News published on Federal Newswire in November 2019

News from November 2019


Trying to Obstruct the Justice System to Help Out His Brother Results in Federal Prison Time for Idaho Man

News Release: An Idaho man who agreed to help his brother try to pay off a victim of his brother’s $2.4 million wire fraud and identity theft scheme was sentenced on Nov. 19, 2019, to two months in federal prison.


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 Carl E. Dubois, Sheriff of Orange County, announced the arrest today of CHASKEL LANDAU...


Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against New Jersey Man For Causing Damage To Computer Systems Of Former Employer

News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI") announced today the filing of a criminal indictment against MAYUR RELE for committing...


News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that FABIOLA BASTIAN MOJICA, 39, a citizen of Mexico recently residing in Stamford, was sentenced today U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally reentering the U.S. after being deported.


#FewerCures Facts?Crenshaw Joins Walden to Provide Facts on Pelosi’s Tax on Cures

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) is joining Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) for a video series that began this week aimed at providing the facts on Speaker Pelosi’s partisan plan for fewer cures.


News Release: Portland, Maine: A Sanford man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Portland to transferring obscene material to a minor, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.


Waterloo Felon with Prior Firearm-Related Convictions Sentenced to Four Years in Federal Prison for Unlawfully Possessing Handgun

News Release: A man who unlawfully possessed a firearm after being convicted of a felony was sentenced on Nov. 19, 2019, to four years in federal prison.


St. Augustine Man Sentenced To More Than 14 Years In Federal Prison For Attempting To Entice Two Young Children For Sex

News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Brian Ray Dunlap (67, St. Augustine) to 14 years and 7 months in federal prison for attempting to entice two young children to engage in sexual activity. Dunlap was also ordered to serve a 10-year term of supervised release and to register as a sex offender.


Utah ICE officers deport man wanted for homicide in Honduras

News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A Honduran man wanted for homicide in his home country was removed (deported) Wednesday by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).


Federal inmate pleads guilty to using a cell phone from prison to post to videos to Facebook

News Release: ATLANTA - Inmate Brian J. Wilson pleaded guilty to using a contraband cell phone to post photographs and videos onto Facebook from his cell in the U.S. Penitentiary-Atlanta (“USP Atlanta").


News Release: CHICAGO - A former technician at a Chicago pharmacy has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for stealing thousands of pills of hydrocodone and selling them for a profit.


News Release: BOSTON - A Chelsea man was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Boston for the September 2019 robbery of a branch of the TD Bank in Chelsea.


News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that OSVALDO SAEZ, 32, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a New Haven drug trafficking ring.


Federal Inmate Pleads Guilty to Using a Cell Phone from Prison to Post to Videos to Facebook

News Release: ATLANTA - Inmate Brian J. Wilson pleaded guilty to using a contraband cell phone to post photographs and videos onto Facebook from his cell in the U.S. Penitentiary-Atlanta (“USP Atlanta").


Two Former Tennessee Correctional Officers Charged with  Civil Rights, Conspiracy, and Obstruction Offenses  Following Assault of Inmate

News Release: Two Former Tennessee Correctional Officers Charged with Civil Rights, Conspiracy, and Obstruction Offenses Following Assault of Inmate.


CISA Invests in Cutting-Edge Election Security Auditing Tool Ahead of 2020 Elections

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), is teaming up with election officials and their private sector partners to develop and pilot an open source post-election auditing tool ahead of the 2020 elections. The tool is being created by VotingWorks, a non-partisan, non-profit...


Bank Insider And Two Others Arrested In Bank Bribery And Money Laundering Conspiracy

News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the arrest of VICTOR PHILLIPS, STEPHEN ODIBOH, and ANTHONY COLLIER for money...


News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the arrest of VICTOR PHILLIPS, STEPHEN ODIBOH, and ANTHONY COLLIER for money...



News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement today that it is rolling back key portions of the Risk Management Plan updates, also known as the Chemical Disaster Rule...