News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that former Hoboken, New Jersey, City Council president and attorney CHRISTOPHER CAMPOS was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 30 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining millions of dollars...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Following a three-day trial before the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge, a jury convicted Michael J.W. Potter, 36, of Kingsport, Tennessee, of conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: Provided Non-Public Information on Financial Results in Exchange for Cash.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Roger Dale Doehring, of St. Marys, West Virginia was sentenced today to 15 months incarceration for a methamphetamine distribution charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Wounded Knee, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - In what is believed to be the largest settlement of its kind in Utah involving allegations of drug diversion, Intermountain Healthcare has agreed to pay the United States $1 million to resolve allegations that lax controls enabled a former employee to divert controlled substances for personal use.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: The owner of a Houston home health agency was sentenced today to 80 years in prison for his role in a $13 million Medicare fraud scheme and for filing false tax returns.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: Roosevelt, AZ - Tonto National Monument invites the public to assist with the collection of bird data for the National Audubon Society's 118th Annual Christmas Bird Count from Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017 through Friday, January 5, 2018. Participants will check in at the Visitor Center to register and...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON, DC, December 8, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cleared the state of Arizona to test a program aimed at limiting fraud and reducing illegal trafficking in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program electronic benefit (EBT) cards. The two-year waiver, granted by USDA’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: Political Consultant Pleads Guilty to Lying to the FBI in Connection with Campaign Finance Investigation.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Federal officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) this week arrested 22 criminal aliens and immigration violators throughout northern Kentucky during a two-day enforcement action.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: Today, CNN reports that candidate Donald Trump, his son Donald Trump, Jr., and others inside the Trump Organization received an email in September 2016 offering a decryption key and website address for hacked documents - weeks before WikiLeaks began publishing the contents of those documents online. Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) of the House Judiciary Committee issued the following statement in response...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ-The FBI Bank Robbery Task Force is seeking the public’s assistance to help identify three men suspected of robbing various banks in the Phoenix area from Oct. 27, 2017 to present. Desert Schools Federal Credit Union is offering up to $10,000* for original information leading to the conviction of the suspects responsible for these robberies. The robberies occurred at the following dates and locations.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: For Possession With Intent To Distribute A Controlled Substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A federal grand jury in Dallas has indicted Joshua Pugh, 23, of Dallas, Texas, and Johnny Glenn Clifton, 50, of Frisco, Texas, on wire fraud charges stemming from an elaborate scheme to defraud an individual out of approximately $1 million between November 2015 and March 2017, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault by Strangulation, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, and Brandishing a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $1.1 million civil penalty against Braille Battery, Inc. of Sarasota, Fla., for allegedly violating the Hazardous Materials Regulations.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: Theodore Roosevelt National Park invites birding enthusiasts of all abilities to participate in the nationwide Audubon Christmas Bird Count on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017. The event is free.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - A Mexican national in the country illegally, who has a prior conviction for assault on a law officer, is among 27 foreign nationals taken into custody during a four-day operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) this week in western Michigan, targeting at-large criminal aliens, illegal re-entrants and other immigration violators.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: Arrests This Week Follow a Year-Long Investigation; Drugs and Guns Seized.
