News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Rani Bin Muhammad Qubaysi, 29, of Beirut, Lebanon, has been charged in a two-count federal indictment with knowingly transmitting a program, information, code, or command causing damage to a protected computer, and extorting money by threatening to damage a protected computer, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that U.S. District Judge James S. Moody, Jr. has found Clayton Junior Thornburg (55, Iuka, Mississippi) guilty of attempted enticement of a minor, attempted transfer of obscene material to a minor, transportation of child pornography...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: Conspired to Commit $2.8 Million Fraud Against IRS Using Stolen Identities.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Arthur Change Menefee, 46, of Stockton, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to three years in prison and ordered to pay over $5 million in restitution, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Gerardo Perez Uribe has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for coercing a minor girl in North Carolina to produce child pornography of herself and send it to him over the Internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Daryl Glenn Pawlak, 39, of Burleson, Texas, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 210 months in federal prison, followed by a 15-year term of supervised release, for child pornography offenses. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: HAMMOND - The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Thomas L. Kirsch II, announced that a grand jury sitting in South Bend returned a 5-count indictment against Eric P. Krieg, age 45, of Munster, Indiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Javis D. Wilson (39, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He faces up to life in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Arthur Change Menefee, 46, of Stockton, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to three years in prison and ordered to pay over $5 million in restitution, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: A federal jury found a New Orleans woman guilty today for her role in an approximately $3.2 million Medicare fraud and kickback scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: Terrence Williams, 31 of Philadelphia, PA, was charged today by Indictment with Aggravated Identity Theft and thirteen counts of Bank Fraud, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The indictment alleges that between February and June 2017, Mr. Williams repeatedly stole and altered checks...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: Justin Brown Previously Admitted to Public Corruption Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Wood County man who stole mail in November 2016 pleaded guilty today, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Richard Thomas Morris, Jr., 38, of Washington, entered his guilty plea to possession of stolen mail.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: TULSA, Okla.-Today, United States Attorney R. Trent Shores announced that a grand jury handed down an indictment against thirteen defendants, charging them with Conspiracy to Possess with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, Distribution of Methamphetamine and Unlawful Use of a Communication Facility.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Mother Lode Field Office is lifting its emergency fire restrictions at 9 a.m. on Nov. 13, due to reduced fire potential. This action will reopen target shooting on public lands in 12 central California counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: Domingo Ajanel-Box, a/k/a “Diego Hernandez-Perez," of Guatemala, was charged today by Indictment with illegal reentry after deportation, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The indictment alleges that on or about May 25, 2017, Ajanel-Box, an alien, and native and citizen of Guatemala...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today issued a final rule setting Nov. 10, 2018, as the date for employers in the construction industries to comply with a requirement for crane operator certification. The final rule becomes effective November 9, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Michael Munroe, a/k/a Michael Monroe, 34, previously of Raymond, New Hampshire, was sentenced in federal court on Tuesday to 11 years in prison for his role in two bank robberies and other criminal conduct in 2016, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) today introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Act of 2017 (MTB) (H.R. 4318). After reviewing the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)’s final report to Congress, the lawmakers have prepared this legislation to implement the ITC’s recommendations.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Three Department of Energy (DOE) officials joined a congressional delegation that traveled to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to assess damages and discuss ongoing recovery efforts on the islands in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. DOE’s Under Secretary for Energy, Mark Menezes...
