News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2016
News Release: DENVER - Two Mexican Nationals in the country illegally were sentenced by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Marcia S. Krieger to serve federal prison terms for intentionally manufacturing and possessing with intent to manufacturing 50 or more marijuana plants in the Routt National Forest, the U.S. Attorney, the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Routt County Sheriff’s Office announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Khoa Tan Huynh, owner of the Script Life Pharmacy in Clovis, has agreed to pay the United States $200,000 to settle civil claims for statutory violations occurring at the pharmacy, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Feng Yang Chen, 40, Liang Liang Guo, 30, and Cheng Qi Li, 27, all of Flushing, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with violating the Travel Act and conspiracy to violate the Travel Act. The charges carry a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2016
News Release: Former U.S. State Department Employee Sentenced to 57 Months in Extensive Computer Hacking, Cyberstalking and “Sextortion" Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2016
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury found Valentine Okonkwo (54, Orlando) guilty of 1 count of conspiracy to distribute and dispense oxycodone outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose and 10 counts...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Branden Adam Eidson, 34, of Turlock, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Dale A. Drozd to three years and one month in prison and ordered to pay $433,205 in restitution for structuring cash transactions and filing false tax returns, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - A civil complaint was filed today in the U.S. District Court for Kansas against Native American Enterprises LLC, of Wichita, Kansas; its Vice President and part-owner, William N. McGreevy and is production manager, Robert C. Conner, to stop the distribution of adulterated food, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2016
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Joseph Green (619) 546-6955 and Jennifer Resnik (213) 894-6595.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Hoeub Chan, 35, of Rochester, NY, with possession of contraband in prison and making false statements to the United States Marshal Service. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Haydenville, Mass. woman pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Springfield to stealing more than $45,000 of her deceased mother’s Social Security benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2016
News Release: SAN DIEGO - The owner of a Glendale-based ride-sharing business was sentenced in federal court today to more than eight years in prison in two separate fraud cases, including one involving the sale of more than 30,000 Apple iPhones fraudulently obtained from Verizon Wireless at substantially discounted prices.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 21, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Ultratec Special Effects Inc.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2016
News Release: James L. Porter, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on March 17, 2016, Anthony D. Bradley, 27, Cahokia, IL, pled guilty to a three-count Superseding Indictment charging him, in Count 1, with the Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Previously Convicted Felon; and, in Counts 2 and 3, with Tampering with a Potential Witness.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2016
News Release: Encryption a Top Issue for House Judiciary and Energy and Commerce Committees
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2016
News Release: Anthony J. Jones, a 50-year old, Illinois, man was sentenced on March 17, 2016, in federal district court in East St. Louis, Illinois, on one count of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, violating the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), the Acting United States Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2016
News Release: Joel Lopez, Jr., 37, pled guilty in federal district court yesterday afternoon to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana, money laundering conspiracy, and four counts of distribution of methamphetamine, the Acting United States Attorney...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 21, 2016
News Release: Washington - Monday, the House passed S.1180, the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) Modernization Act of 2015, a bipartisan bill introduced by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.). This bill would modernize the nation’s public alert and warning system to ensure that federal, state and local officials can effectively warn citizens during times of disasters, acts of terrorism, and other threats to public safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Bryson LaPaul Blair, 30, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was convicted by a federal jury on Friday, March 18, 2016, in connection with his role in a scheme to illegally transport firearms into Massachusetts.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2016
News Release: Miami Man Pleads Guilty to Multimillion-Dollar Scheme to Defraud Commercial Lenders and U.S. Export-Import Bank.
