News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Green Grass, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement regarding the ongoing cyberattacks against global Internet routing company Dyn.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: Eight defendants charged in the District's first ever use of VICAR (Violent Crimes in Aid of Racketerring).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury today found Perry Don Cortese (53, Little River, Texas), Priscilla Ann Ellis (51, Killeen, Texas), and Kenietta Rayshawn Johnson (35, Leavenworth, Kansas) guilty of conspiracy to commit international money laundering and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. Each faces a maximum penalty of 40 years in federal prison. Their sentencing hearings will be scheduled at a later date.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Waubay, South Dakota, man has been charged with the federal offense of Misprision of a Felony by an Indictment filed Aug. 16, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Cottonport woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing more than $6,000 from the Effie Post Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Compared to federal student loan borrowers, our nation’s veterans using the Post-9/11 GI Bill have substantially fewer protections when their schools suddenly close, according to a staff report released today by Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and...
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: WASHINGTON - The alleged architect of a $30 million mortgage relief fraud scheme and four other former employees of a purported mortgage relief company were charged in an indictment unsealed today for their alleged participation in a conspiracy to defraud banks and homeowners.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: ELIZABETH CITY - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that in federal court yesterday, a jury convicted DAVON KELLY BENNETT, 41, from Elizabeth City, N.C., of conspiracy to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine, 100 grams or more of heroin and marijuana;...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces today that Mark Gilmore has agreed to pay the government $4.25 million to resolve allegations that he violated the False Claims Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: Defendant Forced His Way Into Two Residences Within a One-Week Period.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Dupree, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, and two counts of Assaulting, Resisting, Opposing, and Impeding a Federal Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Juan Abel Belteton-Barrios, 46, a citizen of Guatemala, was sentenced today to 14 months in prison for illegal reentry into the United States. Belteton-Barrios was also sentenced to three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A 37-year-old legal permanent resident from Lebanon who resides in Houston has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of conspiracy to traffic in the interstate transportation of stolen goods, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Wassim Hassan Elsaleh aka Sam Saleh pleaded guilty Feb. 11, 2016.
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: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Criminal charges were filed this morning in Newport News against four men for their alleged involvement in a large-scale cocaine trafficking conspiracy. When the men were arrested on Thursday law enforcement officers seized approximately 54 kilograms (119 pounds) of cocaine and 100 bundles of shrink wrapped cash containing $5,000 to $10,000 each.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Babatunde Aniyi, 33, of Lagos, Nigeria pleaded guilty today to charges of conspiracy to defraud U.S. defense contractors and impersonation of U.S. officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - James H. Lewis, 51, of Roswell, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to methamphetamine trafficking charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A former resident of Orange County who now lives in northern San Diego County has been found guilty of tax evasion and lying to the IRS after applying for a passport in a false name as he attempted to flee from the prosecution.
