News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Ralph Fisher, 38, of Elkton, Maryland, was charged by indictment, filed on March 15, 2016, with attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual conduct, attempting to transfer obscene material to minors, and other charges. The case was announced today by United States Attorney Zane David Memeger and Delaware County District Attorney Jack Whelan.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2016
News Release: Two Mexican nationals, who were working in the Homestead, Florida area and elsewhere, have been charged by indictment with participating in a conspiracy to provide and obtain forced labor.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2016
News Release: Defendant Sexually Abused Teenager After Threatening to Beat Her.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2016
News Release: Participants: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, North Texas Exploration & Production Safety Network
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2016
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Felix Sandoval Cabrera, the kill floor foreperson at the now-defunct Rancho Feeding Corporation in Petaluma, was sentenced today for his role in a scheme to distribute adulterated, misbranded, and uninspected meat, announced Acting United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Special Agent in Charge of the Western Region of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Office of Inspector General, Investigations, Lori Chan.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2016
News Release: Cottonwood, ID - Richard White has been selected as the new field manager for the Bureau of Land Management’s Cottonwood Field Office. He replaces Will Runnoe, who retired last fall.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced a “Conversation on Child Cures" panel discussion for next Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at 9:30 a.m. in Room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The “Conversation On Child Cures" will feature patients and advocates, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Sergei William Noack, age 23, of West River, Maryland, pleaded guilty today possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal jury in New Orleans convicted the owner of a health care company and a doctor for their roles in a $34 million Medicare fraud scheme that operated over the course of seven years in New Orleans and surrounding communities.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $917,000 civil penalty against the Puerto Rico Ports Authority for alleged aircraft rescue and firefighting violations at three of its commercial airports.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2016
News Release: Good Samaritans Intervened and Chased Attacker Until Police Arrived.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Harold Bailey Gallison II, 58, of Valley Center, California, was sentenced today to 18 years in prison for two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit international money laundering in connection with an international “pump and dump" scheme involving stocks traded on the over-the-counter (OTC) market. Gallison was also ordered to forfeit more than $1.7 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Linda Diane Wallis, aka Lynn Wallis Miller, 51, of Fairfax, was sentenced today to 56 months in prison for her role in three fraud schemes totaling over $1.4 million in losses, including embezzling $653,000 from Virginia State Senator Richard Saslaw’s campaign fund. Wallis was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1,429,599.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ROBERT WARREN, age 74, no known residence, pled guilty as charged yesterday to an Indictment charging one count of attempting to rob a United States Postal Office and one count of interference with postal employees.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Joseph Hassan Farrokh, 28, of Woodbridge, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to provide material support and resources to a foreign terrorist organization, namely the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2016
News Release: CRAIG, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Little Snake Field Office in Craig is reminding people planning to collect shed antlers in northwest Colorado this spring that it is illegal to travel off existing roads in a motor vehicle on BLM public lands in this area.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2016
News Release: PHOENIX, - On March 16, 2016, Michael Edelen, 64, of Phoenix, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Humetewa to 24 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $459,308 in restitution to 45 victims. In October of 2015, Edelen had previously pleaded guilty to conspiring to make false statements in audit documents required by ERISA pension plans and conspiring to commit mail and wire fraud.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced a “Conversation on Child Cures" panel discussion for next Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at 9:30 a.m. in Room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The “Conversation On Child Cures" will feature patients and advocates, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2016
News Release: Judge Cites “Deeper and Deeper Involvement in Scheme" Despite Knowledge of Law Enforcement Investigations.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives passed twelve Energy and Commerce Committee bills this week, further advancing the committee’s ongoing bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess. The bills continue the committee’s efforts to create jobs, boost the economy, protect small businesses from burdensome red tape, and embrace policies that say yes to energy.
