News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Thirteen people, most of whom are linked to La Mirada- and Norwalk-based street gangs, have been charged in federal court in a bank fraud scheme involving “skimmed" credit cards, and in narcotics cases, one of which alleges a transaction involving over three kilograms of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Nitro man caught selling methamphetamine while on federal supervised release pleaded guilty today to a drug crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. John F. Parrish, Jr., 55, entered his guilty plea to distribution of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: A violent member of the Omaha-area Crips Gang pleaded guilty today to participating in a racketeering conspiracy involving acts of violence including attempted murder and assaults, witness tampering and drug distribution, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Robert C. Stuart of the District of Nebraska.
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: MOOSE, WY - The Jenny Lake Renewal Project will enter its fourth and final major construction season this summer at Grand Teton National Park. The $18 million project to enhance the visitor experience at the park’s most-visited destination will impact visitors in the South Jenny Lake developed area as...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Two members of the Nine Trey Gangsters pleaded guilty today to their respective roles in four murders and multiple shootings.
By DOL Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, issued the following statement in response to Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta’s decision to allow the fiduciary rule to take effect June 9, 2017...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: Houston-Area Psychiatrist Convicted of Health Care Fraud for Role in $158 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 33 months imprisonment, followed by five years supervised release, on a charge of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By USDA Newswire | May 23, 2017
Release: What’s a typical day in the life of a USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) staff member working overseas? With 35 years under my belt serving USDA across the globe, this is a story I’m excited to share - especially as we celebrate World Trade Month! FAS serves as the eyes, ears and voice for U.S...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ROCKWELL GAJWANI pled guilty today to one count of wire fraud and three counts of tax evasion in connection with embezzling over $1.6 million from the Manhattan-based real estate investment company for...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on May 22, 2017, Joseph Komanekin, Jr. (age: 33) of Neopit, Wisconsin was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge William C. Griesbach to 2 years in prison and 3 years of supervised release after convictions for drug trafficking and a firearms offense on the Menominee Indian Reservation. The sentence was the result of guilty pleas in March 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - The final two of four men involved in stealing 246 kilograms of marijuana, some of whom also conspired to carry and use a firearm during and in relation to that crime, have been ordered to prison, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By Homeland Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: “Just three weeks ago, Congress passed - in overwhelming, bipartisan fashion - an omnibus appropriations bill that provided responsible funding levels for critical services and investments.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SHAQUILLE PEARSON, 23, of New Haven, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: Defendants Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Guy Lightfoot, 59, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, was sentenced to 24 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, in response to an investigation conducted by Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, officials from Fannie Mae and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) informed Cummings’ staff that they are ceasing all sales of real estate owned (REO) properties to Vision Property Management and its affiliates.
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs held a hearing on the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Cobell Land Consolidation Program. The program authorizes DOI to purchase highly fractionated allotments and consolidate them in tribal ownership. After an expenditure of over $1 billion, it remains unclear that the program has greatly reduced Indian land fractionation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Paul Raymond Garcia, 20, an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Nation who resides in Mescalero, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 27 months in prison for his conviction on an involuntary manslaughter charge. Garcia will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: FBI Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense Against “Business E-Mail Compromise" Scams.
