News from July 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: FARGO - U.S. Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on July 18, 2018, Acting DEA Administrator Uttam Dhillon recognized a team of investigators and prosecutors with the "Administrator’s Award for Outstanding Group Achievement" at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. today for their teamwork in investigating a trans-national opiate trafficking organization. This is the first time an investigation in North Dakota has received this prestigious honor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: HONOLULU - Janell Purdy, 40, a resident of Wailuku, Hawaii, was sentenced today to 50 months’ imprisonment for her role in conspiring to embezzle from the First Hawaiian Homes Federal Credit Union on Molokai. As part of her sentence, Purdy must also pay $949,736.36 in restitution and serve 3 years of...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: Dear Chairmen Enzi and Womack: I write in response to your July 16, 2018 letter informing me of your opposition to adjusting budget caps to account for costs associated with the Veteran’s Affairs (VA) Choice program, which was transferred to the discretionary side of the budget under the VA MISSION...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - On April 12, 2018, a federal grand jury returned a seven-count indictment against Angela Milton, 35, of Fresno, charging her with aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of false and fraudulent tax returns, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - An executive with dual U.S.-Venezuelan citizenship pleaded guilty Monday for his role in a scheme to bribe officials of Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company, Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Rio Rancho Police Find Man Wanted on Federal Arrest Warrant.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Latham, New York-based medical device manufacturer AngioDynamics, Inc. has agreed to pay the United States a total of $12.5 million to resolve allegations that the company caused healthcare providers to submit false claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal healthcare programs relating to the use of two medical devices, LC Bead and the Perforator Vein Ablation Kit (PVAK), the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A West Virginia resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: Chairman Lou Barletta (R-PA). Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. Hearing on “Are We Ready? Recovering from 2017 Disasters and Preparing for the 2018 Hurricane Season". July 18, 2018. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). From hurricanes to floods and wildfires, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York entered a consent decree and permanent injunction against defendants Euroline Foods, LLC, Royal Seafood Baza, Inc., the companies’ owner/operators Eduard Shnayder, Syoma Shnayder and Albert Niyazov, and operator Oleg Polischouk to...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
Release: SAN DIEGO - Officials with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and San Diego International Airport (SAN) are prepared for what is projected to be one of the busiest weeks of the 2018 summer travel season.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury today unsealed an indictment charging El’Shawn Williams, an officer in the Put-in-Bay Police Department, with using excessive force against a man in custody, and then making false statements and writing false reports to cover it up. The indictment alleges that Williams, 28, punched and struck the victim multiple times in the head and body, causing him bodily injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Sinjin Cameron, age 25, of McLaughlin, South Dakota, was sentenced to 144 months in federal prison for his conviction of Voluntary Manslaughter.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Porsha D. Dickens, 44, of Vallejo, pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to submit false claims for tax refunds to the Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that FRANCISCO MEDARDO-SANTOS, age 32, a native of El Salvador, was sentenced today to time served by U.S. District Court Judge Susie Morgan for illegal use of a Social Security number, in violation of Title 42, United States Code, Section 408(a)(7)(B).
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: FARGO, N.D. - A team of investigators, led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and prosecutors were recognized Wednesday for their work on Operation Denial, a criminal investigation of a trans-national opioid trafficking organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: Ocala, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton today sentenced Michael Philip Auld (31, Ocala) to 27 years and 3 months in federal prison for distributing child pornography. Following the prison sentence, Auld, a registered sex offender, must serve a lifetime on federal supervised release. The court also ordered him to forfeit a cellphone he had used in the commission of the crime. Auld pleaded guilty on April 3, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - An Indian Springs, Nevada, man who rammed his ATV into a gate securing the Devils Hole area, destroyed a surveillance camera and equipment, then harmed pupfish, an endangered species, pleaded guilty today in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada and Superintendent Mike Reynolds for Death Valley National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: Defendant was Recorded Presiding Over Meeting of MS-13 Leaders from Across the Country.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TRINA ROBAIR, age 44, and MICHAEL REED, age 62, both of New Orleans, Louisiana were charged yesterday with a one count Bill of Information charging them with Bank Larceny in relation to stealing at least $149,500 from an elderly deceased woman for whom ROBAIR was a caretaker, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2113(b).
