News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence woman pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to making false statements on her naturalization application.
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: Due to the increased risk of wildfire in the region, Valles Caldera National Preserve will enter Stage II fire restrictions on Friday, May 4, 2018 at 8:00 AM. These restrictions are necessary to help land management agencies reduce fire risk and prevent wildfires.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Alrenzon Yazzie, 20, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Sanostee, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 36 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on an involuntary manslaughter charge.
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho - In partnership with the local Coeur d’Alene Audubon Society, the Bureau of Land Management’s Coeur d’Alene Field Office will hold a Migratory Bird Day event at BLM’s Blackwell Island recreation site on Saturday, May 19. The free event will begin at 9 a.m. and end at 2 p.m. Bird lovers of all ages are invited to celebrate “The Year of the Bird" at this hands-on, family-oriented event.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Mark Gillis, age 48, of Saranac Lake, New York, was sentenced today to time served, to be followed by 1 year of home detention, for defrauding customers of his brokerage firm out of nearly $400,000.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that EZRA CHOWAIKI pled guilty today to defrauding art dealers and collectors out of millions of dollars by entering into fraudulent agreements with these dealers and collectors to buy or sell artwork...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment yesterday charging JOHN FAUCHER, 40, with possession of contraband in a federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Emanuel Mois, 25, of Citrus Heights, was arraigned today on an indictment charging him with receipt of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOE Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced four funding opportunities totaling up to $78 million to support early-stage bioenergy research and development under the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office.
By USDA Newswire | May 3, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 30,000 metric tons of soybean oil for delivery to Peru during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Columbia-based MassTech, Inc., its former Chief Executive Officer, Arnold Lee, and its former Chief Financial Officer, Richard Lee, have agreed to pay the United States $1.9 million to resolve allegations that MassTech falsely certified it was a small business concern in order to obtain Small Business Innovation Research (“SBIR") awards.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: Former Arkansas State Senator and Consultant Convicted for Bribery Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that four defendants pleaded guilty in connection with a large drug trafficking organization operating out of Lockport, NY.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Shelly A. Binkowski, Inspector in Charge for the Boston Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, today announced...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - The owner of two Cambridge-based investment advisory firms was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with a scheme to defraud hedge fund investors.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury has charged Matthew Ashcraft, also known as Andrew McCormick, 32, of Covington, Ky., with wire fraud and aggravated identity in an indictment returned here yesterday. Ashcraft, who was arrested today by FBI agents, allegedly devised a scheme in attempt to defraud a victims’ fund in a lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington.
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: FOLSOM, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation will conduct a second contract negotiation session with the Sacramento Suburban Water District on contract terms and conditions for a long-term Warren Act contract.
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: DOLORES, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management is now accepting applications for the 2018 Canyons of the Ancients National Monument Artist-in-Residence program. Applications for the program are due by May 18.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Nathan VanBuren, a former Cumming police officer, was sentenced to federal prison for accepting bribes and unlawfully accessing a confidential law enforcement database.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Antonio Ruelas, 32, of Rio Rancho, N.M., was sentenced late yesterday afternoon in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 30 months of imprisonment based on his previously entered guilty plea to a marijuana trafficking conspiracy charge. Ruelas will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
