News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Burlington, New Jersey, man was arrested Friday for his role in a telemedicine scheme to prescribe expensive compounded medications to patients who did not need them, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that a federal jury has found Sean Justin Owens (35, Jacksonville) guilty of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Owens faces a mandatory minimum term of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Feb. 26, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michelle Vanessa Cecala, 24, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession and importation of a controlled substance, and smuggling goods into the United States. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Daniel Villafane-Lozada, 23, of Cassadaga, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to possession of child pornography involving a prepubescent minor. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Hopewell Township, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 7 years’ imprisonment on his conviction of distribution of fentanyl, which he acknowledged caused the death of a victim identified as L.K., United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: PRICE, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Price Field Office is seeking public comment on an environmental assessment (EA) for a public land sale of approximately 200 acres in Emery County, south of Castle Dale. The lands would be offered for sale to PacifiCorp non-competitively due to the lack of public access and the company’s ownership of the surrounding lands, pursuant to 43 CFR 2711.3-3(a)(4). This notice initiates a 15-day public comment period.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Tammy L. Yoho, a/k/a “Tammy Louise Black," 54, of Blythewood, South Carolina, was sentenced to over three years in federal prison for theft of government funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal jury found Benjamin Macias, 40, of Sacramento, guilty today of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, distribution of cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen and U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - Joseph Buenviaje, 53, of Berlin, New Hampshire, was arrested and appeared in federal court today on charges of bribery of a public official and providing contraband in prison, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray and Guido Modano, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General’s New York Field Office announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: BOSTON- A dual citizen of Iran and Canada was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for international money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced today that Emmanuel Delcastillo, age 26, of Tobyhanna, pleaded guilty on Nov. 14, 2018, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Karoline Mehalchick to distributing heroin in July 2014.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced $98 million in funding for 40 new projects as part of OPEN 2018, the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA‑E) latest open funding opportunity. These funds will support some of America’s top energy innovators’ R&D projects as they seek to develop technologies to transform the nation’s energy system.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Christopher M. Arguelles, 34, of Pensacola, pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court in Pensacola to possession and access with intent to view child pornography. The guilty plea was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Columbia, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for a $1.1 million investment fraud scheme.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: National Protection and Programs Directorate WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) hosted the inaugural meeting of the nation’s first Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Supply Chain Risk Management Task Force. The task force is a public-private partnership formed ...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: Rural Residents in 34 States will Benefit WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2018 – Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced that USDA is investing $501 million in 60 projects to help improve health care infrastructure and services in rural communities nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement with Atrium Health, formerly known as Carolinas HealthCare System (“Atrium”). The settlement prohibits Atrium from using anticompetitive steering restrictions in contracts between commercial health insurers and its providers in ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: Israel Birman pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California to filing a false federal tax return on which he failed to report interest income he earned from bank accounts at Bank Leumi Le-Israel B.M., announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: A Houston, Texas man was convicted by a federal jury yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas of two conspiracies and tax crimes, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: A former employee for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was sentenced to serve 24 months in prison for aggravated identity theft, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Byung J. Pak for the Northern District of Georgia.
