News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Manhattan Beach man pleaded guilty to a fraud charge this afternoon in United States District Court and admitted bilking foreign investment groups out of $14 million by falsely claiming the money would be used to produce a feature film that Netflix would distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: Joshua Ryan Joles, the CEO of LLC Wholesale Supply, LLC, Mohammad Mehdi Salemi, the CEO of Wholesalers Group, Inc. and Wholesalers Group, LLC, and bank account holders Angel Caminero Alvarez and Leonides Herrera were indicted on charges of money laundering, committing violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and mail fraud, related to their alleged participation in a scheme to sell diverted pharmaceuticals to unwitting pharmacies and consumers.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: MIAMI - A South Florida resident pled guilty today to illegally selling firearms to the National Liberation Army (ELN), a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization and a violent paramilitary group operating in South America.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: An Eastlake man was indicted in federal court of child pornography charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that WILSON ROMERO, age 53, of Katy, Texas, was charged today in a one-count indictment with possession with the intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - An Ava, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing methamphetamine and a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jack F. Gibbins, III, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 24 months incarceration for distributing methamphetamine, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Kenneth Kirkpatrick, 33, of Manchester, was sentenced in federal court on Thursday to 36 months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Coal City man pled guilty to a child pornography offense, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Charles Larry Wallace, Jr., pled guilty to production of images of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Michael Varian, age 52, of Troy, New York, was sentenced on Wednesday to 121 months in prison, to be followed by 15 years of supervised release, for attempted online enticement of a minor.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC - Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) sent letters to Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi and Lyft CEO Logan Green pressing them for answers on critical safety, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - David Weaver, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 37 months incarceration for his involvement in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Kristopher Ives, 33, of Portland, pleaded guilty today to fraud in connection with computers for illegally accessing the computer network and data of his former employer, Gearbox Studios, after being terminated.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - With robust public participation over the course of 17 prior events, the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Initiative continues to remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to misuse, theft or abuse by family members and visitors, including children and teens.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: A Hubbard man was indicted in federal court for allegedly falsely representing he was the leader of a military booster club that did not exist and soliciting gifts from businesses, some of which he kept for himself.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: Former New York Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: Jackson, TN - After a two-day trial, a federal jury has found Pierre Woods, 38, of Bolivar, TN, guilty of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the guilty verdict today.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: Congress Can Act Now to Lower Drug Prices.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: For Production of Child Pornography and Making a Destructive Device.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Donyea Fowler, age 34, of South Bend, Indiana was sentenced before United States District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio for six counts of Hobbs Act robbery, one count of felon in possession of a firearm, and six counts of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
