Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 19, 2013. Siarhei Baltutski, aka Sergey Boltutskiy, 41, of Minsk, Belarus, was sentenced today to serve 180 months in prison for conspiracy to violate the Arms Export Control Act, conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Canadian Citizen Arrested for Money Laundering in Connection with Illegal Importation and Trafficking of Narwhal Tusks
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 19, 2013. A Canadian man was arrested today in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, on an extradition warrant requested by the United States for money laundering crimes related to the illegal importation and illegal trafficking of narwhal tusks, announced Robert G. Dreher, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the[Read More…]
Previously Convicted Sex Offender Sentenced to 25 Years for Sex Trafficking a Minor and Two Adults
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 19, 2013. Terrance Anderson, aka Scooby, has been sentenced to federal prison on charges of sex trafficking of a minor and two counts of transporting adults in interstate commerce for prostitution. Anderson, 42, of Ellenwood, Ga., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Thomas W. Thrash to serve 25[Read More…]
Trinidad and Tobago Woman Sentenced for Her Role in Kidnapping Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 19, 2013. A woman from Trinidad and Tobago was sentenced today to serve 20 years in prison for her role in the 2005 kidnapping of naturalized U.S. citizen Balram “Balo” Maharaj, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Special Agent in[Read More…]
Health Care Clinic Owner Sentenced for Role in $7 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 19, 2013. The owner of a Miami home health care company was sentenced to serve 235 months in prison today for her participation in a $7 million health care fraud scheme involving defunct home health care company Anna Nursing Services Corp. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of[Read More…]
Energy Company to Pay $3.2 Million Penalty to Resolve Clean Water Violations in West Virginia
Chesapeake Appalachia Llc to Spend Estimated $6.5 Million to Restore Areas Damaged by Natural Gas Extraction Activities Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 19, 2013. The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that Chesapeake Appalachia LLC, a subsidiary of Chesapeake Energy, the nation’s second largest natural gas producer,[Read More…]
Ringleader of International Rhino Smuggling Conspiracy Pleads Guilty in New Jersey to Wildlife Trafficking Crimes
30 Rhino Horns Smuggled to China to Make Imitation Antiques and “Medicine” Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 19, 2013. Zhifei Li, the owner of an antique business in China, pleaded guilty today to being the organizer of an illegal wildlife smuggling conspiracy in which 30 rhinoceros horns and numerous objects made from rhino[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, State Authorities Order Ocwen to Provide $2 Billion in Relief to Homeowners for Servicing Wrongs
Largest Nonbank Servicer Will Also Refund $125 Million to Foreclosure Victims and Adhere to Significant New Homeowner Protections WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—December 19, 2013. Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), authorities in 49 states, and the District of Columbia filed a proposed court order requiring the country’s largest nonbank mortgage loan[Read More…]
President Obama Grants Pardons and Commutation
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 19, 2013. Today President Barack Obama granted clemency to twenty-one individuals, consisting of eight commutations and thirteen pardons. The President granted commutations to the following eight individuals: Clarence Aaron – Mobile, Ala. Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base; possession with intent to[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama on Clemency
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 19, 2013. Three years ago, I signed the bipartisan Fair Sentencing Act, which dramatically narrowed the disparity between penalties for crack and powder cocaine offenses. This law began to right a decades-old injustice, but for thousands of inmates, it came too late. If they had been sentenced under[Read More…]
