man Florida Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Traveling to the Philippines in Sex Tourism Case By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 18:11:07 EST Donald Mathias was also sentenced to serve five years of supervised release following his prison term and to pay $200,000 in restitution to his victims. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Oregon Man Charged with Operating Illegal Money Transmitting Business That Moved More Than $172 Million Through Shell Corporations in the United States By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 18:00:42 EST Victor Kaganov, who emigrated from Russia and set up numerous shell corporations in Oregon on behalf of Russian clients, was arrested today on charges of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Pennsylvania Woman Indicted in Plot to Recruit Violent Jihadist Fighters and to Commit Murder Overseas By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 15:09:06 EST An indictment was unsealed today charging Colleen R. LaRose, aka "Fatima LaRose," aka "Jihad Jane," with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, conspiracy to kill in a foreign country, making false statements to a government official and attempted identity theft. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Justice Department Files for Immediate Relief Regarding Conditions at Conway Human Development Center, in Conway, Arkansas By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 17:47:07 EST The department’s motion for preliminary injunction aims to prevent the segregation of children with developmental disabilities in dangerous conditions and to address accusations of imminent and serious threats to the safety of the facility’s more than 500 current residents. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Federal Court Permanently Shuts Down Northern California Tax Preparer By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:42:00 EST A federal judge in Sacramento, Calif., has permanently barred Teresa Marty, of Pollock Pines, Calif, and her Placerville, Calif.-based business, Advanced Financial Services LLC, from acting as federal tax return preparers. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Virginia Man Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison for Participating in Scheme to Steal Fuel from U.S. Army in Iraq By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:16:32 EST Michel Jamil, 60, was sentenced today to 40 months in prison for his participation in a scheme to steal approximately 10 million gallons of fuel from the U.S. Army in Iraq. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Georgia Man Pleads Guilty to Production of Child Pornography Using Hidden Videos in Store Bathrooms By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:44:41 EDT Jeffrey Alan Wasley of Kennesaw, Ga., pleaded guilty today to production of child pornography related to surreptitiously videotaping young boys using public restrooms in Atlanta-area establishments. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Chicago Resident David Coleman Headley Pleads Guilty to Role in India and Denmark Terrorism Conspiracies By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:15:27 EDT David Coleman Headley, a U.S. citizen of partial Pakistani descent, pleaded guilty today to a dozen federal terrorism charges, admitting that he participated in planning the November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, as well as later planning to attack a Danish newspaper. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man California Man Convicted of Federal Hate Crime for Race-Motivated Assault By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:59:37 EDT A federal jury in Sacramento, Calif., today convicted, Eric Clawson, 28, of San Francisco, of a federal hate crime for assaulting an African-American man in a Chico, Calif. bar. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Maryland Man Convicted of Sex Trafficking, Firearm and Drug Charges By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:10:18 EDT Lloyd Mack Royal, III aka “Blyss”, aka “B”, aka “Furious” was convicted late yesterday of sex trafficking of minors and sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion, as well as firearm and drug charges. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Justice Department Sues to Permanently Enjoin Orlando Tax Preparer By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:34:46 EDT The United States filed suit today asking the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida to permanently bar Elisa Veronica Barron from preparing federal tax returns. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Detroit Woman Who Opened Clinics to Fraudulently Bill Medicare Sentenced to 96 Months in Prison By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:51:19 EDT Miami resident Daisy Martinez was sentenced today to 96 months in prison for her role in a series of Detroit Medicare fraud schemes, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade of the Eastern District of Michigan; Special Agent in Charge Andrew G. Arena of the FBI’s Detroit Field Office; and Special Agent in Charge Lamont Pugh III of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General’s (HHS-OIG) Chicago Regional Office Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Tennessee Man Sentenced to 183 Months in Prison for Burning Islamic Center By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:50:51 EDT Senior Judge Robert L. Echols of the Middle District of Tennessee today sentenced Eric Ian Baker to 183 months in prison for vandalizing and burning down the Islamic Center of Columbia, Tenn. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Mobile, Alabama, Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Civil Rights Charges Related to Desecration of Synagogue By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:50:03 EDT Christian Rodney Ice, of Mobile, Ala., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Mobile to one count of violating the Church Arson Act by placing threatening graffitti and neo-Nazi markings on a synagogue in Mobile. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Kentucky Attorney Pleads Guilty for Role in Stock Manipulation Scheme and Obstruction of Justice By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:07:51 EDT Louisville, Ky., attorney James Reskin, 51, pleaded guilty late yesterday in U.S. District Court in Tulsa for his role in a scheme to defraud investors through the manipulation of the publicly traded stocks of three companies. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Chicago Man Charged with Providing Material Support to Al Qaeda by Attempting to Send Funds Overseas By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:57:07 EDT Raja Lahrasib Khan was charged with two counts of providing material support to terrorism in a criminal complaint that was filed yesterday in U.S. District Court in Chicago and unsealed today following his arrest. