News from September 2020
Rapid City Man Charged with Unlawful Possession of Firearm and Threats Against the President
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person and Threats Against the President.
Fort Myers Business Owner Indicted For COVID Relief Fraud
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Casey David Crowther (35, North Fort Myers) with one count of bank fraud, one count of making a false statement to a lending institution, and two counts of illegal monetary transactions. If convicted, ...
Extradited Colombian National Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court to 9 Years in Prison for Narcotics Trafficking
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Raymond P. Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Office of Homeland Security Investigations ...
Former Houston Independent School District Employee Pleads Guilty in College Admissions Case
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: BOSTON A former employee of the Houston Independent School District pleaded guilty today in connection with her involvement in a scheme to use bribery and fraud to facilitate cheating on the ACT and SAT exams.
Former Houston Independent School District Employee Pleads Guilty in College Admissions Case
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 27, 2020
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. A Louisville, Kentucky, man, who allegedly threatened police in a social media video while brandishing weapons has been charged federally, announced U.S. Attorney Russell Coleman. The resulting investigation and arrest will help keep police safe, and shows all levels of law enforcement working in coordination to take an armed felon who was threatening officers off of the streets.
California Man Charged With Transporting Large Quantity of Fentanyl
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Raymond P. Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), announced that RICHARD MENDOZA was charged in an indictment with conspiring to distribute ...
National Health Care Fraud and Opioid Takedown Results in Largest Enforcement Action in Department of Justice History
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Departments Criminal Division, Assistant Director Calvin Shivers of the FBIs Criminal Investigative Division, Deputy Inspector General Gary Cantrell of the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General ...
Judge Sentences Man Pleading Guilty to Skimming Crimes
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO United States District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig sentenced Jorge Alexander Betances, Jr., on Tuesday, to 28 months in prison. The 24-year-old Philadelphia, Pennsylvania resident previously pleaded guilty to possession of device-making equipment.
NXIVM Executive Board Member Clare Bronfman Sentenced to 81 Months in Prison for Identity Theft and Immigration Offenses
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Clare Bronfman, a high-ranking member of Nxivms Executive Board, was sentenced by United States District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis today in federal court in Brooklyn to 81 months imprisonment for conspiracy to conceal and harbor aliens for financial gain and fraudulent use of personal identification ...
Two Men Charged in Social Media Account Takeover Schemes Involving Professional and Semi-Professional Athletes
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. Two men will appear in federal court to face charges that they were involved in the unauthorized takeover of social media and other personal online accounts belonging to professional and semi-professional athletes, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
Vestavia Hills Doctor Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Producing and Possessing Child Pornography
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Birmingham, Ala. A federal today yesterday sentenced a former Vestavia Hills doctor to 30 years in prison for producing and possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr.