News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Westmoreland County physician has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on charges of conspiracy to violate the Anti-Kickback Statute, conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, health care fraud, and conspiracy to distribute phentermine hydrochloride and diethylpropion, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: GREAT FALLS-A Havre man convicted of domestic assault after breaking his girlfriend’s nose during an argument on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation was sentenced today to 54 months in prison and three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Dermot Shea, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD")...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of RYAN THOMAS FEINE, 35, to 456 months in prison for production and attempted production of child pornography, followed by 20 years of supervised release. FEINE, who pleaded guilty on October 7, 2019, was sentenced today before...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn Jr. sentenced a South Carolina man to 168 months in prison and four years of supervised release for trafficking heroin and crack cocaine, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Veto Omar Martin, 41, of Anderson, S.C., received an enhanced prison sentence and was sentenced as a Career Offender due to his multiple prior drug trafficking convictions.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Shannon Terill Loveless, of Steubenville, Ohio, has admitted to his role in a cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl distribution operation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: BAYFIELD, WISCONSIN - Join us for the second 50th Anniversary lecture hosted by Northland College. Damon Gezhiibideg Panek, Park Ranger, will be presenting on Ojibwe Culture and Fire, February 6 at 7:00 pm, at the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute in Ashland, Wisconsin. The event is free and open to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky.- Joshua E. Tippett, 19, of Florence, Kentucky, pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday, before U.S. District Judge David L. Bunning, and admitted that he knowingly transported child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty plea of OLGA MARINA FRANCO DEL-CID, 36, to one count of illegal re-entry after removal and one count of false representation of social security account number. FRANCO DEL-CID, who was charged on Dec. 12, 2019, entered her guilty plea earlier today before Judge Susan Richard Nelson in U.S. District Court, in St. Paul, Minnesota. A sentencing date has been set for June 11, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: Orlando, Florida - A federal jury has found Tanya Firmani (47, Jacksonville) guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit bankruptcy fraud and six counts of bankruptcy fraud. Firmani faces a maximum penalty of five years’ imprisonment on each count. Her sentencing hearing is scheduled for April 21, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Four defendants were sentenced to federal prison on drug charges by United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers today, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: Justice Department Settles with Child Care Providers to Protect the Rights of Children with Diabetes.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: An armed carjacker who led police on a wild chase across Northeast Dallas was sentenced today to 15 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: National Park Service special agents conduct joint investigation with Alaska Wildlife Troopers.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal indictment charging YURIDIA HERNANDEZ LINARES, 36, with conspiracy to commit visa fraud. LINARES made her initial appearance earlier today before Magistrate Judge Tony N. Leung in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Bing Han and Lei Zhang pleaded guilty in federal court today for operating unlicensed money transmitting businesses. Their guilty pleas are believed to be the first in the United States for a developing form of unlawful underground financial institution that transfers money between the United...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Marshals are auctioning approximately 4,040 bitcoins in connection with various federal criminal, civil and administrative cases.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: Four Trumbull County men convicted in an ATF investigation have been sentenced in federal court.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: Likely Faces Between 11 and 14 Years in Federal Prison; Two Other TTG Members Pleaded Guilty to Federal Charge of Assaulting Employees of the U.S. Marshals Service While Detained.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.6 million grant to Sampson Community College of Clinton, North Carolina to increase the number of skilled workers available to meet regional trucking industry...
