News from August 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - Following a three-day trial, a South Florida federal jury this week found 27-year-old Hialeah resident Dianelis Molina Noda guilty of using stolen identities and several of her own bank accounts to steal payroll funds from the family-owned landscaping business for which she had worked for about four years.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
Release: As part of its continuing efforts to respond to the detection of African Swine Fever (ASF) in the Dominican Republic (DR) and prevent its introduction into the Conterminous United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - John Thomas, 51, of Pensacola pled guilty yesterday on wire fraud and money laundering charges related to selling fraudulent insurance policies to his clients in exchange for approximately $4.8 million in insurance premium payments. Jason R. Coody, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the guilty plea.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: Bears are frequenting Sitka National Historical Park and Indian River. Be advised that because of the increased bear activity, the Park is temporarily closing the entire trail system at night to protect both people and bears. All park trails will be closed 7 PM to 7 AM until further notice in the vicinity...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Angelina Barini pleaded guilty before United States Magistrate Judge Ramon E. Reyes, Jr. to distributing narcotics and causing the deaths of two victims. Specifically, she pleaded guilty to two counts of distributing narcotics that caused the deaths of a person;...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Following a change of plea hearing for each defendant, Racho Jordanov, the co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer of JHL Biotech, and Rose Lin, another of the company’s co-founders and former Chief Operating Officer, each were convicted of conspiracy to commit trade secret theft...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: Sold Firearms, Heroin, Meth to Undercover Federal Agents.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A Bend, Oregon resident and his residential care company have agreed to pay $2.9 million to settle allegations by United States and the State of Oregon that the company submitted false reimbursement claims to the Oregon Medicaid program.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: Firearms seized after domestic violence incident that resulted in 6- hour stand-off in December 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A disbarred personal-injury lawyer was found guilty by a federal jury today of 22 felonies for stealing the majority of a multimillion-dollar settlement that should have been paid to a car accident victim, as well as cheating on his federal income taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A federal jury found two men guilty of illegal possession of a firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney W. Anders Folk.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Daniel Blue, age 39, of Baltimore, today to 57 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegal possession of two loaded firearms. Blue knew that as a result of a previous federal drug conviction, he was prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition. A federal jury convicted Blue on May 17, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: Chief U.S. District Judge John F. Heil III sentenced Chance Jennings Daykin, 26, to 14 years in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for illegally possessing a loaded handgun in the city’s Humboldt Park neighborhood.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: The Laredo man who brutally assaulted a woman in a downtown Dallas parking garage has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - Four individuals have been charged with conspiring to deceive banks into allegedly processing more than $150 million in credit and debit card payments on behalf of merchants involved in prohibited and high-risk businesses, including online gaming, debt collection, debt relief, online pharmaceuticals and payday lending, among others.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Angel Jesus Sanchez-Manriquez, 22, of Stockton, pleaded guilty today to sex trafficking of a child, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, asked Comptroller General of the U.S. and head of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) Gene Dodaro to continue monitoring and calling for improvements in delivery of trustees reports on the financial status of Medicare and Social Security trust funds to Congress and the American people.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Jackson man was sentenced to serve 97 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Acting Special Agent in Charge Paul Brown of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
