News from November 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Earlier today, Jared Mitchell, an investor relations professional, and Maroof Miyana, a registered broker, pleaded guilty to securities fraud in connection with the fraudulent market manipulation of ForceField Energy Inc. (ForceField), a publicly-traded company listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: In an effort to ensure that the November 8, 2016 elections are administered fairly in every city and town in Connecticut, Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: McALLEN, Texas ‐ A San Benito man has entered a guilty plea to falsely holding himself out as a Licensed Vocational Nurse, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal jury in Houston has convicted a 44-year-old local man of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine and conspiracy to launder money, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The returned its verdict against Oscar Benitez, 44, of Conroe, following one day of deliberations and three days of trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - The former chief financial officer of a Bergen County business was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for embezzling millions of dollars and evading taxes, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - United States District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. today sentenced a Charlotte man to 60 months in prison for his role in a securities fraud scheme involving bogus real estate investments, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Frank...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A 50-year-old Louisiana man has been ordered to federal prison in relation to the September 2015 robbery of BBVA Compass Bank in Sugar Land, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Charles Wood, of Farmersville, Louisiana, pleaded guilty Aug. 12, 2016, admitting he robbed the local bank and banks in four other states.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Russell Cary Owens, 51, of Thomasville, North Carolina, pled guilty to illegally possessing a firearm in federal court, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: A North Miami Beach resident was sentenced to 36 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for possessing 225 stolen identities.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Following a year-long investigation conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the California Department of Justice’s Bureau of Investigation, Special Operations Unit; the Multi-Agency Gang Enforcement Consortium (MAGEC); ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: DEL RIO, Texas - In Del Rio, Luis Felipe (aka “Vaquero"), a 40-year-old former Eagle Pass resident and associate of the Los Zetas Drug Trafficking Organization, was sentenced yesterday afternoon to mandatory life in federal prison for his leadership role in cocaine trafficking and money laundering conspiracies...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - A member of the Aryan Brotherhood of Mississippi (ABM) gang was sentenced to life in prison for his participation in a variety of violent criminal acts, including racketeering conspiracy, murder, kidnapping, methamphetamine production and trafficking and other related offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: A Summit County man was charged in federal court with possession with intent to distribute drugs after he was arrested with more than 24 pounds of cocaine, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a federal grand jury in Harrisburg indicted Kevin Dwight Holland, age 23, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 2, 2016, on drug trafficking and firearms charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced today that the U.S. Attorney’s Office has worked cooperatively with the Baldwin County Commission to ensure that, on the upcoming November 8 Election Day, polling precincts throughout the county will be in compliance with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - The former chief financial officer of a Bergen County business was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for embezzling millions of dollars and evading taxes, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence against Native Women.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - A member of the Aryan Brotherhood of Mississippi (ABM) gang was sentenced to life in prison for his participation in a variety of violent criminal acts, including racketeering conspiracy, murder, kidnapping, methamphetamine production and trafficking and other related offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Defendant Used Investors’ Funds to Support His Lifestyle and to Invest in other Businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Ahmid Cecil Lewis (27, Tampa) today pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm and ammunition while a felon. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