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Mississippi Man Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison for Involuntary Manslaughter of Co-worker in Iraq By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:34:17 EDT Kyle Palmer, 27, of Biloxi, Miss., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr., in the Southern District of Mississippi to 36 months in prison for involuntary manslaughter. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Tennessee Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Commit Murders of African-Americans By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:52:09 EDT Daniel Cowart pleaded guilty today to eight counts in a federal indictment charging him with crimes related to a racially-motivated plot to murder dozens of people. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Federal Court Permanently Bars Stratham, N.h., Tax Preparer from Preparing Taxes for Others By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:37:29 EDT A federal district judge in New Hampshire has permanently barred Faith A. Bartlett, individually and operating as Atlantic Bookkeeping & Tax Services and Newbury Business Services Inc., from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Eritrean Man Pleads Guilty to Alien Smuggling By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:57:13 EDT Samuel Abrahaley Fessahazion, 23, an Eritrean national, has pleaded guilty to helping smuggle illegal aliens to the United States for private financial gain, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney José Angel Moreno of the Southern District of Texas and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Assistant Secretary John Morton Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer Announces New Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section in Criminal Division By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:58:40 EDT Today Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division announced the formation of the Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section (HRSP), the first new section to be formed in the Criminal Division since 2008. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Key Member of International Human Trafficking Ring Sentenced to Twenty Years By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 15:59:40 EDT Francisco Cortes-Meza, 26, of Mexico, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Richard W. Story in the Northern District of Georgia for sex trafficking in an organization that targeted young Mexican women. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Medical Device Manufacturer Guidant Pleads Guilty for Not Reporting Defibrillator Safety Problems to FDA By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 19:04:15 EDT Guidant LLC pleaded guilty today in St. Paul, Minn., before U.S. District Court Judge Donovan W. Frank to criminal violations of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Clinic Manager and Patient Recruiter Plead Guilty for Roles in $2 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 17:56:26 EDT Detroit-area residents Carlos Grana and Dwight Armstrong pleaded guilty today to engaging in a fraudulent medical testing scheme. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Arkansas Man Sentenced for Conspiring to Commit Murders of African-Americans By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:56:10 EDT Paul Schlesselman was sentenced today on federal charges for conspiring to murder dozens of African-Americans, including then-Senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama, because of their race. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Justice Department Sues to Permanently Enjoin Atlanta-Area Tax Return Preparers By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:39:56 EDT The United States has filed suit asking the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia to permanently bar Saloum A. Njie and his company, MIAAS Associates LLC, from preparing federal tax returns for others. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Justice Department Settles Lawsuit Against Pasco, Washington, Company to Enforce Employment Rights of National Guardsman By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:23:18 EDT The Department has entered into a consent decree with Milne Enterprises Inc., d/b/a Milne, Nail, Power Tool &s complaint alleging violations of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man U.S. Seeks Permanent Injunction Against Florida-Based Drug Compounding Lab By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:37:08 EDT The United States has filed a civil suit on behalf of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in U.S. District Court in the Middle District of Florida, against Franck’s Compounding Lab Inc., dba Franck’s Lab, a compounding pharmacy located in Ocala, Fla. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Professor Robert Pitofsky Receives the Justice Department’s 2010 John Sherman Award By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:08:34 EDT Attorney General Eric Holder presented the 2010 John Sherman Award to Robert Pitofsky for his lifetime contributions to the teaching and enforcement of antitrust law and the development of antitrust policy. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Ohio Man Sentenced to 29 Months in Prison for Selling Pirated Copies of Movies By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:46:38 EDT Richard Humphrey, 22, of North Ridgeville, Ohio, was sentenced today in Cleveland to 29 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Lesley Wells for selling counterfeit copies of copyrighted movies through the Internet. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at the Sherman Act Award Ceremony By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:12:08 EDT Today, the Antitrust Division of this Department of Justice continues to live up to Senator Sherman's exhortation. Now more than ever, we are committed to smart, fair, and aggressive antitrust enforcement across all sectors of our economy. Full Article Speech
