News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland -Maryland State Senator Nathaniel Thomas Oaks, age 71, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to one count of wire fraud and one count of honest services wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that two Alaska residents have been charged for attempting to smuggle drugs into the State of Alaska Department of Corrections (“DOC") Mat-Su Pretrial Correctional Facility (“Mat-Su Pretrial") in Palmer.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: Albert Samukia Jones Saye, a/k/a “Albert Jones," the owner of several now-defunct sober homes was sentenced in federal court today to more than 5 years in prison and ordered to pay over $2 million in restitution, for his role in a health care fraud conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A criminal bill of indictment was unsealed today in federal court, charging Nickolas M. Godfrey, 39, of Fort Mill, South Carolina, with securities fraud, wire fraud, and transactional money laundering in connection with a $1 million investment fraud scheme and a related tax evasion scheme, announced R. Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - On March 28, 2018, U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa sentenced Farzaneh Akhavi, 59, to 84 months in prison and ordered her to pay $1.7 million in restitution. Akhavi had previously pleaded guilty to bank and wire fraud, transactional money laundering, and tax evasion. Akhavi was immediately taken into custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: A man who sold crack cocaine and had a shotgun in his house was sentenced today to more than a year in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: BUTTE - Following an eight-day trial with testimony from thirty-two government witnesses, Joseph Brent Loftis, 63, of Corona Del Mar, California, was convicted by a Montana jury of five counts of wire fraud and two counts of money laundering. Loftis faces a maximum of 20 years imprisonment for each count...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal jury found a Houston physician and the owner of a pain management clinic guilty for their roles in running a “pill mill" that provided tens of thousands of unlawful prescriptions for millions of doses of opioids and other controlled substances. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Acting...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury has indicted today six MS-13 members, five of whom were unlawfully in the United States, on charges in connection with their MS-13 gang activities, including racketeering conspiracy; murder in aid of racketeering; violent crimes in aid of racketeering; use, carry and possession of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence; and conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Clayton man was sentenced last week to 168 months in prison for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute and firearms charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - An indictment has been unsealed charging Frank V. Monte (38, Valrico) and Kimberley S. Anderson (50, New Port Richey) with one count of conspiracy, five counts of paying healthcare kickbacks, one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, and three counts of illegal monetary transactions.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, DC, March 29, 2018 - As part of Agriculture Secretary Perdue’s strategic goal of ensuring that our programs are delivered efficiently, effectively and with integrity, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) announced an enhanced focus on program integrity today, that will include renewed attention on transparency, payment accuracy, fraud and waste prevention, and improved quality control.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A criminal bill of indictment was unsealed today in federal court, charging Nickolas M. Godfrey, 39, of Fort Mill, South Carolina, with securities fraud, wire fraud, and transactional money laundering in connection with a $1 million investment fraud scheme and a related tax evasion scheme, announced R. Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced today that Stevie Alejandro, 31, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARQUICE RUMLEY, 27, of Ansonia, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, cocaine base (“crack cocaine").
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: Albert Samukia Jones Saye, a/k/a “Albert Jones," the owner of several now-defunct sober homes was sentenced in federal court today to more than 5 years in prison and ordered to pay over $2 million in restitution, for his role in a health care fraud conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York entered a consent decree today barring Riddhi USA Inc., of Ronkonoma, New York, and its owner, Mohd M. Alam, from distributing adulterated and misbranded dietary supplements pending required remedial action.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment charging six defendants with narcotics conspiracy and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Named in the indictment are.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Michael Dziatkowicz, of Weirton, West Virginia, admitted today to possessing child pornography, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Michael Dziatkowicz, of Weirton, West Virginia, admitted today to possessing child pornography, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
