News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2020
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A federal grand jury has charged three top administrators of a Philippines-based church with overseeing a labor trafficking scheme that forced church members to solicit donations for a bogus charity after the defendants illegally obtained visas and other immigration documents that allowed the workers to enter and remain in the United States.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 13, 2020
News Release: When Heinrich Hertz discovered radio waves in 1887, he never dreamt they would revolutionize communication forever. Apparently, he saw little practical value in the phenomenon at the time. However, those who came after did see the incredible potential-making “wireless telegraphy" and many other innovations possible.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2020
News Release: Today we launch a new and exciting way for youth to explore their local national preserve. All Southeast Texas youth organizations, clubs, and groups are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to build teamwork skills, explore the natural environment around them, and give back to the preserve.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2020
News Release: Seattle - A former Bellevue, Washington, resident who relocated to Miami, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 38 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and $2,359,914 in restitution for bankruptcy fraud. MARINA BONDARENKO, 38, operated a ‘work-at- home’ email scheme...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2020
News Release: Previously Convicted of a Felony Gun Offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that Tammy Hoover, 41, of Niagara Falls, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, five kilograms or more of cocaine, was sentenced to serve 12 months and one day in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Fayth Shamariah Jones, 22, of Bakersfield; Jonte Deon Scott Jr., 23, of Port Richey, Florida; and Donald Conferlete Carney Jr., 22, of Tarpon Springs, Florida, charging all three defendants with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 13, 2020
News Release: Washington Examiner . Ross Marchand. Feb. 12, 2020. As the primary season gets underway, one candidate, President Trump, doesn’t seem particularly worried about which presidential hopeful wins which state. He has a strong economic record to run on and he can seemingly easily expose the follies of his...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2020
News Release: Ohio Resident Charged with Operating Darknet-Based Bitcoin “Mixer," which Laundered Over $300 Million.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JAYSON BRUNO, 36, of Bristol, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 48 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for gun and drug offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Five Newark men who were members of a street gang known as the “Famous Boyz" have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute heroin and cocaine, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - A superseding indictment was returned yesterday in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charging Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei), the world’s largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer, and two U.S. subsidiaries with conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - A superseding indictment was returned yesterday in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charging Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei), the world’s largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer, and two U.S. subsidiaries with conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2020
News Release: In Austin today, a federal judge sentenced 49-year-old Charles McAllister, CEO and owner of Bullion Direct, Inc. (BDI), to ten years in federal prison for money laundering and scheming to defraud customers out of millions of dollars, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash; FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Lattrell Terry, 25, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl, and possession of a firearm with an altered or obliterated serial number, was sentenced to 57 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2020
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of DuBois, Pa. has been sentenced in federal court in Johnstown to 3 years’ probation with 180 days of home detention on his conviction of conversion of government funds, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced the conviction of Jonathan Francis Kimbrell, a 45-year-old resident of Livingston, Louisiana. Kimbrell was indicted by a federal grand jury on June 20, 2019, and charged with the attempted enticement of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the guilty plea of VICTOR PHILLIPS for conspiracy to commit bank bribery. PHILLIPS pled guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert W. Lehrburger in Manhattan federal court.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Bernardino County man has been found guilty by a jury of federal criminal charges that he made harassing telephone calls to government offices and threatened to injure congressional staffers and an intern who answered the calls.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2020
News Release: The Defendant’s Wife Admitted to Attempting to Conceal Evidence from Authorities.
