News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: An indictment against three individuals for their alleged involvement in various schemes to defraud Medicare, TRICARE, and private insurance companies, and their conspiracy to launder the proceeds has been unsealed today. The conduct allegedly resulted in more than $180 million in fraudulent billings.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Houston man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for conspiring to distribute up to 15 kilograms of cocaine and conspiring to commit money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Darnell Curry, 27, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge H. Kenneth Schroeder to assaulting, resisting, or impeding a federal officer. The charge carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: A Grand Prairie man was sentenced 57 months in federal prison for his role in a more than $2.8 million tax return preparation scheme, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: ATHENS, Ga. - Seven defendants charged in various illegal firearm and high-volume drug cases admitted their guilt during change of plea hearings this week in Athens federal court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - June 15, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Rossonno Borders, Jr. (22, Tampa) with being a felon in possession of a firearm. If convicted, Borders faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. The indictment also notifies Borders that the United States intends to forfeit the firearm and ammunition used in the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Joseph Maurice Deberry, a/k/a Joseph Maurice Dewberry, 56, of Charlotte, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David S. Cayer yesterday and pleaded guilty to wire fraud, for orchestrating an investment scheme that defrauded victims of hundreds of thousands of dollars, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA), and Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) released the following statement today after the Trump Administration finalized a discriminatory...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered Norfolk Southern Railway Corp. to reinstate and pay more than $150,000 in back wages after terminating an employee for reporting an on-the-job injury at its Atlanta, Georgia, facility, and also...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced three individuals for possessing device-making equipment used to manufacture counterfeit credit cards. Cassandra S. Ulysse (28, Palm Bay) was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison, Wilson Sidney Joseph Ash (31, Palm Bay) was sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A 32-year-old resident of Austin has been taken into custody on charges of civil disorder, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC -- A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 455,527 visitors to Cape Lookout National Seashore in 2019 spent $20,292,000 in communities near the park. That spending supported 282 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $21,724,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana, announced that DARREN M. MARTIN (“MARTIN"), age 44, of Madisonville, pled guilty on June 9, 2020 in federal court before U.S. District Judge Greg Guidry to Count 1 of an Indictment charging him with conspiracy to commit health care fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1349 and 1347.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation California-Great Basin office in Sacramento has selected Daniel Villanueva as the Region's Occupational Safety and Health Manager, starting this month. In his new role, Daniel will oversee regional services for Occupational Safety and Health, Industrial Hygiene, and Emergency Management.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter today to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai requesting that the Commission provide additional transparency...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A Beaumont businessman, his wife, and son have been sentenced for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND- Jacqueline Jay Podell, 46, and Michael Wilson, 53, both of Winamac, Indiana were sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Philip Simon, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Juwan Baldwin, 27, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of one count of Hobbs Act Robbery, was sentenced to serve 36 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford for his role in the Dec. 28, 2018, robbery of a local McDonald’s restaurant.
