News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A California man today admitted to conspiring to offer and sell unregistered securities and to subscribing to a false tax return in connection with his role in the BitClub Network, a cryptocurrency mining scheme worth at least $722 million, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Hugo Ryan Berteau-Pavy, 26, of Portland, has been charged by criminal complaint with civil disorder, a felony, after targeting the eyes of multiple law enforcement officers with a high-powered laser during a June 13, 2020 civil disturbance in Portland.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez, along with federal, state, and local law enforcement partners, announces several recent arrests in “Operation Pocket Dial" - a joint investigation targeting heroin and fentanyl distribution networks in Tampa and Kissimmee.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - John R. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, today announced an update on Operation Legend in Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2020
News Release: Burlington, VT - The U.S. Marshals Service, the Vermont State Police and the Rutland Police arrested a fugitive wanted by the Charlestown, West Virginia Police Department for a 2016 Murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Derrick Leron Jordan, age 49, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Failure To Register As Sex Offender, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2250(a)(1), 2250(a)(2)(B) and 2250(a)(3), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 3, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from the second phase of the experimental Small Business Pulse Survey. Data collection began Aug. 9, 2020. Results will be released weekly starting Aug. 20 through Oct. 15, 2020. The second phase includes questions on the core concepts from the first phase...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Keystone Health Plan East, Inc. and QCC Insurance Company, Inc. (collectively referred to as “KHPE/QCC"), on behalf of parent company Independence Blue Cross, LLC (“IBC"), operator of Medicare Advantage plans, have agreed to pay...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the unsealing of a federal indictment charging SHIMON SHAKED, 56, with tax evasion, failure to file a tax return, and failure to account for and pay employment tax. SHAKED made his initial appearance today before Magistrate Judge Tony N. Leung in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2020
News Release: (Tacoma) - A former Tacoma resident, who was residing in South Bend, Indiana, at the time of his arrest, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to production of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran. SAMUEL PHILLIPS, 27, faces a mandatory minimum 15 years in prison and up to 30 years in prison when sentenced by U.S. District Judge Benjamin Settle on December 7, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Heading to a Washington, DC, national park this Labor Day weekend? Download the free DC Area National Parks App in the Apple and Google Play stores to find, explore and learn about parks in the Washington, DC, area.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Melissa Madera, 27, of Reading, PA pleaded guilty before United States District Court Judge Joseph F. Leeson, Jr. to multiple child exploitation and pornography offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Waitman Larry Frederick, of Glenville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 168 months of incarceration for his role in a drug distribution operation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Cerissa Renfroe Neal, 45, of Madison County, David B. Hunt, 54, of Jackson, Tennessee, Joseph Kyles, 51, of Memphis, Tennessee, and Lambert Martin, 59, of Memphis, Tennessee, have been charged in a federal indictment with conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering and bribery, announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2020
News Release: Drugs for Equine Illness Allegedly Sold to Trainers and Veterinarians at New York Racetracks.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Cody Burgess, 29, of Dansville, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with production, receipt, and distribution of child pornography, and possession of child pornography involving prepubescent minors. The charges carry a minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, and a maximum of 30 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today that DANIEL KAMENSKY, the founder and manager of New York-based...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2020
News Release: Defendant Also Ordered to Pay $843,616 in Restitution to IRS.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 3, 2020
News Release: House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) and Democratic Members of the House State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Subcommittee today wrote to President Donald Trump opposing his plan to defund the United States’ previously appropriated and committed contributions to the World Health Organization (WHO).
By USDA Newswire | Sep 3, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated three New Mexico, as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Guadalupe, Lincoln and Roosevelt, who suffered losses due to recent drought, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
