News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Aaron Kirk Woolman (58, Hagerman, ID) has been arrested and charged with soliciting child sex abuse images over the internet and via text message. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 15 years, and up to 30 years, in federal prison. Woolman made his initial appearance in Boise, Idaho on Dec. 13, 2019, and currently remains in custody pending further proceedings in Jacksonville.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (VA-03),Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (MA-01), and Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12) sent a letter to Department...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: In San Antonio, a federal grand jury indicted 46-year-old licensed Physician’s Assistant Christopher Felix Montoya and 40-year-old Nancy Almaguer for their roles in a Health Care Fraud, bribery and kickback scheme, announced U.S. Attorney John Bash, FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division, and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) condemned the Department of Energy’s (DOE) announcement that it is finalizing a rollback of lightbulb efficiency standards...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - Dec. 20, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: Defendant used them to aid his bounty hunting efforts.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Child Exploitation Violations.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) condemned the Department of Energy’s (DOE) announcement that it is finalizing a rollback of lightbulb efficiency standards...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Michael J. De Palma, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI); Anthony Ramirez, Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge, U.S. Department of State Diplomatic Security Service (DSS), Miami Field...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a final determination that the current standards for incandescent light bulbs do not need to be amended because the benefits of more stringent standards do not outweigh the cost to the American people. DOE’s analysis concluded that increasing the efficiency of incandescent lamps could cost consumers more than 300 percent compared to the price of today’s incandescent lamps.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jeffrey Parker, 40, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge James Peterson to 11 years in prison for bank robbery. Parker pleaded guilty this charge on Oct. 3, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: Kentucky Woman Sentenced to 180 Months in Prison for Sex Trafficking Two Victims.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: Washington - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today announced his intention to lead a markup of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on January 7, 2020, based on the expectation that the Senate will have received the legislation beforehand from the House of Representatives.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Brandon Frere pleaded guilty today to wire fraud and money laundering charges in connection with a multi-million-dollar scheme to use deceptive sales tactics to convince people to enroll in his companies’ student loan repayment services programs, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation, Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The plea was accepted by the Hon. Susan Illston, United States District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Jolynn Denise McHone, 45, of Fort Mill, South Carolina, was sentenced late yesterday to three years in prison and two years of supervised release for embezzling more than $2.4 million worth of computer equipment from her employer, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western district of North Carolina. U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad Jr. also ordered McHone to pay more than $2.4 million in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States Attorney Russell Coleman, surrounded by federal and local law enforcement partners, announced more than 100 felony offenders possessing firearms have been charged so-far in 2019 as part of the ongoing Project Guardian effort to fight back against the violent crime plaguing Metro Louisville.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson announced today that the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico collected $1,914,673.40 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2019. Of this amount, $1,411,492.49 was collected in criminal actions and $503,180.91 was collected in civil actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced James John Edwards (37, Brevard County) to 9 years in federal prison for possession of child pornography. The court also ordered Edwards to pay $50,000 in restitution to the victims of the offense, and to forfeit the electronic devices that he had used to commit the offense. A federal jury found Edwards guilty on Aug. 1, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that RICHARD LIRIANO pled guilty today to one count of computer fraud in connection with his scheme to use malicious software programs, including a program known as a “keylogger," on dozens of his coworkers’...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: DETROIT - U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today that the Eastern District of Michigan collected $90,585,906 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2019. Of this amount, $86,186,604 was collected in criminal actions and $4,399,302 was collected in civil actions.
