News published on Federal Newswire in October 2017

News from October 2017


Utah Financial Advisor Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion, Securities Fraud and Wire Fraud

News Release: Utah Financial Advisor Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion, Securities Fraud and Wire Fraud.


Fort Pierce Resident Sentenced in Federal Health Care Fraud Scheme

News Release: Miguel De Paula Arias, 53, of Fort Pierce, was sentenced to 161 months in prison on charges of health care fraud, false statements related to healthcare and aggravated identity theft.


Church Employee Charged with Arson

News Release: Fire and Racist Graffiti Used in Attempt to Cover Up Burglary.


Arizona Couple Sentenced for Drug Reshipping Scheme

News Release: PITTSBURGH - Two residents of Arizona have been sentenced in federal court on their conviction of mail fraud, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.


Former Old Dominion University Employee Charged with Child Pornography

News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A former employee of Old Dominion University’s computer science department pleaded guilty today to receiving images of child sexual abuse.


ICYMI: Chairman Gowdy on Fox News Sunday

News Release: WASHINGTON - Yesterday, Chairman Gowdy spoke with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday. Watch the full interview below.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Santa Clara, California, has been sentenced in federal court to 24 months’ probation on his conviction of accessing a protected computer without authorization and initiating spam messages, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.


Lake Andes Man Charged with Sexual Abuse Offenses Involving Children Appears in Federal Court

News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Lake Andes, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for fourteen counts of sexual abuse offenses involving children.


Jury convicts former Cumming Police sergeant of accepting bribes and computer fraud

News Release: ATLANTA - A federal jury in Atlanta convicted former Cumming Police Sergeant Nathan VanBuren of taking bribes in exchange for providing sensitive law enforcement information.


News Release: United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a three-count indictment charging the owner of several Milwaukee-area gas stations with labor-related crimes involving his business that occurred between 2009 and 2011. Harshinder Bhatia (age: 58), was charged...


Libyan National Charged with Federal Offenses in 2012 Attack on U.S. Special Mission and Annex in Benghazi

News Release: WASHINGTON - Mustafa al-Imam, a Libyan national approximately 46 years old, has been charged for his alleged participation in the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. Special Mission and Annex in Benghazi, Libya, which resulted in the deaths of four Americans.


Texas Man Charged With Armed Bank Robbery

News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Justin Wade Lynch, age 44, of Texas, was indicted on Oct. 24, 2017, by a federal grand jury for armed bank robbery. The case was unsealed on Oct. 27, 2017.


Joint-Child Abduction Rapid Deployment Team Development

News Release: Joint-Child Abduction Rapid Deployment Team Development.


News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that TREVON GROSS and YURI LEBEDEV were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan to prison in connection with a bribery scheme to take over control of a federal credit union and a related fraud scheme...


Neal Asks Secretary Mnuchin to Join  Ways & Means Markup of Republican Tax Bill

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin asking that the secretary or a designee join the Committee as they markup the Ryan-McConnell tax plan next week.


News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.


News Release: HOUSTON, TX-The FBI Violent Crime Task Force needs the public’s help identifying a man who has robbed two branches of the Smart Financial Credit Union on three separate occasions. The latest robbery happened Monday, Oct. 30, 2017 at 2510 North Loop West in northwest Houston. Crime Stoppers of Houston is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to the identification and arrest of the bank robber.


Lake Andes Man Charged with Sexual Abuse Offenses Involving Children Appears in Federal Court

News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Lake Andes, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for fourteen counts of sexual abuse offenses involving children.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Eighty-Four, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to defraud the United States, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.


News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under Project Safe Childhood.