News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - March 18, 2019 - George David George, 64, of Franklin, Tennessee, and the former owner of WellCity, Inc. (“WellCity") will spend the next 20 years in federal prison for operating a fraudulent investment scheme that bilked dozens of investors out of $3 million, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of The Guardians Project, a Federal Law Enforcement Initiative to Combat Corruption, Fraud, and Abuse in South Dakota.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Brian D. Boyle, special agent in charge of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Division, and John H. Durham, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Dr. Ramil Mansourov, 49, of Darien, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 87 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for health care fraud and money laundering offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: Las Vegas Real Estate Broker Convicted of Tax Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Brian D. Boyle, special agent in charge of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division, and U.S. Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Joshua Smith, 31, of Haverhill, Mass., was sentenced to 180 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute over 400 grams of fentanyl and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment Thursday against Bryce Carter Studebaker, 22, currently stationed at Beal Air Force Base, charging him with four counts of producing and attempting to produce child pornography and four counts of receiving child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. Studebaker was arrested this morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SCOTT PIERSON, 58, of Vernon, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of receipt of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Paul Barrett, age 41, of New Castle, Delaware, pled guilty on March 15, 2019 to possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man pled guilty today to a federal drug charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Jeremy Midkiff, 38, entered a guilty plea to an indictment charging him with distribution of fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pierre, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel today sentenced Darius Eric Wilder, age 41, of Silver Spring, Maryland, to 35 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release for committing arson, and for using, carrying and possessing a destructive device during and in furtherance of a crime of violence, related to the firebombing of his ex-girlfriend’s apartment. A federal jury convicted Wilder of those charges on Aug. 16, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Dr. RAMIL MANSOUROV, 49, of Darien, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 87 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for health care fraud and money laundering offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Salvadoran national was sentenced on Friday, March 15, 2019, in federal court in Boston for illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Miguel Angel Cruz-Polanco, a confirmed MS-13 gang member and a citizen of El Salvador, was sentenced today to 137 months incarceration for his involvement with a multi-state drug trafficking operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. -- Due to recent flooding and a stuck vehicle, the roads into Trego Hot Springs Recreation Area are temporarily closed. Moisture in recent weeks has caused flooding of sections of the road into Trego Hot Springs. The railroad crossing at Trego is still passable. Driving off road through Trego Hot Springs is not permitted.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: DENVER - U.S. Attorney Jason Dunn and senior staff attended a vigil yesterday for victims of the mass shooting in New Zealand. Please find U.S. Attorney Dunn’s remarks below.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: Two More Oklahoma Doctors Have Entered into Settlement Agreements.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: The Defendant Executed the Investment Scheme while He Was Being Prosecuted for Similar Scam in another State.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, Richard Luthmann, a Staten Island attorney, pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and extortion conspiracy before United States Magistrate Judge Ramon E. Reyes, Jr. As part of his guilty plea, Luthmann stipulated that he obstructed justice following his arrest, by sending a threatening letter to a potential witness whom he believed was cooperating with the government and violating a court order regarding discovery materials.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: Possessed and distributed meth within public park zone.
