to his patients.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: The final defendant pled guilty in a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme involving student financial services accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: Evgeny BURYAKOV, a/k/a “Zhenya," Worked for Russian Intelligence Under “Non-Official Cover" as a Banker in Manhattan.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment against Kyle Adam Kirby (35, Live Oak) charging him with production, attempted production, and possession of child pornography. If convicted, he faces a mandatory...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: On Friday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security published amended regulations on optional practical training (OPT) for certain international students with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) degrees from U.S. institutions of higher education. The amended regulations will go into...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: James L. Porter, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today, that Tony Young Jr., 21, of Alton, Illinois, was sentenced in the U.S. District Court in East Saint Louis, Illinois, on the charge of Conspiracy to Manufacture, Possess and Pass Counterfeit United States Currency. The district court sentenced Young to 19 months in federal prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Graduate students and early career professionals can gain hands-on field research experience in areas related to carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) by participating in the Research Experience in Carbon Sequestration (RECS) program.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Tramaine Standberry, 21, and Joshua Wright, 22, of Richmond, were sentenced today to 192 and 276 months in prison, respectively, for a robbery and brandishing a firearm during a robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: Dear Mr. President: I am deeply concerned your upcoming visit to Cuba will send the wrong message to Cubans fighting for democracy and human rights. Just a few months ago, you declared you would not visit Cuba unless you could confidently determine that “we’re seeing some progress in the liberty and...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury found Yohany Hernandez-Hernandez (36, West Palm Beach) guilty of illegally transporting undocumented aliens. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for July 20, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: BOISE - U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced today that Shaun McNabb, 35, of Boise, Idaho, was convicted by a federal jury of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and unlawful possession of a firearm. McNabb was charged by a superseding indictment on Feb. 23, 2016.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: DENVER, CO - At an event today in Denver, Colorado, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Under Secretary for Science and Energy, Dr. Franklin Orr, joined Mayor Michael Hancock to announce Denver as the host city for the next U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon competition in the fall of 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: Defendant Scammed OPM. WASHINGTON - Stephanie Carethers, 47, of Capitol Heights, Md., pled guilty today to a charge of first-degree theft for taking approximately $702,000 in federal retirement pension benefits after her mother’s death, announced U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips and Norbert E. Vint...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: Judgment Includes Order To Provide 107-Acre Conservation Easement Valued At $3 Million.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: Ali Afif Al Herz, age 51, Sarah Zeaiter, age 25, and Adam Ben Ali Al Herz, age 23, all from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, have each pleaded guilty in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids, to charges relating to a scheme to illegally ship firearms and ammunition to Lebanon.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management is seeking proposals from contractors who can provide humane care for a minimum of 200 wild horses in a free-roaming pasture setting on an annual basis. This is a perfect opportunity to diversify a ranching operation. The deadline is April 29, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: TRENTON N.J. - A Mercer County, New Jersey, man is scheduled to make his initial court appearance today on charges that he distributed images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Elbert Darell Crump, age 46, of Towson, Maryland, today to 135 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for robbery.
