News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Two Colombian drug kingpins have been extradited to Los Angeles on federal charges of overseeing shipments of thousands of pounds of cocaine from Colombian laboratories to Central American distribution hubs, ultimately destined for sale in Los Angeles and elsewhere in the United States, including more than $70 million in cocaine recovered by international law enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: OCT 05 - BOSTON - The owner of a New Bedford gym pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with a wide-ranging conspiracy that distributed heroin throughout Bristol County, Mass. and Providence, RI.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: More than $1.3 Million Stolen from Family Owned Business.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - An accountant who participated in and attempted to cover up a $50 million New Orleans-area Medicare fraud scheme was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for his involvement in the scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Janice M. Matrician, age 50, of Tamaqua, Pennsylvania has been charged with acquiring narcotics by fraud or misrepresentation in connection to an incident at the Veterans Administration Hospital located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on May 22, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Jasper County, Mo., and for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, announced that RONALD WEAVER, 38, of Waterbury, pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport federal court to one count of possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: Prosecution Brought Under Project Safe Childhood and “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: As all Texans and many Americans know, thanks to innovative technologies, we are the No. 1 producer of oil and gas in the world. It wasn’t too long ago that the world view saw negative, powerless words like “peak oil" or an “energy crisis." However, simply having vast resources does not immediately translate into benefits at home and abroad. To achieve that, policy changes must be made.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: BLAST (Building Lasting Relationships Between Police and Community) Program Brings Law Enforcement and Youth Together.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: Delaware Man Pleads Guilty to Distribution of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Jonathan Hilliam McDougal, age 34, of Flowood, Mississippi, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate to 28 months in federal prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, commonly referred to as "crack", announced U. S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and DEA Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam. McDougal was also ordered to pay a $1500.00 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - The National Center for Disaster Fraud (“NCDF") will hold a press conference on Friday, October 7, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. at Johnston Hall, Louisiana State University, regarding the efforts of the NCDF to combat fraud related to the recent record flooding that took place in the area in...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - An Oak Lawn real estate executive was charged today with trying to hire a hit man to murder an attorney who was involved in litigation against him.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. D-N.J., today issued a statement following a letter from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt regarding the misclassification of EpiPen as a generic drug for nearly two decades...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that NATHIAN D. HOSSLEY, age 50, of Baton Rouge, has been convicted of wire fraud and money laundering in connection with a contract worth over $1.2 million that his construction company entered to build a charter school in Baker, Louisiana. His sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: U.S. Department of Labor | October 5, 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - Federal authorities in Chicago have charged two suspected computer hackers for allegedly operating cyber-attack-for-hire websites that launched attacks on companies and individuals around the world.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: ROANOKE, VIRGINIA - A man who conspired with others to distribute heroin was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Roanoke, United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: Iowa Man Convicted of Racially-Motivated Hate Crime Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison.
