News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Independence, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to use online escort ads to lure robbery victims.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: A 30-year-old Detroit man pleaded guilty today to a charge of buying a firearm through a straw purchaser, Acting United States Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Nixa, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to conducting an illegal money transmitting business by exchanging bitcoin for cash without a license.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - Five additional individuals have been charged for their role in a $6.8 million securities fraud “pump-and-dump" conspiracy, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Three men have pleaded guilty to offenses involving the transportation of an illegal alien for financial gain after driving a 17-year old girl from El Salvador within the United States and demanding additional money from her family for her release.
By DOL Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos: We are writing to request regular briefings for our staff regarding the status of the work toward reinstating the IRS Data Retrieval Tool (DRT). We appreciate the staff briefing we received on March 30 from the U.S. Department of Education (“Department") and the Internal Revenue...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Defendant Made Profit Using Phony Wealth Research Institute to Dupe Investors into Buying Fraudulently Inflated Stock to.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Carbon County, Pennsylvania, man today admitted conspiring to illegally traffic over 20 firearms - including assault rifles and other high-capacity weapons - in the South Jersey area, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: According to a civil complaint, Dr. Griffin was alleged to have violated the state and federal False Claims Acts by submitted claims totaling $164,972 to MaineCare for dental services that were not rendered, were medically unnecessary, or were so inadequately documented in the patient’s medical record...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for illegally possessing a firearm and methamphetamine, which were found after he caused a series of collisions with other vehicles.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Federal agents this morning arrested a Fountain Valley man on federal animal smuggling charges that allege he illegally brought to the United States 93 Asian songbirds on a flight from Vietnam - most of which died in transit or soon after arriving at Los Angeles International Airport.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN - Nicholas James Sayles, 34, of Kincheloe, Michigan was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for domestic violence by an habitual offender, Acting U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Paul L. Maloney ordered Sayles to serve two years of supervised release following his prison term, and to pay a $100 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: In Austin today, a federal grand jury returned an indictment against 50-year-old Steven Thomas Boehle for possession of a firearm by a prohibited person announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.; and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Former Congressman Clem Miller continues to be remembered with the 30th anniversary of the dedication of the Clem Miller Environmental Education Center. It was Representative Miller's leadership in the creation of Point Reyes National Seashore in 1962 and his vision, commitment, and tenacity which ultimately saved this peninsula from massive subdivisions and development.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - On May 1, 2017, John Albert Campos, Sr., 49, of Phoenix, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton to six consecutive natural life sentences with no possibility of parole. Campos had previously pleaded guilty to carjacking resulting in death, use of firearm during a crime of violence resulting in death, and various other counts of carjacking, use of a firearm during a crime of violence, and Hobbs Act robbery.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 5.1 million visitors to Independence National Historical Park in 2016 spent $296.3 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 4.6 thousand jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $439.6 million.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The United States has intervened and filed a complaint in a lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group Inc. that alleges UnitedHealth obtained inflated risk adjustment payments based on untruthful and inaccurate information about the health status of beneficiaries enrolled in its largest Medicare Advantage Plan, UHC of California.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - The following events are happening at Lake Mead National Recreation Area May 5-31.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Two members, including the top leader, of the Detroit branch of the Rollin 60s Crips street gang pleaded guilty yesterday to various racketeering and firearms offenses based on their roles in gang-related murders, shootings, and drug distribution. The guilty pleas are the result of the collaborative efforts of law enforcement and the community to reduce homicide and other violent crime under the Detroit One program, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Three men have pleaded guilty to offenses involving the transportation of an illegal alien for financial gain after driving a 17-year old girl from El Salvador within the United States and demanding additional money from her family for her release.
