News from August 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A Dallas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Julio Feliciano, age 27, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to eight years’ imprisonment by United States District Judge Sylvia H. Rambo for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Robert Hardin, age 75, of Michigan, was charged today with interstate travel with the intent to engage in sexual conduct with a minor. The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A former member of the New Bedford Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (Latin Kings) pleaded guilty today to racketeering charges.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott of Georgia issued the following statement in response to the USDA’s announcement on updates to the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) 2...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: DAVENPORT, IOWA - Michael Antonio Davison, age 36, of Burlington, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 320 months in prison for trafficking ice methamphetamine into Burlington. Davison was involved in importing/distributing approximately 160 kilograms of ice methamphetamine...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the unsealing of an Indictment charging GEORGE CONSTANTINE, MARC ELEFANT...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky.- A Romanian National, Adrian Mitan, 36, was sentenced to 140 months in federal prison on Friday, by U.S. District Judge Robert Wier, after pleading guilty for his role in three separate schemes charged across three separate indictments: a money laundering conspiracy arising from online auction fraud scheme (commonly referred to as eBay fraud), a credit card phishing and brute-force attack scheme, and a vishing scheme, all designed to steal money from Americans.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Duquesne, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander yesterday sentenced Frank Davis, age 52, of Baltimore, Maryland, to seven years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after Davis pleaded guilty to possession of a stolen firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - A Raleigh man was sentenced today to 36 months and 1 day in prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. He was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $158,866.00. On Sept. 17, 2020, Oris Eugene Ford pled guilty to the charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: BOISE - Atilla Ferenc Orban, 37, and Hakim Slaft Hannaoui, 33, pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael M. Gonzalez, Jr. announced today. Orban and Hannaoui were indicted by a federal grand jury on March 9, 2021.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: Yosemite National Park Superintendent Cicely Muldoon announces Rebecca Carr Wong has been selected as the Site Manager for Devils Postpile National Monument. As Site Manager, Wong will manage park operations for Devils Postpile National Monument and will serve on the Yosemite Leadership Team. She will assume her duties in mid October 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- Following the decision by the United States Court of Appeals to uphold the conviction of Dylan Roof - the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina issued the following statement, attributed to Criminal Chief Nathan Williams, who served as one of the lead prosecutors on the case.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
Release: National Labs Will Lead Groundbreaking R&D in Computing, Communication, and Sensing for Broad Use Technologies
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - A 40-year-old Houston resident has admitted to being a felon in possession of a firearm while on supervised release from a previous conviction of the same crime, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Jay man was sentenced today in federal court for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a new letter Tuesday to National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senator Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Senator Mark Warner, D-Va., today unveiled their draft legislation to overhaul international taxation and invest in America by ensuring mega-corporations pay their fair share.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Stefan Gauthier, 35, of Tilton, was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
