News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A certified public accountant who was the business manager for singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette, as well as other well-known entertainment and sports figures, was sentenced today to six years in federal prison for stealing approximately $7.2 million from his clients.
By State Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today welcomed approval by the Committee of his legislation to impose new sanctions on Syria’s Assad regime and its supporters, encourage negotiations to end the six-year old crisis, and prompt investigations...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: BOISE - April Mae Beckmon, 38, of Marsing, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 6 months in prison followed by 3 years supervised release for social security fraud, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Beckmon to pay $22,272.45 in restitution to the Social Security Administration. Beckmon pleaded guilty to the charge on Feb. 22, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERT CABANBAN JR., 27, of New London, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 43 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A certified public accountant who was the business manager for singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette, as well as other well-known entertainment and sports figures, was sentenced today to six years in federal prison for stealing approximately $7.2 million from his clients.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that DONALD WAYNE TRAMMEL, age 41, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 87 months imprisonment and 4 years of supervised release for DRUG CONSPIRACY, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 846, 841(a)(1), and 841(b)(1)(B).
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: U.S. District Court Judge Marcia G. Cooke sentenced former Miami-Dade Police Detective William Kostopoulos, 49, today to 36 months in prison. Kostopoulos was convicted in February 2017 for using his law enforcement authority to violate the civil rights of two motorists as well as obstructing justice.
By Commerce Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor today Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) called on his Senate colleagues to support H.J. Res. 66, a resolution that would rescind an Obama-mandated regulation that encourages states to impose conflicting and burdensome mandates on private-sector businesses and eliminates long-standing federal protections for retirement workers.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a Leesville woman pleaded guilty to falsifying records and otherwise concealing that more than $1 million had been stolen from a local bank.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: Former Miami-Dade Police Detective Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Money from Migrant Workers and Obstructing Justice.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Sugar Creek, Mo., woman and an Independence, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to their roles in a conspiracy to use online escort and massage ads to lure robbery victims.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - On May 3, 2017, Angelo Goldston, 37, of Cleveland, Tennessee, was sentenced to serve 240 months in prison by the Honorable Harry S. Mattice, Jr., U.S. District Judge. Upon his release from prison, Goldston will be under the supervision of the U.S. Probation Office for five years.
By Commerce Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., Ranking Member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, released a report originally issued in 2010 by former Rep. Henry A. Waxman, who served...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Carl R. Bonser, age 56, of Lehighton, Pennsylvania, was charged in a one count criminal information on May 2, 2017, with false, fictitious or fraudulent claims.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Damian Hicks-Bailey, 22, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, heroin, before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: A man was sentenced May 2, 2017, to more than six years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that Willie Brothers, Jr., of Wilmington, was sentenced to 9 years’ incarceration following a conviction for conspiracy to distribute heroin. Brothers’ co-defendant, Raheem Ridley, is scheduled to be sentenced next month.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: An Akron man was indicted for being a felon in possession of a firearm, said David A. Sierleja, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr. today announced the initial appearance of John Robert Boone a/k/a Johnny Boone, before Magistrate Judge Colin H. Lindsay, in United States District Court. Boone is charged in a two-count federal grand jury indictment with manufacturing more than 1,000 marijuana plants and with possession with intent to distribute 50 kilograms (110 pounds) or more of marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Dubois, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of Filing False Tax Returns, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
