News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bronx, New York, man is charged with carrying out a scheme to use bogus information and simultaneous loan applications at multiple banks to fraudulently obtain home equity lines of credit, a practice known as “shotgunning," U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - After a four-day trial, a federal jury found Jimmy D. Maldonado, 37, and Mayra L. Maldonado, 31, both of Fresno, guilty of three counts of wire fraud in a scheme to fraudulently obtain payments from a military recruitment program for the California Army National Guard, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A former office manager of New England Anesthesiologists, Inc., and president of Anesthesia Management Consultants, LLC, was sentenced today to 37 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $700,000 dollars from bank accounts belonging to the medical firm and to an employee 401(k) pension fund. The total amount of restitution to be paid has bot yet been determined.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: OAKLAND - Richard Straight, Jenna Jeanne Allec, and Kenneth Lee Kemp were each sentenced today for their respective roles in an interstate firearms trafficking scheme announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - At its Thursday meeting, members of the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail (ACRJ) Board voted to uphold current jail policy to notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) up to 48 hours in advance of an alien’s release from local custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: A man in possession of stolen handguns, who also conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced Jan. 24, 2018, to 12 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: Wilmington, Del. - David C. Weiss, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware entered judgment in the amount of $16,223,091.38 against Orthopaedic and Neuro Imaging LLC (ONI) for submitting false claims for Medicare reimbursement. Under the terms of the judgment, ONI’s owner, Richard Pfarr, is jointly and severally liable for $6,125,947.13.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TOSH TOUSSAINT, age 27, has pleaded guilty to one count of possession with the intent to distribute cocaine base, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 841(b)(1)(C), and one count of possession and use of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c).
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, all Democratic Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sent a letter asking Chairman Trey Gowdy to issue a subpoena to finally compel the Department of Homeland Security to produce documents it has been withholding from Congress for months relating to Russian government-backed efforts to monitor, penetrate, or otherwise hack at least 21 state election systems in the 2016 election.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - United States Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Kahwahnas Nucumbhi Potts, age 38, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, was arrested today on federal charges related to his possession of stolen mail, aggravated identity theft and credit card fraud. Potts remains in federal custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Eric Massey (41) and Meldon Foster (44), both of Jacksonville, have pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin. Their co-defendant, Jaris Anacreon (33, Miami) pleaded guilty to the same offense on Dec. 21, 2017. All three men face a minimum mandatory penalty of 5 years, up to 40 years, in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: A former Major at Louisiana State Penitentiary (LSP) in Angola, Louisiana, was found guilty Friday in federal court for conspiring to cover up the beating of a handcuffed and shackled inmate, and for writing a false report, falsifying official records, and lying under oath about what happened.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERT BOWENS, 34, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 76 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that the United States Attorney’s Office continued its firm commitment to upholding the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The U.S. Attorney’s Office provided the presenter on an ADA Workshop for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A former member of the Planning Commission for the City of Westminster was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison for taking a $15,000 bribe to help a person obtain a liquor license.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An MS-13 member was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for RICO conspiracy involving attempted murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Noel, Mo., sex offender pleaded guilty in federal court today to charges related to child sexual exploitation and illegally possessing firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Carlos Javier Figueroa, a/k/a/ Javi, a/k/a Big Bro, 39, Roberto Figueroa, 42, Leitscha Poncedeleon, 28, and Orlando Yelder, 36, Jose Justiniano-Rodriguez, 18, Jashua Figueroa, 19, and Obed Torres, 21, all of Rochester, were arrested ...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: On Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 at 10:00 a.m., the Committee on Education and the Workforce will hold a hearing on "Protecting Privacy, Promoting Policy: Evidence-Based Policymaking and the Future of Education." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Democratic leaders sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today raising serious concerns over the extended delay in releasing grant applications for the Title X family planning program. The letter was signed by Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO).