News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: Former Resident of Nevada and Montana Sentenced to Prison for Obstructing the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: Miami Beach Sex Trafficker Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Denver Nichols pled guilty to charges of false tax returns for the tax years 2007-2008. Nichols appeared today before United States District Judge John A. Ross.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after Speaker Ryan abruptly ended consideration of TrumpCare in the U.S. House of Representatives...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that a federal jury has found Eric David Erdmann (44, Punta Gorda) guilty of failing to register as a sex offender. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for May 22, 2017; he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: A Social Security disability lawyer pleaded guilty in federal court today for his role in a scheme to fraudulently obtain $550 million in federal disability payments from the Social Security Administration (SSA) for thousands of claimants.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today spoke on the House Floor against the TrumpCare bill...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Kassim Tajideen, a prominent financial supporter of the Hizballah terror organization, has been arrested and charged with evading U.S. sanctions imposed on him because of his financial support of Hizballah.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Shawn Collins, 44, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced today in federal court to 37 months incarceration for the distribution of oxycodone, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today during consideration of TrumpCare, the Republican bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA):
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Manderson, South Dakota, man was acquitted of Sexual Abuse and Sexual Abuse of a Minor as a result of a federal jury trial in Rapid City, South Dakota. The jury returned their verdict on March 23, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: Attack Followed Argument While the Two Men Waited Outside.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Dean Volkes, 53, and Donna Fallon, 52, of Long Island, NY, and Devos Ltd., doing business as Guaranteed Returns, located in Long Island, were convicted Wednesday on charges of mail fraud, wire fraud, theft of government property, money laundering conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Louis Elmy, age 53, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on March 23, 2017, by United States District Judge Malachy E. Mannion, to 72 months imprisonment on firearms and extortion charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: In San Antonio today, 52-year-old Irfan Abdul Ghaffar was sentenced to seven years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for his role in a synthetic marijuana distribution scheme announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division, and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Today, after a six-day trial, a federal jury found Harjit Kaur Johal, 50, and Jasvir Kaur, 47, guilty of making false declarations before a grand jury, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Michael DiGiacomo and Brian J. Counihan, who handled the prosecution of the case, stated between January 2008 and December 2010, the defendant, a practicing attorney at the time, devised a scheme to defraud investors out of approximately $3,400,000. As part of the scheme, MacCallum...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Domestic Assault by an Habitual Offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Marty, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury was sentenced on March 20, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: Defendant Lured Foreign Students on False Promises.
