News from August 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Note: This press release has been translated in various languages. See attachments below.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: A man who illegally possessed guns was sentenced to over nine years in prison on July 21, 2022, in federal court in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Eugene Huelsman, 59, of Thousand Oaks, California, was sentenced to six months home confinement on one count of transmission of a threat in interstate commerce, announced Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Vicente Esteves Conspired to Import 150 Kilograms of Cocaine into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Lisa O. Monaco, the Deputy Attorney General of the United States, Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Matthew S. Axelrod, Assistant...

By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
There are three releases scheduled to be published on Aug. 15.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - The owner of a local paving company pleaded guilty today to tax evasion in connection with a seven-year scheme to underreport income on his tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: CONCORD - Robert Willim, 63, of Brooklyn, New York, pleaded guilty in federal court to bank fraud, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Meghan E. Heesch, Nicholas W. Pilchak, and Eric R. Olah.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: A prohibited person who possessed a firearm was sentenced today to 63 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: BILLINGS - U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Montana is closing its investigation into the Dec. 2, 2021 fatal shooting of Arlin Bordeaux by a Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) officer in Lame Deer, on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Defendant allegedly embezzled over $96,000. BOSTON - A U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee has been indicted in connection with allegedly embezzling over $96,000 and for fraudulently obtaining unemployment benefits. Jamesa Rankins, 26, of Brockton, was indicted on one count of theft of government money...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that JACOB WIEBELT (“WIEBELT"), age 39, of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, was sentenced for Possession of Materials Involving the Sexual Exploitation of Children in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2252(a)(4)(B) and (B)(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - Two Orange County men each were sentenced today to federal prison terms for conning more than 2,000 investors into purchasing a cryptocurrency that purportedly provided exclusive access to a profitable trading program, and then using most of the $1.9 million raised to line their own pockets.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Faces at Least 25 Years in Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Miami, Florida - Palm Beach art dealer Daniel Elie Bouaziz was charged by Indictment with mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering in connection with his alleged scheme to sell forged high-end artwork.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Caused a Tax Loss to the IRS of more than $2.5 Million.
By Press release submission | Aug 12, 2022
"Boiler Room" Operator Pleads Guilty to International Securities Fraud Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Raquel Moura Borges Misappropriated More Than $4 Million of Her Clients’ Funds.

By USDA Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
Release: Among the many consequences of Russias attack on Ukraine is an increased risk to animal health and food safety due to weakened monitoring, testing, and control systems. In response, the U.S. Department of Agricultures Foreign Agricultural Service is offering a grant opportunity to provide technical assistance...