News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - The owner of one of the largest commercial fishing businesses in the United States and a Bristol County Sheriff’s Deputy were charged in connection with a long-running scheme involving submitting falsified records to the federal government to evade federal fishing quotas and then smuggling the profits to Portugal. The federal indictment charging the two men was unsealed today after the arrest of the Sheriff’s Deputy.
By Commerce Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: Negative Consequences of Obamacare Continue with Projected Premium Hikes, Exodus of Insurers.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: Fraudsters Allegedly Scammed Victims Out of More Than $180 Million.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - Robert Fitzpatrick, former Assistant Special Agent in Charge (“ASAC") of the FBI’s Boston Office, has pleaded guilty to 12 counts of an indictment charging him with perjury and obstruction of justice in connection with his testimony at the 2013 trial of James “Whitey" Bulger.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a man from Mexico was sentenced last week to 57 months in prison for re-entering the United States after removal.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Division, Northern District of Ohio, and Acting U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon announced the arrest of Richard Purnell, 54, of Parma.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Richard Hughes, 30, of Bangor, Maine, pleaded guilty on May 6, 2016 in U.S. District Court to destroying government property.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney John J. Field, who is handling the case, stated that Derouen operated a stock promotion business, OTC Advisors LLC. In 2009 and 2010, the defendant earned income of approximately $181,000 and $390,000. Derouen knew he was obligated to report this income to the Internal Revenue...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Paul J. Younes, age 63 of Kearney, Nebraska, and Kearney Hospitality, Inc. d/b/a Fairfield Inn & Suites were sentenced for their convictions concerning the unlawful hiring of an alien. Senior United States District Court Judge Lyle E. Strom sentenced...
By DOL Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced today the availability of a total of $4.6 million in funds in the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program.
By DOE Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded up to $10 million in funding, available through the Biomass Research and Development Initiative (BRDI). With up to $3 million in available...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG- On May 5, 2016, a federal judge sentenced a York man to federal prison for his involvement in the importation and distribution of cocaine and heroin in York County.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A 29-year-old Granbury, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. sentenced the leader and three co-conspirators to prison terms ranging from 57 months to 70 months for their involvement in a methamphetamine trafficking ring operating in the Henderson county area, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that 7th Street Gang associate Joseph Whitely, 26, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: Gateway National Recreation Area (Gateway) has issued the first lease on Officers Row at Fort Hancock Historic Post. Brian Samuelson and Joseph Dorsey are the pioneers who signed a lease for Building 21.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that 11 Jefferson County men are in custody following a lengthy investigation into drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Mark Cooper, 35, of Philadelphia, PA, entered a guilty plea today to a conspiracy involving more than 2,000 counterfeit monthly passes for Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), and possession of access device making equipment announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. U.S. District Court Judge Berle M. Schiller scheduled sentencing for August 4, 2016.
By Commerce Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a markup for Wednesday, May 11, 2016, at 5 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider two bills. H.R. 4775 would facilitate implementation of ozone and other national air...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: Metairie Man Arrested and Charged with 35 Counts of Pornography Involving Juveniles.
