News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOHN AFRIYIE, a former analyst at a Manhattan-based private investment fund (the “Fund"), was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 45 months in prison for committing insider trading. AFRIYIE was convicted on Jan. 30, 2017, following a jury trial before U.S. District Court Judge Paul A. Engelmayer, who also imposed today’s sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Marshall Carey Strickland, age 42, of Nashua, New Hampshire, pled guilty in federal court in Florence, to Possession of Child Pornography, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252A(a)(5)(B). United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: New York Return Preparer Sentenced to Prison for Filing Fraudulent Tax Returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former employee of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) based in Afghanistan pleaded guilty today to soliciting approximately $320,000 in bribes from Afghan contractors in return for his assistance in U.S. government contracts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - On Wednesday, July 26, 2017, U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken sentenced Michael Ray Emry, 55, of John Day, Oregon, to 30 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release. Emry had previously pleaded guilty on Jan. 23, 2017 to unlawfully possessing a fully automatic.50 caliber machine gun that was not registered to him.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Reno woman, who was sentenced for bank embezzlement and tax evasion, was indicted today for failure to surrender to the Bureau of Prisons to serve her prison term, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: For Distribution of Crack and Using A Firearm In Furtherance Of A Drug Trafficking Crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A former inmate at Old Colony Correctional Center in Bridgewater was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for threatening to kill the President of the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A former inmate at Old Colony Correctional Center in Bridgewater was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for threatening to kill the President of the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Brecksville, Ohio. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and Colorado Senator Cory Gardner announced this week that the National Park Service is teaming up with partners across the nation to distribute nearly $50 million for high priority projects. Cuyahoga Valley National Park (CVNP) is one of 42...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: CINCINNATI - Luis Caseres-Duarte, 26, of Norcross, Ga., was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 21 months in prison for participating in what is known as the “Craigslist car" scheme, a fraud scheme that caused numerous people to send money for cars that were never delivered.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: BISHOP, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is implementing temporary fire restrictions on all public lands managed by the Bishop Field Office in Inyo and Mono counties, effective July 28. The restrictions will remain in effect until November 6, or until hazardous wildfire conditions on public lands in the Eastern Sierra improve.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOHN AFRIYIE, a former analyst at a Manhattan-based private investment fund (the “Fund"), was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 45 months in prison for committing insider trading. AFRIYIE was convicted on Jan. 30, 2017, following a jury trial before U.S. District Court Judge Paul A. Engelmayer, who also imposed today’s sentence.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Agriculture Committee Chairmen Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Rep. K. Michael Conaway, R-Texas, today addressed more than 100 state FFA officers, urging them to advocate on behalf of agriculture and take advantage of the plentiful jobs within agriculture.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing on “Powering America: A Review of the Operation and Effectiveness of the Nation’s Wholesale Electricity Markets:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Elijah Chaffino, 37, of Scottsdale, Arizona, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 50 kilograms or more of marijuana, was sentenced to time served by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD")...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: A former Forest City investment adviser, who stole money from clients to fund the operation of an ethanol plant in Hopkinton, pled guilty yesterday in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: CINCINNATI - Luis Caseres-Duarte, 26, of Norcross, Ga., was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 21 months in prison for participating in what is known as the “Craigslist car" scheme, a fraud scheme that caused numerous people to send money for cars that were never delivered.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: HAMMOND - Acting United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson announced that Bobby Ray Dejohnette, 46, of Lansing, Illinois, was sentenced on July 26, 2017 by District Court Judge James T. Moody for conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and use of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
