News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Late on June 20, 2018, a federal jury convicted Michelle Sylethia Jordan, a/k/a Michelle Harris and Michelle Welsh, age 49; her husband, Michael Paul Anthony Welsh, a/k/a Michael A. Welsh and Michael Paul S. Welsh, age 45, both of Laurel, Maryland; and Carrol Antonio Jackson, a/k/a...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The president of a staffing company was arrested this morning for allegedly used phony invoices and time cards to defraud a commercial finance lending company of $400,000, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Joseph J. Weidman, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to three years probation for failing to register as a sex offender, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: JUNE 21, 2018 - Nonemployer establishments, which are establishments without paid employees, in the Transportation and Warehousing sector (North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 48-49 ) increased by 22.0 percent from 1,528,264 in 2015 to 1,864,990 in 2016, according to U.S. Census Bureau statistics released today. This sector also had the largest percentage increase in receipts, 3.7 percent, from $83.9 billion in 2015 to $87.0 billion in 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: DENVER - A jury in U.S. District Court in Denver today found Jamshid Muhtorov guilty on three counts involving material support to a terrorist organization, U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer announced. The guilty verdicts come after a 19-day trial before Senior U.S. District Court Judge John L. Kane. The defendant was acquitted of an additional count. The Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers joined in today's announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 23 indictments charging 33 defendants. Indictments are charging documents that contain one or more individual counts that are merely accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced William Marion Patterson, III (49, Jacksonville) to seven years in federal prison for receiving child sexual abuse videos and images over the internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK - Michael McCann, age 31, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, and formerly of Ilion, New York, pled guilty today to sexual exploitation of a minor and possession of child pornography. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Janelle M. Miller, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Livingston Regional Hospital, LLC, a LifePoint Health Inc. company, has agreed to pay $784,000 to settle allegations that Livingston Regional Hospital violated the False Claims Act, announced United States Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Ryan T. Card, 22, of Caribou, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to five years in prison and 20 years of supervised release for possessing child pornography. Card pleaded guilty on Feb. 27, 2018.
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: When the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meets next week, we urge you to use the influence of the United States to keep Iran on the FATF’s blacklist and reimpose FATF counter-measures to protect the international financial system from the regime’s money laundering and terrorist...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Larry Watkins, Sr., 51, of Buffalo, NY, with being a felon in possession of ammunition. The charge carries a maximum of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Thomas Owen Haynes II, 46, of Bluefield, West Virginia, pled guilty to one count of Distribution and Receipt of Child Pornography and one count of Possession of Child Pornography. The Receipt and Distribution count is punishable by a minimum five years imprisonment and a maximum of twenty years imprisonment. The Possession count is punishable by up to twenty years imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: The FBI is Seeking the Public’s Assistance in an Englewood Armed Bank Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Chinese national was arrested today and charged in connection with violating export laws by conspiring with employees of an entity affiliated with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to illegally export U.S. origin goods to China, as well as making false statements to obtain a visa to enter the United States and to become a lawful permanent resident under the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa Program.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) convened a hearing yesterday to consider the administration’s decision to impose new tariffs, including on U.S. allies. Finance Committee Republicans made clear to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross the disruptive and negative effects that these tariffs are having on their constituents and U.S. global relations. Take a look at what they had to say...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: IRVIN MAYFIELD, age 40, and RONALD MARKHAM, age 39, both residents of New Orleans, Louisiana, were charged by a federal grand jury in a 23 count superseding indictment for conspiracy, wire fraud, mail fraud, money laundering, and obstruction of justice, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: HOUGHTON, MICH. - In late June and early July, join Keweenaw National Historical Park Ranger Katie Keller for programs celebrating our local Keweenaw heritage. Programs are geared for families and youth ages 5 to 12. Programs are held on Tuesdays at 1 pm and average 45 minutes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Eban Joseph Keith Beyah, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 51 months incarceration for unlawful possession of a firearm, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford man was arrested Wednesday night on drug trafficking charges.
