News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: Houston Physician Convicted of Conspiracy in $1.5 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: Dear Chairman Schmidtlein: In accordance with the American Manufacturing and Competitiveness Act of 2016, the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance have reviewed the thorough preliminary report prepared by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) concerning the Miscellaneous...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: DALLAS, TX-FBI Dallas is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying an unknown bank robber who is believed to be responsible for bank robberies in Grapevine and Fort Worth, Texas this summer. North Texas Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the identification and arrest of this robbery suspect.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Randy Lutz, 35, of Providence, a former employee of a non-profit medical provider in Providence, was ordered detained in federal custody today on extortion charges. It is alleged that Lutz attempted to extort payment from his former employer in return for property and information belonging to the agency.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On July 20, 2017, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against four defendants charged with conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery, brandishing firearms during and in relation to a crime of violence, and conspiracy to possess with...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: MINERAL, CA - The Lassen Volcanic National Park Highway will officially open to through traffic on Thursday, July 27. “This year’s opening of the highway will be the latest in park records dating back to 1931," stated Superintendent Jim Richardson. “After four years of drought the park finally had a long winter season of great skiing and a snow pack that has persisted into summer.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: Today, U.S. District Judge Robert N. Scola Jr., sentenced Christopher Rennie Glenn, a former government contractor with ties to West Palm Beach, Florida, to life in prison, after a federal jury convicted of him of sexually exploiting and trafficking in minors, while working overseas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon was sentenced on July 17, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: UKIAH, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Ukiah Field Office will be temporarily closed from July 27 through August 4 to allow staff time to move into the newly remodeled space at their current location. Because of the updates, the office address will change to 2550 N. State Street, Suite 2, Ukiah, California 95482. The office will reopen at 8 a.m., August 7.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill is reaching out to veterans service organizations following a recent report finding that thousands of servicemembers with PTSD or other mental health conditions who received “other than honorable" discharges were potentially barred from receiving mental healthcare...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A McAllen federal jury has convicted a lawful permanent resident who was residing in Mission for possessing with the intent to distribute approximately 50 kilograms of cocaine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. The jury deliberated for less than an hour before convicting Leonel Luis Nordhausen-Cuevas, 58, following a two-day-trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury in San Francisco indicted Amer Sinan Alhaggagi yesterday with attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch, Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security Dana J. Boente, and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A criminal bill of indictment was unsealed today in federal court charging five individuals for their involvement in a $3 million debt collection scheme operating in Mecklenburg County that targeted victims throughout the country, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. A criminal bill of information was also filed today charging a sixth defendant for her role in the conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that the Office has filed a proposed order to dismiss the outstanding charges against JAVIER MARTIN-ARTAJO and JULIEN GROUT, two former derivatives traders at JPMorgan Chase & Company (“JPMorgan"). MARTIN-ARTAJO...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management's Hassayampa Field Office, will extend the public comment period for the initial scoping process for the Kirkland Mining Company pozzolan mine environmental analysis an additional 30 days. Due to public interest, the comment period, which was originally scheduled to end on July 25, 2017, will remain open until Aug. 25, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: On Monday, July 24, 2017 at 3: 0 p.m., Representatives Steve Cohen (D-TN), Mark Sanford (R-SC), and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) will host a bipartisan forum on freedom of the press entitled, “The State of Press Freedom in 21st Century America."
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 30-year old member of the Texas Mexican Mafia has been ordered to prison for his involvement in a major poly-drug conspiracy, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Mario Alberto Rodriguez, of Laredo, pled guilty in June 2014 and is the last to be sentenced as part of a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: On June 19, 2017, a federal jury returned guilty verdicts against Maribel Nunez, 58, and Madeline Rosario, 25, both of Philadelphia, PA, on charges relating to a scheme to steal fraudulently issued tax refund checks for their own use. Nunez and her daughter, Rosario, were each found guilty of conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. sentenced Steven A. Morrill (54, Sanford) to 20 years in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised release for attempting to entice a minor to engage in illicit sexual activity. The Court also ordered him to forfeit a cellphone that had been used in furtherance of the commission of the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: HAMMOND - Acting United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Hammond has returned a 2-count indictment against Charles Stroud, age 73, of Hammond, Indiana.
