News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: Two Women Plead Guilty to Orchestrating $20 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme at Seven Miami Area Home Health Agencies.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - The founder of a northwest suburban tech company has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison for defrauding investors out of more than $9 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Rollie C. Poynter, Jr., 50, of Grafton, West Virginia, was convicted today in federal court for illegal possession of a firearm, Acting United States Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: In San Antonio, 37-year-old Jessica Rivas Alva and her husband, 39-year-old Eric Jon Alva, face up to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty today to a scheme to defraud undocumented immigrants and their family members out of money by falsely claiming to work on behalf of two San Antonio attorneys, announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Shane Folden.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that William Robert Rosica, 50, of Irondequoit NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with stalking and unlawful access to a protected computer. The charges carry a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Samuel A. Girod, from Owingsville, Kentucky, has been convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy to impede an officer of the United States, obstruction of proceedings before an agency of the United States, witness tampering, failure to appear, and nine violations of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, in connection with three products he made and distributed.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: Former Arkansas State Senator and Two Others Charged with Bribery and Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal jury has convicted the final defendant of 12 involved in a conspiracy to pay and receive kickbacks relating to the Medicare program, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The jury deliberated for four hours following a three-day trial before convicting Cheryl Waller, 70, of Houston, of one count of conspiracy to pay and receive kickbacks and one count of receiving kickbacks.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: John Peck, 51 years old of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged today by Information with one count of bank robbery, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The defendant is alleged to have robbed Branch Banking and Trust Bank (BB&T), located at 1635 Market Street in the City of Philadelphia...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: AMARILLO - Pat Jarrett Helton, 43, of Amarillo, Texas, appeared in federal court yesterday and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to one count of convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, today issued the following statement on the FY2017 Defense Appropriations bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Cortney S. Valentine, 40, and Nicolette P. Valentine, 37, husband and wife, both of Liberty, Utah, were sentenced Tuesday for bank fraud, false declaration under penalty of perjury and concealment of assets in connection with a bankruptcy case, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: A man who actively participated in the Rwandan genocide and then committed naturalization fraud was sentenced today to 15 years’ imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: Several people have been found guilty and sentenced to prison for violating federal tax laws over the past few months, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Troy Stemen, Acting Special Agent in Charge of IRS-Criminal Investigation’s Cincinnati Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: DALLAS, TX-The Dallas FBI is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information directly leading to the arrest of Ayitey Ayayee-Amim (a/k/a Kwame Ayayee, Pastor Kwame, Man of God), who fled prior to his jury trial related to a Medicare health care fraud scheme involving more than $4,000,000 of fraudulently obtained funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Rudolph Dwight Hanchard, 39, a Jamaican national living in Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to bribery of a public official and attempt to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: Lawrence Obracanik Used Bank Operations Manager’s Role to Steal More than $5 Million.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that four Fairbanks residents were charged in a 15-count indictment alleging that the four conspired to obtain checks stolen from the mail and a local business, and then negotiated the stolen checks at different banks and stores in Fairbanks.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Spearfish, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse, and Sexual Abuse of a Minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - An Army veteran from Reno County has been indicted on federal charges of collecting $63,000 in benefits by pretending to be blind, U.S. attorney Tom Beall said today.
