News from November 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Phoenix, Arizona, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession of Fifteen or more Unauthorized Access Devices.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza today sentenced Robin C. Briere (64, Clermont) to 33 months in federal prison for the theft of over $650,000 from the American Legion Auxiliary Department of Florida. She was also ordered to pay $657,441.21 in restitution and to serve three years of supervised release. Briere pleaded guilty to wire fraud on July 18, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota today announced the conviction of BRYAN REICHEL, 61, founder and former principal shareholder of PureChoice, Inc. (PureChoice), for orchestrating a multi-million-dollar investment fraud scheme. On July 21, 2015, REICHEL was charged in...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on Oct. 26, 2016, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Keith Antonio Cohens, 35, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced to 78 months in prison for distributing heroin, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: Defendant purchased an AR-15 style rifle for an undercover agent and two semi-automatic hanguns for a known felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal grand jury in Chicago has indicted a Naperville man on charges of possessing child pornography, obstruction of justice and conversion of government property.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: Misused Government Property to Punish Fort Lee Mayor for Not Endorsing Gov. Christie’s Re-election.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: Dear Secretary Lew: We are writing regarding the proposed regulations issued by Treasury under Internal Revenue Code Section 2704, which would provide new rules regarding the estate tax valuation of ownership interests in family-controlled businesses transferred among family members. These proposed...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: A new study providing an unprecedented regional view of the earth’s crust beneath Yellowstone National Park will begin with a helicopter electromagnetic and magnetic (HEM) survey on November 7, 2016. Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey, University of Wyoming and Aarhus University in Denmark hope...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: Dear Mr. Horowitz: This morning, Rudy Giuliani-one of Donald Trump’s closest and most vocal campaign advisers-appeared on national television and confirmed that he had obtained leaked information about the FBI’s review of Clinton-related emails several days before FBI Director James Comey sent his letter...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Porcupine, South Dakota, man convicted of Kidnapping was sentenced on Oct. 26, 2016, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Las Cruces District is hosting two focus group meetings to discuss recreation use and management in the 496,330-acre Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument. The two meetings will be held on the New Mexico State University Campus in the Corbett Center’s first-floor Otero Room on November 12 at 10 a.m. and November 18 at 7 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Wounded Knee, South Dakota, man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact was sentenced on Oct. 26, 2016, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: FBI and NYPD Offer Reward for Fugitive Wanted in Violent Drug Trafficking Ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ANDREW CASPERSEN was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to four years in prison for defrauding investors of over $38 million and misappropriating over $8 million from his former employer. CASPERSEN pled guilty on July 6, 2016, to one count of securities fraud and one count of wire fraud before U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff, who also imposed today’s sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Frank W. Coon, 51, of Chico, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. to 17 years and six months in prison for receipt of child pornography, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced today that KEITH FOSTER, age 37; KERMERIC JOHNSON, age 33; and THOMAS MAROLD, age 52; all of New Orleans, were charged yesterday in a six-count Indictment for violations of the Federal Controlled Substances Act and the Federal Gun Control Act.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced more than$90 million in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grants to six airports in Alabama, Missouri, North Dakota, Oregon, Tennessee, and Wyoming for airport runway, taxiway, and apron projects.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Demario Devon Nance, 34, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of RICO conspiracy, was sentenced to a total of 138 months by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
