News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A former Wichita police officer pleaded guilty today and admitted he knew about illegal poker games, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Zakaryia Abdin, 19, of Ladson, South Carolina, pleaded guilty today to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: GAINESVILLE, Ga. - Twin brothers, Kecole Dukes and Kemeca Dukes, have been sentenced for conspiracy to distribute and distribution of crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Tony Pham pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco today to filing a false federal income tax return, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Acting Special Agent in Charge Internal Revenue Service (IRS-CI) Tara Sullivan. The plea was accepted by the Honorable Edward M. Chen, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the conviction in Manhattan federal court of PATRICK MURACA for wire fraud and making false statements. The jury found MURACA guilty on both counts of the Superseding Indictment following a trial before United States District Judge Ronnie Abrams.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ-Summer break is over, and it’s time to pack up the backpacks and lunch bags for another school year. Many students are headed back to class with cell phones in their pockets. More and more kids are getting phones by the time they enter middle school-and some are toting their phones through elementary school hallways.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that a federal inmate was sentenced to 24 months in prison for possessing a weapon at the Federal Correctional Institution at Beckley. Stuart praised the investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Evelyn Katrina Taylor-Parks has been charged with conspiring to accept bribe payments while serving as the City of Atlanta’s Deputy Chief of Staff to the Mayor.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Monica Rigsby, a former office manager for a cardiology practice, has been sentenced to federal prison for embezzling over $1.1 million from her employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger has announced that a federal grand jury has indicted Kathleen A. Fetek (age 55) for executing a scheme to defraud beneficiaries of estates being handled by Fetek Law Offices, S.C., a firm that had been operated by Fetek’s father in Racine, Wisconsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- Sherri A. Lydon stated today that Gary Jerome Smart, age 26, of Florence, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court in Florence for conspiracy to manufacture and pass counterfeit money, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371. United States District Judge Bryan Harwell, of Florence, sentenced Smart to 20 months’ imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
Release: TOKYO, JAPAN - The fifth meeting of the U.S.-Japan Bilateral Commission on Civil Nuclear Cooperation (the Bilateral Commission) was held in Tokyo on August 8, 2018. Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette and Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeo Mori led the discussions as co-chairs. The delegations included participants representing a wide range of governmental agencies.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: Raleigh - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that today, in federal court, HOUCINE GHOUL, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge James C Dever III, to serve 24 months imprisonment, followed by deportation, for attempted unlawful procurement of naturalization and making a false statements on his tax return. GHOUL pleaded guilty to these charges on Nov. 13, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - “Company I and the Lobo Mess" will recreate an 1850s military and civilian encampment Saturday, August 11 through Sunday, August 12 at the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center. This program is part of the Bureau of Land Management’s mission to connect communities to public lands and to America’s natural and cultural heritage.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: Help us combat disaster fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: Skagway - Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park has closed the Chilkoot Trail to all use due to flooding conditions along the Taiya River. Park officials will assess conditions on August 9 to determine if the trail can be reopened. Contact the Trail Center in Skagway or call 907-983-9234 for the latest trail conditions and closure information.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Leawood attorney admitted today that he concealed his assets and income in an effort to keep the Internal Revenue Service from collecting more than $132,000 in taxes he owed, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: FBI to Host Exclusive Diversity Agent Recruitment Event on Aug. 22, 2018 in Phoenix.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the conviction in Manhattan federal court of PATRICK MURACA for wire fraud and making false statements. The jury found MURACA guilty on both counts of the Superseding Indictment following a trial before United States District Judge Ronnie Abrams.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: The Defendants Also Admitted to Substantially Contributing to a Non-Fatal Fentanyl Overdose in 2015.
