News published on Federal Newswire in September 2018

News from September 2018


News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the criminal convictions and life sentences of David T. Matusiewicz and Amy Gonzalez for their roles in stalking and killing Christine...


Mexican National Sentenced for Illegally Reentering the United States

News Release: Defendant had a prior removal for illegally entering the United States.


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Ashburn woman was sentenced today to two years in prison for engaging in a fraud scheme that resulted in an attempted loss of approximately $182,000.


Biotech Officer Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud and Obstruction of SEC Proceeding

News Release: BOSTON - The former Vice President of Investor Relations for PixarBio Corp., a Boston-based biotech company, pleaded guilty today to charges of securities fraud in connection with a scheme to manipulate trading in the company’s shares and obstruction of proceedings before the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).


Grand Jury Indicts Joe Exotic for Murder-for-Hire

News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - JOSEPH MALDONADO-PASSAGE, also known as Joseph Allen Maldonado, Joseph Allen Schreibvogel, and "Joe Exotic," 55, formerly of Wynnewood, Oklahoma, has been indicted on two counts of hiring a person to commit murder.


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Robstown-based heroin leader heads to federal prison

News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The leader of a massive heroin and money laundering conspiracy has been ordered to federal prison, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Jesus Gutierrez, 46, of Corpus Christi, pleaded guilty April 26, 2018, to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than one kilogram of heroin and conspiracy to launder money.


News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ROBERTO RODRIGUEZ pled guilty today before United States Magistrate Judge Henry B. Pitman to conspiracy to commit securities fraud and fraud in connection with a tender offer for his role in an insider trading...


TSA hits record-breaking travel numbers in busiest summer season ever

Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) marked a record-breaking summer travel season, screening more than a quarter of a billion travelers, the busiest in TSA history. With the summer travel season spanning from the Wednesday before Memorial Day until the Tuesday after Labor Day...


News Release: Defendant Secretly Conveyed Stock to Co-Conspirator Barred from the Securities Industry to Facilitate Pump-and-Dump Scheme.


News Release: U.S. Attorney Brandon J. Fremin, who also serves as the Executive Director of the National Center for Disaster Fraud, announced today that LISA ELIZABETH CORONA, 37, of Denham Springs, Louisiana, pled guilty to theft of $30,644 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds in relation to the 2016...


News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Chesapeake man pleaded guilty today to conspiring to manufacture and deal heroin and crack cocaine throughout Hampton Roads.


News Release: A Topeka, Kansas man made his initial appearance Thursday on an indictment charging him with murdering a woman on board a cruise ship in January 2018. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Stephen R. McAllister of the District of Kansas and Special Agent in Charge Charles P. Spencer of the FBI Jacksonville, Florida Field Office made the announcement.


Warren and Cummings Release New GAO Report on Major Failures by Equifax in Massive Cyber Breach

News Release: Washington, DC-Today, on the one-year anniversary of the public learning about the Equifax breach, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a Government Accountability Office...



News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Today, Oscar Ferrer-Rivera pleaded guilty before Magistrate Judge Marshal D. Morgan to conspiracy to commit mail fraud, twelve counts of mail fraud, and aggravated identity theft, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.


News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that a Haughton man was sentenced to 120 months in prison for distribution of methamphetamine, which he obtained in Dallas.


Bio Blitz for National Public Lands Day at  Minute Man National Historical Park

News Release: Concord, MA. Saturday, September 22nd, Join Minute Man National Historical Park in a quest to discover Biodiversity! Challenge yourself to find as many species as possible at the park, work with distinguished naturalists in the field, and partake in real research used to better understand the area. Learn...


News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A pair of Mexican national brothers have pleaded guilty to firearms charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.


Call for 2019 Community Artist in the Parks Applications (Lake Powell)

News Release: MOAB, UT-The Southeast Utah Group of parks is now accepting applications for the 2019 Community Artist in the Parks (CAIP) program.