News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: The former Chief Financial Officer of Cay Clubs Resorts and Marinas (Cay Clubs) was sentenced to 40 years in prison, after having been previously convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy, bank fraud, and tax offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A former senior vice president at Regions Bank has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy charges in a $5 million bribery and wire fraud scheme, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Two men were arrested Tuesday at Los Angeles International Airport and charged in federal court with attempting to smuggle heroin in luggage on two commercial airline flights.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - An asbestos removal company was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with a scheme to pay union members at non-union rates and without benefits by setting-up and paying union members through a separate corporate entity.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: Defendants Rented Apartments for Prostitution, Advertised on Backpage.com and other Sites; Cycled Sex Workers through Locations across the West.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jose Manuel Salazar Estrada, 38, of Nogales, Mexico, who was convicted of illegally reentering the United States after a conviction for an aggravated felony, was sentenced to one year in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: HOMESTEAD, FL - It’s easy to spot a VIP in a national park. In 2016, there were 339,662 VIPs, or Volunteers-In-Parks, across the nation greeting visitors, building trails, leading programs, performing research, or doing just about any task imaginable. Last month, during National Volunteer Week, the National...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: In San Antonio, three men, including a member of the Bloods street gang, are in federal custody charged for participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: Committee on Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03) and Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member John Conyers (MI-13) issued the following statement after President Trump signed an executive order on the National Day of Prayer, that allegedly promotes “religious liberty"...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was arrested today and charged in federal court in Boston in connection with making threats to a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Task Force Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that three previously deported aliens were indicted separately on May 3, 2017, by a federal grand jury on illegal re-entry charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Stockton residents James Moore Jr., 42, and Calvin Daniels, 50, charging both men with distributing heroin near a school zone and conspiring to distribute heroin, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: Defendant Ordered to Forfeit Florida Vacation Home Purchased with Illicit Proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that AHMAD WATERHOUSE, age 32, of New Orleans, pled guilty today to one count of possession of ammunition as a felon.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that PATRICIA TATE, age 52, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty today to a one-count Bill of Information charging her with conspiracy to commit honest services mail fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that PATRICIA TATE, age 52, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty today to a one-count Bill of Information charging her with conspiracy to commit honest services mail fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Patrick C. Harris, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Matthew Barden, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Little Rock District Office, and Colonel William J. Bryant, Director of the Arkansas State Police, announced today...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Kenneth A. Blanco, the Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, announced that MAHMOUD THIAM was convicted in Manhattan federal court yesterday of money laundering charges...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: The Metro Gang Task Force, U.S. Attorney's Office, FBI and Aurora Police Department take down 52 gang members and associates to improve public safety.
By Homeland Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: SEATTLE - Washington law enforcement arrested six people Thursday connected with an organized criminal ring profiting from a prostitution enterprise during a multi-agency operation which began with court authorized search warrants at more than 30 locations.
