News from December 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces today that Chief United States District Judge Kristi K. DuBose sentenced David Hudgens, 66, a resident of Daphne, Alabama, to imprisonment for thirty three months for committing wire fraud. As part of the sentence...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A member of the New Jersey Grape Street Crips was sentenced today to 35 years in prison for his role in a racketeering conspiracy that included a double murder, a separate attempted murder, and conspiring to distribute heroin, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Lawrence Marquez, 39, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 88 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for heroin trafficking and firearms charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that David R. Parker, age 39, of Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on December 6, 2018, to 30 years’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge James M. Munley for sex trafficking involving a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced yesterday that ELVA RAMIREZ-LAMBERTO, age 35, a citizen of Honduras, pleaded guilty to a one-count Bill of Information alleging illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By USDA Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: Washington - The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Fair Trade Practices Program (FTPP) reached a consent decision with Southeast Mississippi Livestock (A.A.L.) (SE Mississippi), for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Two residents of Cheswick, Pennsylvania, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of related to the theft of government property, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. One of the defendants is also charged with uttering and possessing false securities.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Sterling woman was sentenced today to 7 years in prison for health care fraud and tax charges for operating a fraudulent sleep study clinic in Northern Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: Macon - Seven defendants involved in two clinics which operated “pill mills", where tens of thousands of prescriptions for highly addictive opioids were dispensed, were sentenced this week in federal court, said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Mark Taylor, 49, and Marlon Caldwell, 51, admitted to accepting bribes in exchange for un-redacted accident reports while police officers with the City of St. Louis, bringing to an end an investigation that led to charges against four former police officers, a local chiropractor and his wife.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Anibal Luis Rodriguez, age 27, of Pottsville, pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine, before U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - The Pu‘u Pua‘i Overlook and parking lot are temporarily closed to protect breeding and nesting nēnē (endangered Hawaiian geese) in the area.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Three residents of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court this week to conspiracy to defraud the Pennsylvania Medicaid program, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after President Donald Trump nominated William Barr to serve as Attorney General...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Belgian national was extradited from Morocco to the United States yesterday to face charges for his role in an e-mail scam that used counterfeit cashier’s checks to defraud charities and law firms.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, Chief United States District Judge Terrence J. Boyle sentenced Kyle Victor Fisher, 29, of Henderson to 42 months’ imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release. Fisher pled guilty to the Indictment, charging one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, on Aug. 22, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh has been sentenced in federal court to three years of probation on her conviction of healthcare fraud and possession with the intent to distribute and distribution of opiate painkiller, oxycodone, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: SANTA FE, N.M. - In keeping with the administration’s goals of promoting America’s energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management New Mexico quarterly oil and gas lease sale resulted in $39,327,344 in competitive bids for 86,814 acres.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - M. Wagdi Attia, M.D., a physician who until April 1, 2018 had a medical practice in Gaithersburg, Maryland, has agreed to pay the United States $400,000 to resolve allegations that from Jan. 1, 2013 through May 31, 2017, Dr. Attia fraudulently billed Medicare and Medicaid for services not rendered.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Dr. Robert Ettlinger, age 63, a primary care doctor formerly practicing in Millersburg, Pennsylvania, has agreed to pay $45,000 to settle allegations that he violated the federal Controlled Substances Act by prescribing schedule II opioid controlled substance medications, which were issued for no legitimate medical purpose.
