News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: A Milan, Michigan resident was sentenced to 72 months in federal prison after having pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in a scheme to defraud Amtrak and others, along with firearms offenses, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: DENVER - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) successfully arrested a Honduran national on the agency’s “Most Wanted" list Friday in Denver.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: America’s restaurants and restaurant workers are a resilient force. They’ve weathered past recessions and fought their way back after hurricanes and wildfires, but the challenges they face now are unlike anything that’s come before.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Gregory Ray Blosser, age 38, of Tampa, Florida, pleaded guilty today to a federal wire fraud charge in connection with a scheme to defraud clients of The Surrogacy Group (TSG), which he owned and operated from offices in Annapolis, Maryland and Tampa, Florida. Blosser was arrested on April 29th in Florida and has been under home confinement since his arrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: Chinn falsely underreported his income to receive COVID-19 unemployment funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: First federal jury trials held since March in the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Addiction Recovery physician Dr. Chambless Johnston and his practice, East Tennessee Recovery, have paid $530,000 to resolve several allegations that they violated the False Claims Act. The allegations include billing for individual and group psychotherapy provided by unlicensed or...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: CINCINNATI - A former prominent college basketball player, who currently plays professionally overseas, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today for failing to file tax returns in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On Sept. 17, 2020, United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger sentenced Michael James Hidlebaugh, age 38, of Perry, to 97 months in prison for Receipt of Child Pornography, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Hidlebaugh was ordered to serve five years of supervised release to follow his prison term, pay $21,000 in restitution, and comply with sex offender registry requirements upon release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Miguel Gonzalez-Adams, 41, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of attempted possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, and being a felon in possession of a firearm, was sentenced to serve 144 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: Concord - In July 2018, the Department of Justice announced the launch of Operation Synthetic Opioid Surge (S.O.S), a program aimed at reducing the supply of synthetic opioids in 10 high impact areas, including the District of New Hampshire and identifying wholesale distribution networks and international and domestic suppliers.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: The Census Bureau will comply with the Court’s order and continue our Nonresponse Followup Operation (NRFU). Our office of general counsel is evaluating the ultimate impact of the order on the 2020 Census. Field staff have been instructed to continue with current operations until updates can be provided.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Whitney Frazier, age 34, of Santee, Nebraska, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. to 51 months’ imprisonment for assault with a dangerous weapon. Frazier will also serve three years of supervised release after he is released from prison. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: A Georgia man has been sentenced to 60 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for running a Ponzi scheme that ensnared over a hundred victims, and induced college students and others to part with money for his own personal benefit.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $732,080 grant to the city of Vincennes, Indiana, to renovate the historic Pantheon Theatre and convert it into a shared coworking, training, and meeting space to support entrepreneurs and small...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Louis Richard Montoya, 31, of Angel Fire, New Mexico, appeared in court today for a detention hearing on charges of possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Montoya will remain detained pending trial.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL) was appointed by House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) to be Chair of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation, effective Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. Underwood currently serves as the Vice Chair of the Homeland Security Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: CENTRAL ISLIP, NY - An agreement was filed today in federal court in Central Islip resolving the criminal case against Amardeep Singh, who was charged in April 2020 with violating the Defense Production Act of 1950 by hoarding personal protective equipment (PPE) amid the COVID-19 pandemic and price-gouging...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In September 2020, the Department of Energy’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) announced cooperative agreements totaling $12 million over a three-year period to develop and deploy cyber and cyber-physical solutions for distribution and municipal...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND- Angelina Vilella, 21, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced to 60 months of imprisonment following her guilty plea to conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity as an associate of the Latin Dragons Nation street gang, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
