News published on Federal Newswire in March 2018

News from March 2018


Cambridge, Massachusetts Man Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court for Insider Trading

News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that FEI YAN, who works as a post-doctoral associate at a major research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 15 months in prison by U.S. District...


News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - A third man pled guilty today in federal court for his roles in a scheme to commit insurance fraud by arson, announced United States Attorney Michael B. Stuart. James Keith Browning, age 54, of Hanover, Wyoming County, pled guilty to a charge of arson to commit wire fraud before Senior...


News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Anthony Swift, 33, formerly of Hartford, Connecticut, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute fentanyl and heroin.


California Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking in Counterfeit Sports Apparel

News Release: A Mountain House, California man pleaded guilty today in Sacramento for trafficking in counterfeit sports apparel.


Release: Wichita, Kan. - In separate incidents this week, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) discovered two loaded firearms at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport (ICT) at the security screening checkpoint.


News Release: Federal Agents Seize 63 Dogs From Suspected Dog Fighting Ring.


Maryland Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Providing Material Support to ISIS and Terrorism Financing

News Release: Maryland Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Providing Material Support to ISIS and Terrorism Financing.


CEOs and Owner Plead Guilty to Facilitating Substance Abuse Treatment Fraud Scheme Involving Kickbacks

News Release: This week, two CEOs and the owner of Zenith Health Services Inc., Monty Health Care Services, Inc., Peaceful Encounters, LLC, National Diagnostic Testing Inc., and Paramount Health Solutions Inc., pled guilty for their roles in a health care fraud scheme.


Worcester Men Charged with Drug and Firearm Offenses

News Release: BOSTON - Two Worcester men were indicted yesterday in federal court in Worcester for their roles in a fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and crack cocaine conspiracy.


News Release: LOS ANGELES - The lead defendant in a federal case against a sophisticated identity-theft ring that defrauded several victim financial institutions out of millions of dollars was sentenced on Monday to over six years in prison followed by five years of supervised release.


News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Sunshine Marie McEwen (43, Atlantic Beach) to three years and five months in federal prison for failing to register as a sex offender.


News Release: NEW YORK - Yesterday, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Yefferson Rodriguez-Lopez, a member of a violent robbery crew that operated in the New York metropolitan area from 1998 to 2003, was sentenced by United States District Judge Raymond J. Dearie to 18 years’ imprisonment and five years’ supervised...


News Release: DALLAS - Diego Morales-Ramirez, 25, a citizen of Mexico and in the United States illegally, was sentenced Wednesday before U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade for his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.


Steady Containment of Santa Cruz Island Fire

News Release: The Santa Cruz Fire perimeter has not grown the past two days. Containment is still estimated at 60 percent. Intensive efforts by firefighters continue and weather conditions have been favorable.


CEOs and Owner Plead Guilty To Facilitating Substance Abuse Treatment Fraud Scheme Involving Kickbacks

News Release: This week, two CEOs and the owner of Zenith Health Services Inc., Monty Health Care Services, Inc., Peaceful Encounters, LLC, National Diagnostic Testing Inc., and Paramount Health Solutions Inc., pled guilty for their roles in a health care fraud scheme.


News Release: Defendant Knocked Pregnant Victim to Sidewalk and Groped Her.


Pasadena Man Sentenced to 81 Months in Federal Prison for Leading an Organization Engaged in Fraud and Identity Theft

News Release: LOS ANGELES - The lead defendant in a federal case against a sophisticated identity-theft ring that defrauded several victim financial institutions out of millions of dollars was sentenced on Monday to over six years in prison followed by five years of supervised release.


National POW Museum 20th Anniversary Special Film Series

News Release: Release Date: 3/30/18. Contacts: Jake Koch, daniel_koch@nps.gov, 229 924-0343, ext. 201. NR18-07. National POW Museum 20th Anniversary Special Film Series. First film, about the Revolutionary War, to be shown on Saturday, April 7, 2018. ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia - The iconic scene of Washington crossing the...


Federal Jury Finds Charleston Meth Dealer Guilty of Drug Crimes

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.VA. - A federal jury found Don Lamont Wilkerson, 44, of Charleston, guilty of three counts of distributing methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Wilkerson was convicted following a three day jury trial.


17-year-old youth with gun stopped by TSA at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport checkpoint

Release: ROANOKE, Va. - A 17-year-old Roanoke, Virginia, youth was stopped by the Transportation Security Administration with a handgun at the Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport checkpoint Friday, March 30. The TSA officer who was staffing the checkpoint X-ray monitor detected the.38 caliber revolver inside the youth’s carry-on bag. It was not loaded.