News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Mexican national recently convicted of his third Driving Under the Influence charge within the previous two years pleaded guilty today to illegally reentering the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: Seasonally operated campgrounds in Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway have begun closing for the 2020 summer season and visitor services are winding down. Visitors to the park are reminded to “know before you go" and have a plan for where to stay overnight.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Ole Hougen has been charged with a federal hate crime for attacking a black man with a knife on a street in Santa Cruz, announced U.S. Attorney David L. Anderson, Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband for the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, and FBI Special Agent in Charge John L. Bennett.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Jonathan “Baby G" Gomez, a member of the Syndicato de Nuevo Mexico prison gang, pleaded guilty on Sept. 25 to a racketeer influenced and corrupt organization (RICO) indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A criminal information was filed today in federal court alleging that Lewis Wallach, the former CEO of a Marin-based company known as Professional Financial Investors, or PFI, ran the company for years as a Ponzi scheme, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: Previously Convicted of a Felony Drug Offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Loretta Darlene Stewart-Cabrera, also known as Loretta Dexter, 55, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to 30 months in prison for wire fraud and money laundering, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A former IRS employee was sentenced in federal court today for stealing tax refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Thailand national was indicted today for defrauding a New Jersey company in its purchase of COVID-19 personal protective equipment (PPE) intended for combating the COVID-19 virus, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that HAROLD GORDON, 71, of Templeton, Massachusetts, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to five years of probation for defrauding a Connecticut art dealer.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: California Man Charged with Federal Hate Crime for Attempting to Stab Black Man.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: On Sept. 29, the Bureau of Land Management Battle Mountain District, Mount Lewis Field Office concluded the 2020 Diamond Complex wild horse helicopter gather within the Diamond Complex located just north of Eureka, Nevada on the Diamond Mountain Range. The Diamond Complex included three Herd Management...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Jacques Mathieu has pleaded guilty to attempting to export 12 firearms and approximately 36,000 rounds of ammunition to Haiti by concealing the contraband in a car he intended to ship to the island.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: Trentin Anton Richardson, 20, of Beggs, pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to one count of robbery and another count of discharging a firearm in relation to a crime of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint against Fresh Produce Inc. for alleged violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). The company, operating from Texas, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to 15 produce sellers in the amount of $374,069 from May 2018 through August 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: United States Reaches Agreement to Protect New Orleans Waterways and Lake Pontchartrain.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM and prime contractor Parsons Corporation are poised to begin transferring radioactive material to the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) for processing at a rate eight times faster than recent waste treatment operations at the Savannah River Site (SRS).
By USDA Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2020-20. Sept. 29, 2020 To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials On September 13 and 14, 2020, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) removed two Mexican fruit fly (Mexfly) quarantines ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Colorado woman and a Florida woman have agreed to plead guilty in connection with a multi-million dollar Medicare fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: North Carolina Man Charged with Fraudulently Seeking Over $6 Million in COVID Relief Funds.
