News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, George Trevor Porrata was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for conspiring to commit securities fraud. The Court also ordered $1,046,385.50 in restitution to victims and $400,000 in forfeiture. According to court filings and facts presented during...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Earlier today, a federal jury found two men guilty in a bank fraud scheme that sought to fraudulently eliminate home mortgages and then profit on the subsequent home sales, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter informing Chairman Trey Gowdy about a whistleblower who has come forward with evidence that Lt. General Michael Flynn-within minutes of Donald Trump being sworn in as President-was communicating directly with his former business colleague about their plan to work with Russia to build nuclear reactors in the Middle East.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Claire McCaskill voted to confirm St. Louis native Emily Murphy, President Trump’s nominee to lead the General Services Administration. The agency is responsible for the federal government’s real estate management, and assisting federal agencies with purchasing goods and services, including IT systems.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: For Possession With Intent To Distribute Crack And Possession Of A Firearm In Furtherance Of A Drug Trafficking Crime.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of three members to serve on the Mushroom Council. The members appointed to serve three year terms are.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two Mexican nationals pleaded guilty today to immigration crimes, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Rogelio Herrera-Hernandez, 50, and Jose Martinez-Santos, 30, entered guilty pleas to illegally reentering the United States after having been removed.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DAQUONE JOHNSON, 25, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 13 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin involved in an overdose death of a Monroe woman last year. Judge Thompson also ordered JOHNSON to perform 25 hours of community service while on supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: Volkswagen Senior Manager Sentenced to 84 Months in Prison for Role in Conspiracy to Cheat U.S. Emissions Tests.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: District Judge Gregory K. Frizzell sentenced Russell Martin Mounger, 47, of Mannford, Oklahoma to 70 months in prison for the crime of Possession of Child Pornography. Mounger must also pay $10,000 in restitution to the victim, and a special monetary assessment totaling $5,100. After release from prison, Mounger will be required to register as a sex offender and must serve 7 years on supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An internal medicine doctor with a practice in West New York, New Jersey, was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for accepting bribes in exchange for test referrals as part of a long-running scheme operated by Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS), of Parsippany, N.J., its president and numerous associates, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Eric Barrientos, 34, of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade to 140 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in April 2017 to one count of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 60 months imprisonment, followed by five years supervised release, on a charge of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: St. Augustine, FL - The National Park Service is pleased to announce the annual Castillo de San Marcos National Monument “Holiday Open House" on Saturday, December 9, 2016 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:15 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: TULSA, Okla.-United States Attorney R. Trent Shores announced today the results of the December 2017 Federal Grand Jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Fred Joseph Turner (60, Sarasota) and Rosetta Valerie Cannata (61, Osprey) to 12 years and 7 months in federal prison for conspiring to dispense controlled substances for no legitimate medical purpose and outside the usual course of...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Roland Skeets, 27, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Smith Lake, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to child abuse charges. Skeets’ plea agreement recommends that he be sentenced to a prison term within the range of 15 to 21 months.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: WHAT: Medal Award Presentation: Bronze Star with “V" Device for Valor for Chief Boatswain’s Mate Joseph “Joe" L. George.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jose Alberto Villa Pilamunga, age 28, and a citizen of Ecuador, was sentenced today to time served (27 days in jail) for illegally re-entering the United States.
