News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Olden Minnick, a/k/a “O," age 55, of Clinton, Maryland, on March 21, 2017, to 14 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, on charges connected to a conspiracy to distribute heroin. Judge Chuang also ordered Minnick to forfeit $571,640, including high-end watches and jewelry.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Nakeo Tawian Vance, age 41, of Greenville, South Carolina was sentenced today in federal court in Greenville, South Carolina, for two counts Uttering Counterfeit Securities and one count Felon in Possession of a Firearm...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago chiropractor with a clinic in the West Lawn neighborhood has been indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly submitting at least $10 million in bogus claims to Medicare and private insurers.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Chelsea produce distributor was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston after pleading guilty to filing fraudulent documents in federal court and then committing perjury in an attempt to conceal his crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Mamadou Aliou Simakha has been sentenced to five years in prison for his involvement in a counterfeit DVD and CD ring. Simakha pleaded guilty on March 10, 2010, to one count of conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement, to traffic in counterfeit goods, and counterfeit labels.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Cyberstalking was sentenced on March 22, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Osage Beach, Mo., woman was indicted by a federal grand jury today for a scheme to open fraudulent bank accounts in order to cash checks stolen from the mail.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 41-year-old Houston man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JOHN GIBSON, age 32, of Slidell, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information charging him with mail fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: Thousand Oaks, CA - It was a moment made of excited shouts, high fives, and elated tears. National Park Service researchers surveying a stream last week spotted signs of California red-legged frog reproduction. The nine egg masses found are the first known evidence in recent times of the species sustaining a population in the Santa Monica Mountains without the help of humans.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Lake Andes, South Dakota, man convicted of Felon in Possession of Firearms was sentenced on March 20, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina-----The United States Attorney’s Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) are continuing their partnership with the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) to keep guns out of the hands of former offenders.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that MIKEL DWAYNE MEEK, age 48, of Holdenville, Oklahoma, pled guilty to DELAY OR DESTRUCTION OF MAIL BY POSTAL EMPLOYEE, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1703, punishable by up to 5 years imprisonment, and up to a $250,000.00 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Monsey, New York, man admitted today that he assaulted with the intent to stalk a woman on a flight from Israel to Newark Liberty International Airport, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a Muscle Shoals man to nearly eight years in prison as a three-time convicted felon in possession of a gun, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Steven L. Gerido.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD) sent a series of document requests to White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, FBI Director James Comey, Department of Defense Secretary James Mattis, and Director...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - ZTE Corporation pleaded guilty Wednesday 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.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Hyannis man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with trafficking heroin and money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging MARYSE LIBURDI with defrauding...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Joplin, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to the attempted armed robbery of Pinnacle Bank in Joplin.
