News from September 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MEHDI MOAREFIAN, also known as “Michael Miller," 37, of Irvine, California, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 52 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for participating in an extensive mortgage loan modification scheme. MOAREFIAN also was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $2,390,496.59.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Tayfun Remzi Reis, 61, of Istanbul, Turkey, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 3½ months in prison for unlawfully re-entering the United States after having been removed from the country. He was also fined $2,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: Howerton Previously Pled Guilty to Federal Conspiracy Charge.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, H.R. 4245 sponsored by Rep. Bruce Poliquin (R-ME) and Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) passed on suspension by voice vote. H.R. 4245 exempts sea urchins, sea cucumbers and other seafood exports from duplicative federal requirements imposed on buyers and sellers of related products by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS).
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Tonight, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 3881 (Rep. Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson), the Cooperative Management of Mineral Rights Act of 2016, by a vote of 395-3.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on Sept. 2, 2016, United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Zenia Miller to one year and one day imprisonment, three years of supervised release and ordered her to pay $294,263.00 in restitution following her conviction for health care fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: On Sunday, September 18th, at 5:00 p.m., Montezuma Castle National Monument will host the Navy Band Northwest Low Brass Quartet performing patriotic songs in honor of the National Park Service Centennial.
By State Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement on China joining the Paris Agreement...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Rancho Mirage woman who was the executive director of a cosmetic surgery center has been named in a superseding indictment that adds new fraud and identity theft charges to a case in which she is accused of participating in a scheme that billed insurance companies $50 million for cosmetic surgeries that were falsely claimed to be “medically necessary.".
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Sun Valley man pleaded guilty this afternoon to 11 federal charges related to a 2013 shooting at Los Angeles International Airport in which he murdered Transportation Security Administration Officer Gerardo Hernandez.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont and the Swanton Sector Office of the United States Border Patrol announce that Paulo Abelha, 49, a citizen of Portugal, pleaded not guilty today in United States District Court in Burlington to an indictment which charges him with reentering the...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Greenville, Texas, resident pleaded guilty today to one count of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney John R. Parker for the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: Craters of the Moon Launches Second Year of Every Kid in a Park Pass.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released a draft Finding of No Significant Impact and Environmental Assessment evaluating if Reclamation will provide partial funding to the North Fork Water Conservancy District to make repairs to the Paonia Dam intake structure and bulkhead, part of the Paonia Project located near Paonia, Colo.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: A Parma man was convicted of sexually exploiting a 14-year-old girl, said U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced Roberto L. Llerenas, Jr., age 36, of Benton City, Washington, was sentenced today to 30 years in federal prison as a result of his convictions on four counts of trafficking two children under 18 for commercial sex.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: Poison Spider Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Park, near Casper, will be closed for public safety from Sept. 12 to Sept. 16 due to pipeline maintenance in the OHV park.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: Law enforcement recovered approximately 400 grams of heroin during investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: Alleged to have stolen over $238,000 through fraudulent tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: Homeowner confronted defendant in the residence and detained him on the ground until law enforcement arrived.
