News from November 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Waltham man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with a scheme in which he defrauded hundreds of customers of the now-defunct Tom Harper Cruises, of more than $2 million in cruise trip deposits.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - Walter Lee Parker, Paul Victor Wilson, a/k/a “Ivory Roberson," Roelisha Housley, Janai Cavitt, and Kaprice Green, have been sentenced for participating in a conspiracy to distribute six kilograms of cocaine which they attempted to smuggle through Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2016
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Emily W. Allen (619) 546-9738 and Andrew J. Galvin (619) 546-9721.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2016
News Release: Robin Renee Haigler, 60-year-old former customer recruiter in the Waco area for DTS Medical Supply Company in Devine, TX, was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for her role in an estimated $4.5 million Health Care Fraud scheme announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Jonathan Cornelius Bourne, 59, of Mammoth Lakes, was sentenced Monday to two years of probation, a $40,000 fine, and $249,372 in restitution for felony violations of the Archeological Resources Protection Act, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. Additionally, Bourne is banned from entering federal public lands for recreational purposes while on probation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Gregory Scott, 33, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of RICO conspiracy and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, was sentenced to 92 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2016
News Release: Five Year Scheme using False Accounting Entries, Fraudulent Checks and Forged Signatures.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 7, 2016
News Release: Glacier Point Road Open As well.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2016
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man who participated in a multistate drug ring pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Roy Bills, 51, entered his guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A man who previously posed as an immigrant smuggler (also known as a “coyote") pleaded guilty today to a scheme to detain Mexican citizens seeking to enter the U.S. without documentation, and hold them in order to compel their relatives who were U.S. residents to pay money for their release, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 7, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jose L. Ramirez-Merced, 31, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of discharge of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking which caused the death of a person, was sentenced to 240 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jose L. Ramirez-Merced, 31, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of discharge of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking which caused the death of a person, was sentenced to 240 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2016
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to operate an interstate sex trafficking business, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 7, 2016
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Federal land managers within the Greater Yellowstone Area (GYA) invite the public to join them in a conversation to help assess ecosystem issues and to build stronger relationships in the future. The meeting will be held on November 15 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Cody Public...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An independent film producer was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison for interstate transportation of stolen property related to the theft of nearly $1.5 million that should have gone to his partner in a film production deal.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 7, 2016
News Release: Ely, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Ely District’s Caliente Field Office is selling permits for Christmas trees and has extended a program to give free Christmas tree permits to fourth graders.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2016
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James C. Mahan to serve 70 months in prison and a lifetime of supervised release following his guilty plea for receiving child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2016
News Release: Mc ALLEN, Texas - A total of 15 people are in custody following law enforcement actions in multiple cities that began on Friday involving a drug and money laundering conspiracy, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Houston Division, Special Agent in Charge, Joseph M. Arabit and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2016
News Release: Robin Renee Haigler, 60-year-old former customer recruiter in the Waco area for DTS Medical Supply Company in Devine, TX, was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for her role in an estimated $4.5 million Health Care Fraud scheme announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
