News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Aliso Viejo man was sentenced today to 180 months in federal prison for traveling to China to engage in illegal sexual activity with a 16-year-old boy who was under his care and supervision at the time.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: MIAMI - Peter Sotis, 55, of Delray Beach, Florida, was arrested yesterday based on an indictment charging him with conspiracy to violate and attempted violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), as well as smuggling of goods.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: An 11th defendant pled guilty and three additional defendants received federal prison sentences today as the prosecution of a major drug trafficking and money laundering organization continues.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Joseph M. Crocco, 42, of Poughkeepsie, New York, was sentenced to 144 months in prison and ordered to pay $2709 in restitution for robbing a credit union.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: OAKLAND -Ruben Eric Calle has been charged with possession of child pornography announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Tatum King.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - On Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas will launch a pilot program with the Wichita Police Department allowing local and state officers who serve on federal task forces to use body-worn cameras while serving arrest warrants, or other planned arrest operations, and during the execution of search warrants.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: Oil Executives Plead Guilty for Roles in Bribery Scheme Involving Foreign Officials.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: A successful rescue occurred on the Chilkoot Trail on Oct. 30, 2019. At approximately 2:00 am a distress call was received by the NPS Alaska Region Communications Center as well as Skagway Fire Department. With little information to act on, Skagway Fire Department and NPS staff, via TEMSCO Helicopter...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Mikael Matthews, 24, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to two years in federal prison for unlawfully possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Matthews pleaded guilty to this charge on Aug. 12, 2019. His prison term will be followed by a three-year period of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA -Two metro-Atlanta chiropractors, Allan Spagnardi and Stacy Spagnardi, have been sentenced to federal prison for using their chiropractic clinic to commit healthcare fraud and for defrauding the Internal Revenue Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - With the plea of an 80-year-old Houston man, all 14 charged in the scam involving Continuum Healthcare and its various health centers have been convicted, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CRISPIN ABARIENTOS, M.D., 45, of Middletown, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 37 months of imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release, for defrauding Connecticut’s Medicaid program.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - On Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas will launch a pilot program with the Wichita Police Department allowing local and state officers who serve on federal task forces to use body-worn cameras while serving arrest warrants, or other planned arrest operations, and during the execution of search warrants.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A Walker County man who was selling methamphetamine out of his Nauvoo, Alabama business was sentenced on October 24th, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay Morris.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Carlos A. Spann, 42, of Shreveport, Louisiana, was sentenced Oct. 29, 2019, to 20 years in federal prison for his role in a fraudulent check-cashing scheme resulting in the theft of nearly $400,000. Chief U.S. District Judge S. Maurice...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Three members of a drug-trafficking organization have pleaded guilty to their roles in distributing significant amounts of drugs in Camden, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, sent a letter to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) calling for the swift review of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s compliance policy and to defer to the expert judgment of the FDA to ban all vaping flavors, especially mint and menthol.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: A Westlake man was sentenced to nearly five years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to defraud the Cleveland Clinic out more than $2.7 million.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -To mark Women’s Small Business Month, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today introduced legislation to expand women entrepreneurs’ access to capital.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Daniel Joseph Zirk (23, Spring Hill) has been arrested and charged by a federal criminal complaint with attempted bank robbery and using a firearm during a crime of violence. Zirk made his initial appearance in federal court today and was detained.
