News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: Volkswagen AG Pleads Guilty in Connection with Conspiracy to Cheat U.S. Emissions Tests.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: TUPELO, MS - The Tombigbee Pioneer Group will demonstrate pioneer era crafts and skills at the Parkway Visitor Center, from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm on March 25, 2017. The demonstrations will show the challenges faced and creative solutions developed by those Americans who lived in the area from the 1700s to around 1840.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - CA Inc. (CA) has agreed to pay $45 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that it made false statements and claims in the negotiation and administration of a General Services Administration (GSA) contract, the Department of Justice announced today. CA is an information technology management software and services company headquartered in New York, New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Jeffery Van Dyke, 46, of Weed, California, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to produce child pornography for his participation in a website that was operated for the purpose of coercing and enticing minors as young as eight years old to engage in sexually explicit conduct on web camera.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Earl Lafayette Hall, III, age 35, of Arlington, Tennessee, and his wife, Renita Blunt, age 32, were convicted by a federal jury on conspiracy, mail fraud, money laundering, and aggravated identity theft charges related to an unemployment compensation fraud scheme. The five-day trial was held before United States District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo in Harrisburg.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12), along with co-sponsors Reps. Patrick Meehan (PA-07), Peter King (NY-02), Robin Kelly (IL-02), and Daniel Donovan (NY-11), reintroduced...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that three Kansas City, Mo., tax preparers have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a tax fraud conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: Today, all seventeen Democratic members of the House Committee on the Judiciary sent a letter to Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), urging the Chairman to conduct greater oversight of the Trump Administration with respect to ongoing connections between his associates and the government of Russia.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that David Esteves (52, Port Richey) today pleaded guilty to obstructing proceedings before a federal agency or department. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Kamyar Soltani, 47, of El Dorado Hills, pleaded guilty today to tax evasion, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: Spokane - United States Attorney Michael C. Ormsby, of Spokane, Washington, has announced his resignation effective midnight March 10, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: ST. GEORGE, Utah - Every Friday, from October through April, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and its partners host the popular Brown Bag Lecture series which provides unique opportunities for members of the public to learn more about the area’s natural resources and public lands. Speakers include...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: Cheyenne, Wyoming - United States Attorney Christopher A. Crofts has announced that he will resign his position with the Department of Justice, effective midnight March 10, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: Hot Springs, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Prentice Jerel Daniels, aka “PJ", age 29, of Mountain Pine, was sentenced today to 84 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. The Honorable Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Hot Springs.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: Defendant Conspired with Active-Duty New York City Police Officer in Extortion Schemes.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the unsealing of three indictments charging 16 individuals with federal drug trafficking crimes. Felix Mejia Lagunas, a/k/a “Carlos Lagunas Salgado," (41, Riverside, California); Jesus Alberto Bermudez Caraballo, a/k/a “Bebo," (28...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: Harpers Ferry National Historical Park invites the public to attend a Women’s History Month Program, “Necessity: The Mother of Invention" from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm on Saturday and Sunday, March 25-26 2017. Come see industrial revolution debuted machines, gadgets, and gizmos that helped offer Americans more time, more money, and established a burgeoning middle class.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: Salem, Ore. - Campsites at the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Alsea Falls Recreation Site are now available for online reservations at recreation.gov. Of the total 16 campsites, seven can be reserved up to six months in advance. All other campsites remain available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: Also Sentenced for Wire Fraud and Identity Theft Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: Concord, N.H.- Emily Gray Rice, United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, announced that Derek Potocki, 32, previously of Manchester, New Hampshire, was sentenced yesterday to 72 months in prison for his role in the robbery of a credit union in March 2015.
