News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and James P. O’Neill, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation has released a report that identifies innovative approaches to improve drought resiliency within the Washita Basin in Oklahoma. The study specifically looked at Foss and Fort Cobb Reservoirs, and the approach can be applied anywhere across the Western United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: Anderson, South Carolina - United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that brothers Soeuth Ath, 46, and Sean Ath, 54, both of Spartanburg, South Carolina, were among five men sentenced to federal prison for their roles in bi-coastal methamphetamine, marijuana, and money laundering conspiracies.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Celia Yvette Gamet to three years in federal prison for theft of government money and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Christian Henry Dorsch Jr., 49, of Vacaville, charging him with possessing methamphetamine for distribution and possession of a controlled substance, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: A Columbus man was indicted for illegally selling firearms, including guns used in drug trafficking, as well as laundering drug profits.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian C. Turner, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that MICHAEL KMEC, 40, of Marlborough, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of wire fraud related to an embezzlement scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - District Court Judge Wilma A. Lewis, on Nov. 13, 2018, sentenced Sergio Quinones-Davila, age 44, of Orlando, Florida, to 276 months (23 yrs) in prison for conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, United States Attorney...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: Washington - On Oct, 24, 2018, the Paris Livestock Auction LLC, Paris, Texas, waived its right to a hearing, entered into a stipulation agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and paid a penalty of $3,000 for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: Two men from Lorain were indicted for selling fentanyl.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2018 - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of sixteen members to serve on the National Watermelon Promotion Board. The appointees will serve three-year terms from Jan. 1, 2019, to Dec. 31, 2021.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2018—The USDA Forest Service is supporting fire suppression efforts in California, where two massive wildfires burn at opposite ends of the state. Both fires started on November 8.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: Today, the United States Department of Justice and Department of Agriculture hosts the first Rural and Tribal Elder Justice Summit in Des Moines, Iowa. Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker and Secretary Sonny Perdue for the Department of Agriculture announced the summit in a joint statement on June 15, 2018. The Summit will focus on supporting the efforts of elder justice professionals to combat elder abuse and financial exploitation in rural and tribal communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: George Patton and Henry Patton both pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiring to defraud the United States, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin for the Middle District of North Carolina. George Patton also pleaded guilty to evading payment of his individual income taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: South Korea-based companies SK Energy Co. Ltd., GS Caltex Corporation, and Hanjin Transportation Co. Ltd. have agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges and pay a total of approximately $82 million in criminal fines for their involvement in a decade-long bid-rigging conspiracy that targeted contracts ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: The owner of two Detroit-area clinics was sentenced to 160 months in prison today for her role in a scheme involving approximately $8.9 million in fraudulent Medicare claims for home health care and other physician services that were procured through the payment of kickbacks, were not medically necessary, were not actually provided, or were provided by an unlicensed physician.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: Three individuals who operated Flexabar Corporation, a paint and coating manufacturer in Lakewood, New Jersey, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to the illegal production and distribution of pesticides. Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Bossert Clark and EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Assistant Administrator Susan Bodine made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: Adam Raishani, aka “Saddam Mohamed Raishani,” 32, of the Bronx, New York, pleaded guilty to attempting to provide and conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: A Las Vegas, Nevada, tax return preparer was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for aiding and assisting in the filing of false tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
