News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that MICHAEL WRIGHT was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for his participation in a scheme to defraud investors who invested millions of dollars based on false representations that their funds...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - The Zion- Mount Carmel Highway, the State Route 9 connector road through Zion National Park, was closed the evening of March 2, 2019, after heavy rains undercut a section of the road. The portion of the road from the East Entrance to the Zion- Mount Carmel Tunnel will reopen at 9:00...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: Attorney General Focuses on Threats Posed by Technical-Support Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Med Tech, LLC, and its owner Thomas Macre, Sr., have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments and have agreed to pay more than $467,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the federal and state False Claims Acts.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Joseph Nathaniel Hagan, of Petersburg, West Virginia, has admitted to distributing methamphetamine, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Three men were arrested this morning on federal charges alleging they took part in a scheme that used millions of dollars wired from China to purchase seven residential homes in San Bernardino County that were converted into illegal marijuana grow houses.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - On March 1, Judge Marco A. Hernandez of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon entered an order revoking the naturalized U.S. citizenship of a convicted war criminal. The court held that defendant Sammy Rasema Yetisen aka Rasema Handanovic aka Zolja, a native of the former Yugoslavia, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: Defendant Promised Investors Profits from the Sale of Three Skyscrapers in Japan that She Falsely Claimed to Have Inherited.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has completed its environmental review and issued its decision to permit Pierce County Public Works to retrofit the upper Nisqually River levee in Mount Rainier National Park with deflectors.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: Tyrin Davis, 20, of Euclid, was indicted on charges of sexual exploitation of a child, extortion and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: A Miami, Florida, certified public accountant (CPA) was sentenced today to 39 months in prison for tax evasion, announced U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan for the Southern District of Florida, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and Chief Don Fort, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: Today, Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-CA), Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), held a press conference with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, to introduce H.R. 1585, the bipartisan ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former federal contractor pleaded guilty today to theft and embezzlement of up to 16 government computers from the U.S. Department of State.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - Two brothers from Bluefield were sentenced today to federal prison for their roles in federal drug and gun charges, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Tyquon Freeman, 21, of Bluefield, West Virginia, was sentenced to 81 months in federal prison. Tykeem Freeman, 25, also ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: Attorney General Focuses on Threats Posed by Technical-Support Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - Former Illinois attorney EDWARD R. VRDOLYAK pleaded guilty today to federal tax evasion for assisting another lawyer in evading taxes on income received from a multi-billion dollar legal settlement with tobacco companies.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AR) from today’s hearing entitled, “U.S. Maritime and Shipbuilding Industries: Strategies to Improve Regulation, Economic Opportunities, and Competitiveness":
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: A Toledo man was indicted for trafficking large amounts of cocaine and methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH -A resident of Salem, Virginia, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to a charge of money laundering conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Michael Ringer, 49, of Carthage, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
