News published on Federal Newswire in May 2016

News from May 2016



Medical Doctor Arrested On Federal ‘Structuring’ Charges For Making Cash Deposits To Avoid Federal Reporting Requirements

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles-area doctor was arrested this morning after being indicted on federal “structuring" charges that allege he made hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash deposits designed to circumvent federal reporting requirements. Dr. Washington Bryan II, 47, was arrested this morning at his residence in Westwood. Bryan is expected to be arraigned this afternoon at the United States Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles.


News Release: OAKLAND - Konrad Wolff was sentenced to 108 months in prison for receipt of child pornography announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch. The sentence was handed down today by the Honorable James Donato, U.S. District Judge and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.


News Release: FBI Media Update: Man with Knife Robs Farmington Credit Union.


News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JORGE PULIDO-HERRERA, a/k/a JORGE LICONA-CERRATO, age 45, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty today to a one-count Bill of Information for illegal reentry of removed alien.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) appointed Republican lawmakers to serve on a conference committee charged with producing final energy and natural resource legislation (H.R. 8 / S. 2012), including Committee Chair Rob Bishop (R-UT), Vice-Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Rep. Don Young (R-AK), Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA) and Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR).


News Release: He is Alleged to Have Possessed Twenty-five Rounds of Pistol Ammunition.


Federal Jury Convicts Former Supervisory Customs and Border Protection Officer in Alien Smuggling Conspiracy

News Release: United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Mario Bellamy, (ASAC) Las Cruces, announced today, a federal jury in El Paso found Lawrence Madrid guilty of conspiracy to commit alien smuggling for financial gain, aiding and abetting alien smuggling for financial gain, and two substantive counts of accepting a bribe.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Abel Montoya, 53, of Lake Arthur, N.M., pled guilty late yesterday afternoon in Las Cruces, N.M., federal court to violating the federal firearms laws. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Montoya will be sentenced to 36 months in federal prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.


Deming Woman Sentenced to Ten Years for Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Norma Patricia Rivera, 40, of Deming, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 120 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for her methamphetamine trafficking conviction.


News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday, Freida Ann Battise-Moore, 55, of Avondale, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan to 30 months’ imprisonment and ordered to pay over $260,000 in restitution. Battise-Moore had previously pleaded guilty to theft or embezzlement from an Indian tribal organization.


Illegal Alien to Serve Time for Possession of Firearm

News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Carlos Efrain Chavez-Alas, age 27, an illegal alien from El Salvador living in Gulfport, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 13 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm by an illegal alien, U. S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced today. Chavez-Alas also faces deportation as a convicted felon.


News Release: Mount Rainier Superintendent Randy King advises that the park is making good progress on its annual spring opening process, and is pleased to announce many popular roads will be open tomorrow, just in time for the Memorial Day weekend.


News Release: ROANOKE, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced today the guilty plea of a Mexican citizen for violating the immigration laws of the United States.


Northern California Man Sentenced to 108 Months’ Imprisonment for Receipt of Child Pornography

News Release: OAKLAND - Konrad Wolff was sentenced to 108 months in prison for receipt of child pornography announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch. The sentence was handed down today by the Honorable James Donato, U.S. District Judge and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.


Federal Jury Convicts Indiana Man of Bringing Guns Across the Border into Illinois and Illegally Selling Them on the Streets of Chicago

News Release: CHICAGO - An Indiana man has been convicted of unlawfully dealing firearms after purchasing guns from licensed dealers in Indiana and selling them to gang members on the West Side of Chicago.


News Release: BOSTON - A Haydenville, Mass. woman was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Springfield to stealing more than $45,000 of her deceased mother’s Social Security benefits.


Defendants Charged with Agreeing to Launder Proceeds of Illegal Activity

News Release: Alan Koslow, 62, a Hollywood, Florida attorney and lobbyist, and Susan Mohr, 57, of Delray Beach, Florida were charged in an Information with conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, by agreeing to launder what they believed to be the cash proceeds of illegal activity.


Seven Indicted in Bank Fraud Scheme

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has charged seven individuals for a bank fraud conspiracy in which the defendants allegedly impersonated individual victims to remove funds from the victims’ investment accounts. Two of the defendants are also alleged to have participated in a conspiracy to...