News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: DEL RIO, Texas - In Del Rio today, a jury convicted 32-year-old Adrian Pineda-Orozco, an undocumented alien residing in
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that Daniel Newman, age 24, of Rapid City, South Dakota, was found guilty of 7 counts of Mail Embezzlement and Theft as a result of a federal trial in Rapid City, South Dakota.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: Roanoke, VIRGINIA - A member of a tax fraud conspiracy, responsible for the preparation and filing of dozens of false returns, was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Roanoke, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: Defendant Issued Prescriptions For Pills To Be Sold In Exchange For Cash.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - Following day two of her trial this week, Veronica Dale Hahn, 60, of Bonifay, Florida, pled guilty to theft of government funds. The guilty plea was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Joshua Weitz, 40, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced late yesterday afternoon to 78 months of imprisonment to be followed by 15 years of supervised release for his conviction on child pornography charges. Weitz will be required to register as a sex offender when he completes his prison sentence. Weitz also was ordered to pay $1000 to each of three victims who requested restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal grand jury sitting in Martinsburg, West Virginia, returned four indictments charging five individuals with various narcotics and firearms charges, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Robert L. Capers announced today that Société Générale, S.A. will pay a $50 million civil penalty to resolve claims related to its activities, which were conducted through several affiliates (together, “SocGen"), in connection with the marketing, sale, and issuance of a residential...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: In Del Rio this morning, a federal jury found Nancy Chan, a 39-year-old citizen of the United Kingdom and City of Austin employee, guilty of perpetrating a marriage fraud scheme announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr and Special Agent in Charge Jeff Arndt, Customs and Border Protection Office of Professional Responsibility, El Paso Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: Costco Pharmacies Filled Prescriptions that Were Improper or Incomplete.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that CRAIG QUINTAL, age 41, of River Ridge, was sentenced yesterday after previously pleading guilty to crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Lonnie M. Ray and Shelley H. Ray, the principal officers of Cowart Seafood, Inc., of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, have been indicted on charges which include conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis; Acting Assistant Director Manny Antonaras with the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that United States District Court Chief Judge Christopher C. Conner sentenced Rachel Lynn Howze, age 30, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to a split sentence of five months’ imprisonment and five months’ home confinement for obstructing an official federal proceeding while serving as a U.S. Probation Officer in Pittsburgh.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: Spokane, WA- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Washington (EDWA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ), Civil Frauds Section, announced a settlement agreement with government contractor Washington River Protection Solutions LLC (WRPS) for $5,275,000. The settlement resolves...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson issued a farewell message and video to the DHS workforce, available here. Secretary,
By USDA Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 19, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced four grants totaling more than $13.6 million to combat a scourge on the nation's citrus industry, citrus greening disease, aka Huanglongbing. The funding is made possible through NIFA's Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) Citrus Disease Research and Extension Program, authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: Company also Agrees to Implement Anti-Fraud Program and Enhanced Compliance Obligations in Agreements with Federal Authorities The Western Union Company (Western Union), a global money services business headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, has agreed to forfeit $586 million and enter into agreements ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with Magellan Pipeline Company, L.P., for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act related to gasoline, diesel and jet fuel spills in Texas City, Texas, Nemaha, Neb. and El Dorado, Kan. Magellan has agreed to complete approximately $16 million of injunctive relief across its 11,000-mile pipeline system and pay a $2 million civil penalty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: Costco Pharmacies Filled Prescriptions that Were Improper or Incomplete Costco Wholesale will pay $11.75 million to settle allegations that its pharmacies violated the Controlled Substances Act when they improperly filled prescriptions for controlled substances. The settlement resolves allegations that ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates released the following statement on the Clemency Initiative: “In late August, we made a promise: that the Department of Justice would review and make a recommendation to President Obama on every commutation petition from a drug offender then in our possession. I’m ...
