News from May 2021
By DOT News Wire | May 14, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on May 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Tewksbury real estate developer pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to defrauding the government of more than $480,000 by engaging in a multi-year tax evasion scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - Acting United States Attorney Michael A. Bennett announced that a Federal Grand Jury returned an indictment on May 11, 2021, charging Kenneth Swartz, 63, of Eddyville, Kentucky with possession of child pornography and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Norfolk man pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute fentanyl and heroin, and to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, Ga. - Multiple co-defendants involved in a high-volume drug trafficking operation located in a southwest Georgia city have pleaded guilty to their crimes in federal court this week.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Bobbi Jo Starry, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 30 months of incarceration for a sex offender registry charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: Swiss Life Holding AG, Swiss Life (Liechtenstein) AG, Swiss Life (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., and Swiss Life (Luxembourg) S.A. Enter into Deferred Prosecution Agreement for Criminal Misconduct; Agree to Pay More than $77 Million.
By State Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee released the following statement after a call with National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that SCOTT PELLISSIER (“PELLISSIER"), age 55, of Slidell, Louisiana, pleaded guilty on May 13, 2021 to one count of failing to account for and pay federal income taxes and Federal Insurance Contributions Act (“FICA") taxes, in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7202.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Matthew K. Walsh, age 23, of Baltimore, Maryland, for the federal charges of sexual exploitation of a minor; coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct; and receipt of child pornography. The...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: Two North Texas dentists, their dental management companies, and certain affiliated pediatric dental practices have paid the United States $3.1 million to resolve allegations that they defrauded the Texas Medicaid program and violated the False Claims Act by knowingly billing for pediatric dental services that were not rendered or that falsely identified the person who provided the service, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Prerak Shah of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: (DILLON, Mont.) - Federal officials have lifted an emergency closure order for some public lands near the Montana-Idaho border. The area has been closed since last summer due to the Bear Creek Fire.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge yesterday sentenced an Armed Career Criminal to 200 months in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Mickey French.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: TEXARKANA, Texas - The final two defendants in a Clarksville methamphetamine conspiracy have been sentenced to federal prison in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A rheumatology professor and researcher with strong ties to China was sentenced to 37 months in prison for making false statements to federal authorities as part of an immunology research fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former Army Green Beret was sentenced today to 188 months in prison for conspiring with Russian intelligence operatives to provide them with U.S. national defense information.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Kaylen Edwards, 23, of Buffalo, NY, with being a felon-in-possession of a firearm. The charge carries carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: Defendant stole 17 firearms from West Springfield gun shop.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Monmouth County woman has been charged with witness tampering and retaliating against a witness or informant, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On May 14, 2021, Special Agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) arrested Kelvon Foster, 21, of Knoxville, TN, on a federal criminal complaint charging Foster with making false or fictitious statements ...
