News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced two unrelated sentencings under the Project Safe Childhood initiative. Both defendants were sentenced earlier this week in United States District Court.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC - Two months after requesting that the U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General investigate reports that U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and her staff gave preferential treatment for discretionary grants, today Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) formally asked the Inspector General to broaden the inquiry.
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: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Yaniv Gohar, 36, formerly of Berkeley, was sentenced today to three years and nine months in prison for conducting an illegal gambling business, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and failure to appear, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: FORT LAUDERDALE - Marchello Wilbon, 34, of West Palm Beach, Florida was sentenced today to one year and a day in prison, to by followed by two years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Rodolfo A. Ruiz II, after previously pleading guilty to mail theft (Case No. 19-CR-80119).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A convicted felon from Chicago has been found guilty of illegally possessing a loaded handgun with an extended magazine and obstructing justice for offering to pay witnesses to lie on his behalf.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Douglas Scott Phillips (52, Richmond Hill, GA) to 10 years in federal prison for attempting to entice an 11-year-old child to engage in sexual activity. Phillips was also ordered to serve a 10-year term of supervised release and to register as a sex offender.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - An East Texas man pleaded guilty Friday to federal child exploitation violations, which included repeated interest in raping, killing and cannibalizing a 13-year-old girl as part of an undercover sting operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kristina O’Connell, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, today announced that WILLIAM S. PALMIERI, 56, of Bethany, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to two counts of willful failure to pay income taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019, a federal jury convicted Dr. Richard A. Stehl, 59, of Montgomery, Alabama, on 94 counts of unlawfully distributing controlled substances, two counts of health care fraud, and five counts of money laundering, announced United States Attorney Louis...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Malden woman was arrested and charged yesterday in connection with a scheme to embezzle more than $795,000 from her employer.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement criticizing the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal for the disposal of coal ash...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today announced recent additions to her staff on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee: Grace Jang as communications director, Chris Griffin as a staff assistant, and Alexander Jackstadt as a staff assistant. In addition, Tonya Parish has been promoted to press secretary.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Curtis Tarver, 55, Spring Grove, Minnesota, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge James Peterson to three years in prison for wire fraud. The wire fraud charge stems from Tarver’s embezzlement...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A Connecticut investment manager has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison for operating a multi-million dollar fraud scheme that swindled his friends and family members, including victims in the Chicago area.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: MISSOULA-An Arlee man with a felony record was sentenced today to five years in prison and three years of supervised release after he admitted to illegally possessing a firearm, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: Rodolfo Pichardo, 71, of Hialeah, Florida was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for masterminding a $38 million health care fraud and wire fraud scheme. His wife Marta Pichardo, 66, was sentenced to 8 years in prison for her role in the scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - The Western District of Oklahoma collected $14,463,175.11 in civil and criminal actions in the fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30, 2019, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing. Of this amount, the office collected $9,794,703.57 in civil actions and $4,668,471.54 in criminal actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: ROCKFORD - Two Freeport men were sentenced today in federal court in Rockford on drug trafficking charges.
