News from September 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: 17 Individuals Indicted as part of Drug Trafficking Organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A former United States Postal Carrier pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to stealing mail parcels that contained narcotics and then selling those narcotics in his neighborhood.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Virginia Beach man was sentenced today to six years in prison for exploiting an elderly man’s diminished mental capacity to defraud him of nearly $157,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: Charge carries possibility of substantial additional prison time.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: You own one-third of the land in America - public land where one can hike, bike, climb, hunt, swim, explore, picnic, or just simply relax. National Public Lands Day on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019, is an opportunity to enjoy and give something back to those places we love. In recognition of this special...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HAWAI‘I - A new podcast series takes listeners on an acoustic voyage to discover tales of extinction, invasion, volcanic eruptions, and ancient navigation through national parks in Hawai‘i. Natural sounds bring to life these stories and the urgent conservation challenges of these tropical and isolated islands.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - Two Kansas men with prior felony convictions were charged in separate cases today with unlawfully possessing firearms, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Ohio man was arrested today for his role in a large-scale, multi-level marketing scheme to defraud private and federally funded health care benefit programs of at least $10 million through the submission of claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions for compounded medications, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Peter Stifner, 34, of Bossier City, Louisiana, was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote to serve three years and four months in federal prison for using a merchandise price changing scheme to steal more than...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two Louisiana parishes as primary natural disaster areas. Producers who suffered losses due to two separate disaster events may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 20-count indictment on Aug. 22 against Akop Dongelyan, 44, of Glendale, and Artak Vardanyan, 37, of Burbank, charging them with credit card fraud and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. Vardanyan was arraigned today, with Dongelyan’s arraignment is scheduled for Sept.23.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Today, Chief U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney sentenced Pierre Buissereth, 37, of Indian Land, South Carolina, to 14 years in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release, for his leadership role in a cross-country drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging a Richmond man with the armed robbery of Call Federal Credit Union in Midlothian.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANTHONY MORALES, 30, of Waterbury, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to one count of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 24 Texas as primary natural disaster areas. Producers due to recent disasters may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago woman has been indicted on federal charges for allegedly operating a prostitution business in the city’s West Town neighborhood.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment charging Edvin Ovasapyan, Hakob Kojoyan, Lorik Papyan, and Stephen Silverman for their respective roles in an alleged scheme to defraud purchasers of prescription drugs, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: Indictment Alleges that the Attorney Conspired to Obstruct Justice, Launder Drug Proceeds, and Distribute Drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARTIN NUNEZ, 41, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 21 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment charging Edvin Ovasapyan, Hakob Kojoyan, Lorik Papyan, and Stephen Silverman for their respective roles in an alleged scheme to defraud purchasers of prescription drugs, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.
