News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - An Iselin, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for his role in one of the largest credit card fraud schemes ever charged by the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that Darren Byler, 56, resident of Zachar Bay, Kodiak Island, Alaska, was sentenced on Monday by U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason to five years’ probation and a fine of $10,000, for violating the Refuse Act and making false statements to Coast Guard officials.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 25, 2017
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - Zion National Park will resume shuttle services on special weekend dates beginning in February 2017. Shuttle buses will operate on February 18th and 19th, departing the Visitor Center at 7:00 a.m. and heading up canyon to designated trailhead stops with the last bus returning from the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2017
News Release: Violent Crime Prosecution. United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announces that Curtis Pugh of Mobile, Alabama was sentenced to 11 years and 9 months by Chief United States District Court Judge William H. Steele. Miller pled guilty to the charge of Carjacking, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Illinois man who admitted responsibility for a phishing scheme that gave him illegal access to over 300 Apple iCloud and Gmail accounts, including those belonging to members of the entertainment industry in Los Angeles, has been sentenced to nine months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Michael J. Randles, 49, a Canadian citizen and permanent resident of Costa Rica, was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for his role in an international money laundering conspiracy in connection with international “pump and dump" securities fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictment today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “The Electricity Sector’s Efforts to Respond to Cybersecurity Threats."
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2017
News Release: Defendant Arrested Last Month Attempting to Re-enter the U.S. at JFK Airport.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Energy and Commerce Committee Vice Chairman Joe Barton (R-TX), and all Republican members of the Communications and Technology Subcommittee, today sent a letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai requesting that he close the docket on the set-top box proceeding.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Energy and Commerce Committee Vice Chairman Joe Barton (R-TX), and all Republican members of the Communications and Technology Subcommittee, today sent a letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai requesting that he close the docket on the set-top box proceeding.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2017
News Release: Jackson, TN - A California man who shot a woman twice during an attempted bank robbery has been sentenced to more than three decades in federal prison. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2017
News Release: JAN 25 - HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Brittany Esposito, 28, of Wallingford, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2017
News Release: Defendant’s Alleged Pistol-Whipping Of Store Clerk Captured On Surveillance Camera.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jesus Ramirez, 26, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to violating the federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office has reached an Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA") settlement with the Connecticut Department of Developmental Services (“DDS") to ensure that DDS provides effective communication for individuals with disabilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Julie W. Kronhaus (52, Winter Park) has pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud and one count of bank fraud. She faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for the wire fraud count and up to 30 years’ imprisonment for the bank fraud count. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Strengthening Medicaid and Prioritizing the Most Vulnerable."
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2017
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 46-year-old Tyler, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 25, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary of State Merrill and Attorney General Strange...