man Minnesota Man Sentenced to 117 Months in Prison for Running Ponzi Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:46:01 EDT A Rosemount, Minn., man was sentenced today to 117 months in prison for his role in running a Ponzi scheme involving commodity pools. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Four Defendants Sentenced in Human Trafficking Ring By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:38:59 EDT Juan Cortes-Meza, 33, of Mexico; Raul Cortes-Meza, 22, of Mexico; Edison Wagner Rosa Tort, 71, of Cartersville, Ga.; and Otto Jaime Larios Perez, 27, of Guatemala were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard W. Story for participating in sex trafficking in an organization targeting young Mexican women. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Hong Kong Ship Management Company and Two Employees Indicted for Environmental Crimes and Obstruction By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:10:21 EDT A federal grand jury in Corpus Christi, Texas, returned an indictment today charging Fleet Management Limited with obstruction of agency proceedings, making false statements and failing to keep accurate pollution control records. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Tennessee Man Convicted of Illegally Accessing Sarah Palin’s E-mail Account and Obstruction of Justice By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:12:37 EDT David C. Kernell, 22, was convicted by a federal jury in Knoxville, Tenn., today for intentionally accessing without authorization the e-mail account of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin and obstruction of justice. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Court Rules Against Mississippi Businessman’s Tax Shelter Promoted by KPMG By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 4 May 2010 11:03:11 EDT A federal court in Jackson, Miss., has ruled in favor of the United States involving a businessman’s attempt to use a KPMG- marketed tax shelter to avoid paying income tax on approximately $18 million in capital gains. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Two Oklahoma Men Convicted of Devising and Participating in Stock Manipulation Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 4 May 2010 11:05:30 EDT G. David Gordon, a Tulsa, Okla., attorney, and Richard Clark, also of Tulsa, were convicted today by a federal jury of devising and participating in a scheme to defraud investors through the manipulation of publicly traded stocks of three companies. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at the National Conference on Human Trafficking By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 3 May 2010 11:56:27 EDT "For today’s Justice Department, our work to pursue human trafficking investigations and prosecutions and to support those who serve and assist victims is not simply a top priority. It’s also a source of great pride," said Attorney General Holder. Full Article Speech
man Georgia Food Equipment Hardware Manufacturer and Its Former President Agree to Plead Guilty to Customer Allocation Conspiracy By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 6 May 2010 13:46:10 EDT A New York corporation, whose principal place of business is Newnan, Ga., and its former president have agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to allocate customers for the sale of food service equipment hardware, including walk-in refrigeration equipment. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Canadian Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Counterfeit Cancer Drugs Using the Internet By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 11 May 2010 16:38:07 EDT Hazim Gaber, 22, of Edmonton, Canada, pleaded guilty today in Phoenix before U.S. Magistrate Judge Edward C. Voss to selling counterfeit cancer drugs using the Internet. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Two Los Angeles-area Men Found Guilty for Role in Kidnapping of California Man Who Was Shot, Shocked with Taser and Held for $1 Million Ransom By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 11 May 2010 16:39:20 EDT Vagan Adzhemyan, 41, of Costa Mesa, Calif.; Suren Garibyan, 32, of North Hollywood, Calif.; and Galvin Shaun Gibson, 30, of Mira Loma, Calif., were charged in August 2009 with conspiracy to commit kidnapping and kidnapping. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Man Indicted for Civil Rights Conspiracy in Connection with Cross-Burning in Athens, Louisiana By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 12 May 2010 15:12:07 EDT Joshua James Moro, 23, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for participating in a civil rights conspiracy in connection with an October 2008 cross-burning in Athens, La., near the home of an interracial couple. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Federal Court Bars Georgia Man from Preparing Federal Tax Returns for Others By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 17 May 2010 16:26:55 EDT A federal court has barred Robert Knupp of Marietta, Ga., from preparing federal income tax returns for others. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Pittsburgh-area Man Who Served as Armed Nazi Concentration Camp Guard Is Ordered Removed to Austria By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 18 May 2010 16:03:04 EDT An immigration judge in Philadelphia has ordered the removal of Anton Geiser, a resident of Sharon, Pa., who served as an armed SS guard at three Nazi concentration camps in Germany during World War II. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man California Man Sentenced to 78 Months in Jail for Molesting Child While in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 24 May 2010 18:41:33 EDT William Newton Rudd, 67, of Fullerton, Calif., was sentenced today to 78 months in jail after pleading guilty on Oct. 30, 2009, to one count of engaging in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Hawaii Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking Charges By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 25 May 2010 18:25:24 EDT Rodney D. King, aka “Shadow,” pleaded guilty today to federal sex trafficking charges in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Man Admits Attempting to Use a Weapon of Mass Destruction to Bomb Skyscraper in Downtown Dallas By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 26 May 2010 18:11:51 EDT Hosam Maher Husein Smadi pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Barbara M. G. Lynn to a felony offense related to his attempted bombing of a downtown Dallas skyscraper in September 2009. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Louisiana Man Sentenced for Civil Rights Violation in Connection with Cross-Burning By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 27 May 2010 13:12:23 EDT Daniel Earl Danforth, 31, of Minden, La., was sentenced to four years in prison and three years of supervised release in federal court in Shreveport, La., on federal hate crime and obstruction of justice charges in connection with a cross-burning he carried out with others near the home of an interracial couple in Athens, La. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Federal Court Bars Kansas Man from Preparing Federal Tax Returns By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 28 May 2010 10:52:26 EDT A federal judge in Kansas City, Kan., has permanently barred a Garden City, Kan. tax preparer, Jose Lares, from preparing federal tax returns. Full Article OPA Press Releases
man Florida Man Sentenced to 42 Months in Prison on Child Pornography and Obstruction of Justice Charges By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 16:47:26 EDT Brian Thomas Smith, of Gainesville, Fla., was sentenced today to 42 months in prison and a lifetime of supervised release following his prison term for attempted possession of child pornography and obstruction of justice. Full Article OPA Press Releases