News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Twelve defendants have been charged in a mortgage fraud scheme allegedly spanning more than four years and resulting in the approval of more than 100 mortgages based on fabricated documents and false information. Many of the loans are insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) resulting in claims being paid for mortgages that have gone through loan modification.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, that TYREET JOURNEE, age 29, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana was charged in a one-count indictment by a federal grand jury. In the indictment, JOURNEE is charged with possession of firearms and ammunition by a convicted felon in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2).
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, sent a letter to the Honorable Chad Wolf of the Department of Homeland Security demanding he not act on the Department of Justice’s improper designation of New York City, Portland, and Seattle as “anarchist...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A total of three Colombian nationals associated with the National Liberation Army(Ejército de Liberación Nacional aka ELN), a paramilitary group designated as a foreign terrorist organization, have been taken into Colombian custody at the request of the United States on charges alleging a 20-year international drug conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, that LLOYD WASHINGTON, (“WASHINGTON") age 25, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana was charged in a three-count indictment by a federal grand jury. In Count 1, WASHINGTON is charged with Possession of Firearms ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Jarvisburg man was sentenced today to 96 months in prison for being a felon in possession of ammunition.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) today introduced a continuing resolution to extend federal government funding through December 11 and avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: Chicago Tech Executive Charged with Illegally Exporting Computer Equipment to Pakistan.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Michael Shea, Acting Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Boston, announced that DYLAN KOERNER, 29, of New Britain, formerly of West Hartford, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today to one count of distribution of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: New York City Police Department Officer Charged with Acting As an Illegal Agent of the People’s Republic of China.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
Release: APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) is excited to announce the new APHIS eFile PPQ 587 plants and plant products application for fresh fruits and vegetables permits.Why should you use it?Apply Today!Go to APHIS eFile at efile.aphis.usda.gov/s/. In the Ready to Apply section, select the PPQ 587 ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: UK National Sentenced to Prison for Role in “The Dark Overlord" Hacking Group.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: As part of the ongoing Elk Creek Visitor Center rehabilitation project, staff will be moving from the current visitor center to temporary trailers in the parking lot. To facilitate this move, the visitor center will be closed from September 28 through October 11. Phones may be unanswered for a few days while lines are set up in the trailers. Thank you for your patience as operations are set up to serve you in the coming weeks.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A citizen of Cameroon, Lovette Namatinga, 33, entered pleas of guilty this morning to defrauding a Bourbonnais, Ill., bank. Namatinga pleaded guilty to all counts of the indictment immediately prior to jury selection as his trial was about to begin in Peoria, Ill., before U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid. Sentencing for Namatinga has been scheduled on Jan. 7, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Billy Ray Flynn, age 65, of Stilwell, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Aggravated Sexual Abuse In Indian Country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1153, 2241(a)(1) and 2246(2)(A), punishable by not more than life imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Duxbury man was sentenced in federal court today for a child pornography offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Ann Sonderman Giles, 56, and Lu Anne Wallace, 66, both of Lexington, were sentenced on Monday, before U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, to 30 months and 33 months, respectively, for conspiring to defraud the United States.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Aguigato LLC satisfied a $4,130 reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) involving unpaid produce transactions.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Sept. 18, 2020, Justin Wade Lynch, age 44, originally of Texas, was sentenced to 84 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for armed bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Joleen Simpson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI"), William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office...
