Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2013.  An Athol, Mass., man has been charged in a criminal information with engaging in a practice known as “swatting,” which involves making hoax emergency telephone calls in order to elicit an armed police response (from a SWAT team) for the purpose of harassing someone believed to[Read More…]

Indianapolis, IN-(ENEWSPF)- United States Attorney Joseph H. Hogsett announced August 7 the sentencing of Evansville resident Floyd Patrick Williams, age 48, to 15 years in federal prison following his admission that he attempted to produce child pornography. Hogsett said these results come as he continues Operation Community Watch, a new[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 8, 2013.  Diana Shipping Services S.A., a Panamanian corporation headquartered in Greece,  Ioannis Prokakis and Antonios Boumpoutelos, both citizens of Greece, were convicted today after an 12-day bench trial  on charges related to the illegal discharge of waste oil and oil-contaminated waste water from the M/V Thetis, a[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 8, 2013.  The Justice Department announced today an agreement with the city of Fort Morgan, Colo., to improve access to all aspects of civic life for persons with disabilities.  The agreement was reached under Project Civic Access (PCA), the department’s wide-ranging initiative to ensure that cities, towns and[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2013.  A second superseding indictment against five Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) officers was announced today by Jocelyn Samuels, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division; Rosa Emilia Rodriguez-Velez, U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico; and Carlos Cases, Special Agent in Charge of[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2013.  Qiang Wang, a/k/a Jeffrey Wang, a New York antiques dealer, pleaded guilty today in federal court in New York City to conspiracy to smuggle Asian artifacts made from rhinoceros horns and ivory and violate wildlife trafficking laws, announced Robert G. Dreher, the Acting Assistant Attorney General[Read More…]

Twelve Others Have Pleaded Guilty in the Case Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2013. Three leaders of MS-13 in Washington, D.C., were found guilty by a federal jury today of conspiring to participate in racketeering activity and other charges stemming from their roles in murders, extortion and other violent crimes in the[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2013. Xavier Jiménez-Benceví, aka “Xavi,” 28, was sentenced to life in prison following his conviction for murdering a federal witness on a drug trafficking case. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez of the District of[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2013. Dr. Farid Fata, 48, of Oakland Township, Michigan, was arrested this morning and charged in a criminal complaint for his role in a health care fraud scheme which involved submitting false claims to Medicare for services that were medically unnecessary, including chemotherapy treatments.  Acting Assistant Attorney[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2013.  Larry Lehmann of Giddings, Texas has agreed to pay $400,000 to settle allegations that he violated the False Claims Act in connection with the Federal Communications Commission’s E-rate Program, the Department of Justice announced today. The E-rate Program, created by Congress in the Telecommunications Act of[Read More…]