News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: President and CEO of Las Vegas Investment Company Convicted of $1.5 Billion Ponzi Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Two Kansas City, Mo., men were sentenced in federal court today for their roles in a conspiracy to commit 10 armed robberies at local businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Reginald Henderson, 26, of Jackson, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge David C. Bramlette III to serve a total of 150 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for armed carjacking and brandishing a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Christopher Freeze, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on Nov. 27, 2018, United States District Judge Christina Reiss sentenced John Jones, a.k.a. “Champ," of Springfield, Massachusetts, following his conviction at trial of conspiracy to distribute heroin and 28 grams or...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Roderick Simpson, 44, of Hattiesburg, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to 121 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Assistant Special Agent in Charge Derryle Smith with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Simpson was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to Social Security fraud.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: Senators Murray and Hassan, advocates, and sexual assault survivors urged Secretary DeVos to withdraw her rule, listen to students and survivors, and aggressively implement student protections
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Fred Swan, Jr., 30, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of Hobbs Act Robbery, Attempted Hobbs Act Robbery, and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, was sentenced to serve 192 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Four physicians from three states have settled with the United States Government for their roles in a kickback scheme that included West Virginia physicians, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Two Armstrong County residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges relating to Social Security fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: Experience the Geminid Meteor Shower at Homestead National Monument of America.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former physician pleaded guilty today to operating a pill mill that illegally distributed over 600,000 oxycodone pills out of a pain management clinic in Woodbridge.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Mitchell Oren Smith, age 28, an Airman in the U.S. Air Force, pleaded guilty today to abusive sexual contact with a child, which occurred while he resided at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George’s County, Maryland.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: A convicted felon who illegally possessed a gun after previous felony drug convictions was sentenced today to two months in federal prison.
By State Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today voted in favor of discharging a resolution from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to the Senate floor on the U.S. role in Yemen. The Senate advanced S.J.Res.54 by a vote of 63 to 37. Next week, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: One of three brothers to admit to running a three-state heroin & cocaine distribution operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, Aiding and Abetting, and Voluntary Manslaughter was sentenced on Nov. 26, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman announced that more than 100 previous felony offenders possessing firearms have been charged so-far this year as one part of the ongoing Project Safe Neighborhoods effort to tackle violent crime in Metro Louisville.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA, GA - Working in trenches and excavations can be hazardous, and trench collapses pose great risk to workers. To raise awareness of preventable incidents, compliance assistance specialists with the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in the Southeast are conducting outreach to educate employers and employees on the hazards associated with trenching and excavation work.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The former president and CEO of MRI International Inc. (MRI), a purported investment company and medical collections business located in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Tokyo, Japan, was convicted yesterday for his role in a $1.5 billion Ponzi scheme.
