News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - The former director of Information Technology (IT) Services for a Houston-based real estate services company has been ordered to prison following his conviction related to a conspiracy in which he stole nearly $800,000, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Bradley David Freitas, 37, of Tomball, previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Michael D. Quattlebaum, age 45, of Columbia, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c)(1)(A)(i)...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Two French bank managers were indicted today for participating in a scheme to transmit false and misleading information related to the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), a global benchmark interest rate to which trillions of dollars of financial transactions are tied.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: Registered Sex Offender Accused of Exploiting Two-Year Old Child.
By State Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement on reports that the Cambodian government is cracking down on nongovernmental organizations...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Paul Bonanno and Patricia Astorga, who are handling the case, stated that on Feb. 1, 2006, the defendant imported approximately 498 pounds of marijuana into the United States from Canada at the Lewiston Bridge Port-of-Entry. During primary inspection, Gaudreau, a Canadian...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: POCATELLO - Murray James Plentywounds, 30, of Fort Hall, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to assault with a dangerous weapon, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez, announced. Plentywounds was indicted in February 2017 by a federal grand jury in Pocatello.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: SAN JOSE - Robert Stephens was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge Michael T. Batdorf, and Federal Bureau...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a California man was sentenced in federal court today for a nearly $460,000 bank fraud scheme that involved stolen checks and false identities, with much of the illegal proceeds used to purchase gold coins that remain hidden.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON, Pa. - Railfest 2017 at Steamtown National Historic Site, downtown Scranton, is a celebration of railroading past, present and future that is held on the Saturday and Sunday of Labor Day weekend. The event takes place on September 2 and 3, with an opening ceremony on Saturday morning at 10:00...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Two French bank managers were indicted today for participating in a scheme to transmit false and misleading information related to the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), a global benchmark interest rate to which trillions of dollars of financial transactions are tied.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a federal grand jury returned a 22-count indictment charging 15 individuals from Pennsylvania, New York and Connecticut with various narcotics trafficking and firearms offenses. All 15 defendants ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On Aug. 23, 2017, Gina K. Malloy, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, pleaded guilty to the unlawful use of an identification document, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Malloy will be sentenced by Senior United States District Court Judge James E. Gritzner on Jan. 24, 2018, at 10:30 a.m. at the Council Bluffs Federal Courthouse.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement in reaction to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s final review of national monument designations under the Antiquities Act (Act).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Gwynn Oak, Maryland man pled guilty today to heroin distribution, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Columbia, Mo., man who was involved in a shooting at a local gas station was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Christopher L. Crawford, 36, of Houston, Texas, charging him with online enticement of a minor and traveling in interstate commerce to engage in illicit sexual conduct with minor, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report titled “Investigative Report of Misconduct by a Senior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Law Enforcement Manager." Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) released the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a federal grand jury returned a 22-count indictment charging 15 individuals from Pennsylvania, New York and Connecticut with various narcotics trafficking and firearms offenses. All 15 defendants...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina-------United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that a hearing for Brandon Michael Council, age 32, of Wilson, North Carolina, has been set for Thursday afternoon, Aug. 24, 2017, at 2:00 P.M. in the federal courthouse in Greenville, North Carolina, 216 S. Evans St.
