News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The operator of a Brea-based investment company that prosecutors allege was a Ponzi scheme that brought in about $7 million with promises of breakthrough products made with graphene was arrested this morning on federal fraud charges.
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is considering approval of a Mining Plan of Operations (MPO) which was submitted by Kris DeVault for the purpose of accessing and conducting a suction dredge placer gold mining operation on the 118 acres of the Liberty #9 and Liberty #13 through #20 (Liberty) unpatented mining claims located in the Kantishna Hills area within the 1980 park additions of Denali National Park and Preserve.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ramiro Nonato Mendoza, 39, of Columbus, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 160 months in prison for heroin and cocaine charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: Nidal Ahmed Waked Hatum, a/k/a “Nidal Waked," 46, of Panama, was arrested yesterday in Bogota, Colombia on a federal criminal indictment filed in United States District Court in the Southern District of Florida, charging him with participating in a conspiracy to launder money and bank fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man convicted of Sexual Abuse of a Minor was sentenced on April 18, 2016, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily W. Allen (619) 546-9738.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge John E. Steele has sentenced Yaisel Rodriguez (25, Cape Coral) to 20 years in federal prison for producing child pornography. The Court also ordered him to forfeit his computer, tablet, a thumb drive, and two DVDs that were used to commit the offense. Rodriguez pleaded guilty on January 5, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Joseph Lamica, 26, of Brighton, NY, who was convicted of receipt of child pornography, was sentenced to 168 months in prison and 40 supervised release by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: Defendant Possessed Grenade-Like Destructive Device With Explosives And Shrapnel.
By Commerce Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: The Honorable Sylvia Matthews Burwell Secretary of Health and Human Services US Department of Health and Human Services.
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review the Draft Environmental Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact for the proposed approval of additional delivery points for up to 5,000 acre-feet of Panoche’s non-Project groundwater introduced into the Delta-Mendota...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles announced today the winners of the United States Attorney's Office 13th Annual Project Sentry Logo Contest. The winners are from the following schools.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: Memphis, TN - A former Millington reserve police officer has pleaded guilty to producing child pornography of three female minors and transporting a minor across state lines with intent to engage in unlawful sexual activity. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the guilty plea today.
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Hassayampa Field Office has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) to analyze the potential impacts of the Skull Valley Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Defense System Project and is seeking public input.
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. -The National Park Service announced today that the Bowman Lake Road and Bowman Lake Campground are now open. RVs and truck and trailer combinations are not recommended at Bowman Lake due to the nature of the long, narrow, and windy dirt road to the campground.
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -- The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review the Draft Environmental Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact for the proposed execution of Warren Act contracts or exchange agreements with South-of-Delta Central Valley Project contractors within the Delta Division, San Luis Unit, and San Felipe Division to store, convey, or exchange purchased Yuba Accord water in Federal facilities, when excess capacity exists.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Scott J. Lampert, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General’s New York Region (“HHS-OIG"), announced today that the United States has settled civil claims...
By DOL Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: The Honorable Sylvia Matthews Burwell. Secretary of Health and Human Services. US Department of Health and Human Services. 200 Independence Avenue, SW. Washington, DC 20201. The Honorable Dr. John King. Secretary of Education. US Department of Education. 400 Maryland Avenue, SW. Washington, DC 20202...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Gokhan Ayaz, 34, of Maple Shade, New Jersey, was charged today by Indictment with illegal reentry after deportation, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The indictment alleges that on or about April 4, 2016, Ayaz, an alien, and native and citizen of Turkey, was found in the United States after having been deported from the United States on or about March 11, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Westfield resident who previously served in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Springfield for lying on his security clearance form and damaging U.S. Army computers.
