News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Joseph Hilton, a/k/a Joseph Yurkin, a/k/a Joseph Starr, 57, of Lake Worth, and Adam Forman, 48, of Coconut Creek, were sentenced today to 63 months imprisonment for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The court also ordered Hilton to pay $1.4 million in restitution, and ordered forfeiture in the amount of $1.4 million and $600,000 against Hilton and Forman, respectively.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Patty Murray (D-WA), along with U.S. Reps. Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Mark Takano (D-CA), today introduced legislation to make at least four million American workers newly eligible for overtime pay when they work more than 40 hours a week, providing economic security to millions of working families.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: KIMBERLY, OREGON: John Day Fossil Beds National Monument has released a revision to the Superintendent’s compendium. The Superintendent’s compendium is a compilation of designations, closures, permit requirements, and other restrictions made by the superintendent for a specific National Park Service...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Prysock filled ten different prescriptions forged in the names of her children and had Medicaid pay for them.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: FAIRBANKS, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will host three Artists in Residence on Alaska wild and scenic rivers next summer as part of BLM’s celebration of the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury late Wednesday indicted a Decatur man on kidnapping and child sex-trafficking charges, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that RODINY CALYPSO, a former New York City Correction Officer, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 16 months in prison for filing a false “Use of Force" report in connection with his beating...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank today announced that Milestone Recovery, Inc. (“Milestone") has entered into a civil settlement agreement with the United States and the State of Maine in which it will pay $4,519.04 to resolve allegations that Milestone submitted false claims to...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: This morning, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved sweeping FEMA reform legislation, as well as two bills to address human trafficking on the Nation’s highways.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - A previously convicted sex offender was sentenced earlier this month to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty in June to receiving and possessing child pornography with a prior conviction, a class B felony offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - The owners of Giovanni’s Roast Beef & Pizza in Peabody pleaded guilty yesterday to skimming cash receipts from Giovanni’s and failing to report the cash on their tax returns, thereby avoiding the payment of more than $550,000 in taxes.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - On a largely party line vote, the U.S. House advanced a Republican bill that would resurrect two expired leases in the Superior National Forest for a Chilean mining conglomerate seeking to build a copper sulfide mine near one of America’s most visited wilderness areas. The bill (H.R.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Last month, Juan Valentino Coronado, 46, of Tucson, Ariz., and enrolled member of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James A. Soto to over 7 months in prison for failing to participate in sex-offender treatment, which he had been ordered to do as part of a previous conviction for sexually abusing a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Defendant transferred to ICE custody for deportation proceedings.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley today announced that, after a four-day trial, a jury returned guilty verdicts late Wednesday afternoon against Valentin Delo Perez Soto, also known as Miguel Angel Sanchez Caraballo, 49, of Manchester, New Hampshire.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC- The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the City of Phoenix and certain city historic neighborhood associations have jointly developed a plan to address noise concerns that resulted from air traffic control procedures that the agency implemented in September 2014 at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Committee advanced two bills to bring greater certainty to the mining industry and shield economic development and energy projects from politically motivated actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury late Wednesday indicted a Huntsville man and a Honduran national on sex-trafficking charges involving a minor in Madison County, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and ICE Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Raymond R. Parmer Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that AHARON GOLDBERG, SHIMEN LIEBOWITZ, and BINYAMIN GOTTLIEB were sentenced today for their respective roles in devising and covering up a plot to kidnap and murder an individual in order to obtain a religious...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: CINCINNATI - Jake M. Damron, 25, of Loveland, Ohio, was arrested yesterday and charged with receipt and distribution of child pornography.
