News from January 2023
By DOL Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: CHESAPEAKE, VA - A Chesapeake home healthcare company and its owners must pay more than $1.5 million - $759,698 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages - to 194 employees after the U.S. Department of Labor obtained a summary judgment in federal court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Herndon man made his first court appearance today on charges of production and attempted production of child sexual abuse material.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - A Paris, Ky., man, Jalen Jones, 26, was sentenced on Thursday to 97 months in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge Gregory VanTatenhove, for distribution of fentanyl, carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALEXANDER PATTERSON, 34, of Bristol, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford to 77 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for unlawfully possessing firearms.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: Public Safety Canada and U.S. Department of Homeland Security
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Clearfield, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to a total of 120 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Jonathon Cassatt, 36, of Niagara Falls, NY, who was convicted of production of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 28 years in prison by U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man who fired at a gas station clerk was charged in federal court today with illegally possessing a firearm and crack cocaine to distribute.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: Seattle - The Department of Justice and attorneys for a Des Moines, Washington man have resolved a $450,000 tort claim against various government agencies because of the arrest and detention of a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. The settlement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: Memphis, TN - Kevin G. Ritz, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, is pleased to announce the appointment of four new Assistant United States Attorneys for the district: Mary Morris, Jermal Blanchard, Courtney Lewis, and Bryce Phillips. All four of the new AUSAs will work out of the Memphis office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that FILIPPO BERNARDINI pled guilty to one count of wire fraud in connection with a multi-year scheme to impersonate individuals involved in the publishing industry in order to fraudulently obtain more...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: Tacoma - Two Puyallup, Washington, men will appear in U.S. District Court in Tacoma today charged with conspiracy to damage energy facilities and possession of an unregistered firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Matthew Greenwood, 32, and Jeremy Crahan, 40, were arrested Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022, following a fast-moving investigation by the FBI. Prosecutors will ask that both men remain detained at the Federal Detention Center at SeaTac pending future hearings.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI - The final member of a of a Corpus Christi drug trafficking organization has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute meth, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - On Nov. 30, 2022, a federal grand jury in Maryland returned an indictment charging four members of La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) with racketeering conspiracy involving murder, attempted murder, and drug trafficking. Three of the defendants are scheduled to have initial appearances beginning at 3:00 p.m. today in U.S. District Court in Baltimore. The following defendants, all from Baltimore, are charged with racketeering conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces the arrests of Santos Lopez Avalos, 22, of Denver, and Jesus Enrique Astorga-Castillo, 41, of Denver, for allegations of distribution and possession with intent to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GERARDO NUNEZ-IRIZARRY, also known as “Indio," 44, of Meriden, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: TAMPA - A Tampa man was sentenced Thursday in a U.S. District Court to 72 months in prison and a $25,000 fine for his involvement in a bank fraud conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: John Robert Payne, of Wilmer, was sentenced today to ninety-two months imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance and providing contraband to a federal prisoner. The sentence was handed down by United States District Court Judge Kristi K. DuBose. Payne previously pled guilty to the offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: ATLANTA -Aarti D. Pandya, M.D. and Aarti D. Pandya, M.D. P.C. (“Pandya Practice Group") have agreed to pay approximately $1,850,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by, among other things, billing the government for cataract surgeries and diagnostic tests that were not medically necessary, tests that were incomplete or of worthless value, and office visits that did not provide the level of service claimed.
