News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal jury today convicted a north suburban attorney of submitting false information to immigration authorities to help his clients seek asylum in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Steven Roman, 28, of Mesilla Park, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 77 months in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: FARGO - U. S. Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on May 9, 2016, Ronnel Johnson, 31, Minneapolis, Minn., was sentenced before U. S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to serve three (3) years and four (4) months years in prison for Transportation for the Purposes of Prostitution. Judge Erickson also ordered that Johnson serve five (5) years supervised release and he must pay a $100 special assessment to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: A Youngstown man was sentenced to life in prison after he was convicted of crossing state lines to rape an 11-year old, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: There will be a press conference held on Tuesday, May 10, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. at the United States Attorney’s Office, 111 7th Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 52401. Randall C. Thysse, Special Agent in Charge of the Omaha Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and others will discuss the arrests and search warrants executed at various locations across Iowa and Wisconsin during a multiagency investigation of a suspected methamphetamine ring.
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: Report Shows Visitor Spending Supported 802 Jobs in Local Economy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: A Youngstown man was sentenced to life in prison after he was convicted of crossing state lines to rape an 11-year old, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston-area real estate developer was sentenced to two years in federal prison and ordered to pay a $1 million fine after he was convicted earlier this year of engaging in insider trading for buying - and later selling - shares of Wainwright Bank & Trust Company (“Wainwright") based on a tip that Wainwright would be acquired. Prior to the acquisition, shares of Wainwright traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - An Olathe man arrested at a nudist park near Leavenworth appeared in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kan., Monday on child pornography charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: Defendant Used Offshore Shell Companies in Belize and the West Indies to Perpetrate Numerous Schemes, Including the Manipulation of Cynk Technology Corp (CYNK).
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Marc Fox, 44, of Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania, was charged today by Information with one count of intentionally causing damage to a computer, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The Information alleges that between Sept. 11, 2015 and Oct. 2, 2015, Fox sent unauthorized...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: DAYTON - Richard C. Webber, 54, of Huber Heights, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - During an awards ceremony held today in Wheeling, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II recognized a variety of community leaders, volunteers, and advocates for their outstanding contributions to public health and safety in Northern West Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: TULSA, Okla.-The ringleader of a Tulsa-based drug trafficking organization pleaded guilty today to drug conspiracy, engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, and conspiracy to sponsor and exhibit an animal in an animal fighting venture, announced U.S. Attorney Danny C. Williams Sr. of the Northern District of Oklahoma. United States District Judge John E. Dowdell presided over the change of plea hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: Six More Defendants Among 26 to Plead Guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Matthew Nicka, age 43, of Baltimore today to 188 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute at least 1,000 kilograms of marijuana and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Judge Titus also entered a forfeiture order requiring Nicka to pay a money judgment of $15 million, which represents the proceeds of the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Two Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies who were found guilty after a two-week trial earlier this year of falsifying reports with the intent to obstruct justice related to their assault of a waist-chained inmate were sentenced to prison terms today.
By State Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today welcomed the President’s signature into law of Rep. Engel’s legislation to crack down on the sale of artifacts looted by ISIS from cultural sites in Syria. The Protect and Preserve International Cultural Property Act would contribute to the comprehensive policy of degrading and destroying ISIS without risking American lives or costing American taxpayers.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston-area real estate developer was sentenced to two years in federal prison and ordered to pay a $1 million fine after he was convicted earlier this year of engaging in insider trading for buying - and later selling - shares of Wainwright Bank & Trust Company (“Wainwright") based on a tip that Wainwright would be acquired. Prior to the acquisition, shares of Wainwright traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: Faces 5 years to 20 years Imprisonment.
