News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Pakistani citizen was sentenced today to 31 months in prison for his role in a scheme to smuggle undocumented migrants from Pakistan into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: Net Nanny Operation Returns to Kitsap County and Leads to 20 Arrests.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review the draft Environmental Assessment and draft Finding of No Significant Impact for a proposed five-year Warren Act Agreement with Lindsay-Strathmore Irrigation District for the introduction and conveyance of up to 8,000 acre-feet per year of non-Central Valley Project Kings River water that will be obtained from Corcoran Irrigation District.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Craig Newman became a Savannah River Site (SRS) contractor employee thanks to a DOE and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Workforce Opportunities in Regional Careers (WORC) grant.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: PIKETON, Ohio - More than 1,700 high school students from 31 southern Ohio high schools attended DOE’s Science Alliance event at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant earlier this month.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK - Deportation officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested a Ukrainian man Tuesday, who is wanted in his home country for manslaughter.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: Attempted Bank Robbery. The Aurora Police Department and FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force are investigating the following attempted bank robbery: US Bank. 10190 East Colfax Avenue. Aurora, Colorado. May 9, 2017, 4:30 p.m. The suspect is described as a white male, approximately 50 to 60 years...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to two years probation and 150 hours of community service on her conviction of conspiracy, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - A federal jury has found a Memphis man guilty of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, using and carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking offense, two counts of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, and possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee announced the verdict today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Andrew Joseph Baumiller, 38, of Dallas, Texas, pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge David L. Horan to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud stemming from a scheme to defraud TRICARE, the health insurance program for members of the military and their families. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Eight men are in federal custody on sex trafficking of children charges outlined in a federal criminal complaint filed last week, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada and the FBI’s Las Vegas Office remind the public to be aware of and report suspected fraudulent activity related to disaster assistance relief in the aftermath of a series of natural disasters in the United States and the recent...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Wexford, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to three years probation, six months home detention, 150 hours community service and a $15,000 fine, on charges of major fraud against the U.S. Department of Defense and filing false tax returns on behalf of Ibis Tek, LLC, for 2009 and 2010, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A New York man was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to traffic contraband cigarettes that resulted in a tax loss of more than $1.6 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two women today admitted their roles in a conspiracy that fraudulently obtained over $24 million from the Post-9/11 GI Bill, a federal education benefits program designed to help veterans who served in the armed forces following the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 47-year-old resident of Hebbronville has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of conspiracy and possession with the intent to distribute more than 50 kilograms of marijuana, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Eden Alan Martinez pleaded guilty Jan. 23, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: **UPDATE** On May 29, 2018, U.S. District Judge Anthony J. Trenga ordered that the jury's verdict finding the defendant guilty of counts one and two of the indictment be set aside, the judgment of conviction vacated, and the indictment dismissed. Original press release announcing the trial conviction is below.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: WILMINGTON - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced today that alleged members and associates of a narcotics trafficking organization operating out of Wilmington have been indicted for conspiring to distribute and possessing with the intent to distribute heroin, fentanyl, powder cocaine, and cocaine base ("crack"). Additionally, firearm charges are pending against four of them.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A federal grand jury in Brownsville has indicted a 64-year-old man for child exploitation crimes that allegedly occurred in Honduras, Mexico and Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor today, Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) discussed the importance of passing a budget resolution for Fiscal Year 2018 and thanked Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) for his work on the resolution. Hatch emphasized that the budget’s $1.5 trillion instruction to the Finance Committee will be key to meaningful tax reform.
