News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Bobby Eric Spates, age 26, of Florence, pled guilty in federal court in Florence to Felon in Possession of a Firearm. United States District Judge Bryan Harwell, of Florence, accepted the plea and will impose sentence after he has reviewed the presentence report which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that John Walker, Jr., 25, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of distribution of fentanyl and unlawful possession of a firearm by a person subject to an order of protection, was sentenced to 33 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: Yiheng Percival Zhang Charged with Seven Felonies in Relation to Federal Grants.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Adam Doumbouya, 30, of Ireland, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with improper use of another person’s passport and making a false statement to law enforcement. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Shawn Sylvia, 35, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to a year-old data breach at Uber that exposed information about 57 million customers and was not made public by the company until yesterday...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: Service is an honor. It’s also an opportunity to effect change, to make progress, to develop possibilities. That’s why I’m so pleased to have joined the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: MOAB, Utah-The Bureau of Land Management Moab Field Office is seeking public comments on an environmental assessment analyzing the potential impacts of issuing a Special Recreation Permit - for a commercial helicopter shuttle service between Canyonlands Field Airport and the Mineral Bottom airstrip in Grand County.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal jury has found Isiah Pierce, 34, and Larry Willis, 32, both of Buffalo, NY, guilty of possessing crack cocaine with intent to distribute, maintaining a drug involved premises, possessing firearms in furtherance of drug...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that three individuals have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in a Conspiracy Involving Theft by Employees of a Gaming Establishment on Indian Land.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: Lynchburg, VIRGINIA - A former employee of the Internal Revenue Service was sentenced yesterday in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Lynchburg on a federal health care fraud charge related to his misuse of government health insurance benefits, United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: Defendants Prosecuted as Part of The Guardians Project, a Federal Law Enforcement Initiative to Combat Corruption, Fraud, and Abuse in South Dakota.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: Lynchburg, VIRGINIA - A former employee of the Internal Revenue Service was sentenced yesterday in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Lynchburg on a federal health care fraud charge related to his misuse of government health insurance benefits, United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to a year-old data breach at Uber that exposed information about 57 million customers and was not made public by the company until yesterday...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: MADISON, Wis. - Two Nigerian men were each sentenced to 12 years in federal prison, and a U.S. citizen victim-turned-criminal was sentenced to five years’ probation in an international romance and cyber fraud scheme that defrauded victims from the United States and Canada.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Maryland man today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man convicted of Second Degree Murder was sentenced on Nov. 20, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Myroslav Avram, age 46, of Brooklyn, New York, and a citizen of Ukraine, was sentenced yesterday to time served (65 days in jail), as well as a 2-year term of supervised release, for transporting another Ukrainian citizen who illegally crossed the border into the United States.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to a year-old data breach at Uber that exposed information about 57 million customers and was not made public by the company until yesterday...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man convicted of Second Degree Murder and Conspiracy to Commit Assault was sentenced on Nov. 22, 2017, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
