News published on Federal Newswire in November 2019

News from November 2019


Two Charged With Murder Of Federal Witness

News Release: Defendants face no less than life imprisonment or the death penalty.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Department of Transportation will award $12.6 million in airport infrastructure grants to three airports in the state of New York. With this announcement, the Trump Administration has invested a historic $10.8 billion in more than two thousand American airports across the United States for safety and infrastructure improvements since January 2017.


Maryland Man Sentenced to Prison for Credit Card Offenses

News Release: Portland, Maine: A Beltsville, Maryland man was sentenced today in federal court in Portland for his involvement in a conspiracy to use stolen credit card numbers, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.


News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former employee of a marijuana distribution warehouse was found guilty by a jury today of federal criminal charges that he conspired with a corrupt Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy to rob his former employer of $2 million dollars’ worth of marijuana and cash through an armed robbery staged to look like a legitimate law enforcement operation.


Engel & Smith Demand Answers on WH Scheme on Open Skies Treaty

News Release: Dear Mr. O’Brien: We write to express our concerns regarding the future of the Open Skies Treaty, which plays an important role in advancing Euro-Atlantic security. These concerns were first brought to your attention in a letter dated October 7, and a similar letter was sent to Secretary Pompeo and...


Former Marijuana Warehouse Employee Convicted of Planning $2 Million Armed Heist with Corrupt L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputy

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former employee of a marijuana distribution warehouse was found guilty by a jury today of federal criminal charges that he conspired with a corrupt Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy to rob his former employer of $2 million dollars’ worth of marijuana and cash through an armed robbery staged to look like a legitimate law enforcement operation.


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An MS-13 gang member was sentenced today to 38 months in prison for his role and participation in a violent gang-related assault of a victim with multiple bats.


Nurse Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud  in Connection with Compound Pharmacy Fraud Scheme

News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Fallon Deneem Page, 37, of Hattiesburg, pled guilty yesterday before Senior U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to mail fraud in connection with a compound pharmacy fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Michelle Sutphin with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.


Former Paraguayan Congresswoman And Two Others Charged In International Money Laundering Conspiracy

News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A former member of Paraguay’s Congress, her husband and another senior member of a Paraguayan money exchange business are charged by complaint for their participation in an international money laundering conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.


News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Maryland man offered a guilty plea today in U.S. District Court to cyberstalking victims in the Southern District of Ohio.


News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Brett Trageser, age 29, currently residing in Cumberland County Prison, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on November 7, 2019, to 156 months’ imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release, by Chief United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner, for conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl.


News Release: Tampa, Florida - Mordechai Boaziz (68, Fort Lauderdale) and Jonathan Marmol (41, Odessa) have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to make false statements to financial institutions. Each faces a maximum penalty of 5 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.


News Release: Luray, Virginia: Shenandoah National Park will waive its entrance fees on six days in 2020. Five of the days celebrate significant national events and all national parks will waive their entrance fees on those days. The sixth day (Neighbor Appreciation Day) offers free admission to Shenandoah National Park only. The fee free days for 2020 are.


Five-Time Felon Sentenced to 10 Years for Gun Crime

News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.



News Release: In San Antonio, a federal judge sentenced 35-year-old ringleader Andrew Sanchez (aka “Freight," “Hakeem") to 15 years in federal prison for his role in a narcotics distribution operation on San Antonio’s eastside, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division.


News Release: Samsung Heavy Industries Company Ltd Agrees to Pay $75 Million in Global Penalties to Resolve Foreign Bribery Case.


Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Indictment and Arrest of Ophthalmologist for Healthcare Fraud

News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Scott Lampert, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...


News Release: SHREVEPORT, LAKE CHARLES, MONROE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced the resolution of several cases this week, all of which are separately noted, that were brought pursuant to the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program, which is the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent...


News Release: ALEXANDRIA - Samsung Heavy Industries Company Limited (Samsung Heavy Industries), a South Korea-based engineering company that provides shipbuilding, offshore platform construction, and other construction and engineering services, has agreed to pay total penalties of more than $75 million to resolve the government’s investigation into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) arising out of a scheme to pay millions of dollars in bribes to officials in Brazil.