News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND - Basil N. Ubanwa, 60 years old, of Crown Point, Indiana, was indicted by a federal grand jury for 11 counts of health care fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Deonte Terrell Proctor, 33, of Jackson, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge William H. Barbour, Jr., to 195-months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for illegal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
Release: PHILADELPHIA - Residents of the Philadelphia area will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA Pre✓® application program inside Philadelphia International Airport from November 5th through 9th, where officials will host a temporary “pop-up" enrollment center in the Terminal B.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Eric M. Thorson, Inspector General for the Department of Treasury, announced today the...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Deanthony T. Murphy, a 24 year old resident of Theodore, Alabama was sentenced to 46 months incarceration for possession of a firearm after being convicted of a felony Assault, Second Degree.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Reps. Bennie G. Thompson, Elijah E. Cummings, Jerrold Nadler, Adam Smith, and Robert A. Brady, the Ranking Members of the House Committees on Homeland Security, Oversight & Government Reform, the Judiciary, Armed Services, and House Administration, issued a statement after the Department...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that, on Sept. 18, 2018, a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment charging VINCENT JONES, 50, of New Haven with two counts of bank robbery and one count of attempted bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated today that Tiffany Thomas, age 34, of Bowie, Maryland, has entered a guilty plea in federal court in Charleston to Submission of False, Fictitious, and Fraudulent Claims, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 287. United States District...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: Defendant Charged with Intimidating and Interfering with Flight Crew and Simple Assault of Fellow Passenger.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: BOISE - Danny Ray VanZandt, 40, of Boise, was sentenced today to 300 months in prison followed by ten years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. A federal grand jury indicted VanZandt on May 15, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Ricardo Belgara, 49, of St. Thomas was arrested on an indictment charging him with two counts of possession with the intent to distribute crack cocaine and territorial charges of robbery and possession of an unlicensed firearm during the commission of a robbery, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced. Belgara made his initial appearance before Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller on Tuesday and was detained pending further proceedings.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: The former Director of Sports Marketing and Alliances at Microsoft was indicted today by a federal grand jury for five counts of wire fraud for his scheme to profit by stealing from Microsoft, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. JEFF TRAN, a/k/a TRUNG TRAN, 45 of Seattle, is alleged to have used...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Derf Butler, owner and president of San Francisco-based Butler Enterprises, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to defraud the United States in connection with a federal construction contract, and making false statements to federal investigators, announced United States Attorney Alex G.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A 50-year-old Plano, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that a federal grand jury returned an indictment against Dennis Weston, 54, of Anchorage, charging him with one count of sexual exploitation of a child - possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a 42-count indictment charging 14 defendants with methamphetamine conspiracy. Named in the indictment are.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Ian Tarbell, 46, of Hogansburg, NY, who was convicted of possession of contraband cigarettes, was sentenced to 15 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: Also falsely claimed to be a permanent legal resident of the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston-area hedge fund manager pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to running a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme.
