News from January 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA, GEORGIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced six separate indictments charging 13 individuals with a multitude of crimes, including conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit goods, trafficking in counterfeit goods, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and aiding and abetting. U.S. Attorney McSwain announced the charges at the NFL’s annual anti-counterfeit merchandise press conference event held in connection with Super Bowl LIII.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: To commemorate LM's 15th anniversary, I agreed to sit down for an interview with LM public participation specialist Krystyna Frolich. Not only did it give us a chance to reflect on the past, but it also led to discussions of LM’s future. I hope you enjoy the interview and I wish you all a Happy New Year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Kendell Jerome Smith, 35, of Biloxi, Mississippi, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to conspiracy to possess marijuana with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent-in-Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - An Everett man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with a scheme to defraud the Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance (DUA) of more than $1.7 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester restaurant manager pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Worcester to conspiring with the wife of a convicted drug dealer to use drug proceeds to renovate and operate a Shrewsbury Street restaurant.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - An Idaho man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for participating in a market manipulation scheme involving the stock of Endeavor Power Corp., and then making false statements to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in connection with its investigation of the fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A North Carolina man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for his role in a market manipulation scheme which was actually part of an undercover operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - An Idaho man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for participating in a market manipulation scheme involving the stock of Endeavor Power Corp., and then making false statements to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in connection with its investigation of the fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that PAUL DEAN was sentenced to 18 months in prison by the U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos today in connection with a bribery scheme involving the approval of gun licenses by the New York City Police...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: DENVER - A Denver jury returned guilty verdicts against attorney Guy M. Jean-Pierre after a 12-day trial, announced United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn, Denver FBI Special Agent in Charge Dean Phillips, United States Postal Inspection Service Inspector in Charge Bill Hedrick, and IRS CI Special Agent...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Butte County Sheriff Kory L. Honea announced that a federal grand jury returned a three-count superseding indictment today against Guillermo Jose Leon Ramirez, 41, of Oroville; Justin James Garcia, 44, of Oroville; and William Lee Vollendroff, 43, of Palermo, charging them with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and two counts of distribution of fentanyl.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Congressman Mark Meadows (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Government Operations Subcommittee, sent a letter to Chairman Elijah Cummings requesting additional information about Micheal Cohen’s scheduled appearance before the Committee.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) issued the following joint statement today on the Trump Administration’s proposed rule to overhaul the current rebate system...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Larry J. Goisse, Jr., 34, of Pittsburgh, Pa., has been charged by federal criminal complaint with illegal distribution of Schedule II controlled substances, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler yesterday requesting the immediate public release of all health and safety studies considered in the Draft Risk Evaluation for Pigment Violet 29, one of the first ten chemicals undergoing review in accordance with the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the effects of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) repeal of net...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Ronnie Ray Neihart, age 68, of Durant, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 28 months’ imprisonment and 3 years’ supervised release for Wire Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343. The charges arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that Marcus Lenard Armstrong, 35, of McDonough, Georgia, was sentenced to 120 months in prison and three years of supervised release on drug trafficking conspiracy charges, for buying the deadly synthetic opioid “U-47700" on the dark web using cryptocurrency.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 75-year-old resident of Houston has been convicted of conspiring to commit fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick and Special Agent in Charge James Ross of the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General (VA-OIG).
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), joined with committee ranking member Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), to reintroduce S. 268, the Wildlife Innovation and Longevity Driver (WILD) Act. Wildlife conservation groups are voicing their support for the WILD Act.
