News from July 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: Operation LeGend. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man was charged in federal court today with illegally possessing methamphetamine to distribute and two firearms. Steven L. Younce, 38, was charged with one count of possessing methamphetamine to distribute, one count of possessing firearms...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: GUILTY PLEA - AMBER RENEE PRICE.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against three members of the Mongolian Boys Society, charging them with conspiring to commit murder in aid of racketeering for acting as lookouts for a gang shooting that killed four, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: Justin Herdman, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced today that a federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland has returned a eighteen-count indictment charging Joseph A. Cipolletti, age 45, of Hudson, with wire fraud, money laundering, bank fraud, and making a false statement under oath.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Palmdale resident was charged today with illegally importing a mosaic depicting the Roman god Hercules that is believed to have been made nearly two millennia ago.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: Taro Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. (Taro U.S.A.) has been charged for conspiring to fix prices, allocate customers, and rig bids for generic drugs, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - A Mt, Vernon, Kentucky, man was convicted Thursday by a federal jury in London for violating the civil rights of an inmate under custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Sean R. Sullivan, 50, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to production of child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 30 years, and a fine of $250,000 fine.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Orders on drug pricing...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: Resolutions Follow CEO Guilty Plea and $1.4 billion Settlement with Former Corporate Parent.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Orders on drug pricing...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Keyon Miller, 27, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of being an unlawful user of a controlled substance in possession of a firearm, was sentenced to serve 24 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers successfully apprehended an individual wanted by the Government of the Armenia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A convicted felon has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for illegally possessing a loaded handgun in the Avalon Park neighborhood of Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: Owners of Philadelphia Cheesesteak Restaurant Indicted for Tax Evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: UPDATE. Pursuant to a motion by the government, the case against defendant Juan Tang described in the news release below was dismissed by the court on July 23, 2021. Juan Tang, a Chinese national and former researcher at the University of California at Davis, was recently taken into federal custody...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - As part the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California’s strategy to reduce violent crime by focusing on firearms prosecutions, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced that a federal grand jury in Fresno returned indictments in the following cases involving illegal firearms offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd sentenced Darnell Pearson, 42, of Fresno, today to 30 years in prison for two counts of distribution of fentanyl resulting in death and serious bodily injury, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: United States Files Complaint to Forfeit More Than $2.37 Million From Companies Accused of Laundering Funds to Benefit Sanctioned North Korean Entities.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Chairman David Scott of Georgia delivered the following remarks at today’s hearing on farm energy production: impacts on farm income and rural communities.
