News published on Federal Newswire in September 2019

News from September 2019


Bumpass Hell Trail to Open September 13

News Release: MINERAL, CA - Lassen Volcanic National Park plans to re-open the Bumpass Hell Trail Sept. 13, following the partial completion of a multi-year trail rehabilitation project.


Father and Son Owners of Ambulette Company Plead Guilty To $8.6 Million Healthcare Kickback Scheme

News Release: Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, Igor Radinovskiy and Aleksandr Radinovskiy, co-owners of Sabe Ambulette Services Inc., d/b/a Mobility Transportation, located in Brooklyn and North Bellmore, New York, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to offer and pay health care kickbacks and one count of conspiracy to defraud the lawful functions of the Internal Revenue Service.


Local Waterfowl Outfitter Pleads Guilty to Unlawful Guided Hunt

News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - Rick A. Hamm, 58, of Chillicothe, Ill., owner of “Show Me Your Snows," a waterfowl outfitting service, pleaded guilty today in federal court to unlawful sale of wildlife, in violation of the Lacey Act. Hamm admitted that in December 2015, he and his assistant guides took two hunters on...


California Woman Pleads Guilty To Operating Wholesaler Of Synthetic Cannabinoids

News Release: Janell Thompson Was the Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer, and Co-Owner of a Business that Distributed Large Quantities of Smokeable Synthetic Cannabinoids.


Former Hospital Worker Sentenced To 14 Years For Child Pornography Offenses

News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza today sentenced Vorarut Vorasiangsuk (37, Orlando) to 14 years in federal prison for receipt and possession of child pornography. The court also ordered Vorasiangsuk to forfeit multiple computers and hard drives, which he had used to commit the offenses.


Federal Grand Jury Indictments Allege Drug Trafficking Ring that Smuggled Hundreds of Pounds of Cocaine, Ecstasy, Other Narcotics

News Release: LOS ANGELES - Thirteen people were arrested today on two federal grand jury indictments alleging a conspiracy to export hundreds of pounds of narcotics, including cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine, from Mexico through Southern California and into Canada.


Accountant Who Cheated Her Friends and Clients Via a $27.5 Million Ponzi Scheme Sentenced to More Than Eight Years in Federal Prison

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A retired certified public accountant has been sentenced to 97 months in federal prison for running a $27.5 million Ponzi scheme that for roughly two decades defrauded her friends and her accounting firm’s clients.


East Texas Men Guilty of Federal Drug Trafficking Violations

News Release: TYLER, Texas - Two East Texas men have pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.


Chilton County Father and Son Sentenced to Prison on Unrelated Federal Charges

News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Within the past two weeks, a Chilton County father and son were each sentenced to prison for committing federal crimes, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr., Special Agent in Charge Marcus S. Watson with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and Chilton County Sheriff John Shearon.


Toledo man indicted on cocaine and firearms charges

News Release: A Toledo man was indicted on drug and firearms charges.


New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking

News Release: CONCORD - Shariff Britton, 36, of Jersey City, New Jersey, pleaded guilty in federal court to possessing over 500 grams of cocaine with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.


Campfire Prohibition Lifted on Public Lands in Kenai Peninsula

News Release: CAMPFIRE RESTRICTIONS LIFTED FOR KENAI NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, CHUGACH NATIONAL FOREST AND KENAI FJORDS NATIONAL PARK.


News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 30-year-old Vidor, Texas man has been indicted for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown.


Hartford Man Sentenced to Prison for Role in Gang-Related Drug Trafficking Ring

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that NOEL CORTES, 55, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 27 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl.


Man Who Robbed West Mifflin PNC Bank Wearing a Pirates Hat and McDonald’s Uniform Shirt Will Spend More Than Four Years in Prison

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court four years and two months (50 months) in prison and three years’ supervised release on his conviction of bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


New York Ambulette Company Owners Plead Guilty in More than $8.6 Million Health Care Kickback Scheme

News Release: New York Ambulette Company Owners Plead Guilty in More than $8.6 Million Health Care Kickback Scheme.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Butler County, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to Social Security fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


Sacramento Man Indicted for Assaulting Federal Agents with a Firearm

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 14-count indictment today against Jason Raysean Broadbent, 32, of Sacramento, charging him with assaulting federal officers with a deadly weapon and various firearms and drug trafficking offenses, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.


NDTX Round-Up September 5, 2019

News Release: SENTENCING - Samuel Colin. On Aug. 26, Samuel Colin, 25, was sentenced to 78 months in the United States Bureau of Prisons for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine. Court records reveal that from...


Engel Presses Afghanistan Special Representative to Testify

News Release: Dear Ambassador Khalilzad: I invite you to appear at an open hearing of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on a mutually agreed date during the month of September to testify on the Trump Administration’s peace plan with the Taliban and the path forward in Afghanistan. This invitation follows two...