News from February 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: Defendant Misled Investors About Investment Returns In Foreign Exchange Market Scheme.
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 DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: Owned and Operated GenPharm Pharmacy on Wheatland Road in Desoto, Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that a federal jury convicted former Miami-Dade Police Detective William Kostopoulos, 49, with using his law enforcement authority to violate the civil rights of two motorists as well as obstructing justice. Kostopoulos is scheduled to be sentenced before United States District Judge Marcia G. Cooke, in Miami, on April 19, 2017 at 9:30 a.m.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rescinded a number of orders that the FCC adopted at the end of Chairman Wheeler’s term.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today released the following statement after President Donald J. Trump ordered the U.S. Department of Labor to review and effectively delay its fiduciary rule that was finalized in April 2016...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: Ventura, CA -This month, scientists plan to begin their research and preservation of the mammoth skull that was excavated in September on Santa Rosa Island within Channel Islands National Park. They will remove the protective plaster cast and unveil this very well-preserved mammoth skull on Wednesday, February 8 at 11:00 am, at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), has scheduled a markup convening on Tuesday, January 7, 2017, at 10 a.m., in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), has scheduled a markup convening on Tuesday, January 7, 2017, at 10 a.m., in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Babatunde Aniyi, 33, of Lagos, Nigeria, was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for a conspiracy to defraud United States defense contractors and impersonation of United States officers. Aniyi was also ordered to pay $1,515,524.18 in restitution to his victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: RENO, Nev. - Richard Winston West II, aka Richie West, former manager of the Jones-West Ford dealership in Reno, Nev., pleaded guilty today to prescription drug conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute oxycodone, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden of the District of Nevada, Special Agent...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that an Oak Lawn, Ill., man and a Springfield, Mo., man have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in a heroin trafficking conspiracy in the Springfield area.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: Yesenia Romero-Samano, 38, of Columbus, Ohio has been sentenced to 37 months of imprisonment for possession with intent to deliver heroin and cocaine, U.S. Attorney Donald S. Boyce for the Southern District of Illinois announced today. The sentencing occurred in the U.S. District Court in East St. Louis on Feb. 2, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Multiple arrests were made this week during a Montgomery area round up for gun and drug violations, announced George Beck Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Tre Plaugher, 22, of Elkins, West Virginia, was convicted for illegally possessing a firearm, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: Law Enforcement Issues Warning to Public About Harmful Effects ofIngesting Unknown Substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Hameed Jide Bello, 38, of Fort Washington, Maryland, was sentenced today to seven years in prison for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This week, the Energy and Commerce Committee kicked off its first full week of hearings on a host of topics ranging from Medicaid to cybersecurity. Members are hard at work already and eager to deliver solutions that bring relief to patients suffering under Obamacare, strengthen Medicaid...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced today that Benedict T. Palen, Jr., age 63, of Denver, Colorado waived indictment and entered a guilty plea to a one count Information which charged him with mail fraud. Sentencing has been set for May 5, 2017. Under the statute, Palen is subject to a maximum punishment of up to twenty years of imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, and a term of supervised release of up to three years.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: POCATELLO - Kasey Ray Converse, 32, of Pocatello, Idaho, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Converse to serve three years of supervised release and forfeit a firearm and as well as all drug proceeds.
