News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that HOMERO JOSHUA GARZA, 32, of Texas, formerly of Somers, Conn., waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of wire fraud related to his role in his companies’ purported generation and sale of virtual currency.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - A Greensboro resident was sentenced to prison on July 19, 2017, for tax crimes, announced Sandra J. Hairston, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina.
By State Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY) introduced H.R. 3329, a bipartisan bill to increase sanctions on the terrorist organization Hezbollah. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced a companion bill in the Senate (S. 1595).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: Ruben Alvarado-Diaz, of Lancaster, PA, was charged today by Indictment with illegal reentry after deportation, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The indictment alleges that on or about June 2, 2017, Alvarado-Diaz, an alien, and native and citizen of Mexico, was found in the United States after having been deported from the United States on or about June 27, 2014, June 11, 2015, and Feb. 21, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Heather Wagoner, age 31, of Buchanan, Virginia was sentenced to eight years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander. Wagoner pleaded guilty to a sex trafficking conspiracy involving a 16 year old girl.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA- Evgeny Tarasovich Levitskyy, a/k/a Vinchenco, a/k/a Vinch, a/k/a M.U.R.D.E.R.E.R, has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud for his role as a “casher" (one who withdraws cash using stolen bank account information) in the 2008 hack of RBS WorldPay.
By State Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the committee will convene a hearing on Wednesday, July 26 to explore United States cyber diplomacy in an increasingly vulnerable digital world. The hearing, entitled “U.S. Cyber Diplomacy, " will begin at 10 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: Sandro G. Zhinin, 33, of Brooklyn, New York, was charged today by Indictment with crossing state lines to have sexual contact with a minor less than 12, travel to engage in illicit sexual conduct, and the production and possession of child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Justice Department today announced the seizure of the largest criminal marketplace on the internet, AlphaBay, which operated for over two years on the dark web and was used to sell deadly illegal drugs, stolen and fraudulent identification documents and access devices, counterfeit...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: I’ll have some remarks on health care in just a moment, but first I want to say this about the senior Senator from Arizona. John McCain has fought through war and withstood torture. There’s nobody tougher than John McCain, and my thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces the return on an indictment charging Jose Carlos Terra Izquierdo (23, Amarillo, TX) with credit card fraud. If convicted, he faces an enhanced penalty of up to 20 years in federal prison and forfeiture of his computer media.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces the return of an indictment charging Jeremy Achey (43, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) with conspiracy to distribute and distribution of controlled substance analogues. If convicted on all counts, he faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: Tucson, AZ -A lightning-ignited fire was reported yesterday in the Rincon Mountains at approximately 3:15 p.m. It is located about two miles northeast of Spud Rock. The fire is estimated to be approximately an acre.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Patrick C. Harris, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Special Agent in Charge Diane Upchurch, of the Little Rock Field Office for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced today that Lacy Brooks, 31, of Searcy, was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for producing live pornographic videos of a 15-month-old baby.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On July, 19, 2017, Shawn Michael Kerby, 38, of Des Moines, Iowa, pleaded guilty in United States District Court to one count of obtaining hydrocodone by misrepresentation and one count of being a user and addict of a controlled substance in possession of a firearm, announced United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department today announced the seizure of the largest criminal marketplace on the Internet, AlphaBay, which operated for over two years on the dark web and was used to sell deadly illegal drugs, stolen and fraudulent identification documents and access devices, counterfeit goods, malware...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Brent M. Gorshe, 28, of Martins Ferry, Ohio, was sentenced today to 84 months incarceration for distributing oxycodone, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: Throughout history mankind has always been fascinated by the stars in our galaxy. Even during the American Civil War, soldiers and civilians on both sides looked to the heavens for inspiration, solace, and understanding. At 8 pm on Aug. 10, Gettysburg National Military Park, with the Westminster Astronomical Society, invites the public to participate in a star-gazing program at Little Round Top, Auto Tour Stop 8.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: Brothers Kaleb and Cole Breitsprecher, ages 22 and 24, respectively, from Ossian, Iowa, have been charged in a federal Indictment with distributing heroin and fentanyl, and possessing firearms as drug users. The charges are contained in an Indictment unsealed today in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: Also Charged With Interstate Transport of a Stolen Car.
