News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: Defendant Obtained 24 Loans on Two D.C. Properties, Then Defaulted.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS - On Sept. 25, efforts to restore burned areas in the Mojave Desert will continue as herbicide treatments begin on four areas of public land burned in 2005/2006 that have recovered poorly.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - As part the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California’s strategy to reduce violent crime, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced the following cases involving illegal firearms and gang-related offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The former president of a Texas-based non-profit has been charged in an indictment unsealed today for his role in a scheme to conceal the fact that a 2013 Congressional trip to Azerbaijan was funded by the Azerbaijan government.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Another defendant netted in Operation Saigon Sunset pled guilty today to a federal drug conspiracy charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Malcomb Simmons, of Huntington, also known as “Mac," 45, entered his guilty plea to an indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl. Stuart praised the joint investigation conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Violent Crime and Drug Task Force West.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, N.Y. - Colin Stewart, age 41, of Elgin, Quebec, Canada, was sentenced today to 135 months in prison for conspiring to smuggle thousands of pounds of marijuana into the United States from Canada through the Akwesasne Mohawk Indian Reservation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: Dr. Mark Fleckner to Pay over $6.9 Million under the False Claims Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced today that Michael Correia, 30, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, was sentenced in federal court in Omaha for receiving child pornography. Chief Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Correia to 66 months of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, Correia will serve a five-year term of supervised release and will be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - An Ontario man who worked as a bankruptcy petition preparer (BPP) surrendered this morning to federal authorities to face criminal charges of lying to the United States Bankruptcy Court about his role in preparing petitions under assumed names and overcharging his clients - actions he took after repeatedly being ordered to cease his activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: Aleah Mohammed, the owner of four pharmacies in Queens, New York, will be arraigned today in federal court in Brooklyn on an indictment charging her with submitting millions of dollars in claims as part of a scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid. The proceeding will take place before United States Magistrate Judge Steven L. Tiscione at 11:00 a.m.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau is recruiting workers for temporary jobs available in California, Washington, Oregon and Alaska starting this month in advance of the 2020 Census. Hiring events will kick off at local job centers in October.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: HENSLEY SETTLEMENT BY EVENTIDE. October 6 - Mountain Top Program at Dusk. As night falls upon Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, the remote Hensley Settlement atop Brush Mountain watches the sun set… and feels the darkness of an evening chill surround it. It is then, that fleeting images of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated today that Tramain R. Anderson, age 28, of Greenwood, was sentenced to 100 months in prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g). United States District Judge Bruce Howe Hendricks, of Charleston, sentenced Anderson and imposed a three-year term of supervised release.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after the United States Trade Representative announced that the Administration will impose additional tariffs on Chinese products...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: Dear Acting Commissioner Kautter: The Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee has been working diligently on this issue throughout the 115th Congress and will continue to monitor the IRS’s enforcement actions going forward. The Committee has also sought to clarify the IRS’s use of its John Doe Summons...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The National Park Service is preparing to rehabilitate Fort Dupont and Fort Davis Drives in Southeast Washington, DC. Drivers should expect road closures to begin on or about October 1 and run through Spring 2019. The $4 million project will improve access by ensuring smoother, safer drives through Fort Dupont Park. To reduce inconveniences for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists, the work will be performed in phases.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Felon in Possession of a Firearm was sentenced on Sept. 17, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by A Prohibited Person was sentenced on Sept. 17, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Gary Gene Bishop, 43, of Turlock, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to eight years and four months in prison, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release for receiving and distributing child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
