News from September 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 12 months in prison for his role in a scheme to steal and convert hundreds of blank U.S. Postal Service money orders, resulting in nearly $200,000 in losses, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Carl Randle, 58, of Buffalo, NY, was convicted following a jury trial of menacing. The charge carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: BOLIVAR, Ohio - One of the nation's largest discount retailers continues to ignore federal workplace safety inspectors who have found repeated instances where the company endangers workers and customers alike by blocking exit routes with stacked merchandise.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, IA-A year ago federal, state and local law enforcement met at the Cedar Rapids Police Department to discuss the opioid and heroin epidemic crossing the country, which was making its way into Eastern Iowa. Yesterday, the group reassembled to receive updates and to discuss the way ahead...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez sentenced Rachel Siders, 41, of Roseville, to 14 and a half years in prison for her involvement in mortgage fraud schemes that cost financial institutions over $17 million, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Teria Baker, aka Tiara Baker, 24, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit access device fraud and aggravated identity theft before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The access device fraud charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Aggravated identity theft carries a mandatory consecutive term of two years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Daniel Santiago-Colon, 46, of St. Croix, Virgin Islands, pleaded guilty on Sept. 19, 2016, in federal court on St. Croix to possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, all 32 Democratic Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the House Committee on Ways and Means sent a letter to Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte and Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. in advance of a hearing tomorrow with Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - With the final defendant receiving a prison term yesterday, six defendants who participated in a multi-million dollar health care fraud scheme or helped launder the illicit proceeds have now been sentenced to federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY--A stay petition and appeal filed by four conservation groups to BLM's recent decision to offer federal coal for sale in Sanpete and Sevier Counties has required BLM to postpone the Greens Hollow coal lease sale.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - Federal prosecutors on Monday charged a Birmingham woman with stealing more than $350,000 from homeowner associations, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: In recognition of National Public Lands Day, Grand Teton National Park entrance fees will be waived on Saturday, Sept. 24, and volunteer projects will be hosted throughout the weekend.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the sentencing of JAY ANTHONY ANDERSON, 66, for smuggling elephant ivory from the United States in violation of the Lacey Act. ANDERSON, who pleaded guilty on June 6, 2016 to one count of smuggling and one count of violating the Lacey Act, was sentenced on Sept. 20, 2016 before U.S. District Judge Susan R. Nelson in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minn.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that five Kansas City, Mo., women and one man have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a marriage fraud conspiracy.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: SEPT. 20, 2016 - The U.S. Census Bureau will hold a webinar to highlight statistics released from the Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs and to describe key differences between it and the Survey of Business Owners. The Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs provides a timely socio-economic portrait of the nation's employer businesses by gender, ethnicity, race and veteran status.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Kalomi Kambui, 40, of St. Croix, Virgin Islands, pleaded guilty today in federal court on St. Croix to attempted possession of a controlled substance, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: Dear Inspector General Missal: We write with a request that the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General (VA OIG) open an inquiry into an apparently serious issue at the Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Denver, Colorado (Denver VAMC).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch, Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, FBI Director James B. Comey, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman of the District of New Jersey, Assistant Director-in-Charge William Sweeney...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: Get outdoors and take part in the celebration for National Public Lands Day 2016, with Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area and Obed Wild & Scenic River on Saturday, September 24. One night of free camping has been authorized at Alum Ford Campground (Big South Fork) and Rock Creek Campground (Obed) as well as for all backcountry permits.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: TULSA, Okla.-A jury in the United States District Court found Jesse Bud Leaverton, 58, guilty of three counts of Bank Robbery, announced United States Attorney Danny C. Williams Sr. for the Northern District of Oklahoma. The trial was presided over by United States District Court Chief Judge Gregory K. Frizzell and he will sentence Leaverton on Dec. 20, 2016.
