News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: Defendant caused over $500,000 in losses to various banks and credit card companies.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox today announced a new initiative to fight domestic violence using federal firearm laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated today that Greenway Health, LLC (Greenway), a Tampa, Florida-based developer of electronic health records (EHR) software, will pay $57.25 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that Greenway caused its users to submit...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced two indictments charging 14 people with a multitude of crimes, including conspiracy to dispense and distribute controlled substances outside the course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose; distribution...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; New York Division, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced today Robert Ian Thatcher, 31, of Elmira, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, U-47700 and 100 grams or more of furanyl fentanyl, was sentenced to serve 23 years in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Ahmaad Ali, 24, St. Louis, pleaded guilty to carjacking, brandishing a firearm during a federal crime of violence and robbery charges. He appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White and set sentencing for May 8, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Bin “Ben" Wen, 46, and Peng “Jessica" Zhang, 45, both formerly of Horseheads, NY, who were convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud the United States respectively, were sentenced by U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Savannah Galvan, 30, of Philadelphia, a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, entered a guilty plea today before U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate to embezzlement for her role in the unauthorized use of a tribal-issued fuel credit card to purchase fuel for her personal use, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Chadwick J. Blake, a 31 year old resident of Selma, Alabama was sentenced to 30 months incarceration followed by three years of supervised release for possession of a Taurus 9mm pistol after being convicted of Assault Second Degree.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A local marketer has been charged for her role in a multi-million dollar illegal kickback conspiracy involving a pharmacy in the Rio Grande Valley and doctors throughout Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On February 6, 2019, Laura Sue Aloa Covington, 23, of Morristown, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, Senior U.S. District Court Judge, to serve over 11 years in federal prison.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) from today’s hearing entitled, “The Cost of Doing Nothing: Why Investing in Our Nation’s Infrastructure Cannot Wait":
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: First, I want to recognize and thank the representatives from multiple federal, state, and local law enforcement partners that are here today as part of our announcement of two recent criminal indictments. Thank you to the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Drug Enforcement Administration; the Department...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: James has prior felony drug trafficking convictions in Hamblen County.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: Cassandra D. Eberhart, age 49, of Moro, Illinois, has been sentenced to serve 33 months in federal prison for her convictions of wire fraud and filing a false federal income tax return, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Steven D. Weinhoeft, announced today. Eberhart previously pleaded guilty to the charges in October 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN - United States Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Jason Harry Bishop was sentenced to 240 months (20 years) in federal prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Robert J. Jonker for transporting child pornography from Sault St. Marie, Michigan to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. Judge Jonker also sentenced Bishop to serve 10 years of supervision following his release from prison, pay a $40,000 fine, and pay $5,100 in special assessments.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: Special Agents with the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch (ISB) are assisting park officials of Tumacacori National Historical Park to find those responsible for recent vandalism.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS - Hays resident Geneva Nadeau, convicted of sexually abusing and photographing a child, was sentenced today to 22 years in federal prison and to 15 years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By State Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: Dear Secretary Pompeo: We are writing to strongly support the future membership of the Republic of North Macedonia in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Once the Prespa Agreement enters into force and the country formally changes its name, membership in NATO will represent a critical step toward...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: Despite the nearly half a million barrels of oil produced in Alaska each day, there’s no such thing as a “hometown discount." Instead, some remote rural villages shell out as much as $1/kilowatt-hour (kWh) for diesel-generated electricity-more than eight times the national average.
