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Press Releases for the Month of May 16, 2013
2013 - May 16 - SALT LAKE CITY - Boise Man Arrested; Terrorism Charges Filed In Idaho And Utah
2013 - May 16 - SALT LAKE CITY - Harvey Pleads Guilty In Two Federal Cases Involving Importation Of Ephedrine Into The United States And Actions To Introduce Misbranded Drug Into Commerce
2013 - May 16 - SALT LAKE CITY - Defendant In Denver Case Arrested In Minneapolis Wednesday After Failing To Appear For Initial Appearance In Federal Court Earlier This Month
2013 - May 08- SALT LAKE CITY - Brody Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud, Money Laundering In Connection With Real Estatement Investment Scheme
2013 - May 06- SALT LAKE CITY - Ashton Pleads Gulty To Kidnapping Resulting In Death, Firearms Charge In Federal Court In St. George
2013 - May 02 - SALT LAKE CITY - Clayton Pleads Guilty To Engaging In Sexually Explicit Conduct With Four Minors To Produce Child Pornography
2013 - April 12 - SALT LAKE CITY - Ogden Pleads Guilty To Wire, Securities Fraud; Agreement Includes Recommendation For 10-Year Sentence; Millions In Restitution
2013 - April 08 - SALT LAKE CITY - Goff Sentenced To 36 Months In Prison For Obstruction Of Justice; Filed Fictitious Forms As A Part Of Effort To Impede Justice
2013 - April 04 - SALT LAKE CITY - Fruit Heights Man Charged With Violations Of Tax Laws; Indictment Alleges He Took Several Steps To Evade Paying Taxes
2013 - April 03 - SALT LAKE CITY - Four Individuals, Including Two Utahns, Charged With Smuggling Peruvian Artifacts Into United States
2013 - March 22 - SALT LAKE CITY - Utah County Man Pleads Guilty To Fraud, Tax Charge In Connection With Kickback Scheme On Construction Invoices; Embezzled About $800,854 From Tennessee Company
2013 - March 08 - SALT LAKE CITY - St. George Man Faces Fraud, Money Laundering, Tax Charges In Indictment Returned By Federal Grand Jury
2013 - March 08 - SALT LAKE CITY - Jury Finds Tolutau Guilty Of Walmart Robbery; Brandishing Firearm During A Violent Crime
2013 - March 01 - SALT LAKE CITY - Jury Finds Zander Guilty Of Fraud, Money Laundering, Tax Charges In Case Involving Scheme To Defraud Paiute Tribe
2013 - March 01 - SALT LAKE CITY - Chatwin Pleads To Bank Fraud; Brandishing Firearm; Plea Agreement Includes Recommendation For 12-Year Sentence
2013 - Feb 28 - SALT LAKE CITY - Dudley Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud In Connection With Investment Fraud Scheme
2013 - Feb 27 - SALT LAKE CITY - Florida Couple Pleads Guilty For Roles In Procurement Contract Bribery Scheme
2013 - Feb 26 - SALT LAKE CITY - South Jordan Woman Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering; Admits Embezzling $462,455.80 From Employer
2013 - Feb 20 - SALT LAKE CITY - Grand Jury Returns Indictment Charging Mark Allen Call With Two Counts Of Bank Robbery In Connection With Robberies At Zions Bank Last Week
2013 - Feb 14 - SALT LAKE CITY - West Valley Man Charged With Three Robberies In Indictment Returned By Federal Grand Jury
2013 - Feb 06 - SALT LAKE CITY - CLAYTON CHARGED WITH PRODUCTION, POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IN INDICTMENT RETURNED WEDNESDAY
2013 - Jan 29 - SALT LAKE CITY - JURY CONVICTS JUAREZ-SANCHEZ FOLLOWING TRIAL INVOLVING MARIJUANA GROW OPERATION IN IRON COUNTY
2013 - Jan 28 - SALT LAKE CITY - LOUISIANA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MAIL FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH SOVEREIGN CITIZEN LIEN SCHEME; SENTENCED TO 30 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON
