News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division today announced the formation of the Newark/Philadelphia Regional Medicare Fraud Strike Force (Regional Strike Force), a joint law enforcement effort that brings together the resources and expertise...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Sandra Haar, 57, of Merced, pleaded guilty today to health care fraud and conspiracy to receive kickbacks, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: Justice Department Secures Denaturalization of Guardian Convicted of Sexual Abuse of A Minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City, Kan., man pleaded guilty Monday and admitted he was arrested with almost 1.5 pounds of methamphetamine found in both his car and residence, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: CODY, Wyoming - The Powerline fire, located in Oregon Basin seven miles southeast of Cody, Wyoming, was initially reported at 6;00pm on Sunday, August 12th. The fire is approximately 2,600 acres burning in sage and grass. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - On Aug. 10, 2018, Cory Ryan Williams, 40, of Gilbert, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to seven years in prison. A restitution hearing has been scheduled for September, where Williams will be ordered to pay restitution up to $13.5 million. Williams had previously pleaded guilty to one count of transactional money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Jamaican citizen was sentenced today to six years in prison for orchestrating a lottery fraud that scammed elderly victims out of approximately $385,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: The prosecution involved more than 200 grams of the powerful and dangerous opioid.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: A Mexican man who used a false identification document to obtain a job was sentenced today to six months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Abdulrahman Tijani has been sentenced for his role in a scheme to file fraudulent tax returns, using the stolen personally identifiable information (PII), such as dates of birth and Social Security numbers of taxpayers. Tijani then used some of the funds to pay fees for his immigration application, in which he made false representations concerning prior crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced DARWIN A. ELPHAGE a/k/a “Zero," age 40, of Gonzales, Louisiana, to 120 months in federal prison following his conviction for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A man who was already serving a 25-year sentence for providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization was sentenced today to serve an additional 20-year prison term for trying to kill the warden of the federal prison where he was housed.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: VERNAL, UTAH - In late July, the Bureau of Reclamation began modification work at Steinaker Dam, near Vernal, Utah to repair a slope failure on the upstream face of the right abutment and flatten the slope of the abutment. Reclamation and the Uintah Water Conservancy District slowly emptied Steinaker...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: A Euclid man pleaded guilty to distribution of fentanyl that he ordered from China and sold domestically, including to an undercover FBI agent in Pittsburgh, U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman of the Northern District of Ohio and U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady of the Western District of Pennsylvania announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is initiating an emergency bait trapping for the removal of 100 to 140 burros within the Chemehuevi Herd Management Area located within the Lake Havasu Field Office Resource area on Wednesday, Aug. 15. Burros are concentrating along the Parker Dam Road, the Metropolitan Water District roadways and at public access areas for the Colorado River-creating public safety concerns and vehicle hazards.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division today announced the formation of the Newark/Philadelphia Regional Medicare Fraud Strike Force (Regional Strike Force), a joint law enforcement effort that brings together the resources and expertise...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Olayinka Olaniyi, a citizen of Nigeria, was convicted by a federal jury on August 9, 2018, after a three-day trial, on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, computer fraud and aggravated identity theft. Co-defendant, Damilola Solomon Ibiwoye, pleaded guilty to similar charges and was sentenced on Jan. 31, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Jamaican citizen was sentenced today to six years in prison for orchestrating a lottery fraud that scammed elderly victims out of approximately $385,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division today announced the formation of the Newark/Philadelphia Regional Medicare Fraud Strike Force (Regional Strike Force), a joint law enforcement effort that brings together the resources and expertise...
