News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: U.S. Marshals Service Assumes Control of Ayudando Guardians, Inc.,.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Miami-Dade County assisted living facility owners, Marlene Marrero, 60, of Miami, Norma Casanova, 67, of Miami Lakes, Yeny De Erbiti, 51, of Miami, Rene Vega, 57, of Miami, Maribel Galvan, 43, of Miami Lakes, Dianelys Perez, 34, of Miami Gardens, Osniel Vera, 47, of Hialeah, Alicia Almeida, 56, of Miami...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: The 2018 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill is an affront to women, families, and all hard-working Americans. It would harm schools and eliminate support for teachers; dramatically cut job training opportunities; and undermine public health. Finally, the bill attacks women’s health by eliminating Title X family planning and Teen Pregnancy Prevention, and removing the ability of millions of women to choose Planned Parenthood as their preferred health care provider.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Three Hialeah residents were sentenced to prison terms after having been convicted by a federal jury of robbing two Hialeah jewelry stores and attempting to rob a third store.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina John Stuart Bruce announced that in federal court on July 18, 2017, United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced ALBERT ABDALLA, 45 years of age from Durham, N.C., and BRIAN KEITH GONZALES, 38 years of age from...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Today, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), approved the Affordable Retirement Advice for Savers Act (H.R. 2823). Introduced by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), the legislation protects access to affordable retirement advice by overturning the Obama administration’s fiduciary rule while requiring retirement advisors to serve the best interests of their clients.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that two physicians at the University of Missouri School of Medicine in Columbia, Mo., have pleaded guilty in federal court, in separate cases, to engaging in a health care fraud scheme that totaled more than $190,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: In El Paso today, a federal judge sentenced 42-year-old Joe Vito Venzor to 18 months in federal prison for illegally accessing his former employer’s computer system and shutting it down announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Emmerson Buie, Jr., El Paso Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Two More Defendants Plead Guilty in Multimillion Dollar India-Based Call Center Scam Targeting U.S. Victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge Wm. Terrell Hodges today sentenced David Wayne Willmott, Jr. (25, Inverness) to three years in federal prison for making threats to use an explosive device. He pleaded guilty on April 18, 2017. This federal sentence will be served consecutively to the six-year sentence imposed in 2016 by the State of Florida for two arsons and a hoax bomb threat in Hernando County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A total of six local individuals have been ordered to federal prison for straw purchasing firearms, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Daniel Witek, 54, of Buffalo NY, pleaded guilty to mail fraud before U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: UKIAH, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is initiating emergency target shooting restrictions on public lands managed by the Ukiah Field Office in Mendocino, Sonoma, Napa, Yolo, Colusa, Glenn and Solano counties, beginning Wednesday, July 19, due to high fire potential. Shooting is still allowed for hunting.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: CEO of Virginia Health Care Technology Company Sentenced to Almost 10 Years in Prison for $49 Million Shareholder Fraud and $7.5 Million Employment Tax Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: CINCINNATI - U.S. Attorney Benjamin C. Glassman announced today that in light of the Hamilton County Prosecutor’s decision not to pursue a second retrial of Raymond Tensing, the United States Attorney’s Office will now undertake to acquire and review the evidence from the state court trials in order to assess whether there are possible federal civil rights offenses warranting investigation and potential prosecution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - TERRANCE TRENT MOSLEY, 29, of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced today to 480 months in prison by the Honorable David L. Russell, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Mark Vartanyan, also known as “Kolypto," was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Mark H. Cohen to serve five years in federal prison, following his guilty plea in connection with his role in developing, improving and maintaining the “Citadel" malware toolkit between 2012 and 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that William O’Brien, 60, a former attorney who lives in Winooski, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Brattleboro to 14 months of imprisonment following his guilty plea to a charge of mail fraud. U.S. District Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Criminal activity took place during a two-year period.
