News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Daniel J. Gould, 36, of Crestview, and Henry W. Royer, 36, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, were each sentenced to 9 years in federal prison today for two drug trafficking conspiracy counts involving large amounts of cocaine. The sentences were announced by Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND - Rita Alielnour, of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced, on April 29, 2019, by U.S. District Court Judge Joseph S. Van Bokkelen to 12 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release after pleading guilty to wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 39-year-old Mexican national has just admitted he assaulted a Border Patrol (BP) agent with a flashlight, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ISAIAH HALLIDAY, 19, of Hartford, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to robbery and firearm offenses related to a scheme that victimized several individuals who sought to purchase items over mobile classifieds web apps.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Some of the Savannah River Site ’s (SRS) newest training instructors are former teachers from the local school system.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - April 30, 2019 - Barbara Butler, 59, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, pleaded guilty last week to wire fraud and tax evasion, after embezzling more than $1.8 million from her employer, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI - A 65-year-old Corpus Christi sex offender has received a lengthy federal prison sentence following his conviction for distribution of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Manuel Diaz pleaded guilty Jan. 31, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Kendell Jerome Smith, 35, of Biloxi, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to a total of 60 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to possess marijuana with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm by a convicted...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), Chair of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the fiscal year 2020 budget request for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: Moayad Heider Mohammad Aldairi, 31, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to bring aliens to the United States and a related charge for his role in a scheme to smuggle Yemeni aliens through Mexico to the United States.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: Reliable, High-Speed Broadband e-Connectivity is Essential to Enhanced Agricultural Production WASHINGTON, April 30, 2019 – Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today unveiled a groundbreaking report, A Case for Rural Broadband: Insights on Rural Broadband Infrastructure and Next Generation Precision Agriculture ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 30, 2019 — Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced today the availability of a new web-based tool – developed in partnership with the University of Wisconsin – to help dairy producers evaluate various scenarios using different coverage levels through the new Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: A former attorney who perpetrated a multimillion-dollar investment fraud scheme, was convicted today by a jury in the District of Columbia, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu for the District of Columbia.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: Gary D. Newsome, former CEO of Health Management Associates LLC (HMA), a hospital chain that was headquartered in Naples, Florida, has agreed to pay the United States $3.46 million to settle allegations that he caused HMA to knowingly submit false claims to government health care programs by admitting ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: A South Florida doctor residing in Hobe Sound, Florida, was sentenced to 51 months in prison yesterday for tax evasion, wire fraud, and Social Security disability fraud, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan for the Southern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: Moayad Heider Mohammad Aldairi, 31, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to bring aliens to the United States and a related charge for his role in a scheme to smuggle Yemeni aliens through Mexico to the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: The owner of a Greenville, Ohio, glass company pleaded guilty today to failing to truthfully account for and pay over employment taxes, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: Nancy J. Gargula, the U.S. Trustee for Indiana and the Central and Southern Districts of Illinois (Region 10), has been designated by Attorney General William P. Barr also to serve for an interim period as the U.S. Trustee for Florida, Georgia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: Two individuals from Costa Rica were sentenced to 25 and 20 years in prison today for their roles in a $10 million telemarketing scheme that defrauded primarily elderly victims in the United States from call centers in Costa Rica. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that US WorldMeds LLC (USWM) has agreed to pay $17.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., by paying kickbacks to patients and physicians to improperly induce prescriptions of its drugs, Apokyn® and Myobloc®. ...
