News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina -------- United States Attorney, Beth Drake, announced today the Michael Ruiz, age 53, and James Mondell, age 55, both of Greenville, South Carolina, entered pleas of guilty as charged in Greenville, South Carolina, before United States Senior District Judge Henry M. Herlong...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - KASHARA STEWART, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and her mother, WONICA STEWART POPE, also of Oklahoma City, were sentenced yesterday to federal prison respectively for tax-refund fraud and making a false statement to a federal agent, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Joseph J. Erves, MARTA’s former Senior Director of Operations, has pleaded guilty in federal court to orchestrating a false invoice scheme that resulted in MARTA paying more than $500,000 for maintenance work that was never performed and for funneling most of the money back into his personal bank accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Superseding indictment includes new defendant and additional charges.
By State Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the committee will convene a hearing on Tuesday, September 26 entitled “The Department of State Redesign." The hearing will begin at 10 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Kassandra Whylly, 21, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of financial institution fraud, was sentenced to 15 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The defendant was also ordered to pay more than $9,000 in restitution to the ESL Federal Credit Union.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Bangor, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Jordan Richard, 24, of New Vineyard, Maine and formerly of Rangeley, Maine, was indicted last week by a federal grand jury for distributing cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jason Prom, 23, of Stockton, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to 12 years in prison for conspiring to deal firearms without a license, dealing firearms without a license, and being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: When Dave Parker entered Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park Tuesday night, he accomplished his lifelong dream to visit the 59 iconic national parks in the U.S...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Ari Fitzwater (619) 546-8756, Assistant U. S. Attorney Joshua Jones (619) 546-9744, Assistant U. S. Attorney Connie Wu (619) 546-8592.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Four defendants are being transported to Columbus, Ohio today for federal prosecution in the Southern District of Ohio after being charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute approximately 720 kilograms of cocaine. The more than 1,584 pounds of cocaine has an approximate street value of $25 million in total.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Lorton, Virginia man yesterday on charges of attempted robbery, attempted possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, and the use and discharge of a firearm during those crimes.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) and Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today released the following joint statement after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Request for Information regarding the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI)...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today released the following joint statement after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Request for Information (RFI) regarding the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI):
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 38-year-old resident of Luling has been sentenced in Corpus Christi federal court for identity theft, announced Acting United States Attorney Abe Martinez. Joey Ornelas, 38, pleaded guilty May 26, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Man Wearing Baseball Cap with Bright Red Visor Robs Albuquerque Bank.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today released the following joint statement after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Request for Information (RFI) regarding the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI):
By DOL Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today issued the following statement on press reports that Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price used a private jet on at least five separate occasions when traveling for official business.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn.- On Sept. 20, 2017, Roger Arthur Beu, Jr., 57, of Harriman, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable Thomas W. Phillips, Senior U.S. District Judge, to serve 41 months in prison for his role in preparing and submitting fraudulent federal tax returns to the Internal Revenue Service...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - The head of a large scale marijuana trafficking and money laundering conspiracy and 10 others have been sent to federal prison, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
