News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: Iranian National Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Illegally Export Products From the U.S. to Iran.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former Kansas City, Mo., woman was convicted by a federal jury today of engaging in a fraud scheme in which she stole $440,000 in lottery winnings from her victim as part of a scheme that resulted in a total loss of more than $640,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Mark Hamlet, Special Agent in Charge of the Special Operations Division of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), announced today the extradition of MEMET GEZER, a/k/a “Muhammad Altrky," a/k/a “Wissam...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded five grants totaling more than $350,000 to support standards education in undergraduate and graduate curricula. Since 2012, NIST’s Standards Services Curricula Development Cooperative Agreement Program has awarded 27 grants for more than $1.6 million dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - United States Attorney Bruce D. Brandler announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Eric Pfisterer will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2016, general elections. AUSA...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: Yesterday, a complaint was unsealed charging Dwayne C. Hans, a United States citizen, with wire fraud, computer fraud, and money laundering. According to the complaint, between April 2016 and July 2016, the defendant masterminded a series of frauds against a U.S. financial institution in which he masqueraded...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal grand jury in Chicago has indicted a Morris man on attempted murder charges for allegedly trying to kill two DEA Task Force officers during an undercover drug sting in Joliet, IL.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Canton, South Dakota, man convicted of money laundering was sentenced on Oct. 24, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: FARGO - US Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on Oct. 26, 2016, Dallas Wayne Thundershield, 36, Fort Totten, ND, was found guilty following a six-day trial on a four-count Indictment charging him with 2nd Degree Murder, Assault with Intent to Commit Murder, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, and Assault Resulting in Substantial Bodily Injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: Victims Called and Told to “Pay Money Immediately to IRS or be Arrested in Hours" Defendant Then Wired Collected Money to India.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: As 2016 draws to a close, Channel Islands National Park Superintendent Russell Galipeau will discuss the National Park Service Centennial and provide a glimpse into the future management of the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man pleaded guilty Thursday to federal sex trafficking charges, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Angel Nunez, age 28, of Brooklyn, New York, pled guilty today to conspiring to distribute oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Kyle, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for two counts of Abusive Sexual Contact.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment Wednesday charging a Leavenworth County man with producing child pornography, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: A bipartisan coalition of Senate and House lawmakers today asked Attorney General Loretta Lynch to provide Congress with more information about a proposed expansion of government hacking and surveillance powers.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - Ellis Wamsley, IV of Grand Prairie, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to serve 54 months in federal prison and pay $1,850,000 in restitution following his guilty plea in May 2016 to a felony offense stemming from his work with co-defendant Kevin Kenard Howard and the FAIM Economic Development Corporation, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Derma Miller (34, Sanford) to seven years in federal prison for conspiracy to steal federal tax refunds and aggravated identity theft. As part of her sentence, the Court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $493,697, the proceeds of her criminal conduct. A federal jury found Miller guilty of these offenses on July 21, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, 27, of Sterling, a former member of the Army National Guard, pleaded guilty today to charges of attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, namely the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was charged in federal court here Thursday with an armed robbery at a convenience store on the west side of the city, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
