News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: A Millersburg man was sentenced to more than two years in prison for fraudulently claiming more than $1.1 million in tax refunds to which he was not entitled, said Acting U.S. Attorney David A. Sierleja and Frank S. Turner II, Acting Special Agent in Charge, IRS Criminal Investigation, Cincinnati Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys W. Mark Conover (619) 546- 6763 and Michelle L. Wasserman (619) 546-8431.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Behnam Halali, Ernesto Magat, and Karen Gagarin were found guilty on March 13, 2017, by a federal jury for their respective roles in a scheme to commit wire fraud and identity theft involving fraudulent life insurance policies, announced U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch, Federal Bureau...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Behnam Halali, Ernesto Magat, and Karen Gagarin were found guilty on March 13, 2017, by a federal jury for their respective roles in a scheme to commit wire fraud and identity theft involving fraudulent life insurance policies, announced U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch, Federal Bureau...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Mark Vartanyan, also known as “Kolypto," a Russian national who allegedly developed, improved and maintained the pernicious “Citadel" malware toolkit, was arraigned in federal court following his extradition from Norway in December 2016. Vartanyan was charged with one count of computer fraud.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: Utah Senator says repeal resolution “would wipe this regulation off the books and give DOL and opportunity put forward something new that better reflects Congress’s intent.".
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES -- The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) conferred the “Helene & Joseph Sherwood Family Prize for Combating Hate" to three individuals and two law enforcement groups at an awards ceremony today at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - W. Stephen Muldrow has been named as the Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida. He assumed this post following the resignation of A. Lee Bentley, III on March 13, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: A title agent and a co-conspirator pled guilty today to federal charges related to their participation in a $10 million mortgage fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Theodore Elliott was sentenced to 48 months in prison for possessing a firearm in September 2014 after a prior felony conviction, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Deanna Roberts has pleaded guilty to four felony counts of possessing, transporting, and ultimately illegally injecting persons with liquid silicone and four felony counts of introducing into interstate commerce liquid silicone, which was an adulterated device. One of the women the defendant injected with liquid silicone died about 36 hours after receiving the injection when the silicone migrated to her lungs, heart, brain, and other organs.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Chief District Court Judge Wilma A. Lewis, on March 13, 2017, sentenced Abdul Robinson, 39, of St. Croix, to six months in prison for providing contraband in prison and one year in prison for the territorial offense of conflict of interest, Acting United States Attorney Joycelyn Hewlett...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: Bangor, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that John D. Fraser, a/k/a “John Knight," 54, of Nova Scotia, Canada was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to time served (three months and 22 days) in prison and one year of supervised release for attempting to enter the United States after having been ordered removed.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: Work will begin this week at the Frisco Day Use Area to replace the viewing platform and boardwalk that was severely damaged during Hurricane Matthew. A temporary sand pathway at the southern end of the parking lot will provide a pedestrian access path to the beach for the duration of the project, which is anticipated to be completed by May 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: On Tuesday, March 14, 2017, NIST Gaithersburg will be closed with limited access due to icy conditions. All conferences and meetings are cancelled or postponed.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - Each year in the spring (March - June) Grand Canyon National Park experiences an increase in turbidity in the drinking water. This increased turbidity is caused by snow melt and spring rains recharging the aquifer and the increased water flows through the rock formations to the point of supply for the Grand Canyon National Park Public Water Supply System.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that Patrick Keough, 59, of Seward, Nebraska, was sentenced Monday in federal court in Omaha on two counts of violating the Clean Air Act. The Honorable Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Keough to six months’ imprisonment. After his release from prison, he will begin a one-year term of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: MINERAL, CA - Lassen Volcanic National Park recorded 536,068 visits in 2016, the centennial year for the park and the National Park Service. “For over a century, people from around the world have come to explore the park’s dynamic volcanic landscape and enjoy the beauty of these mountains," said Acting...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the arrest and filing of charges against DAVID OHNMACHT, a 36-year-old registered...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. yesterday sentenced Skyler Christian Awad (28, Indialantic) to 13 years and one month in federal prison for bank robbery, carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, attempted robbery affecting interstate commerce...
