News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Russian cyber-criminal Roman Valeryevich Seleznev has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for his role in a $50 million cyberfraud ring and for defrauding banks of $9 million through a hacking scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Scott Allen Reed, 67, of Plummer, was sentenced yesterday in federal court to 70 months in prison followed by ten years of supervised release for possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Reed pleaded guilty to that charge on June 28, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: EMMETT, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation is lowering Black Canyon Reservoir to perform repairs identified during routine, scheduled maintenance. The target pool elevation is 2,470 feet, 28 feet below the normal pool elevation of 2,498 feet.
By State Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to distributing cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: ST. GEORGE, Utah- Many families still enjoy the age-old tradition of roaming the hills together on a cold winter’s day in search of a unique, naturally grown Christmas tree. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) are offering permits to harvest Christmas trees now through...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Henderson, Nevada man who pleaded guilty to possession of approximately 900 photos and videos of child pornography was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge James C. Mahan to 97 months in prison and lifetime supervised release, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges relating to Social Security fraud, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul C. Parisi, who is handling the case, stated that the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Jamestown Metro Drug Task Force (JMDTF) have been investigating a suspected drug trafficking organization, primarily involving methamphetamine, in the Jamestown area. According to the complaint, the defendants, Cauley and Fields, are the main suppliers of methamphetamine to the organization.
By State Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: ST. GEORGE, Utah - Every Friday, from October through April, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and its partners host the popular Brown Bag Lecture series which provides unique opportunities for members of the public to learn more about the area’s natural resources and public lands. Speakers include...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: A Missouri man was sentenced to federal prison today for his role in overseeing an operation in which methamphetamine was smuggled into the Federal Correctional Institution in Greenville, Illinois, and distributed to inmates.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation released the environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact for the Stockdale East Groundwater Recharge Project. The project will construct a 200-acre groundwater recharge pond, allowing it to save around 8,700 acre-feet of water per year.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: Ocala, FL - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that a federal jury has found Avery Leanard Tumer (23, Leesburg) guilty of carjacking, conspiracy to commit carjacking, brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced that Skin Care Doctors, P.A. and its founder and CEO, Michael J. Ebertz, M.D. have agreed to pay $850,000 to the United States to resolve allegations of false claims submitted for certain dermatology procedures in violation of the False Claims Act (“FCA").
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Leon R. Williams, 38, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. The charges carry a maximum penalty of life in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas ‐ The 45-year-old owner of Penitas Family Pharmacy has pleaded guilty in connection with a scheme to defraud Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Omar Espericueta, of Palmhurst, pleaded guilty today, joining co-defendant Oscar Elizondo, 47, of Pharr, who pleaded guilty on Wednesday.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Bill Powell has taken the formal oath of office to become the United States Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia in a special ceremony today in Martinsburg. U.S. Attorney Powell was nominated by President Donald Trump on Aug. 3, 2017 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Oct. 3, 2017. Chief U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh administered the oath of office to U.S. Attorney Powell before family, friends and colleagues.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: A Triangle, Virginia man was sentenced today to 180 months in federal prison for multiple sex trafficking offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that GREGORY DENSON, age 54, of New Orleans, pled guilty today to an eight-count Superseding Bill of Information charging him with murder of a federal witness, Hobbs Act conspiracy, multiple Hobbs Act robberies, and obstruction of official proceedings.
