Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 18, 2015. Fourteen persons have been charged in connection with an alleged wide-ranging criminal conspiracy to violate airport security requirements and transport drugs throughout the country announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag of the Northern District of California, Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez of the Internal Revenue[Read More…]
Law and Order
San Diego Storage Company Agrees to Pay $170,000 to Settle Justice Department Allegations That it Unlawfully Sold Navy Service Members’ Belongings
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 18, 2015. Across Town Movers, a San Diego-based storage company, and its owner, Daniel E. Homan, have agreed to pay nearly $170,000 to resolve allegations by the Department of Justice that it unlawfully sold U.S. Navy service members’ stored goods. The settlement resolves a lawsuit filed in March[Read More…]
Head Administrator of Online Bulletin Board Sentenced for Promoting Child Pornography
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 18, 2015. A German citizen was sentenced today to six years in prison for operating a web-based bulletin board for child pornography. The sentence was announced by Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Postal Inspector in Charge Gary Barksdale of the U.S.[Read More…]
Administrator and Biller of Illinois Physician Group Convicted in $4.5 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 18, 2015. A federal jury in Chicago on May 15, 2015, convicted the administrator and biller of a Schaumburg, Illinois, in-home visiting physician group for their participation in a $4.5 million health care fraud scheme that included billing Medicare for services rendered to patients who were dead and services[Read More…]
Three Defendants Sentenced for Conspiracy to Advertise Child Pornography in Connection with Web-Based Bulletin Board
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2015. Three defendants were sentenced for their roles in an international child pornography web-based bulletin board that was targeted by state and federal investigators and prosecutors participating in Operation Moon Runner. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Michael W.[Read More…]
High-Ranking al Qaeda Terrorist Sentenced for Conspiring to Kill Americans and Other Terrorism Offenses
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2015. Khalid al Fawwaz, 52, a citizen of Saudi Arabia, was sentenced today to life in prison for multiple terrorism offenses relating to his participation in al Qaeda’s conspiracy to kill Americans. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin and U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of[Read More…]
Collegeville, Pennsylvania, Man Gets Life Sentence for Preying on Children
Washington DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 14, 2015. Matthew Krapf, 45, of Collegeville, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to life in prison for 10 counts, each, of using or inducing a child to pose for child pornography, use of an interstate commerce facility to entice a minor to engage in sexual contact, three counts of[Read More…]
Chicago FBI: Felon Arrested for Possessing a Firearm at Area Shooting Range
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Chicago man was arrested this May 14 and is facing federal gun charges for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The defendant, LABAR SPANN, was arrested following an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the[Read More…]
Enviro-Safe Refrigerants Agrees to Halt Sales of Unapproved Flammable Hydrocarbon Refrigerants as Direct Replacements for Ozone Depleting Substances
ILLINOIS–(ENEWSPF)–May 14, 2015. Enviro-Safe Refrigerants Inc. of Pekin, Illinois, has agreed to pay a $300,000 civil penalty and cease marketing and sale of unapproved flammable hydrocarbon refrigerants as substitutes for ozone depleting substances (ODS). ODS are being phased out of production and importation because they deplete the Earth’s stratospheric ozone[Read More…]
Texas Antiques Appraiser Sentenced to 25 Months in Prison for Rhino and Ivory Smuggling Conspiracy
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 14, 2015. Ning Qiu, 43, of Frisco, Texas, an appraiser of Asian art, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Thad Heartfield, in Beaumont, Texas, to 25 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to smuggle rhinoceros horns and objects made[Read More…]
