News from February 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A registered pharmacist who owned, operated and served as the pharmacist in charge of GenPharm Pharmacy on Wheatland Road in Desoto, Texas, Ndufola Kigham, appeared in federal court this morning before U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater and pleaded guilty to federal felony offenses stemming from her involvement in a “pill mill" operation, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: Lynchburg, VIRGINIA - A former employee of the Internal Revenue Service pled guilty today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Lynchburg to health care fraud charges related to his misuse of government health insurance benefits, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that three men have pleaded guilty in Hartford federal court to charges related to the armed robberies of the Allingtown Post Office in West Haven and the Wells Fargo Bank in Hamden on April 21, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to a term of three years probation on his conviction of conspiracy and wire fraud, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: Miami-Dade Police Detective Convicted of Civil Rights Offenses for Stealing Property from Motorists and Obstructing Justice.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: On Feb. 1, 2017, Haleakalā NP successfully launched a new sunrise reservation system for park visitors traveling in personal or rental vehicles. The system was implemented to ensure visitor and employee safety, protect natural and cultural resources, and provide a quality visitor experience at the Haleakalā summit during sunrise hours (3am to 7am).
By DOE Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: The United States Department of Energy (DOE) and Belgium’s Studiecentrum voor Kernenergie/Centre d’Etude de l’Energie Nucléaire (SCK•CEN) (also known as the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) concerning cooperation in nuclear energy research and development on Jan. 13, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: TUPELO, MS: The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to “Skins and Skulls," a special Junior Ranger program held on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017 at 10:00 am. Animals along the Natchez Trace Parkway have many special adaptations that help them to survive. Join a park ranger for this...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that PAAL KLYKKEN, 35, was sentenced to 78 months in prison and supervised release for seven years for distributing and receiving child pornography. KLYKKEN pled guilty on Sept. 1, 2016, before U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni, who also imposed today’s sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO- Eric Lundin was sentenced today to 84 months in prison for use and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and FBI Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence follows a guilty plea entered Nov. 10, 2016, in which Lundin admitting using the weapon to enhance or maintain his status with the racketeering enterprise of the Mongols Motorcycle Club.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene E. Honeywell has sentenced Zhenya Bulgakov (40, Largo) to 12 years and 11 months in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. The Court also ordered him to forfeit a Hummer limousine that is traceable to the proceeds of the offense. Bulgakov pleaded guilty on Sept. 19, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ALBERT MELIN, the former treasurer of the volunteer Patterson Fire Department (“PFD"), was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Nelson S. Roman to 33 months in prison for fraud and tax charges arising out of his embezzlement of more than $1.1 million from the PFD.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review the Draft Environmental Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact for the proposed California State Parks Accessibility Improvements Project at Millerton Lake State Recreation Area. The project would provide funding to improve existing recreational facilities at Millerton Lake in order to be compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House passed H.J. Res 36 sponsored by Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT). This joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) will repeal the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) final rule on methane emissions from oil and gas operations on federal and Indian land.
By State Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the announcement of new sanctions against supporters of Iran’s ballistic missile program and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF)...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: Lynchburg, VIRGINIA - A former employee of the Internal Revenue Service pled guilty today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Lynchburg to health care fraud charges related to his misuse of government health insurance benefits, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: OAKLAND - Kiana Scott Clark, 29, of Oakland, Calif., was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States by obstructing, impeding, and interfering with the aviation security functions of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and for conspiring to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Jose Salvador Lantigua (63) to 14 years in federal prison for bank fraud and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. His wife, Daphne Simpson, was sentenced to 5 years’ probation but had already served 17 months of pretrial detention. Both will also be ordered to make complete restitution to the victims of the charged offenses. They pleaded guilty in September 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: Las Vegas - The Bureau of Land Management Southern Nevada District Office, in association with representatives from Clark County, the City of Mesquite and Virgin Valley Water District, will host a Gold Butte National Monument Public Information Forum on February 9 in Mesquite. The public information forum is 5 to 7 p.m. in the Mesquite City Council Chambers, 10 E. Mesquite Blvd., Mesquite, NV 89027. The event is open to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that RUDY OTONIEL AZANON-RODAS, age 51, a citizen of Guatemala, was charged today in a one-count Bill of Information for reentry of a removed alien, in violation of8 U.S.C. § 1326.
