News from December 2018
By Commerce News Now | Dec 19, 2018
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Dec. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: FORT WAYNE -Dumitru Tirlea, 46, of Nottingham, United Kingdom had a two count indictment returned against him for attempting to defraud a financial institution and possessing access device making equipment, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: Used the Social Security Number of a United States Citizen.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: Manassas National Battlefield Park will begin deer management operations in 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: KINDERHOOK, NEW YORK - “Kinderhook" translates from Old Dutch to English as Children’s Corner. It’s a well-fitting choice as children are the future of our community.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Edward Sypher, Jr., formerly the Chief Financial Officer of Long Island mortgage lender Vanguard Funding, LLC (Vanguard), was sentenced by United States District Judge Sandra J. Feuerstein to 18 months’ imprisonment to be followed by three years’...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Reno man who actively sought babysitting opportunities with families with young girls so he could potentially exploit the children was sentenced Tuesday to 84 months in prison to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: Join us for the film festival, Innovation: Transportation During the Homestead Era, Saturdays and Sundays in January and February of 2019, at 2:00 p.m., in the Homestead National Monument of America’s Education Center. This year’s film festival will kick-off on Saturday January 5, and will feature films...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A former resident of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of five years and 10 months, to be followed by three years of supervised release, on charges of bank robbery and Hobbs Act robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Five defendants, including four from the Kansas City, Mo., metropolitan area, have been indicted for their roles in a $770,000 drug-trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A former resident of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of five years and 10 months, to be followed by three years of supervised release, on charges of bank robbery and Hobbs Act robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: Eight Dallas-area pharmacy owners and marketers were charged in an indictment unsealed today for their roles in a scheme involving approximately $92 million in compound drug claims to TRICARE and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), which were allegedly the product of over $9.1 million in illegal kickbacks.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Dorothy Elizabeth Lantz, 37, of Anchorage, Alaska, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline, to serve 40 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after previously pleading guilty to three counts of distribution of a controlled substance.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News man pleaded guilty today to his role in two bank robberies.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX -This week, Kelton Treyvon Prentiss, 23, of Camp Verde, Ariz., was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge David G. Campbell to 12 months and one day in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Prentiss had previously pleaded guilty to assault on a federal officer.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Gershon Barkany was sentenced by United States District Judge Joseph F. Bianco to 56 months’ imprisonment to be followed by three years’ supervised release for orchestrating a Ponzi scheme over four years that caused investors to lose approximately...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Russell Broga, 51, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James Peterson to two years of probation and fined $150,000. Judge Peterson ordered Broga to pay the fine immediately. On Oct. 30, 2018, Broga pleaded guilty to tax evasion for tax year 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: A top sales representative was sentenced to prison today for his participation in a money laundering conspiracy involving alcohol and drug addiction treatment centers and clinical laboratories.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that WOOJAE JUNG, a/k/a “Steve Jung," pled guilty today to one of count of securities fraud relating to his scheme to buy stock based on material nonpublic information. JUNG’s plea was taken by U.S. Magistrate Judge Debra Freeman and will be transmitted to U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan for consideration.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced this morning that it would now only require U.S. LNG exporters to report the country or countries of LNG deliveries, not country of end-use, to satisfy the DOE’s destination reporting requirement. Further, DOE announced additional efforts to streamline the reporting requirements for LNG export supply sales and contracts.