News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: Michael D’Alessio Also Pled to Making False Claims and Concealing Assets in Connection with His Bankruptcy Case.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A former resident of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of five years, to be followed by three years of supervised release, on his conviction on charges of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke signed a document that will extend protections around Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge in Florida - which Roosevelt himself created more than a century ago.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: Narcotic seizures are among the largest in District of Oregon history.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney John H. Durham, Special Agent in Charge Brian C. Turner of the FBI’s New Haven Division, and Special Agent in Charge Kristina O’Connell of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England today announced that, on November 6, 2018, a federal grand jury in New Haven returned two indictments...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to two charges of possession of a firearm or ammunition by a convicted felon, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, COLO. - The Bureau of Reclamation has awarded two grants to Colorado Parks and Wildlife for seven state parks in Western Colorado owned by Reclamation. The first is a $3.065 million management, operation and maintenance grant and the second is a $776,182 aquatic nuisance species prevention grant. The grants will be used at Rifle Gap, Vega, Crawford, Paonia, Ridgway, Mancos/Jackson Gulch and Navajo.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Joseph Racine and Arnouse Merlien were sentenced to federal prison for conspiracy to violate the federal income tax laws by purposely misrepresenting to the IRS that their clients were qualified to receive certain tax credits and deductions on their federal tax returns. Racine was the owner of JSR Westend Tax Services, located in Atlanta, Georgia and JSR Tax Services, located in Greenacres, Florida. Merlien was the office manager of JSR Tax Services in Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, the United States filed a civil complaint against UBS AG and several of its United States affiliates (together, UBS), alleging that UBS defrauded investors throughout the United States and the world in connection with its sale of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) in 2006-2007.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: The National Parks of Eastern North Carolina are pleased to announce that Dr. Tracy A. Ziegler has been selected to serve as the new chief of resource management and science for Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Cape Lookout National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, Moores Creek National...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A federal court in Las Vegas, Nevada, permanently enjoined six individuals and 14 corporate entities from activities related to an alleged mail fraud scheme, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - The Southern District of Texas (SDTX) extends its appreciation to Attorney General (AG) Jeff Sessions for his leadership of the Department of Justice during his tenure as Attorney General. He was a prosecutor’s prosecutor and unwavering in his support of US Attorneys as well as state & local law enforcement across the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: Faces Mandatory Life in Prison. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Joplin, Mo., man has been convicted by a federal trial jury of leading a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Jasper County, Mo. Donald B. Loomis, 36, was found guilty on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, of participating in a conspiracy to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. - Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini was joined by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Nassau County Police Department, and the Long Island Heroin Task Force, comprising officers from the Suffolk County...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A former Narragansett, RI, police officer pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence today to a charge of transfer of obscene material to a minor, announced United States Attorney Stephen G. Dambruch, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Boston Division Harold H. Shaw, and Colonel Ann C. Assumpico, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jason Blackwood, 46, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 84 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for using and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence in relation to a June 2016, armed bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: SHAWN N. ANDERSON, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that defendant MARKHAM LYNCH, age 52, from Tamuning, was sentenced today in District Court by Senior District Judge Alex R. Munson for Conspiracy to Commit Marriage Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371. Defendant LYNCH was sentenced to 50 hours of community service, two years probation, $8,500 fine, and a $100 special assessment fee.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that yesterday in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced RENEE CHRISTINE BORUNDA, 36, of Greensboro, North Carolina, to 37 months in federal prison followed by 3 years of supervised release following her...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: Chief Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl sentenced WILLIAM TYLER MIDGETT, 32, of Evansville, Wyoming on Nov. 1, 2018 for being a felon and unlawful user of controlled substance in possession of a firearm and possession of firearm not registered in the national firearms registration and...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - Two employees of SK Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. (SK), a large multinational corporation based in the Republic of Korea (South Korea), were charged today with participating in a scheme to defraud the United States by submitting fraudulent subcontracts to conceal bribes and kickbacks paid to an American public official, in relation to U.S. Army construction contracts in South Korea.
