News from July 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Blaine Morgan, 35, of Crownpoint, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, appeared in federal court on July 9 for an arraignment on an indictment charging him with second-degree murder in Indian Country.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Ursula Wing, 42, New York City, New York, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to a two-year term of probation, and fined $10,000, for supplying abortion-inducing...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Moss Point Mayor Mario King, 33, and his wife, Natasha R. King, 32, of Moss Point, Mississippi, appeared today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert H. Walker on fraud charges relating to the Mayor’s Gala held in 2019, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, Mississippi State Auditor Shad White, and Special Agent in Charge Michelle A. Sutphin of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - The Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island reminded taxpayers of the July 15 filing and payment deadline and warned against an increase in tax and COVID-19 scams.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that an investigation of a Bridgeport murder in 2018 and other violent acts has resulted in federal charges against the following five individuals.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that CARLOS BARNES, also known as “Buddha," 29, of New Haven, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to possession of firearms by a previously convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - Richard Simpson, 33, of Danville, Kentucky, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison on Friday, before U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove, after previously admitting that he distributed heroin and was illegally in possession of a firearm as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: Human Remains Identified as Missing Man from Manchester, New Hampshire.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Mark Edward Beatty, of Gans, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 78 months of incarceration for illegally distributing drugs and money laundering, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Mark E. Wolanyk, 62, of Clarence Center, NY, who was convicted of tax evasion, was sentenced to 12 months of home confinement, 3 years of supervised release and ordered to pay $243,387 in restitution to the IRS by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Blaine Morgan, 35, of Crownpoint, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, appeared in federal court on July 9 for an arraignment on an indictment charging him with second-degree murder in Indian Country.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: Universal Health Services, Inc. And Related Entities To Pay $122 Million To Settle False Claims Act Allegations Relating To Medically Unnecessary Inpatient Behavioral Health Services And Illegal Kickbacks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: Alleged Violations Involve Medically Unnecessary Inpatient Behavioral Health Services.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Today, U.S. District Court Judge Raúl M. Arias-Marxuach sentenced Juan Laureano-Miranda, a.k.a. “Juanchy" to 78 months imprisonment and 72 months of supervised release for his involvement in a drug trafficking conspiracy, announced United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow. Immigration...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Universal Health Services, Inc., UHS of Delaware, Inc.(together, UHS), and Turning Point Care Center, LLC (Turning Point), a UHS facility located in Moultrie, Georgia, have agreed to pay a combined total of $122 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act for billing for medically...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2021 Legislative Branch bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town announced today that he will resign from the Department of Justice, effective Wednesday, July 15, 2020, at midnight.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, the Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, issued the following statement on U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Karl Schultz’s refusal to appear for a public hearing...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: HONOLULU, Hawaii - Zachariah Fredrickson, 32, of Kapolei, Hawaii, pleaded guilty today in federal court to one count of attempting to entice a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity. He entered his plea pursuant to a binding Plea Agreement with the government, in which the parties jointly recommended a sentence to include 10 years in prison. Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 29, 2020, before U.S. District Judge Helen Gillmor.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: ORLANDO - An Ohio man was sentenced to 15 years and 8 months in federal prison for transportation of child pornography Friday. This case was investigated by the resident agent in charge for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Cocoa Beach office and the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office.
