News from December 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Christopher Mikelinich, age 53, of Wingdale, New York, was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for illegally possessing a stolen 12 gauge, semi-automatic shotgun over an approximately two-and-a-half year period in which he resided in Columbia County, New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago woman has been sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for operating a multi-million dollar fraud scheme that duped investors into believing she could earn profits on the secondary market for concert and sports tickets.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: A convicted rapist from Cleveland was indicted in federal court for having a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury has issued a superseding indictment charging Derek Shawn Pendergraft, age 21, with First Degree Murder and Aggravated Sexual Abuse resulting in the death of a coworker within Blue Ridge Parkway. Pendergraft was previously charged with Second Degree Murder after an incident this past summer.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Michael A. Basile, 62, was sentenced on December 6, 2018, in Omaha, Nebraska, by United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr., for the crime of embezzlement of Government funds. Judge Rossiter sentenced Basile to 5 years of probation, 150 hours...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - Six individuals were arrested today in Lawrence and charged in federal court in Boston with identity theft and Social Security fraud.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: BRIDGEPORT, CT - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Lamar Outdoor Advertising Company have renewed an alliance to help protect the safety and health of employees in the outdoor advertising industry in Connecticut and western Massachusetts.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos: This letter is regarding Phase II of the solicitation for the Next Generation Processing and Servicing System (“NextGen") which will determine the future of customer service provided to more than 42 million federal student loan borrowers throughout this country. The Department’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Mexican national was sentenced in federal court today after being arrested at a local bus station carrying a duffel bag that contained more than six pounds of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - A Memphis man has been sentenced to 100 months in federal prison for selling heroin. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: Eight men from around the country were sentenced today and yesterday for participating in an international child pornography production ring, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider of the Eastern District of Michigan, and Special Agent in Charge Timothy Slater of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Detroit Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: For Distribution of Methamphetamine. SOUTH BEND - Anthony Francis, 20 years old, of Mishawaka, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio after pleading guilty to distribution of more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch. Francis was sentenced to...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today that pharmaceutical company Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. (Actelion), a seller of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) drugs, has agreed to pay $360 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to Medicare patients through a purportedly independent charitable foundation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: to Receive Project Safe Neighborhood Award.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
Release: Washington, DC, December 6, 2018 - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today empowered local schools with additional options to serve healthy and appealing meals. A final rule on school meal flexibilities, to be published later this month in the Federal Register, increases local flexibility in implementing...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: Washington - The Petersen House (House Where Lincoln Died) will temporarily close for preservation work from January 1 through Feb. 28, 2019. During this time, workers will update the historic wallpaper and perform general preservation and maintenance work on the historic structure that was left over from last year’s closure.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A former Louisville Metro Police Department officer has pleaded guilty before United States District Judge David J. Hale for enticement, attempted enticement, possession of child pornography, transfer of obscene materials to a minor and distribution of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - IRVIN MAYFIELD, age 40, and RONALD MARKHAM, age 39, both residents of New Orleans, Louisiana, were charged by a federal grand jury in a 24-count second superseding indictment for conspiracy, wire fraud, mail fraud, money laundering, obstruction of justice, and false statements announced the United States Attorney’s Office.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that the government of Morocco has agreed to allow imports of U.S. beef and beef products into Morocco. 2018 is the first year that U.S. beef and poultry exporters have access to Morocco’s market under the terms of the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Morocco opened its market to U.S. poultry in August, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the filing of a criminal complaint charging FABIO BRETAS DE FREITAS...
