News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MICHAEL ARNSTEIN was sentenced today to nine months in prison for conspiring to forge a federal judge’s signature on counterfeit court orders that ARNSTEIN submitted to Google to get negative reviews...
By State Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding reports that the Trump Administration is moving toward withdrawal from the 1987 Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF)...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man convicted of assault of a federal officer was sentenced on Oct. 15, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: Three Federal Arrests in Six Days Involving Exploitation of Children.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Laguna Beach man was sentenced today to 78 months in federal prison for his conviction in a wire fraud case for stealing $7.4 million from the victims of three separate investment fraud schemes.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice established the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, when billions of dollars in federal disaster relief poured into the Gulf Coast region, which opened opportunities for criminals to exploit people during vulnerable times. The NCDF, a...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Triangle man was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine, heroin, and using and carrying a firearm while drug trafficking.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: Many semiconductor fabricators and research labs are under increasing pressure from, of all things, vacuum. These facilities need to remove greater amounts of gas molecules and particles from their setups as new technologies and processes demand lower and lower pressures. For example, the vacuum chambers...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: Cynthia L. Rawlinson, 51, of Santa Barbara, California, appeared at the federal courthouse in East St. Louis, Illinois, this morning and pleaded guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud. Rawlinson’s criminal conduct occurred over a seven year period, during which she...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man has been indicted on federal sex trafficking charges for allegedly recruiting several children into prostitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force and Denver Police Department Need Your Help Identifying a Bank Robber.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Shane Allen Edgerly, age 42, of Milton and Fairfield, Vermont, was arraigned yesterday in U.S. District Court in Burlington on a charge of possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Hakim Handy, age 35, of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Oct. 16, 2018, by U.S. District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann to 25 years’ imprisonment and eight years’ of supervised release for his role in conspiring to distribute heroin and crack cocaine.
By State Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the indictment of a Russian woman, Elena A. Khusyaynova, for attempting to interfere in the upcoming election...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: Universal American Mortgage Company LLC (UAMC) Agrees to Pay $13.2 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Related to Loan Guarantees.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Dr. Devon Golding, 72, of St. Louis County, was convicted by a jury today in U.S. District Court in St. Louis for participating in a conspiracy to commit health care fraud and four substantive counts of health care fraud. Dr. Golding’s trial took place before Judge Audrey G. Fleissig, who ordered a presentence report and set a sentencing hearing for Jan. 29, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for failure to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman today announced the charging of Victor E. Silvers, with the premeditated murder of Sgt. Brittney N. Silvers, who was killed on base at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Georgia man pleaded guilty today to fraudulently discharging over $200,000 in student loan debt.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - One suspended Massachusetts State Police Trooper and one retired Trooper have agreed to plead guilty today in connection with the ongoing investigation of overtime abuse at the Massachusetts State Police (MSP).
