News from April 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: After having been convicted at trial, Corry E. Pearson, of Riviera Beach, was sentenced yesterday to more than 10 years in prison for operating a fraudulent tax preparation business and submitting fraudulent tax returns using the stolen personal identification information of other individuals.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
Release: Summary:The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is extending the comment period for the revised Chronic Wasting Disease Program Standards. On March 29, 2018, APHIS announced revised standards that provide guidance on how to meet program and interstate movement ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 51-year-old Corpus Christi physician has admitted he furnished false information in a record of dispensed controlled substances, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: An Ypsilanti resident was sentenced today to 87 months in prison for damaging a protected computer, United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The final member of a 10-defendant heroin and money laundering conspiracy has pleaded guilty, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Jesus Gutierrez, 46, of Corpus Christi, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than one kilogram of heroin and conspiracy to launder money.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A total of nine people have been charged with wire fraud and money laundering in connection with a scheme to embezzle $3.4 from the Beck Group in Houston, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Reno man pleaded guilty in federal court today to using stolen identities to create more than 8,000 fraudulent online accounts to commit a $3.5 million fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: The House of Representatives today has begun consideration of H.R. 4, the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 - a bipartisan, five-year bill to reauthorize the programs of the Federal Aviation Administration, provide long-term stability for the Nation’s aviation community, invest in U.S. airports, and make...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joseph P. Kelly announced that on April 26, 2018, Angel Guadalupe Deleon, 27, of Lincoln, was sentenced to 10 years, (120 months), in prison for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of actual (pure) methamphetamine. Following the prison term, Deleon will serve five years on supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - In his first public address to law enforcement since being sworn in as U.S. Attorney, William M. McSwain told Philadelphia police commanders, and this year’s class of recruits, that he wants them to know exactly where he stands.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: Former Head of HSBC’s Global Foreign Exchange Cash-Trading Sentenced to Prison for Multimillion-Dollar Front-Running Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: The president and owner of a Florida pharmacy that was at the center of a massive compounding pharmacy fraud scheme, which impacted private insurance companies, Medicare and TRICARE, was sentenced today to 180 months in prison and ordered to pay $54 million in restitution for his role in the scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: VENTURA, Calif. - A new National Park Service (NPS) report for 2017 shows that 383,687 park visitors spent an estimated $23.1 million in local gateway regions while visiting Channel Islands National Park. That spending supported 308 jobs and contributed $32.3 million to our local economy.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of the City of Pittsburgh and Detroit, Michigan, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal drug and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Peter E. Deegan, Jr. encourages the public to participate in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Prescription Drug Takeback Day. The biannual event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 28, 2018, at thousands of collection sites around the country, including over 50 here in the Northern District of Iowa. The event is an effort to rid homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal judge in Chicago today sentenced the former president of a Florida-based financial firm to ten years in prison for his role in a $179 million sham loan scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 51-year-old Corpus Christi physician has admitted he furnished false information in a record of dispensed controlled substances, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: Abingdon, VIRGINIA - The final five defendants convicted as part of a group that trafficked crystal methamphetamine into Southwest Virginia from sources in Tennessee and Kentucky were sentenced this week in federal court in Abingdon. United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen and Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Joshua Christian Cantrell (24, Dade City) pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and to carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime. He faces a mandatory minimum term of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison. His co-conspirator...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: Manhattan Project National Historical Park is seeking volunteers to assist Oak Ridge unit staff. Opportunities include staffing the visitor contact station at Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge and meeting and greeting visitors while providing information about the park. Opportunities to provide informational programs may also exist.
