News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Timothy Burns, age 50, of Brookings, South Dakota, was found guilty of five counts of wire fraud as a result of a five-day federal jury trial in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
By USDA Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: [As prepared for delivery]. “Thank you for joining us here today to receive this report on the state of affairs at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. We’re happy to have Chairman Giancarlo with us today, and as this is our first subcommittee hearing, I look forward to a productive Congress alongside...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A federal grand jury in Las Vegas, Nevada returned a three-count indictment today against three alleged gang members of La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) for their involvement in connection with a kidnapping and murder.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A High Desert pharmacist has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of illegally distributing the opioid oxycodone, admitting that she filled hundreds of counterfeit prescriptions.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - An owner of a Florida medical clinic was sentenced to serve 91 months in prison today for her role in a $2.5 million health care fraud scheme.
By Homeland Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: (WASHINGTON) Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), the Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, and Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ), the Chairman of the Natural Resources Committee, and Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) issued the following statement regarding news reports that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) may have impeded an Inspector General review of whether the agency delayed hurricane relief to Puerto Rico...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JUSTIN C. FREEMAN, 47, of Manchester, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to eight months of imprisonment, followed by one year of supervised release, for filing tax returns that substantially underreported his income. Judge Dooley also ordered Freeman to pay a $4,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man convicted of sexually exploiting children by producing child pornography and possessing hundreds of images and videos of child pornography, was sentenced today to 140 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse for the FBI’s Las Vegas Division.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A former Ohio university professor pleaded guilty in federal court today to traveling to Kansas City, Mo., to engage in sexual activity with a person whom he believed to be a 14-year-old girl.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Hailong Zhang, 46, of Nottingham was sentenced to serve two years of probation, with 10 months of home detention, and fined $5,500 for aiding and abetting the interstate transportation of stolen money, announced United States Attorney Scott W. Murray.
By Homeland Newswire | May 1, 2019
Release: Denver, Colo. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Denver International Airport (DEN) is hosting a “fast track" hiring event this weekend to recruit full-time and part-time transportation security officers. The starting wage is $20.82 per hour, with opportunities for pay increases after six months.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A federal grand jury in Las Vegas, Nevada returned a three-count indictment today against three alleged gang members of La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) for their involvement in connection with a kidnapping and murder.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: Insulation Contractor Executive Pleads Guilty To Antitrust and Fraud Charges.
By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md.-The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking information about technical standards and related tools for artificial intelligence (AI). The Request for Information (RFI), published today in the Federal Register, is in response to...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Michael S. Flynn, executive and co-owner of an insulation contractor, pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport, Connecticut, for his role in multiple schemes to rig bids in violation of the antitrust laws and to engage in criminal fraud on insulation contracts, marking the second conviction in this ongoing investigation, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - Two men have been charged in federal court in Boston in a superseding indictment with Social Security fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with their roles in a fentanyl conspiracy in Revere.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: Defendant currently serving state sentence for cocaine trafficking and has been deported four times previously between 2008- 2011.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of MILES DENZEL RAYMOND LEWIS, 26, to 248 months in prison for methamphetamine distribution and illegal possession of three firearms. LEWIS, who pleaded guilty on Dec. 13, 2018, was sentenced today before Judge Nancy E. Brasel in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A former corrections officer at the Massachusetts Correctional Institute facility in Norfolk (MCI-Norfolk) pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with a conspiracy to smuggle Suboxone strips into the facility for an inmate.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Trevor Christian, 31, Madison, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty today to committing four robberies in Madison in November 2018. The maximum penalty for each robbery is 20 years in federal prison.
