News from February 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: Abingdon, VIRGINIA - A New York man, who was involved in a conspiracy that illegally manufactured and sold pro-hormone/designer steroids, was sentenced yesterday in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon after having previously pled guilty to related federal charges, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on a charge of violating federal drug laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Kanawha County man was sentenced today to four and a half years in federal prison and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine for his role in a California-to-West Virginia methamphetamine conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Brian Ashby, 38, previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: Today, every Democratic Member of both the House Judiciary Committee and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee wrote to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and FBI Director James Comey requesting a full briefing in regards to former National Security Agency Director Michael Flynn’s communications with Russian officials and any knowledge or involvement others in the Trump Administration may have had concerning these communications.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the unsealing of an indictment charging GEORGE DOUMANIS, EMANUEL PANTELAKIS, a/k/a “Manny," and DANNY PRATTE with orchestrating a scheme to defraud investors of at least approximately $5 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that KELVIN ACOSTA was sentenced to 300 months in prison and supervised release for 10 years for producing child pornography. ACOSTA pled guilty on Sept. 26, 2016, before U.S. District Judge Paul A. Crotty, who also imposed today’s sentence. In imposing sentence, the Court characterized the defendant’s misconduct as the “most deplorable, depraved act that I can imagine.".
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Feb. 13, 2017, Lucycan Ly (age: 36) of Green Bay, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison by Chief United States District Judge William C. Griesbach. Ly previously entered a guilty plea to a charge of possession a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking charge in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c)(1)(A).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that David Cevallos (46, Miami) and Osbel Sanchez (45, Tampa) have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud affecting a financial institution. Each faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison. Sanchez’s sentencing hearing has been set for April 24, 2017, and Cevallos’s sentencing hearing has been set for May 8, 2017.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is accepting applications from any state cattle association or state general farm organization that wants to be certified as eligible to nominate beef, dairy, or veal producers or importers to the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board. Applications are due by March 16, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - On Feb. 14, 2017, Robert Allen Cummins, 57, from Eugene, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken to 40 months in prison for his involvement in a scheme to illegally purchase and sell firearms that were immediately smuggled to Mexico. After completing his prison sentence, Cummins will be on supervised release for three years and will be prohibited from possessing firearms and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: Roanoke, VIRGINIA - A Roanoke man, who used a peer-to-peer file sharing network that allowed others to access his images of hard core child pornography, pled guilty today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Bradford, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on a charge of embezzling and theft of labor union assets, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A crack-cocaine wholesaler for the New Jersey set of the Grape Street Crips today admitted his involvement in racketeering and drug trafficking conspiracies operating in Newark, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - Enrique Marquez Jr. - a longtime friend of Syed Rizwan Farook, the male shooter in the San Bernardino terrorist attack - has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring with Farook in 2011 and 2012 to provide material support to terrorists.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the unsealing of an indictment charging GEORGE DOUMANIS, EMANUEL PANTELAKIS, a/k/a “Manny," and DANNY PRATTE with orchestrating a scheme to defraud investors of at least approximately $5 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Jeffrey Reed, Resident Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF), Larry Jegley, Prosecuting Attorney for the Sixth Judicial District, Diane Upchurch, Special Agent in Charge...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Amid growing public concern over whether our nation’s political and governmental computer systems are vulnerable to foreign hacking, Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today requested a Government Accountability Office (GAO) assessment of the threat of hacking to the Bureau...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) released the following statement after U.S. Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy announced his retirement.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the resignation of National Security Advisor Michael Flynn...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - Enrique Marquez Jr. - a longtime friend of Syed Rizwan Farook, the male shooter in the San Bernardino terrorist attack - has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring with Farook in 2011 and 2012 to provide material support to terrorists.
