News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: Two Matters Prosecuted Locally in Atlanta Have Connections to Historic Takedown of Criminal Marketplace.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Okeyonna Njoku, 30, of Los Angeles, California, was sentenced today to eight months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute marijuana, Acting United States Attorney Joycelyn Hewlett announced. District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez also ordered Njoku to perform 300 hours of community service and pay a special assessment of $100.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: A nine-count indictment was unsealed this morning in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charging the defendant Yevgeniy Braziler with securities fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud for orchestrating a scheme to target elderly investors by selling them partnerships in three fraudulent real estate companies. Braziler was arrested today and is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Steven L. Tiscione.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced that a Trenton man was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to sell more than 1.5 kilograms of cocaine, and more than 87 grams of crack-cocaine in the Trenton area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Stephen T. Ferrante, 62, of East Greenwich, was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison for attempting to persuade, induce, entice or coerce a minor to engage in sexual activity, announced Acting United States Attorney Stephen G. Dambruch; Colonel Ann C. Assumpico, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police; and Matthew J. Etre, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations for New England.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: Defendant Tried to Fraudulently Obtain $5 million for Stolen Artwork That He Did Not Possess.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: Scott Valente Used His Company The ELIV Group, LLC to Perpetrate a $10 Million Investment Fraud Scheme Involving Over 100 Individual Investors.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, the Co-Chairs of the Congressional Task Force on Election Security - Committee on Homeland Security Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) and Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Robert Brady (D-PA) - announced the membership of the new Task Force.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - Six individuals have been charged in a second superseding indictment for their role in a multi-million dollar securities fraud “pump-and-dump" conspiracy, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: A Canton man was indicted on child pornography charges, said Acting U.S. Attorney David A. Sierleja.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that Jonathan Faucher, 39, of Manchester, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty to attempting to rob a convenience store and robbing a bank in Manchester.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a California man and woman were indicted by a federal grand jury today for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute multi-kilos of methamphetamine and fentanyl (a synthetic form of heroin), which was confiscated during an interdiction at a local bus terminal.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 27-year-old federal prison inmate has been sentenced for possessing a shank in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing “Seeking Innovative Solutions for the Future of Hardrock Mining.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Joseph W. Lavoie, a/k/a Tammy M. Lavoie, 49, formerly of Providence, was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for robbing and setting fire to a bank in North Providence on July 6, 2016, announced Acting United States Attorney Stephen G. Dambruch, Acting North Providence Police Chief Christopher J. Pelagio, and Harold H. Shaw, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Boston Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA- On July 20, 2017, Casey John Blain, age 36, of Muscatine, Iowa, was sentenced by Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to 240 months in prison on the charge of Possession of Child Pornography and 240 months in prison on each of two counts of Distribution of Child Pornography...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Beverly Hills resident was indicted today by a federal grand jury for corruptly endeavoring to impede the internal revenue laws, filing false tax returns, filing false reports regarding his offshore bank accounts and making false statements to a federal agent, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Sandra R. Brown for the Central District of California.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Howard Christopher Melton, age 36, of Farmington, was sentenced today to 80 months in federal prison followed by 10 years of supervised release on one count of Receipt of Child Pornography. Melton also was ordered to pay $3,600.00 in fines. The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A California man who participated in a large-scale cocaine trafficking conspiracy was sentenced today to 10 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - JULIEROSE BAQUERA MOLINA, 38, of Cache, Oklahoma, has been charged with felony embezzlement from the Comanche Nation Tax Commission, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
