News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Australian man who ran one of the largest automobile dealerships in the United States before fleeing the country 29 years ago was sentenced this morning to 120 months in federal prison in a bank fraud scheme that caused more than $64 million in losses to banks, one of which collapsed as a result of the losses suffered in the scam.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man was convicted today of robbing the same Capital One Bank in Newark twice, including once in an armed robbery, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOE Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), and Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH), today issued the following statement regarding the ongoing “WannaCry" global ransomware infection crippling thousands of computers in hundreds of countries.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Retta Helms Sundblad, age 60, of Easley, was sentenced today in federal court in Greenville for mail fraud, a violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 2. United States District Judge J. Michelle Childs, of Columbia, imposed sentence of 51 months’ imprisonment and ordered Retta Sundblad to pay $280,000 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bayonne, New Jersey, police officer was charged today with falsifying records to conceal the use of excessive force during an arrest, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By EPA Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), and Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH), today issued the following statement regarding the ongoing “WannaCry" global ransomware infection crippling thousands of computers in hundreds of countries.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: Failed to Include Money He Embezzled from His Employer to Remodel His Personal Residence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Donald Ray Pyle, 44, of Bridgeport, Ohio, was sentenced today to five months incarceration for illegally transferring and selling a gun across state lines, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: BOSTON -The nationwide leader of MS-13’s Molinos clique was charged in a fifth superseding indictment in connection with authorizing two of the six murders identified in prior superseding indictments. This indictment is part of an ongoing investigation into the criminal activities of leaders, members and associates of MS-13.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two Columbia, Mo., men and a Jefferson City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today, in three separate cases, to charges related to child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Thomas Szczerba was sentenced to 140 months for his involvement in the transportation of a woman from Texas, through Illinois and Wisconsin and ultimately to the Eastern District of Missouri to engage in prostitution. The victim was posted on www.Backpage.com and other prostitution related websites, including a prostitution website maintained by Szczerba and his co-defendant Keisha Edwards.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: HOPE Initiative Partners and Community Stakeholders will Join DEA in Launching 360 Strategy on May 17, 2017.
By US DOT Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), sent a letter in support of efforts to review past burdensome regulations issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The letter was addressed to the Honorable Samantha Dravis, the regulatory reform officer and associate administrator for policy at EPA.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Irvington, New Jersey, man appeared in federal court today to face allegations that he possessed a firearm as a previously convicted felon, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich has sentenced Rida Saed (58, Tampa) to 12 months and 1 day in federal prison for his role in a scheme involving the filing of fraudulent income tax returns. As part of his sentence, the Court also ordered Saed to pay $51,838.91 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service. He pleaded guilty on Jan. 19, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: MISSOULA - Roam Savage Chandler, 22, of Missoula, Montana, was sentenced to 120 months in prison, 10 years supervised release, and a $200 special assessment by United States District Court Judge Donald W. Molloy on Friday, May 12, 2017 for sex trafficking of a minor and using an interstate facility to...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Jessica A. Dishinger, age 22, of Simposonville, pled guilty today in federal court in Anderson, to passing counterfeit currency, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 472. United States District Judge J. Michelle Childs, of Columbia, accepted the plea and will impose sentence after she has reviewed the presentence report which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Loves Park man was sentenced in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard for producing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Jefferson City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally possessing the firearm he used to shoot and kill another person.
