News from April 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Yesterday, Carlos Efren Reyes-Rosado, aka Farruko, was arrested for failure to declare transportation of monetary instruments in excess of $10,000 and bulk cash smuggling into the United States, announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The case is being investigated by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Airport Investigations and Tactical Team (AirTAT).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: DALLAS - Mark Demetri Stein, 38, of Carrollton, Texas, appeared in federal court this morning before U.S. Magistrate Judge Rebecca Rutherford and pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Wilson, 31, formerly of Hamburg, NY, who was convicted of wire fraud, was sentenced to 108 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Alejandro Arias-Perez, 29, Miami, Florida, was sentenced yesterday to 108 months in federal prison for possession of device making equipment. Arias-Perez pleaded guilty to this charge on Nov. 29, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - Two brothers are set to appear in court following the return of two indictments for their separate operations involving the possession and interstate transportation of stolen property, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of failure of to register as a sex offender and failure to surrender for service of sentence, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Today, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott, FBI Special Agent in Charge Sean Ragan, DEA Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin, Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Ryan L. Spradlin, and IRS Criminal Investigation Assistant Special Agent in Charge Cindy Chen announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: Defendant faces at least five and up to 20 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Portage, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court in Johnstown to 72 months in prison and three years’ supervised release on her conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Eight ideas were selected from the Stage 1 portion of the More Water, Less Concentrate prize competition. The competition sought innovative concepts to expand usable water supplies by maximizing fresh water production from inland desalination systems in a cost-effective and environmentally sound manner. The solvers will share $150,000.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Committee Members Carolyn B. Maloney, Eleanor Holmes Norton, William Lacy Clay, Gerry Connolly, and Jimmy Gomez sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and the...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MOHAMED H. ABDI, also known as “Vic," 25, of Worcester, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Two former officers of a New Mexico-based defense contracting firm were sentenced late yesterday afternoon in federal court in Santa Fe, N.M., for convictions arising out of their involvement in a scheme to solicit and accept kickbacks in return for favorable treatment in awarding subcontracts relating to wartime rebuilding projects in Iraq.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Two men were arraigned in Massachusetts state court Wednesday, following their arrest on charges of trafficking more than 200 grams of cocaine and conspiracy to violate state drug laws. The arrests come after a joint investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Springfield and the Hampden County Narcotics Task Force.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Elisabeth Greenhill and Jonathan Greenhill have been charged for running a fraud scheme that targeted faith-based and humanitarian groups conducting mission work overseas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that COURTNEY WORTHINGTON, 31, of West Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for robbing three Connecticut banks.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: Defendant previously deported four times. BOSTON - A Honduran national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after being deported. William Maradiaga-Oseguera, 32, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin to one year in prison and three...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that COURTNEY WORTHINGTON, 31, of West Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for robbing three Connecticut banks.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: Sweeping Two-Day Operation Targets International Organized Crime in Sacramento Area Neighborhoods.
