News from November 2017
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: 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: LOS ANGELES - A U.S. Army contracting officer representative who admitted taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from South Korean contractors in return for approving fraudulent invoices was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A licensed psychiatrist who practices in Long Beach has been sentenced to over four years in federal prison for paying a $30,000 cash bribe to a revenue agent with the Internal Revenue Service who was auditing the man’s tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A U.S. Army contracting officer representative who admitted taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from South Korean contractors in return for approving fraudulent invoices was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: Two Associates of La Cosa Nostra Plead Guilty to Extortion-Related Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury has charged Michael (also known as Mickey) A. Prisley, 52, of Columbus, and Tawnya Writesel, also known as Tawnya Rutan, 38, of Columbus, with eight charges related to fraudulent tax claims and theft of government money in an indictment returned here Thursday and unsealed today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - Construction crews will begin work Wednesday, Nov. 8, repairing flood damage on a seven-mile section of the Bizz Johnson National Recreation Trail east of Susanville. Access through the construction sites will be closed during working hours, Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., but open during weekends and non-working hours.
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: St. Louis, MO - Denise Rea Barner was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 15 months in the Federal Bureau of Prisons for fraudulently using her employer’s debit card for personal gain. Barner was further ordered to pay restitution to the victim in the amount of $125,576.80.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Duane A. Evans announced that SAUL RODRIGUEZ-AVILES, age 47, pled guilty last week to a one-count Indictment charging him with illegal reentry of a removed alien previously convicted of an aggravated felony.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Troy Gillon, Jr., 25, of Lockport, NY, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, oxymorphone, possession with intent to distribute THC and marijuana, and maintaining a drug-involved premises before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: GETTYSBURG, PA - U.S. veteran and award-winning combat artist Chip Beck is Gettysburg National Military Park’s new artist-in-residence, beginning in mid-November. Beck is a retired U.S. Navy Commander, combat artist, and cartoonist who has personally witnessed 20 wars on four continents, traveling to...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Ramon “Trey" Luina III was sentenced to 41 months in prison in connection with his embezzlement of approximately $2.8 million from CMS Communications Inc. In addition to the prison sentence, Luina was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $2,257,413.04. The loss amount differs from the restitution order because Luina began restitution payments prior to sentencing.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Hedgesville, West Virginia man was sentenced today to 115 months incarceration for heroin distribution, United States Attorney William J. Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: In San Antonio today, a federal jury convicted Texas Mexican Mafia (TMM) members Jesse Santibanez, age 29, and Alfredo Cardona, age 36, in connection with the death of Balcones Heights Police Officer Julian Pesina in 2014 announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.; Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division; Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw; and, San Antonio Police Chief William McManus.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A 51 year-old Seattle-area man was convicted of 17 federal felonies today in the U.S. District Court in Seattle for his scheme to recruit young women and girls and force them to engage in prostitution, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes of the Western District of Washington, and Special Agent in Charge Jay S. Tabb, Jr. of the FBI’s Seattle Field Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 5, 2017
Release: ARLINGTON, Va. - Transportation Security Administration officers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) stopped a Manassas, Virginia, resident from bringing a loaded handgun onto a flight Thursday, Nov. 2.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2017
News Release: Devils Tower National Monument will join national park units across the country to honor our country’s veterans with free entry into the monument on November 11 -12.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: Perdue Announces Farm Service Agency and Rural Development State Directors (Washington, D.C., Nov. 3, 2017) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced a slate of Farm Service Agency (FSA) and Rural Development (RD) State Directors, all serving as appointees of President Donald J. ...
