News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Victor Yobany Archila-Rojas, 28, of Guatemala, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to time served (53 days) for entering the United States after having been removed and deported. The defendant pleaded guilty on Aug. 14, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that IMRAN KHAN, 44, of North Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to three years of probation, the first six months of which KHAN must serve in home confinement, for violating U.S. export law. Judge Underhill also ordered KHAN to perform 100 hours of community service and pay a $3,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that REYNALDO LOPEZ, a former New York City Police Department (“NYPD") officer, was sentenced to four years in prison in connection with narcotics, credit card fraud, identity theft, and counterfeiting...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - The National Association of State Chief Information Officers, Inc. (NASCIO) and American Management Resources, Inc. (AMR) have agreed to pay the United States $528,575.82 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by making false and misleading statements in connection with obtaining grants from the Department of Justice’s National Justice Information Sharing Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that a Bluefield man was sentenced yesterday to federal prison on a gun charge. Laron Safford, 42, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The case was investigated by the Southern Regional Drug and Violent Crime Task Force.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: Raleigh, N.C. - The National Park Service Incident Management Team (IMT) is responding to national parks impacted by Hurricane Florence. At this time, 28 National Park Service employees from 14 parks and 11 states and the District of Columbia are assigned to the incident. The public is reminded that closed parks are closed to all use, including motorists, cyclists and pedestrians, due to safety concerns during stabilization operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - A jury voted today to convict Dalia Lita, age 55, of Latham, New York; Elina Rahman, age 45 of Watervliet, New York; and Lubna Rahman age 45, of Watervliet, of conspiracy to commit visa fraud by submitting false information to the United States government in order to obtain immigrant visas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: Christopher Scott Fry, 48, of Jerseyville, Illinois was sentenced today to serve six years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Steven D. Weinhoeft, announced. Fry pled guilty to the charges in June and has been in federal custody since January 23.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Kevin J. Pugh, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 15 months incarceration for a cocaine charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: Scheme Believed to Have Over 400 Victims Nationwide, Including Individual, Family Offices, and Investment Groups - FBI Seeking Information Regarding Additional Victims; SEC has Filed Related Civil Complaint.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that IMRAN KHAN, 44, of North Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to three years of probation, the first six months of which KHAN must serve in home confinement, for violating U.S. export law. Judge Underhill also ordered KHAN to perform 100 hours of community service and pay a $3,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Kory Almand, 35, of Manchester, pleaded guilty in federal court to participating in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An employee of the Essex County Sheriff’s Office was charged with soliciting payments from a man posing as a land developer for information regarding properties under foreclosure, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former Jersey City police officer was sentenced today to 23 months in prison for accepting approximately $55,000 in corrupt payments in exchange for helping employers operate at worksites without the required presence of an off-duty police officer and for helping a police officer obtain compensation for off-duty work he did not perform, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted three men on charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, identity theft, and money laundering, arising from an alleged $364 million investment fraud scheme. The indictment was returned under seal on Sept. 11, 2018, and unsealed on Sept. 18, 2018, upon the arrests of the defendants. Charged in the indictment are.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
Release: MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - A West Virginia woman was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers at Morgantown Municipal Airport yesterday morning, Sept. 19 when they detected a loaded gun in the woman’s carry-on bag. The revolver was loaded with five bullets.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Pennsylvania man today admitted committing three armed robberies in Salem, Ocean, and Cumberland counties in November 2017, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: Had Three Prior Domestic Abuse Convictions.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: Since August 2018, members of the Vermont State Police Drug Task Force (VDTF), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have been investigating the importation, sale and distribution of heroin and fentanyl in the greater Caledonia County area. The investigation identified both local distributors and out-of-state suppliers of heroin and fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal grand jury in Raleigh has returned an indictment charging EZEQUIEL CUAUHTEMOC MACEDO-MAGADAN, age 48, of Mexico, with illegal reentry.
