News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - On Oct. 29, 2018, Jenniffer Torner Lopez, 40, of Glendale, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa to fifteen months incarceration. Torner had previously pleaded guilty to one count of fraud in connection with identification documents and a separate count of illegal reentry after deportation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), a government contractor headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, has agreed to pay $389,355 to resolve allegations that its predecessor corporation violated...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Jessie Acosta, 41, of San Pedro, California, was sentenced to 150 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute kilogram quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana throughout the Middle District of Alabama and Georgia, announced U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that GARY TANNER, a former executive at Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (“Valeant"), was sentenced today to 1 year and 1 day in prison, and ANDREW DAVENPORT, the former chief executive officer...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that MICHAEL COLLIER, age 56, of New Orleans, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Jay C. Zainey.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - The owner of a purported business consulting firm today admitted operating a $1.1 million scheme that artificially inflated the stock price of a publicly traded company he controlled, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: Huntington Beach Man Pleads Guilty to Filing a False Tax Return That Failed to Report Over $2 Million Held in Offshore Israeli Bank Account.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Pedro Lorenzo-Concepcion, 37, Miami, Florida, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit access device fraud and possession of 15 or more counterfeit access devices. Immediately following the guilty plea, Chief U.S. District Judge James Peterson sentenced Lorenzo-Concepcion to 46 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger for the Eastern District of Wisconsin and Special Agent-in-Charge R. Justin Tolomeo of the FBI’s Milwaukee Division announced that on Oct. 25, 2018, Jason Michael Ludke (age: 37), of Milwaukee...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: BISMARCK: United States Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Rick Volk will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 6, 2018, general election. AUSA Volk has...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced SALVADOR JOSEPH RUSSO, III, age 35, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to 16 months in federal prison following his convictions for securities fraud (insider trading) and conspiracy to commit securities fraud. The Court also sentenced RUSSO to 1 year of supervised release following his term of imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that GARY TANNER, a former executive at Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (“Valeant"), was sentenced today to 1 year and 1 day in prison, and ANDREW DAVENPORT, the former chief executive officer...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-United States Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Adrian L. Brown will lead the efforts of his office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 6, 2018 election.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman announced today that Assistant United States Attorney Thomas Dyke will lead the efforts of the Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 6, 2018, general election. AUSA Dyke...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain and Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers announced that an Algerian man was sentenced today to 15 years’ imprisonment for conspiring to provide material support and resources to terrorists. United States District Judge Petrese B. Tucker presided over the proceeding.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: DALLAS, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Venture Metals LLC - based in Dallas, Texas - for exposing employees to crushing hazards after a stack of pipes fell and crushed a worker, leading to his hospitalization. The company faces penalties of $311,580 for repeated and serious safety and health violations.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Reclamation is finishing Safety of Dams modification work at Stampede Dam and will reopen the section of Dog Valley Road over the dam starting Nov. 1, 2018. The road has been closed since April 2017. Additional work will continue into November but does not require a road closure.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: For Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: BISMARCK: United States Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Rick Volk will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 6, 2018, general election. AUSA Volk has...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - In the wake of the tragedy that occurred at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27, 2018, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia and the Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Atlanta Field Division offer their condolences and request the public’s assistance in reporting possible threats.
