News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Two former New Jersey state public education system employees were sentenced today to prison terms for defrauding New Jersey state health benefits programs by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary compounded prescriptions, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO -Stephanie Baker, 48, of O’Fallon, Missouri, pleaded guilty to three counts of mail fraud related to her former position in the accounting department of Prairie Farms Dairy Supply Company. Baker appeared, today, before United States District Henry Autrey who accepted her pleas and set sentencing for Jan. 12, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND-Tracy Cox, 52, of Hammond, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon upon her guilty plea to wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: Philadelphia, PA - The U.S. Marshals Service announced the arrests of 116 persons wanted for violent crimes in a three-month “Operation Triple Beam - Vigilant Resolve" enforcement initiative conducted throughout Delaware, Northampton, Lancaster and Berks Counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond man was sentenced today to four years in prison for possession of a firearm after being convicted of multiple felonies.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: In Del Rio today, U.S. District Judge Alia Moses sentenced 44-year-old Adan Suke, Jr., a member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas (KTTT), to 12 years in federal prison in connection with the death of a fellow tribe member in November 2006, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mays Landing, New Jersey, man charged with Wire Fraud pled guilty and was sentenced on Oct. 2, 2020, by District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - EM and Idaho National Laboratory Site cleanup contractor Fluor Idaho are testing technologies that will enable the retrieval and transfer of a granulated high-level radioactive waste called calcine that’s been in storage for decades.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: Thomas Baxter Used a Fake Identity to Defraud the Social Security Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - The founder of an Erie non-profit organization and a resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of wire fraud and false writing or document to the government, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Production of Child Pornography was sentenced on October 5, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jason Pantone, age 34, of Hyde Park, New York, pled guilty today to conveying false information and hoax letters in connection with envelopes containing white powder he mailed to federal offices throughout Upstate and Central New York, and the Southern Tier.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Glassport, PA pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of Conspiracy, Food Stamp Fraud, and Money Laundering Conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - United States District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig sentenced Shannon Rennee Bradley to 132 months in prison and ordered her to pay restitution jointly with the co-defendant in the amount of $8,500. The 26-year-old Washington, Missouri resident pleaded guilty in January to conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl, and aiding and abetting in the distribution of heroin and fentanyl. The conspiracy resulted in an overdose death.
By State Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: Dear Mr. Brown:. More than a year ago, reports emerged that an employee in the Department’s Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs was actively involved in the white supremacist movement in the United States, calling into question his suitability to reflect U.S. foreign policy values at home and abroad.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Eight law enforcement representatives were recognized today for their outstanding work in the greater Martinsburg area.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: FBI Anchorage Issues Public Guidance on 2020 Election Security.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Louis Joseph Normand, Jr., 60, of Diamondhead, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr. to 57 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for bank fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Michelle A. Sutphin with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi. Norman was also ordered to pay over $1.6 million in restitution.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: NOAA is announcing funding of 17 new research projects around the country to better understand and predict harmful algal blooms (HABs) and improve our nation’s collective response to them.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: More defendants charged in meth distribution investigation centered in Northeast Georgia.
