News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: Political Consultant Pleads Guilty to Lying to the FBI in Connection with Campaign Finance Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: For Filing False Claims And Identity Theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - Brian Augustine Joyce, a former Massachusetts State Senator, was arrested this morning by federal authorities for allegedly using his state senate office for private gain.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal grand jury in Raleigh has returned an indictment charging JOSE RAYMUNDO RODRIGUEZ-GONZALEZ, age 36, of Mexico, with Illegal Reentry of a Deported Alien.
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: PROVIDENCE, RI - A federal grand jury in Providence, R.I., on Wednesday returned an indictment charging the operator of 60-foot luxury yacht with seaman’s manslaughter in the death in September 2015 of the 81-year-old operator of a 23-foot powerboat.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - Brian Augustine Joyce, a former Massachusetts State Senator, was arrested this morning by federal authorities for allegedly using his state senate office for private gain.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that IBERIABANK Corporation, IBERIABANK and IBERIABANK Mortgage Company (collectively, IBERIABANK) have agreed to pay the United States $11,692,149 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by falsely certifying they were complying with Federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: Political Consultant Pleads Guilty to Lying to the FBI in Connection With Campaign Finance Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A federal jury convicted Robert M. Boston, 54, of Hickory, N.C., of conspiracy, wire fraud, securities fraud and money laundering for his role in defrauding victims of more than $25 million, announced R. Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. The jury delivered the guilty verdict following a five-day trial, which began on Monday December 4, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: Larry Westby swindled friends and acquaintances out of nearly $1 million.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: SANTA FE, N.M. - In keeping with the administration’s goals of promoting America’s energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management New Mexico quarterly oil and gas lease sale resulted in $30,361,782.50 in competitive bids for 2,104.15 acres. The combined bids will be distributed between the federal government and the State of New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - The owner of Esther’s Fashion Paradise in Worcester pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to defrauding the SNAP benefits program and selling counterfeit merchandise.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that U.S. District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann sentenced two federal inmates separately for possessing weapons in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Devon Davis, 27, Keon Wilson, 22, and Shawn McIntosh, 24, have been arrested after being charged by a superseding indictment with Hobbs Act robbery, conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, and brandishing a firearm during a federal crime of violence, Acting United States Attorney Joycelyn...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A Cleburne woman, Linzi Ladawn Shifflett, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to 720 months in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised release, following her guilty plea to two counts of production of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced James Arthur Van Meerten (35, Palm Bay) to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. He pleaded guilty on September 7, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: Two Martin County residents were indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury for producing child pornography. One was also charged with the distribution of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A local bar owner has entered a guilty plea to conspiring with others to defraud the United States by failing to pay taxes on income he received from vending machines located in the bars he owned, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
