News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: OAKLAND - Celia Nipper, aka Celia Arrand, pleaded guilty this afternoon to committing wire fraud, bank fraud, and filing false tax returns in connection with a scheme to embezzle funds from a real estate technology company announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch, Federal Bureau of Investigation...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated today that Mark Kriskov (a.k.a. “Johnny Est"), 55, of Rutland, Vermont, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge William K. Sessions, III, to a total of 51 months of imprisonment for distribution of heroin in the Rutland area.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced today that on Sept. 18, 2017, Chief United States District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Charles W. Aldrich, age 50, of Winnebago, Nebraska for his conviction for theft from an Indian gaming establishment. Aldrich was sentenced to five years of probation and 150 hours of community service. He was further ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $36,500.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management is planning to carry out a prescribed burn in Owyhee County, Idaho, during the last week of September, depending on weather, fuel and ground conditions. The burn will focus on previously fallen and live juniper trees with the objective of reducing juniper encroachment onto the surrounding sagebrush steppe to improve rangeland health.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Robert Pritchett, 21, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of production of child pornography, was sentenced to 30 years in prison and lifetime supervised release by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: MILL VALLEY, Calif. - The National Park Service today announced the selection of Ace Parking Management, Inc. to operate a parking and shuttle reservation system and manage onsite parking for Muir Woods National Monument.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Carl Lee Ferrell, 53, of Waxhaw, N.C. appeared in court today and admitted to running a real estate investment scheme that defrauded victims of over $400,000, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Ferrell pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud before U.S. Magistrate Judge David C. Keesler.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota are calling for the United States Postal Service (USPS) to take immediate action after the USPS Inspector General found that serious management problems potentially contributed to an estimated 2 billion pieces of delayed mail being inaccurately reported as delivered on time.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Kyle Matthew Nixon and Eric Eugene Gamez have been sentenced to prison for drug trafficking and gun offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced today that Ari Elias Baum, 32, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty to making a false statement to the Social Security Administration (SSA) concerning his eligibility to receive disability benefits before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: Man Sentenced to Prison in Maryland for Stolen Identity Refund Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Chukwudi Olisemeka, age 48, and a citizen of Nigeria, was sentenced today to 6 months in jail for illegally re-entering the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Hazelet, New Jersey, pleaded guilty in federal court to health care fraud, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A former Labette banker was sentenced Monday to eight months of imprisonment to be followed by four months of home confinement for a wire fraud scheme that included misappropriating funds from a bank and an insurance company, and filing false tax returns, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON, Texas - A Conroe, Texas couple has been sentenced for bankruptcy fraud conspiracy in the Southern District of Texas, announced Eastern District of Texas Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine pled guilty on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017, in federal court in Sioux City.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: You own one-third of the land in America - public land where one can hike, bike, climb, hunt, swim, explore, picnic, or just simply relax. National Public Lands Day on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017, is an opportunity to enjoy and give something back to those places we love. In recognition of this special...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Reclamation has selected five ideas as potential solutions for the Detection of Movement of Soils within Earthen Dams, Canals and Levees prize competition. Ted Grygar of San Diego, California, and David Orlebeke of Ridgecrest, California, were selected as having the two top ideas. Each received $6,250.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Taj R. Williams, 32, of Rochester, NY, was convicted after a jury trial of arson and unlawful possession of Molotov cocktails. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 20 years, a fine of $250,000, or both.
