News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael V. Secchiaroli, 32, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty, before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara, to possession of child pornography involving a prepubescent minor. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal jury has convicted Devaughn Salazar, a/k/a “Snake," 41, of Elmira, NY, of knowingly possessing with intent to distribute and distributing cocaine, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. The charges carry a maximum penalty of life in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2018
News Release: FBI Seeks Information on Missing Fairfax County Juvenile.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 17, 2018
News Release: Making the nation’s electric power grid and oil and natural gas infrastructure resilient to cyber threats is a top priority for the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE). It is a complex challenge that requires an “all hands on deck" approach involving both industry and the public...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2018
News Release: Five people were indicted for firearms violations, U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman said.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 17, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 130,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2018/2019 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2018
News Release: A Miami jury convicted North Miami resident Michael “Mickey" Munday of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and mail fraud after a four-day trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael V. Secchiaroli, 32, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty, before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara, to possession of child pornography involving a prepubescent minor. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Methuen real estate broker pleaded guilty yesterday in connection with a sweeping conspiracy to defraud banks and mortgage companies by engaging in sham “short" sales of residential properties in Merrimack Valley.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 17, 2018
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management will hold a public meeting in Susanville to gather input for the preparation of two programmatic environmental impact statements aimed at reducing wildfires and restoring sagebrush habitat. The meeting is Tuesday, Feb. 6, from 5 to 7 p.m., at the BLM Eagle Lake Field Office, 2550 Riverside Dr.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 17, 2018
News Release: BATTLE MOUNTAIN, Nev. - The Environmental Assessment for parcels of public land nominated for lease in the Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale scheduled for June 12, 2018 on the Bureau of Land Management’s Battle Mountain District is available for public review and comment. These parcels have the potential for future oil and gas exploration and development. The public review period concludes Feb. 15, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Carol Jean Hazer was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison after pleading guilty to running an illegal gambling business and filing false tax returns that failed to list her income from the gambling business.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2018
News Release: Bart Sidney Posey, Sr., 50, a Springfield, Tenn. resident and former owner of the Springfield-based companies American Trade Association (ATA) and Smart Data Solutions (SDS), pleaded guilty yesterday before United States District Judge Aleta A. Trauger, to leading a multi-million dollar insurance fraud scheme that harmed thousands of victims across the country, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A south Florida woman, who purported to be a psychic, was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for impeding the Internal Revenue Service by hiding more than $3.5 million of income that she was paid by an elderly Martha’s Vineyard woman.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2018
News Release: Alleged Al Qaeda Associate Charged With Conspiring to Kill Americans and Other Terrorism Offenses.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 17, 2018
News Release: Madam Chairwoman, I am glad that the Oversight Subcommittee is holding a hearing on the opioid issue as it relates to Medicare. Although overdose rates are highest for people 25 to 54, this public health emergency also affects Medicare beneficiaries.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Clark, 33, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty, before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo, to distribution of 40 grams or more of fentanyl. The charge carries a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $5,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2018
News Release: NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael E. McMahon, the District Attorney for Richmond County, James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the guilty plea of MACHLI JOSEPH in connection with his embezzlement of over $700,000 in funds intended for Baruch College for the rental of their athletic facilities. JOSEPH pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Paul A. Crotty to conversion and misapplication of money from a program receiving federal funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on three charges of coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity, three charges of production of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, and one charge of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
