News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced a federal indictment charging TIMOTHY WAYNE GUTHMAN, 43, a licensed chiropractor, with one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and one count of mail fraud. GUTHMAN made his initial appearance last week in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A special agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has been arrested on federal charges of helping a foreign national enter the United States without proper authorization.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Rainier Ramos, age 50, of Bel Air, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to bribery in connection with his duties at the U.S. Army Public Health Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Jill Westmoreland Rose announced today that Carlos Antoine Benson and Jacob Ivan Hill were sentenced to life in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney, in connection with the 2014 armed robbery, kidnapping and murder of a Charlotte man. Benson was ordered to serve two consecutive life sentences, and both defendants were ordered to pay $6,750 as restitution.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Peter DeFazio, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, issued the following statement in response to a ruling from GSA’s contracting officer that President Donald Trump’s Washington hotel is not violating its lease...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A Decatur, Ill., man, James P. Smith, who worked as an independent insurance agent, today pled guilty to charges that he defrauded his clients of more than $250,000 from February 2011 to July 2016. Smith, 60, of the 5400 block of Traughber Road, appeared before Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid in Peoria. Sentencing is scheduled on July 20, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - The landscape, historic buildings, utilities and road at Scotty’s Castle were heavily damaged by an extreme flash flood event in late 2015. The National Park Service is seeking public comment on a proposed project to reconstruct Bonnie Clare Road, which was destroyed by the flood and is still closed to the public.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: Pipestone National Monument News Release. For Release: Immediate Release. Contact: Cody Goraczkowski Phone: 507-825-5464 Ext. 213 Email: e-mail us. “Parks 101" National Park Week is April 15 - 23. Free weekend Admission and Events Nationwide. Pipestone, MN: Superintendent Glen H. Livermont invites everyone...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued an updated score detailing the effects of TrumpCare...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERT WILLIAMS, also known as “Bo," “Positive" and “Shawn," 37, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 42 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a scheme to distribute oxycodone that was obtained through fraudulent prescriptions.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jonathan Haas, age 45, of Easton, Pennsylvania, the owner/operator of a former Utz Quality Foods, Inc. supplier, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Yvette Kane to 36 month’s imprisonment for his participation in a false invoice, kickback scheme that defrauded Utz Quality Foods, Inc. (Utz) out of approximately $1.4 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday, Edward Mendoza, 37, of Surprise, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa to 16 months in prison. Mendoza had previously pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a ward.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: Madison, Wis. - Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Gottfried Kellermann, 76, Osceola, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to a six-month period of home confinement, a $50,000 fine, and five years of probation...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: PROVO, UTAH - The Bureau of Reclamation will hold a news conference on Monday. March 27, 2017 to discuss forecasts for high spring runoff and associated current and anticipated reservoir operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: FORT WAYNE - The Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Clifford D. Johnson, announces that Christian D. Shelton, 39, of Fort Wayne, Indiana was sentenced before Chief District Court Judge Theresa Springmann to a total of 240 months imprisonment and a term of supervised release of 2 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Joshua Matthew Garrett, age 26, of Greenville, South Carolina, pled guilty in federal court in Greenville, South Carolina, to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, a violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g). United...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that CHRISTOPHER CERVINO, a/k/a “Smitty," and SHEIK F. KHAN, a/k/a “Abida Khan," were found guilty yesterday afternoon in Manhattan federal court after a three-week jury trial before U.S. District Judge Andrew L. Carter, Jr. for their roles in a securities fraud scheme involving a publicly traded over-the-counter company called VGTel, Inc. (“VGTL").
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: FORT WAYNE - The Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Clifford D. Johnson, announces that Christian D. Shelton, 39, of Fort Wayne, Indiana was sentenced before Chief District Court Judge Theresa Springmann to a total of 240 months imprisonment and a term of supervised release of 2 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: BOISE - California residents Jeromy Reeves, 27, Karina Flores, 22, Brittany Terry, 20, and Joseph Jancu, 21, pleaded guilty this week to their roles in a fraud scheme to obtain iPhones through identity theft, Acting United States Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced. They were indicted by a federal grand jury in Boise in September 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - ZTE Corporation pleaded guilty today to conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) by illegally shipping U.S.-origin items to Iran, obstructing justice and making a material false statement.
