News from September 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that a federal grand jury returned an indictment on September 7, 2016, charging BELVIN F. TYSON, 60, of Liberty, Mississippi with interfering with the administration of the IRS laws, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - On Tuesday, September 6, 2016, U.S. District Max O. Cogburn, Jr. sentenced two sisters to 87 months in prison and five years of supervised release on drug trafficking charges, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Melissa Sigmon, 29, and Shana Sigmon, 26, both of Sylva, N.C. each pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of methamphetamine.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: In light of recent incidents and concerns raised by Samsung about its Galaxy Note 7 devices, the Federal Aviation Administration strongly advises passengers not to turn on or charge these devices on board aircraft and not to stow them in any checked baggage.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: Six Florida Drug Enterprise Members Convicted for Roles in Racketeering and Drug Conspiracies, Several Murders and Related Offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that PAUL CARPENTER, 65, of Easton, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to two months of imprisonment, followed by one year of supervised release, for filing false tax returns. Judge Bolden also ordered CARPENTER to perform 100 hours of community service and pay a $30,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., announced today that after a lengthy and comprehensive investigation, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, together with the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have concluded that there is not sufficient evidence to...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment on Sept. 7, that charges Roy Collins, former executive director of the Kankakee Valley Park District, with defrauding the park district and a related not-for-profit organization for his personal benefit. Collins will be issued a summons to appear in federal court in Urbana for arraignment on a date to be determined by the U.S. Clerk of the Court.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House and Senate conferees met for opening statements on S. 2012, theEnergy Policy Modernization Act of 2016. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) released the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: Help us combat disaster fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: Six Children under the Age of Eight Removed from Home by Tribal Welfare Workers.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that MIHAI ALEXANDRU DINU, age 41, of Romania, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to one count of bank fraud related to the use of ATM “skimming" devices.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Taft Redd, age 45, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to six commercial robberies committed between July 22 and Aug. 18, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a federal grand jury in Williamsport has indicted two federal inmates in cases resulting from separate incidents.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: Precision time signals sent through the Global Positioning System (GPS) synchronize cellphone calls, time-stamp financial transactions, and support safe travel by aircraft, ship, train and car.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that CAREN BATTAGLIA, age 50, of New Orleans, pled guilty today to one count of misprision of a felony. SUPRENIA WASHINGTON, age 60, of New Orleans, also pled guilty to one count of health care fraud in.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Selby, South Dakota, woman convicted of Assaulting, Resisting, Opposing, and Impeding a Federal Officer was sentenced on Aug. 29, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Miami man today admitted that he was responsible for depositing over $4.7 million in fraudulently obtained tax refund checks as part of a massive stolen identity income tax scheme, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: In San Antonio today, 54-year-old Jose A. Ytuarte, a former Texas Department of Public Safety Customer Service Representative in Hondo, TX, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison followed by two years of supervised release for his role in a scheme to provide fraudulent drivers’ licenses to undocumented...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on Aug. 30, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: Damian D. Kelly, 21, of East St. Louis, IL, was sentenced today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois to 30 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release on one count of Possession of a Weapon by a Felon. Kelly had been in possession of a.22 caliber revolver and had previously been convicted of Attempted Armed Robbery and Residential Burglary. He was on mandatory supervised release for those offenses when he was caught with the firearm.
