News from December 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ADEYEMI ODUFUYE, also known as “Micky," “Micky Bricks," “Yemi," “GMB," “Bawz," and “Jefe," 32, a citizen of Nigeria, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 45 months of imprisonment for his supervisory role in a business e-mail compromise scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced that Stevie Alejandro, 32, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of, 500 grams or more of cocaine, was sentenced to serve 60 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: SOUTH BEND -Ramon Lenoir III, 37 years old, of South Bend, Indiana, has been charged with possession of over 50 grams of methamphetamine with intent to deliver and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - The former chairman of a Boston-based biomedical company, previously called Endeavor Power Corp., was sentenced today for making false statements to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in connection with the SEC’s investigation into a scheme to defraud the market for Endeavor’s publicly traded stock.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man was charged in federal court today for the armed robbery of a female Z-Trip driver who was shot at least 20 times.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that on December 4, 2018, Quaheem Hall of Dover, Delaware, was charged by superseding indictment with distributing fentanyl that resulted in the deaths of two people within a span of five days in January...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to six year and six months in prison and three years’ supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a federal grand jury returned a second superseding indictment yesterday adding an additional charge of interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle against Shawn Christy, age 27, of McAdoo, who was previously indicted for threatening to harm President Trump and others.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today delivered a statement on the Senate floor ahead of a vote on his resolution with Senator Jon Tester, D-Mont., to overturn a Treasury ruling that shields the identities of large dark money donors from U.S. tax authorities.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Lester Charles, 36, a national of Dominica, was sentenced today after having pleaded guilty to being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: RENO, Nev. - In keeping with the Administration’s goals of promoting American’s energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management Nevada quarterly oil and gas lease sale resulted in competitive bids for 3,932.04 acres of the 32,923.96 acres offered.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Matthews woman pleaded guilty today to defrauding the federal government of over $1.4 million in a long-running time and attendance fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - An international businessman and his wife have learned their fate for international parental kidnapping, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick and Special Agent in Charge Perrye K. Turner of the FBI. A federal jury deliberated for more than two days following a 10-day trial before convicting Carlos Otavio Guimaraes, 68, and Jemima Guimaraes, 66.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: Community Involvement Sought to Combat Crime in the Southern District of Indiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following opening remarks during a Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law hearing on “Oversight of the Antitrust Agencies"...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Robert Brown, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced to time served for selling oxycodone, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Members of the Senate Finance Committee recognized Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) at his last hearing leading the committee yesterday. Senators on both sides of the aisle highlighted his successes and strong character as a leader and as a member of the committee since 1991. Take a look at what they had to say...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with a scam in which he and co-conspirators defrauded victims by pretending to be employees of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal judge today sentenced the former Chief Executive Officer of a suburban pharmaceutical company to four years in prison for pocketing $2.2 million from investors and spending the money on property in Michigan, golf and yacht club dues, and trading in options on futures contracts.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Massachusetts State Police Trooper was arrested and charged today, and two previously charged retired State Troopers agreed to plead guilty in connection with the ongoing investigation of overtime abuse at the Massachusetts State Police (MSP).
