Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 12, 2014. Fourteen individuals were charged in three indictments in Puerto Rico with conspiracy to commit identification fraud, money laundering, aggravated identity theft and passport fraud in connection with their alleged roles in a scheme to traffic the identities and corresponding identity documents of Puerto Rican U.S. citizens.[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 12, 2014. Scott B. Miserendino, Sr., 55, a former contractor for the United States Navy Military Sealift Command, pleaded guilty today to accepting bribes and conspiring to commit bribery. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente of the[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 12, 2014. Wasseem Shamoun pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan today, announced the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS).  On July 16, 2013, a superseding indictment was unsealed charging Shamoun and six other individuals[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 12, 2014. Chastain Montgomery, Sr., 50, of Lavergne, Tennessee, was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences and ordered to pay $70,400 in restitution for federal crimes committed during a six-month spree that included the murders of United States Postal Service employees Paula Robinson and Judy Spray. Assistant Attorney[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 11, 2014. A federal jury returned a verdict today convicting Shahid Hassan Muslim, aka “Sharp,” of two counts of sex trafficking, one count of kidnapping, one count of production of child pornography, one count of witness tampering and five counts of promoting a prostitution business enterprise.   The verdict[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 11, 2014. Victor Manuel Contreras, 29, of Manassas, Virginia, was sentenced to serve 60 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for obstructing and interfering with the enforcement of federal child sex trafficking laws. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 11, 2014. A Russian national indicted for hacking into point of sale systems at retailers throughout the United States and operating websites that distributed credit card data of thousands of credit card holders appeared on Friday for arraignment in U.S. federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 8, 2014. McKesson Corporation has agreed to pay $18 million to resolve allegations that it improperly set temperature monitors used in shipping vaccines under its contract with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Justice Department announced today.  McKesson is a pharmaceutical distributor with corporate headquarters[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 8, 2014. A civil complaint was filed today in federal court in Michigan against S. Serra Cheese Company of Clinton Township, Michigan, and its owners, Stefano and Fina Serra, to prevent the distribution of adulterated cheese, announced Assistant Attorney General Stuart F. Delery of the Justice Department’s Civil[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 7, 2014. Rosario Rafael Burboa-Alvarez was indicted by a federal grand jury in Tucson yesterday, becoming the seventh man charged in connection with the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, announced Attorney General Eric Holder and U.S. Attorney Laura E. Duffy of the Southern District of[Read More…]