News from April 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Leah Lynette Smith, age 51, of Webbers Fall, Oklahoma was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment, and 3 years supervised release for Wire Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343. The charges arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Mangal Gill, 58, of San Ramon, pleaded guilty today to two counts of conspiracy to commit bribery and identity fraud, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas Pilchak (619) 546-9709 or Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael A. Deshong (619) 546-9290.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - On April 25, 2018, Alan Calderon Reyes, 23, of Sioux City, Iowa, appeared before United States District Court Senior Judge James E. Gritzner and was sentenced to 151 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Peabody man was indicted yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with 15 armed robberies throughout greater Boston.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Nolan Donald, 19, of Lyndonville, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and being an unlawful user in possession of a firearm. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: GAINESVILLE, Ga. - Winston Wade Turner has been indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with mail and wire fraud for making false representations to investors in a biofuel scheme.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) delivered the following opening remarks at a Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection hearing on “Do Not Call: Combatting Robocall and Caller ID Spoofing:"
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Leah Lynette Smith, age 51, of Webbers Fall, Oklahoma was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment, and 3 years supervised release for Wire Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343. The charges arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Matthew Tomlin, age 32, of New Jersey, was sentenced on April 16, 2018, by United States District Court Judge James Munley to 70 months’ imprisonment for bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A suburban physician has been indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly pocketing nearly $1 million in payments from Medicare and a private insurer for nonexistent treatment.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) submitted the following remarks for the record at a Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection hearing on “Do Not Call: Combatting Robocall and Caller ID Spoofing:"
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 1,089,800 visitors to Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site in 2017 spent $68.1 million in communities near the two parks. That spending supported 871 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $91.8 million.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 214,753 visitors to Obed Wild & Scenic River in 2017 spent $3,700,000 in communities near the park. That spending supported 47 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $3,800,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Angel M. Melendez, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI"), announced today that OMAR ADONIS GUZMAN-MARTINEZ was...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - This week, Dwight Phillip Bivens, 29, of Fresno, Calif., was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Raner C. Collins to 63 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Bivens had previously pleaded guilty to two counts of Hobbs Act Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - Weston Scott Langwell, 26, of Amarillo, Texas, appeared today in federal court before U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater and pleaded guilty to one count of attempted enticement of a minor, announced Erin Nealy Cox, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul Byron today sentenced Jeremy Achey (43, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) to life in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and distribution of controlled substance analogues. A federal jury found Achey guilty of the offenses on Jan. 25, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Join rangers and PBS Kids’ NATURE CAT on Saturday, May 19 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. to celebrate the re-opening of the Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education and National Kids to Parks Day. This popular center marks the western entrance to the national lakeshore...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), held a hearing today on combating robocalls, caller ID spoofing, and telemarketing scams.
