News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Mediha Medy Salkicevic, a/k/a Medy Ummuluna, a/k/a Bosna Mexico, 38, pled guilty today to one federal count of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists. Salkicevic appeared today before Judge Catherine D. Perry who accepted her plea and set her sentencing for June 18, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A citizen of Mexico has been indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge of violating federal immigration law, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Emmanuel Collins, a/k/a Scooter, 40, Quintella Wilson, 36, and Jocelyn Carson, 28, all of Buffalo, NY, who were convicted of conspiracy to defraud the government with respect to claims (Collins and Carson) and aiding and abetting...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Raymond Clark, 42, of East Amherst, NY, who was convicted of wire fraud and money laundering, was sentenced to serve 27 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON-The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded a total of $5,900,000 to the Norwich University Applied Research Institutes (NUARI) to expand the Distributed Environment for Critical Infrastructure Decision-Making Exercises (DECIDE) cyber-training...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: Dear Inspector General Levinson and Administrator Verma...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON -An Australian man was sentenced today to 24 months in prison on four counts of violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which criminalizes knowing transactions with Iranian entities without a license from the U.S. Department of Treasury.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
Release: Washington - The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is seeking public comment on proposed updates to our Animal Welfare Act (AWA) licensing requirements.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: Vitaly Korchevsky, a former hedge fund manager, was sentenced in federal court in Brooklyn today by United States District Judge Raymond J. Dearie to 60 months’ imprisonment for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud and computer intrusion, conspiracy to commit money laundering...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: NEW YORK - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's ERO deportation officers assigned to the ERO New York's Newburgh Sub-Office arrested a 28-year old, previously removed Guatemalan national March 14. He was released from the Westchester County Jail, with an active detainer due to Westchester County's Immigrant Protection Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston-area hedge fund manager was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for running a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration's New York Division and U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Joseph C. Paternostro, 28, of Hamburg, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: Pecos, NM: Please note changed location below at park HQ, including updated directions.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: MedStar Health to Pay U.S. $35 Million to Resolve Allegations that it Paid Kickbacks to a Cardiology Group in Exchange for Referrals.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, Ga. - A multi-agency operation in the Southern District of Georgia is receiving national recognition for dismantling a major drug trafficking organization whose methods included delivering contraband to prisons with drones and using funding from a lottery winner.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that Lee John Screnock, 58, of Anchorage, d.b.a. “Arctic Treasures," has been charged with one count of misrepresentation of Indian produced goods and products, and two counts alleging violations of the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, announced today that Damonte Withers, 30, of Charlotte, was sentenced to 108 months for bank fraud conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, and aggravated identity theft charges in connection to a bank and identity theft scheme. In addition to the prison term imposed, Withers was ordered to serve two years under court supervision and to pay $1,068,511.87 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: Concord, NH - “Fugitive of the Week," Michael Monroe, 41, of Parsonsfield, Maine heard that he was the “Fugitive of the Week," saw the poster and immediately did the right thing by calling the U.S. Marshals. During this conversation, Monroe agreed to turn himself in on Thursday morning. Monroe surrendered...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, OH - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed penalties of $1,326,367 to Dowa THT America Inc. - a metal heat treatment company based in Bowling Green, Ohio - after the company exposed employees to atmospheric, thermal, electrical, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been convicted in federal court for violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
