News from March 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: A Burke County man has admitted taking part in an operation that distributed methamphetamine after investigators discovered the scheme through delivery of a commercial pill press.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Jeremy Kee Anderson (50, Minnesota) has pleaded guilty to 12 counts of wire fraud, 7 counts of mail fraud, and 1 count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud. He faces up to 20 years in federal prison on each count. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Kim Forney, age 48, of Windsor, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 12 months’ imprisonment followed by one year supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson on four counts of aiding and abetting the preparation and filing of false tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces the unsealing of an charging Gerardo Gomez-Lubo, a/k/a Francisco Niño (42, Colombia), with conspiracy to distribute large amounts of cocaine knowing and intending it to be imported into the United States. If convicted on all counts, Gerardo Gomez-Lubo faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: How DOE Prepares for Any and All Hazards | Clear Path VIII Outcomes.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: EL PASO, Texas - Special agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrested a local man Tuesday evening and charged him with possessing, receiving, and distributing material involving the sexual exploitation of children.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally possessing a firearm following a brief armed standoff with police officers and a foot chase.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: BOISE - Scott Nice, 31, of Filer, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 36 months in federal prison for possessing child pornography, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael M. Gonzalez, Jr. announced today. U.S. Chief District Judge David C. Nye also ordered Nice to serve ten years of supervised release following his prison sentence. Nice pleaded guilty to the charge on March 6, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: Cryptocurrency Fraudster Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud and Money Laundering Charges in Multi-Million Dollar Investment Scheme.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on B & B Organics Inc., Mishawaka, Ind., for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). These sanctions include barring the business and the principal operators of the business from engaging in PACA-licensed business or other activities without approval from USDA.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Gary Peters (D-MI), and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduced bipartisan legislation strengthening a 2008 inspector general (IG) protection law that has been routinely flouted by successive administrations from both political parties. The Securing Inspector...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Wilgfrido Valnodis Arias-Mejia, 45, a citizen of the Dominican Republic most recently residing in Manchester, pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Sandy Xiong, 31, La Crosse, Wisconsin, was sentenced on Monday, March 1 by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 5 years in federal prison for possessing more than 50 grams of methamphetamine for distribution. Xiong pleaded guilty to this charge on December 4, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - It has come to our attention that a number of residents in various parts of the state have received scam calls that falsely claimed to be from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Jefferson City, Mo. In some instances, the caller claimed to be with Cyber Crimes and said they (the receiver of the call) had a phone that was identified as a phone used in a cyber crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - In connection with the Social Security Administration’s March 4th National “Slam the Scam" Day, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas reminds the public to be vigilant of Social Security scam calls.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: Law enforcement seized almost two pounds of meth hidden in pinata, peanut butter jar.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On March 3, 2021, a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging Carlos Ortiz-Santiago with an armed carjacking and with being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: Seattle - Heart Center Research, LLC, a Huntsville, Alabama, medical research company, entered into a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice to resolve allegations that its member physicians referred patients for genetic testing in exchange for kickbacks from a Seattle-area testing company, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Heart Center Research has agreed to pay a total of $1.1 million to resolve the allegations.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JUSTIN WILLIAMS, 42, of Rocky Hill, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny to 21 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for his role in an auto loan fraud scheme. Judge Chatigny ordered Williams to serve the first three months of his supervised release in home confinement, and to perform 200 hours of community service.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee Republicans sent a letter to Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) expressing concerns over the current crisis occurring at the southern border stemming from President Biden’s open borders policies.
