News from October 2016
By Commerce News Now | Oct 21, 2016
The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Oct. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: Revised 2017 Airline On-Time Reporting Directive Released - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today issued a revised annual directive detailing the requirements for the reporting of airline on-time data for calendar year 2017. In 2017, BTS will receive ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a South Dakota, woman has been charged with the federal offenses of First Degree Murder, Second Degree Murder, Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury to a Child, and Child Abuse by an Indictment filed Oct. 18, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: Evansville man received and possessed sexually explicit material involving minors.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man - charged in state court for his role in the murder of a 3-year-old boy killed in a drive-by shooting - was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: Caused Victim Investors to Suffer $7 Million in Losses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A 45-year-old Honduran woman has been ordered to federal prison following her conviction of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Maria E. Gonzales Munoz aka “Merci," co-owned numerous brothels, including Cocodrillos, that posed as bars in and around the Houston area which facilitated commercial sex. She pleaded guilty Jan. 21, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: Earlier today Gerald Surya, M.D., pleaded guilty to falsely certifying physical examinations for commercial drivers. Specifically, Dr. Surya certified that he had examined applicants for commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) and found them physically fit to drive heavy commercial vehicles when in fact he had not performed those examinations. When sentenced, Surya faces up to 15 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: OAKLAND - A federal grand jury in Oakland indicted Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Nikulin yesterday for obtaining information from computers, causing damage to computers, trafficking in access devices, aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Jeffrey Tomasik, 31, of Hamburg, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with mail and wire fraud. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - An indictment unsealed today charges Richard Ramsey, age 47, of Saratoga Springs, New York, with four counts of making false declarations before a federal grand jury investigating an arson that killed four people in Schenectady.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: OAKLAND - A federal grand jury in Oakland indicted Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Nikulin yesterday for obtaining information from computers, causing damage to computers, trafficking in access devices, aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: Ship’s Owner and Operator Ordered to Pay $1.3 Million Fine and $200,000 Community Service Payment for Violating Pollution Laws, Falsifying Records and Scheming to Defraud the U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: Ship Discharged Oily Waste on Voyage from China to Seattle; False Log Books given to Coast Guard Inspectors.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - A former correctional officer for the Cook County Sheriff’s Office has been indicted on a federal civil rights charge for allegedly using unreasonable force against a detainee while on duty.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorneys Pat Meadows and Ramona Albin will lead the efforts of her office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 8 general elections.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: DEA Invites Public to Drop Off Unneeded Prescription Drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Brea man who operated rehabilitation clinics in Walnut, Torrance and Los Angeles has been convicted by a federal jury of defrauding Medicare out of millions of dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that, on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016, a jury in Anchorage found Arnold Wesley Flowers, II, guilty of possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute and possession of firearms as a felon. The jury also agreed that Flowers should forfeit $19,275 in drug proceeds and two firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago woman was arrested today for allegedly operating a multi-million dollar fraud scheme that duped investors into believing she could earn profits on the secondary market for concert and sporting event tickets.
