News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2019
News Release: Operation Scams-R-Us involves a transnational organized crime enterprise (TOC) operating numerous complex financial fraud schemes via the internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2019
News Release: OAKLAND - Kenneth Taylor pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and to filing a false federal income tax return, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Ricard E. Zuckerman, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN -A convicted felon has been found guilty by a federal jury for making false statements on federal background check form ATF 4473 and for illegally possessing firearms. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the guilty verdict today.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 1, 2019
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed a Notice to Show Cause and complaint under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against CKF Produce Corp. (CKF). The company, operating from New York, allegedly failed to make payment to 22 produce sellers in the amount of $916,442 from March 2017 through November 2018. USDA asserts that CKF is unfit to be licensed under PACA due to the alleged violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - The mother of an MCI-Cedar Junction inmate pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with smuggling drugs into the facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Joel Wendell Beckham, 32, of Brandon, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge David C. Bramlette III to 84 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze, and U.S. Marshal Mark Shepherd. Beckham was also ordered to pay a $1,500 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2019
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - A portion of the Backbone Trail managed by the National Park Service in Malibu reopened today, along with the popular Grotto Trail in the Circle X area.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2019
News Release: Members of the public are invited to the 2019 “All Hands" meeting for a comprehensive update on the largest landscape-scale forest restoration project in New Mexico on March 28-29 in Santa Fe. Both days are fee and open to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2019
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - A Wilmington drug trafficker was sentenced on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019, to 21 years in prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine and heroin in Delaware. According to court documents, Brian Wilson, 39, was the leader of an extensive network of illegal drug dealers operating in and around the City of Wilmington.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2019
News Release: OAKLAND - Kenneth Taylor pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and to filing a false federal income tax return, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Ricard E. Zuckerman, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Erik Betancourt-Olguin, 25, an illegal alien from Mexico, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 330 months in federal prison followed by 5 years of supervised release for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Jere T. Miles with Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Securities Investigations in New Orleans.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A South American couple were each sentenced today to nearly two years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 1, 2019
News Release: U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Cory Gardner (R-CO) introduced the Timely Review of Infrastructure Act (S. 607) , legislation aimed at reducing the long wait times for federal approval of energy infrastructure projects, including LNG projects. A shortage of highly ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An Independence, Mo., woman has been sentenced in federal court for her role in leading a conspiracy to distribute multiple kilograms of methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2019
News Release: BAKER CITY, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management’s National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center will be connecting kids to public lands and America’s natural and cultural heritage with a week’s worth of additional spring break activities the week of March 25, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2019
News Release: MACON- A new call to action in the fight to decrease violent crime in Middle and South Georgia was issued today with the release of a new Public Service Announcement (PSA) by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Georgia. In the PSA, U.S. Attorney Charles “Charlie" Peeler, discusses...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2019
News Release: Alabama Woman Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison for Stealing Over $700,000 From Her Employer and Failing to Report Income on Her Tax Returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2019
News Release: Fraud Affected Hundreds of Victims Across Multiple States.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
