News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - ResMed Corp., a manufacturer of durable medical equipment (DME) based in San Diego, California, has agreed to pay more than $37.5 million to resolve alleged False Claims Act violations for paying kickbacks to DME suppliers, sleep labs and other health care providers, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Erik Quiroz Razo (Quiroz), 28, an illegal alien from Michoacán, Mexico residing in Merced, was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for conspiring with others to assist Paulo Virgen Mendoza’s flight from California to Mexico after he allegedly committed a felony: the murder of Newman Police Corporal Ronil Singh during a traffic stop, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Wood County man pled guilty to a drug offense, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Joshua Michael Conger, 41, of Parkersburg, pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: Defendant admitted making Facebook posting with gun, storing it in air conditioning vent above bedroom.
By State Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Representative Tim Ryan (D-OH) today announced that they have introduced a measure condemning President’s Trump’s threats to militarily target cultural sites in the Administration’s dangerous escalation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Jackson Division Michelle A. Sutphin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi William C. Lamar and United States Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi Mike Hurst today release the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Jackson Division Michelle A. Sutphin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi William C. Lamar and United States Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi Mike Hurst today release the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: Two men convicted of committing violent robberies at cell phone stores across North Texas have been sentenced to a combined 61 years in federal prison following an investigation by the FBI"s Dallas Field Office, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in connection with using the identity of a U.S. citizen.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHAIM STERN, 71, of Flushing, New York, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport federal court to embezzlement and tax offenses related to his operation of nursing homes in Bridgeport and Waterbury.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico- Julia Beatrice Keleher, former Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Education (“PR DOE"), and Ariel Gutiérrez-Rodríguez have been indicted for their participation in a bribery scheme and conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, announced U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico W. Stephen Muldrow. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is in charge of the investigation.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: In recent years, severe storm surges, flooding, mass power outages and other natural or man-made emergencies and disasters have affected businesses in myriad ways. When these disasters strike, the Homeland Security Enterprise relies on real-time data to effectively help businesses, and in turn, private citizens, recover and get back on their feet.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: It’s said that good things come to those who wait. Others say that it’s better late than never. Either way, we can agree that this day has been a long time coming.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico- Julia Beatrice Keleher, former Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Education (“PR DOE"), and Ariel Gutiérrez-Rodríguez have been indicted for their participation in a bribery scheme and conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, announced U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico W. Stephen Muldrow. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is in charge of the investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: Portland, Maine: A Lawrence, Massachusetts man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Portland to conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: A man who helped transport 1,500 pounds of marijuana from California to sell in Tulsa was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Yesterday, Takii Nikeya Smith, age 44, of Cambridge, Maryland, pleaded guilty to the federal charges of conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: Defendant admitted throwing loaded firearm into bushes while running from police.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: GREAT FALLS-A jury today convicted a Browning man of sexually assaulting two women on the Blackfeet Reservation in 2018, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: Two men convicted of committing violent robberies at cell phone stores across North Texas have been sentenced to a combined 61 years in federal prison following an investigation by the FBI"s Dallas Field Office, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
