News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: Agrees to 60-Month Prison Term. NEWARK, N.J. - A Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, man today admitted his role in a conspiracy that fraudulently obtained more than $24 million from the Post 9/11 GI Bill, a federal education benefits program designed to help veterans who served in the armed forces following the...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that William Robert Rosica, 51, of Irondequoit NY, who was convicted of cyberstalking and computer intrusion, was sentenced to 60 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Franklin B. Trell has been sentenced for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering. For over seven years, Trell used myriad corporate entities, complex financial arrangements, doctored financial statements, and false statements to defraud multiple financial institutions and one of Trell’s largest investors out of approximately $20 million dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Andrew Goldberg (35, Sanford) to 30 years and 5 months in federal prison for attempting to entice minors to engage in sexual activity and distributing child pornography. As part of the sentence, the Court also ordered him to serve a life term of supervision following his release from prison.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - In response to President Trump’s order to review regulations that unnecessarily impede energy development, the Bureau of Land Management announced today that it will consider amending the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP) to seek greater opportunities for renewable energy generation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a registered sex offender in Springfield, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court today to receiving and distributing thousands of images of child pornography over the Internet.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $3 million in funding for 10 projects to help American manufacturers leverage the national laboratories' high performance computing (HPC) capabilities to address manufacturing challenges through state-of-the-art modeling, simulation, and data...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: Defendant Was Responsible for Distribution of More Than 1,000 Kilograms of Cocaine through Drug Couriers and the U.S. Mail.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Daniel Stimmel, 52, of Goose Creek, South Carolina, was sentenced to 46 months imprisonment and ordered to pay more than $4,000,000 in restitution for running a car theft scheme while employed as a fleet manager of Emerson Network Power (ENP) of Columbus, Ohio, from 2003 to 2016. ENP, now known as Vertiv, was formerly an operating subsidiary of Emerson Electric Company and became an independent entity after Stimmel’s scheme concluded.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: UKIAH, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management will accept public comments to help develop an off-highway vehicle grant proposal to the California State Parks, Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division, during an open house meeting on Feb. 13, from 5:30 - 7 p.m. at the Ukiah Field Office, 2550 North State Street, Suite 2, Ukiah.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jeremy Jorge, 21, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to distribution of fentanyl before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Mark A. Beckham was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for obstructing the administration of the internal revenue laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: A former Miami newspaper publisher, mortgage broker, mortgage lender and real estate agent was sentenced in federal court today to serve 180 months imprisonment for leading a $20 million mortgage fraud scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service has selected Palmer "Chip" Jenkins, Jr., to be the next superintendent at Mount Rainier National Park. Jenkins replaces Randy King who retired in January.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A guidance counselor with the Pleasantville public school district today admitted defrauding New Jersey state health benefits programs and other insurers out of over $3 million by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito and New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Rene Rolando Ceron-Flores (39, El Salvador) to four years in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States after having been previously deported. He pleaded guilty on Oct. 31, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Man with Skull Mask, Lobos Hoodie, Robs Albuquerque Bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - William T. Hopmeier, 47, St. Louis, was indicted on Feb. 1, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Franklin B. Trell has been sentenced for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering. For over seven years, Trell used myriad corporate entities, complex financial arrangements, doctored financial statements, and false statements to defraud multiple financial institutions and one of Trell’s largest investors out of approximately $20 million dollars.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - The public is invited to comment on a proposed fee increase from $30 to $50 for the Tri-Park Pass, an annual pass that allows visitors unlimited entry to the three fee-charging national parks in Hawai‘i: Hawai‘i Volcanoes and Haleakalā National Parks, and Pu‘uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park.
