News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: In Del Rio this week, a federal judge sentenced a Del Rio man and two other men to federal prison for conducting an advanced fee investment scheme through which they obtained in excess of $5 million from their victims, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and F.B.I. Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: Two men were indicted for child pornography crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announces that United States District Judge Louise Flanagan sentenced William ISAAC DANIELS, 38, of Wake County to 211 months’ imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release and BOB BIONGO, 31, of Wake County to 180 months’ imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - A federal jury found Carlos A. Spann guilty Thursday night for his role in a fraudulent check scheme resulting in the theft of nearly $200,000, U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph announced. The jury deliberated for approximately one hour before finding Spann guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud and two counts of wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal jury today in Hattiesburg, Mississippi convicted certified public accountant Carl Nicholson of conspiracy to defraud the United States, six counts of aiding in the preparation of false tax returns, and four counts of filing false tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman and United States Attorney Mike Hurst for the Southern District of Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that, FELIX COLON, 21, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - A jury voted yesterday to convict Catherine M. Melhuish, age 34, of Watertown, New York, of assaulting a federal officer in St. Lawrence County, following a 4-day trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: Mississippi Accountant Convicted of Tax Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Randall Galloway, 31, of Pass Christian, Mississippi, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to serve 294 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Assistant Special Agent in Charge Derryle Smith with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Galloway was also ordered to pay a $10,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: DURANGO, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Tres Rios Field Office and Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) Western Region, are seeking public scoping comments regarding the preparation of an Environmental Assessment (EA) that will analyze potential impacts from the proposed...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Tyrell Rashad Cauthern, age 30, of Fort Washington, Maryland, to 10 years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for distribution of fentanyl, crack cocaine, and other drugs, and for possession of a firearm in...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: FBI San Diego Presents 2018 FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award to Sandy Moul.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden County, New Jersey, man who owned a janitorial supply company admitted today to submitting fraudulent bills to a customer and failing to pay taxes on the illicit proceeds of his scheme, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: FBI Seeks Indentity of Suspected Bank Fraudster.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on February 5, 2019, a federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment against two men allegedly involved in a firearms offense in the Menominee Indian Reservation. The indictment named Tony A. Fish, Jr. (age:...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Ten people are facing federal drug trafficking charges in New Mexico following an 11-month investigation led by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Lea County Drug Task Force.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray, D-Wash., today called on the Trump Administration to explain its policies regarding disclosure of protected health information amid new efforts by the Department...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force Seeking Information About a Series of Bank Robberies in Denver.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that, FELIX COLON, 21, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida- Juan Alberto Flores-Jimenez (34, Tamaulipas, Mexico), a/k/a Juan Cantu, a/k/a Stoner, today pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. He faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. Flores-Jimenez is the eighteenth...
