News from December 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Ergonomic office furniture maker Workrite Ergonomics LLC, a Delaware company, and its parent, Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Co. (collectively, Workrite), have agreed to pay $7.1 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that they overcharged the federal government for office furniture under General Services Administration (GSA) contracts, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - Senior U.S. District Judge Michael M. Mihm today sentenced former Boy Scout troop leader Milton Forsberg, 80, to serve 78 months (6 years, 6 months) in federal prison for receipt and possession of child pornography. In addition, Forsberg, of the 800 block of West Charles Street, Champaign...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Joshua Wayne Thompson, 26, of Vallejo, was sentenced today to four years and three months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Former DeSales University Priest Indicted on Child Pornography Offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Six Men Charged for Roles in Scheme to Defraud Businesses of Luxury Goods and Services.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Two Durham, North Carolina, return preparers pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Department of Justice’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin of the Middle District of North Carolina.
By State Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
Release: More information about Comoros is available on the Comoros Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, held a remote hearing to examine risks to the accuracy and completeness of the 2020 Census count.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - U.S. Attorney John Milhiser and FBI Springfield Special Agent in Charge Sean M. Cox announced that nine men previously arrested in Rock Island, Ill., have been indicted on charges of attempted enticement of a child to engage in sexual activity. In addition, several of the defendants...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Former CEO and Founder of Technology Company Pleads Guilty to Investment Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on November 4, 2020, Christopher Texidor, age 33, William Kuduk, age 34, Justin Laboy, age 33, Jose Laboy, age 36, and Jonathan Cobaugh, age 23, all from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Jamie Valenzuela...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that Jan Rucker, 28, of McDowell County, formerly of Princeton, pled guilty to possession with the intent to distribute hydromorphone and using and carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime. Rucker was charged as a result of a long-term, multi-state, investigation known as Operation X-Nation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Defendant admitted to role in February 2019 shooting of rival gang members.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today issued the following statement after the House Democratic Caucus unanimously elected him Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee for the 117th Congress...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research Chair Stacey E. Plaskett of the U.S. Virgin Islands issued the following statement after hosting a roundtable with small-scale and organic stakeholders to discuss the impacts of COVID-19...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas tax preparer pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to preparing and filing fraudulent tax returns on behalf of her clients (which caused a total tax loss of at least $1,500,000), announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich of the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Tara Sullivan of the IRS-Criminal Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - Joel Espinosa, 21, of Lawrence, pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to distributing fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge John L. Badalamenti has sentenced Nestly Jean a/k/a “Baby Zoe" (28, Lehigh Acres) to seven years in federal prison for distributing controlled substances. He had pleaded guilty on Jan. 14, 2020. Jean is a documented member of the “Zoe Pound" street gang by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today issued the following statement after the House Democratic Caucus unanimously elected him Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee for the 117th Congress...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Two money mules charged in Northern District of Ohio. More than $1 million in losses from elder fraud scams in 2020.
