News from 2023
City of Gloucester Enters into Agreement to Resolve Clean Water Act Violations Related to Discharge of Undertreated Sewage into Massachusetts Bay
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - The announcement of a consent decree with the City of Gloucester, Mass. resolves violation of the federal and state Clean Water Acts regarding the City’s water pollution control facility that discharges undertreated waste into Massachusetts Bay.
United States Settles Claims of Genetics Testing Fraud
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - U.S. Attorney David C. Weiss announced today that Dr. Kathy Cornelius, a Delaware physician who now resides in Huntsville, Alabama, has agreed to pay $500,000 to resolve allegations that she violated the False Claims Act by ordering medically unnecessary genetic testing for Medicare beneficiaries residing in Delaware.
Mexican Nationals Charged with Offenses Stemming from Smuggling and Labor Trafficking Scheme
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Robert Fuller, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Hartford Police Chief Jason Thody today announced that MARIA DEL CARMEN SANCHEZ POTRERO, also known as Maria Carmela...
FBI Seeking Information and Additional Victims of Suspected Human Trafficking
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: FBI Seeking Information and Additional Victims of Suspected Human Trafficking.
New Orleans Man Sentenced on Federal Firearm and Drug Trafficking Charges Stemming from New Orleans Hotel Shootout
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - CLARENCE SANTIAGO, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Greg G. Guidry to 30 years in jail for his participation in a Dec. 28, 2020, shootout at the Jung Hotel on Canal Street, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
Laredo man admits to repeatedly abusing minor relative to produce child pornography
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 26-year-old Laredo resident has pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a child and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE DIRECTED TO WITHDRAW DEATH PENALTY NOTICE IN RODRIGUEZ CASE
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: FARGO - United States Attorney Mac Schneider, District of North Dakota, announced today that the United States Attorney General has directed him to withdraw the notice of intent to seek a sentence of death in the case of the United States of America v Alfonso Rodriguez, Jr. This morning, the United States...
St. Cloud, MN, Woman Pleads Guilty to Leading a Major Dangerous Drug Distribution Enterprise from Mexico
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: FARGO - United States Attorney Mac Schneider, District of North Dakota, announced that on March 13, 2023, Macalla Lee Knott a/k/a Kayla, age 30, from St. Cloud, MN, pled guilty in Federal Court in Fargo, ND, before Chief Judge Peter W. Welte, to the offenses of Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances, Money Laundering Conspiracy and Continuing Criminal Enterprise (CCE). Sentencing is scheduled for August 7, 2023.
FBI, Sacramento Police Department Investigating Theft of Aircraft at Sacramento Executive Airport
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: FBI, Sacramento Police Department Investigating Theft of Aircraft at Sacramento Executive Airport.
U.S. Attorney Karam Continues To Promote The United Against Hate Initiative
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: SCRANTON - United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office continues to promote the Department of Justice’s new initiative to better counter hate crimes and hate incidents in the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
Callahan Man Charged With Possession With Intent To Distribute Controlled Substances
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida -United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that James Darrell Hickox (37, Callahan) has been charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. If convicted, he faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 5 years, up to 40 years, in federal prison.
Two charged with stealing $650,000 from Morgantown medical practice
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - The former chief operating officer of a Morgantown medical practice and one of its physicians have been charged with stealing more than $650,000 from their employer.
Springfield, Illinois Man Sentenced to 60 Months and One Day in Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute and Firearm Offenses
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A Springfield, Illinois man, Jason Craig, 46, of the 2000 block of Normandy Road, has been sentenced to 60 months and one day for possession with intent to distribute a substance containing cocaine base (crack), possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
St. Cloud, Minnesota, Woman Pleads Guilty to Leading a Major Dangerous Drug Distribution Enterprise From Mexico
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: FARGO - United States Attorney Mac Schneider, District of North Dakota, announced that on March 13, 2023, Macalla Lee Knott a/k/a Kayla, age 30, from St. Cloud, MN, pled guilty in Federal Court in Fargo, ND, before Chief Judge Peter W. Welte, to the offenses of Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances, Money Laundering Conspiracy and Continuing Criminal Enterprise (CCE). Sentencing is scheduled for August 7, 2023.
Health Care Staffing Executive Indicted For Fixing Wages Of Nurses
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: A federal grand jury in Las Vegas returned an indictment yesterday charging a health care staffing executive with conspiring to fix the wages of Las Vegas nurses, in violation of the Sherman Act.
Statement Of U.S. Attorney Damian Williams On The Conviction Of Former Congressman Stephen Buyer For Insider Trading
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Former Congressman Stephen Buyer leveraged his privileged position as a corporate advisor to twice use his clients’ material nonpublic information to commit insider trading. Buyer’s conviction underscores this Office’s commitment to detect and hold accountable those who break our insider trading laws just to make a buck.
Justice Department Achieves Settlement with the Former Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo to Relocate Animals to Locations in the Continental United States
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: The Justice Department and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico on behalf of the Puerto Rico Department of Justice and the Puerto Rico Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) have reached an agreement to ensure the health and safety of the animals housed at the former Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo...
Former Louisiana Resident Charged With Cares Act Fraud
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that BRANDI WEBER, age 28, formerly of New Orleans, LA and now residing in California, was charged on March 1. 2023 in a one-count bill of information with making false statements related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001.
Real Estate Investor Pleads Guilty to $3 Million Wire and Bankruptcy Fraud Scheme
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: DETROIT- A real estate investor pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing over $3 million in a wire and bankruptcy fraud scheme, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced.
Schenectady Man Pleads Guilty to Drug and Gun Offenses
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Doron Tucker, age 26, of Schenectady, New York, pled guilty today to conspiring to distribute fentanyl, possessing and intending to distribute fentanyl and marijuana, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.