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Federal Tipoffs Involving Pennsylvania Newsletter for Friday April 19, 2024 ( 9 items )  

Justice Department Seizes Four Web Domains Used to Create Over 40,000 Spoofed Websites and Store the Personal Information of More Than a Million Victims
WASHINGTON, April 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: The Justice Department announced today the seizure of four domains used by the administrators and customers of a domain spoofing service. The domain seizures were authorized pursuant to seizure warrants issued in the Western District of Pennsylvania and were executed in coordination with the arrest of dozens of administrators and customers of the illicit service by foreign law enforcement  more

NETL Director Marianne Walck Elected 2023 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elected NETL Director Marianne Walck as a 2023 AAAS Fellow for distinguished contributions and technical excellence in geophysics, earth sciences and energy and climate science; strategic leadership at two national laboratories; and unwavering diversity, equity and inclusion leadership a  more

NETL Encourages Women in STEM While Hosting Visitors From Womanium Foundation and the Naval Nuclear Laboratory
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 19 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: Representatives of the Womanium Foundation, an organization that encourages girls and women to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), visited NETL along with officials of the Naval Nuclear Laboratory's Pittsburgh-based Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory to discuss potential collaborative efforts. NETL Director Marianne Walck, Ph.  more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Dauphin County Man Indicted for Drug Trafficking Offenses
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Jaquan Ardrey, age 30, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury for methamphetamine trafficking. According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, the indictment charges Ardrey with two counts of possessing wit  more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Justice Department Seizes Four Web Domains Used to Create Over 40,000 Spoofed Websites and Store the Personal Information of More Than Million Victims
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania posted the following news release on April 18, 2024: United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today the seizure of four domains used by the administrators and customers of a domain spoofing service. The domain seizures were authorized pursuant to seizure warrants issued in the Western District of Pennsylvania and were executed in coordination with the arrest of dozens of adminis  more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Pittsburgh Health Care Facility Owner Indicted on 33 Counts, Including Fraud, Money Laundering, Making False Statements Related to Health Care Matters
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of health care fraud, making false statements relating to health care matters, and money laundering, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. The 33-count Indictment named Kelley Oliver-Hollis, 59, as the sole def  more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Pittsburgh Man Pleads Guilty to Cocaine Conspiracy Charge
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. James Stewart, 44, pleaded guilty on April 16, 2024, to one count before United States District Judge Robe  more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Sharon Resident Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Prison for Cocaine Trafficking and Firearm Violations
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: A resident of Sharon, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 65 months in federal prison for committing cocaine trafficking and firearm crimes, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. United States Senior District Judge Joy Flowers Conti imposed the sentence on Raymond Briskey, 38, also ordering Briskey to serve three years o  more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: York County Man Indicted for Drug Trafficking Offenses
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Porfirio Peralta-Nunez, age 45, of York, PA, was indicted by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking charges. According to U.S. Attorney Gerard Karam, the indictment alleges that between November 2022 and October 2023, Peralta-Nunez engaged in a conspiracy to   more