News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: Owner of Florida Pharmacy Pleads Guilty in $100 Million Compounding Pharmacy Fraud Scheme; Real Properties, Cars and a 50-Foot Boat Will Be Forfeited.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Liberty, Mo., attorney was convicted in federal court today of obstruction of justice after stealing funds earmarked for victim restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: FBI, Galveston Police Announce up to $10,000 Reward in Case of Boy Found on Beach.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced today that on November 6, 2017, Chief United States District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Thomas Snowball, age 56, of Winnebago, Nebraska, for his conviction for theft from an Indian gaming establishment. Snowball was sentenced to five years of probation and 150 hours of community service. He was further ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $36,500.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: GALVESTON, Texas - The 40-year-old Galveston man who led a sex trafficking ring has been ordered to federal prison, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. A jury sitting in Galveston returned guilty verdicts against Charles Devan Fulton Sr. on July 6, 2016, for conspiracy to commit sex trafficking...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Five men have been arrested and charged in federal court with conspiracy to distribute cocaine, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: On November 8 at 10:30 a.m., the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education and the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development will hold a joint subcommittee hearing on "Close to Home: How Opioids are Impacting Communities". The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ahead of Tuesday’s hearing on the reconstruction of Puerto Rico and the response to Hurricane Maria, Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) urged Republicans in Washington to make reducing human suffering on the island their first priority rather than large-scale deregulation schemes and sweeping privatization efforts.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Jason Whitis, 41, Robbie Neal Whitis, 34, and Joshua Kelley Pyles, 33, each of Somerset, Ky., were sentenced today, by Senior United States District Judge Joseph M. Hood, for conspiring to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Robbie Whitis and Pyles were also sentenced for...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
Release: LEWISTON, Idaho. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has implemented new and stronger carry-on baggage security screening procedures at Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport (LWS).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Jason Whitis, 41, Robbie Neal Whitis, 34, and Joshua Kelley Pyles, 33, each of Somerset, Ky., were sentenced today, by Senior United States District Judge Joseph M. Hood, for conspiring to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Robbie Whitis and Pyles were also sentenced for...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Deborah A. Morrison, a former executive at Providence Hospital, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison on a federal charge stemming from her theft of $391,600 from an association of medical professionals, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu and Andrew W. Vale, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark woman today admitted evading taxes while operating her political fundraising and consulting business in 2015, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - The president and owner of a Florida pharmacy that was at the center of a massive compounding pharmacy fraud scheme, which impacted private insurance companies, Medicare and TRICARE, pleaded guilty today for his role in the scheme. Seven other individuals have previously pleaded guilty in connection to the scheme. Various real properties, cars and a 50-foot boat will be forfeited as part of the guilty pleas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Nigerian national was arrested for his role in a conspiracy to use ingested pellets to smuggle heroin from Nigeria into the United States, Acting U.S. Attorney William Fitzpatrick announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today Timothy Meacham, 32, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to selling counterfeit coins before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 15 years prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ERNESTO CONTRERAS-REYES, age 42, a citizen of Mexico was charged last Friday in a one-count Indictment for illegal use of a Social Security Number in violation of 42 United States Code, Section 408(a)(7)(B).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: Thefts Took Place Over Six-Year Period.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Robert Romasiewicz, age 25, of Exeter, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today before Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley, to unlawfully possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Yankton, South Dakota, man convicted of Bank Robbery was sentenced on November 6, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
