News from August 2022
By Press release submission | Aug 17, 2022
California Man Pleads Guilty to $3.5 Million Scam-PAC Fraud
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 17, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Aug. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Press release submission | Aug 17, 2022
Woman Convicted in $34 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
By Press release submission | Aug 17, 2022
California Firm and Owner Sentenced for COVID-19 Fraud Scheme
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2022
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: A former U.S. Army soldier was sentenced to 15 years in prison after admitting he distributed child pornography.
By Press release submission | Aug 17, 2022
Alabama Company Charged in Worker Death Case
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2022
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Dominican national, who was detained moments after he claimed a package containing nearly two kilograms of cocaine shipped through the U.S. Postal Service, was sentenced on Tuesday to sixteen months in federal custody and faces deportation, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2022
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Ian Keith Thompson, age 32, of New York, New York, was sentenced today to 24 months’ imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Matthew W. Brann for conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Chief Judge Brann also ordered Thompson to pay $339,804 in restitution to Sprint.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2022
News Release: On Aug. 15, 2022, a federal court in the Central District of California entered an order authorizing the IRS to serve a John Doe summons on SFOX, a cryptocurrency prime dealer headquartered in Los Angeles, California, seeking information about U.S. taxpayers who conducted at least the equivalent of $20,000 in transactions in cryptocurrency between 2016 and 2021 with or through SFOX.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2022
News Release: ANCHORAGE - A Kodiak man was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline to 18 years in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for the production of child pornography. He was also ordered to pay $13,390 in restitution.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 17, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Aug. 16, 1937, the nation took a historic step toward formalizing standards for Registered Apprenticeships, including those related to their safety and health and to prevent many forms of discrimination toward workers in training.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2022
News Release: Miami, Florida - Paul Geraci, 45, of Parkland, Florida, pleaded guilty today for his role in a large investment scheme in which he and others defrauded investors out of approximately $21 million by falsely claiming that investors’ money would go towards the development of a lucrative mobile gaming app that, in reality, never launched and generated no revenue during the scheme.
By Press release submission | Aug 17, 2022
Vessel Operator and Chief Engineer Convicted for Oily Bilge Water Discharge Offense
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2022
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A Tyler man has been sentenced to federal prison for a firearms violation in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By Press release submission | Aug 17, 2022
Licensed Attorney Pleads Guilty to Bankruptcy Fraud, Agrees to Disbarment
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2022
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 54-year-old man has been ordered to federal prison for transporting illegal aliens in a tractor trailer, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 17, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on Aug. 18.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2022
News Release: ST. LOUIS - A man from O’Fallon, Missouri on Wednesday admitted fraudulently obtaining a $54,900 loan meant to aid businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2022
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A third defendant in a Nigerian fraud scheme pled guilty today to conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge David Denton of Homeland Security Investigations in New Orleans.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A local resident has pleaded guilty and been sentenced in federal court to 10 years’ imprisonment followed by a term of three years supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics and firearm laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
