News published on Federal Newswire in March 2016

News from March 2016


Bronx Man Pleads Guilty To June 18, 2015, Upper West Side Murder

News Release: Defendant Was a Member of Violent Robbery Crew.



Committee Leaders Express Continued Concern to FDA’s Califf about Contamination of Chinese Heparin Supply

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As part of the committee’s ongoing investigation into the 2007-2008 heparin contamination crisis, Republican Energy and Commerce Committee leaders this week sent a letter to newly confirmed U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf. The letter was signed...


News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JOSHUA GRESHAM, age 27, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to theft of mail.


Harvey Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Receive Illegal Kickbacks

News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ELESHIA WILLIAMS, age 45, of Harvey, pled guilty today to one count of conspiracy to receive illegal kickbacks.


El Paso Income Tax Return Preparer Indicted by Federal Grand Jury

News Release: In El Paso, Gabriela Chavez Garcia, owner and operator of G & A Tax Service, is charged with 38 counts of aiding and abetting the preparation of a false income tax return, announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Special Agent in Charge William Cotter.


Two KC Men Indicted for Armed Bank Robbery, Illegal Firearms

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two Kansas City, Mo., men were indicted by a federal grand jury today for armed bank robbery and for illegally possessing firearms.


U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom Announces Elder Justice Task Force in Kansas

News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom announced today he is launching an Elder Justice Task Force in Kansas. The task force in Kansas - one of 10 across the country -- will bring federal prosecutors and law enforcement agencies together with state and local agencies to target nursing homes that provide grossly substandard care to residents.


News Release: The former President of the North Carolina Board of Funeral Service and his business partner were sentenced to prison yesterday for their involvement in a conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Ripley Rand of the Middle District of North Carolina.


News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Palmview resident Eduardo Pena, 33, has entered a plea of guilty to one count of receipt of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.


News Release: A grand jury returned an indictment charging Anthony J. Natale, 37, of Warren, with one count of conveying false information related to the use of a weapon of mass destruction, said Carole S. Rendon, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Office.


Committee Leaders Express Continued Concern to FDA’s Califf about Contamination of Chinese Heparin Supply

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As part of the committee’s ongoing investigation into the 2007-2008 heparin contamination crisis, Republican Energy and Commerce Committee leaders this week sent a letter to newly confirmed U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf. The letter was signed...


News Release: Washington, DC - Chairman Marsha Blackburn today announced the issuance of 12 new subpoenas to organizations who have failed to fully cooperate with both requests for information and previous subpoenas from the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives.


News Release: BOISE - Bernard Saul, 58, of Bliss, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to wire fraud and money laundering, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Bernard Saul waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty to a two-count felony information filed by the U.S. Attorney. Yesterday, Roza Saul, 36, the wife of Bernard Saul, pleaded guilty to delivery of a misbranded food product. She pleaded guilty to a one-count misdemeanor criminal information filed by the U.S. Attorney.


Miami Attorney Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Commit Bank Fraud

News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Angel Garcia-Oliver (49, Miami) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison.


News Release: A Virginia executive was sentenced to nearly three years in prison for providing things of value to the former director of the Cleveland and Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center in exchange for confidential information about VA construction projects, law enforcement officials said.


Committee Leaders Express Continued Concern to FDA’s Califf about Contamination of Chinese Heparin Supply

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As part of the committee’s ongoing investigation into the 2007-2008 heparin contamination crisis, Republican Energy and Commerce Committee leaders this week sent a letter to newly confirmed U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf. The letter was signed...


Fayette County Man Charged with Possession of Destructive Devices

News Release: Trevor John Satrom, 33, from Oran, Iowa, has been charged with one count of possession of a National Firearms Destructive Device Not Registered to Possessor.­ The charges are contained in an Indictment filed on March 23, 2016, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.


Indianapolis Businessman pleads guilty in fraud scheme

News Release: Participated in Scheme Involving 900 Stolen or Fraudulent Tax Refunds.


News Release: Washington, DC - Chairman Marsha Blackburn today announced the issuance of 12 new subpoenas to organizations who have failed to fully cooperate with both requests for information and previous subpoenas from the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives.