News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that seven defendants have been indicted on charges related to two murders.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: In San Antonio today, a federal jury convicted San Antonio attorney and District 19 Texas State Senator Carlos I. Uresti and his business partner, Gary L. Cain, on all charges for their roles in a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors out of millions of dollars, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A formerly licensed physician, Nicholas J. Capos Jr., 67, of Yuba City, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to four years and four months in prison for selling prescriptions of controlled substances such as oxycodone and methadone, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and DEA Special Agent-in-Charge John J. Martin announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: FBI Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense Against Child ID Theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA -Christopher Wigfall, also known as “Frank," of Randallstown, Maryland, was found guilty today by a jury of selling heroin in the Eastern Panhandle, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Bronson Tony, 45, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Gallup, N.M., was sentenced today in Santa Fe, N.M., federal court to a six-month term of imprisonment followed by one year of supervised release for making false statements to the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Miami-Area Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Role in $63 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: A Mexican man who unlawfully possessed fraudulent identification documents was sentenced today to more than two months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that Joseph Norko, 50, of Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, pleaded guilty today to two counts of attempted online enticement and one count of interstate travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Defendant, a Member of the Italian Armed Services, Illegally Exported Night Vision Goggles and Assault Rifle Parts from the U.S. to Italy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Plea Agreement Recommends 15-Year Prison Sentence.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen participated in a roundtable discussion on cybersecurity hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI). Secretary Nielsen was joined by Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and National Security Agency Director Admiral Mike Rogers, as well as representatives from the private sector.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2018 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced that it is looking for innovative ideas to promote work and self-sufficiency among able-bodied adults participating in the department’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The public is invited to provide input ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2018 -- The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) recently celebrated the opening of its new office in Hanoi, Vietnam. The office will play a vital role in helping expand the United States’ $2.5 billion-dollar agricultural export market in Vietnam.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2018 – Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today unveiled a new webpage featuring resources to help rural communities respond to the opioid crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions and law enforcement partners announced today the largest coordinated sweep of elder fraud cases in history. The cases involve more than two hundred and fifty defendants from around the globe who victimized more than a million Americans, most of whom were elderly. The cases ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that BMW Financial Services, N.A. (BMW FS) has agreed to pay over $2 million to resolve allegations that it violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) by failing to refund a type of up-front lease payment to 492 servicemembers who lawfully terminated their ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice today filed denaturalization lawsuits against five individuals who, according to the Department’s complaints, unlawfully procured their United States citizenship by concealing their sexual abuse of minor victims during the naturalization process.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: A Miami-area man was sentenced to 60 months in prison today for his role in a $63 million health care fraud scheme involving a now-defunct community mental health center located in Miami that purported to provide partial hospitalization program (PHP) services to individuals suffering from mental illness.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Earlier today, Eliu Elixander Lorenzana-Cordon, 46, previously residing in La Reforma, Guatemala, was sentenced to life in prison following a trial in March 2016, where he was found guilty of conspiring to illegally import into the United States and distribute multi-ton quantities of cocaine.
