News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An investment manager with an office in Short Hills, New Jersey admitted today that he fraudulently induced investments, concealed investment losses, and diverted more than $675,000 in investor money for his own use, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The office manager and part-owner of a Reseda medical clinic has been sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for his role in a healthcare fraud scheme that generated millions of dollars - money that was not reported on his federal income tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Framingham man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston to robbing two banks in Framingham.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. - - Anthony Vita, 37, of Syracuse, New York, pled guilty today to distributing a controlled substance, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: Release Date: March 29, 2017. Contact: Kelly Carroll, Lead Park Ranger. Phone: 671-333-4050. April Public Programs at War in the Pacific National Historical Park. Every Sunday: 1 pm at Visitor Center - “Explore! Chat with a Ranger". Our newest program: a short, conversation driven, chat with a ranger about...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Damarcus Hennings, 25; Shaquata Hennings, 30; Shahana Beaver, 25; and Janice Humphrey, 28, all of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty for their involvement in a marijuana and money laundering conspiracy before U.S. District Judge...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: RAPID CITY, S.D. -- The Bureau of Reclamation has announced the South Dakota Army National Guard (SDANG) is conducting a training exercise in the Fruitdale Area of Belle Fourche Reservoir on Wednesday, April 5, 2017, beginning at approximately 4:00 p.m.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: Semiconductors are the cornerstone of modern electronics. They’re used in solar cells, light emitting diodes (LEDs), microprocessors in laptops and cell phones, and more. Most of them are made of silicon, but silicon has its limitations. So for decades researchers have been exploring new materials with properties that make them good candidates for better, lighter, and cheaper energy-efficient lamps, solar cells, and even - someday, perhaps - solar energy-harnessing “paint."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a second Kansas City, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today on charges related to the kidnapping and murder of another man.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Russian citizen pleaded guilty today for his participation in a criminal enterprise that installed and exploited malicious computer software (malware) on tens of thousands of computer servers throughout the world to generate millions of dollars in fraudulent payments.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore has sentenced Vaughn Matthews (25, St. Petersburg) to six years and six months in federal prison for possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and for possessing firearms and ammunition as a convicted felon. He pleaded guilty on Dec. 22, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: Tennessee General Sessions Judge Charged with Attempting to Obstruct Justice through Bribery and Witness Tampering.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Bryant Hudson pleaded guilty to structuring transactions before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $500,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Michael Manswell (30, Bronx, NY) to 3 years and 10 months in federal prison for making a false statement. He pleaded guilty on December 9, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A North Caldwell, New Jersey, man today admitted fraudulently using over $550,000 in investment funds that he solicited to purchase and sell consumer products in bulk, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Jacksonville, Florida, man was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison and his U.S. citizenship was revoked for unlawfully obtaining that status by failing to disclose - during his naturalization process - his membership in the Bosnian Army and crimes that he committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Bosnian Conflict in the 1990s.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven today sentenced Raymond L. Rodriguez, Jr. (52, Tampa) to three years and one month in federal prison for money laundering. As part of his sentence, the Court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $1,751,648, which are the proceeds traceable to the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A former U.S. Congressman and one of his associates were indicted today for their roles in orchestrating a scheme to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from charitable foundations and the individuals who ran those foundations. Some of the funds were used to illegally finance the politician’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: In Del Rio today, United States District Judge Alia Moses sentenced 49-year-old ringleader Eduardo Hinojosa (aka “Lalo"), a U.S. Citizen residing in Piedras Negras, Mexico, to 78 months in federal prison for attempting to smuggle firearms and an assortment of ammunition from the U.S. into Mexico announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Shane Folden.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Banning man who led a group of burglars that conducted a 10-year-long series of heists targeting Southland banks by cutting through rooftops has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for participating in two burglaries.