2013 - Jan 24 - SALT LAKE CITY - UTAH MAN AND NEVADA WOMAN CHARGED WITH TAX CONSPIRACY
2013 - Jan 09 - SALT LAKE CITY - FUGITIVE JAMES HECTOR ACALA ARRESTED AT CALIFORNIA PORT OF ENTRY ATTEMPTING TO RE-ENTER THE UNITED STATES
2013 - Jan 03 - SALT LAKE CITY - MUNOZ SENTENCED TO 41 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO WIRE FRAUD, MONEY LAUNDERING IN CONNECTION WITH PROPERTY FRAUD SCHEME NEAR PARK CITY
2012 - Dec 21 - SALT LAKE CITY - U. S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE COLLECTS $31,373,879.25 THROUGH CIVIL AND CRIMINAL ACTIONS IN FY 2012
2012 - Dec 21 - SALT LAKE CITY - OGDEN MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE; ADMITS FILING FICTITIOUS FORMS, SENDING FORMS TO JUDGE AS A PART OF EFFORT TO IMPEDE JUSTICE
2012 - Dec 18 - SALT LAKE CITY - FORMER HEBER CITY, UTAH RESIDENT CONVICTED OF FILING FALSE CLAIMS FOR TAX REFUNDS TOTALING MORE THAN $2.2 MILLION
2012 - Dec 18 - SALT LAKE CITY - SPRINGVILLE MAN CONVICTED OF PRODUCING, POSSESSING CHILD PORNGRAPHY SENTENCED TO 204 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON
2012 - Dec 14 - SALT LAKE CITY - JOHNSON SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
2012 - Dec 12 - SALT LAKE CITY - OGDEN MARKETS, SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH SCHEME TO DEFRAUD FOOD PROGRAM
2012 - Nov 28 - SALT LAKE CITY - OREM MAN SENTENCED TO 19 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
2012 - Nov 26- SALT LAKE CITY - THREE UTAH COUNTY MEN CHARGED WITH FRAUD, ID THEFT; INDICTMENTS ALLEGE THEY USED PERSONAL INFORMATION OF DECEASED INIDIVIDUALS FROM A CALIFORNIA WEBSITE TO FILE FRAUDULENT TAX RETURNS, GET REFUNDS
2012 - Oct 01 - SALT LAKE CITY - CABIBI SENTENCED TO 240 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR ASSAULT ON A FEDERAL OFFICER; FIREARMS CONVICTIONS
2012 - Sept 28 - SALT LAKE CITY - FOUR CHARGED WITH SELLING MISBRANDED HAIR TREATMENT DRUGS ON THE INTERNET
2012 - Sept 23 - SALT LAKE CITY -PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE: A CONVERSATION WE SHOULD KEEP HAVING
2012 - Aug 27 - SALT LAKE CITY - TWO FACE CHARGES IN INDICTMENT FOR LIEN SCHEME AS A PART OF CLAIM OF SOVEREIGN CITIZENSHIP
2012 - Aug 22 - SALT LAKE CITY - GRAND JURY RETURNS INDICTMENT CHARGING THREE INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATION IN ALLEGED $54 MILLION PROCUREMENT FRAUD, BRIBERY CASE INVOLVING CONTRACT FOR SERVICES IN AFGHANISTAN
2012 - Aug 6 - SALT LAKE CITY - JURY CONVICTS SIFTON ON FIVE WIRE FRAUD COUNTS STEMMING FROM HARD MONEY LENDING SCAM
2012 - July 31 - SALT LAKE CITY - UTAH MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FILING A FALSE CLAIM FOR TAX REFUND
2012 - July 31 - SALT LAKE CITY - INDICTMENT UNSEALED CHARGING WOMAN WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER IN CONNECTION WITH JANUARY INCIDENT ON NAVAJO NATION LAND
2012 - July 26 - SALT LAKE CITY - MARSHALS, JCAT TRACK DOWN FEDERAL FUGITIVE WANTED ON METHAMPHETAMINE, FIREARMS CHARGES
2012 - July 25 - SALT LAKE CITY - PIRENTE SENTENCED TO 168 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
2012 - June 5 - SALT LAKE CITY – FINAL THREE DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN CASE RELATED TO GUNS STOLEN FROM BLANDING POLICE DEPARTMENT
2012 - May 31 - SALT LAKE CITY – FEDERAL GRAND JURY RETURNS INDICTMENT CHARGING INDIVIDUALS WITH FRAUD IN ALLEGED FRAUD SCHEME
2012 - May 18 - SALT LAKE CITY – HP BOSTON BUILDING, LLC PLEADS GUILTY TO FELONY VIOLATION OF CLEAN AIR ACT IN CONNECTION WITH ASBESTOS REMOVED DURING RENOVATION WORK.
2012 - May 07 - SALT LAKE CITY – FEDERAL CHARGES FILED IN CASE INVOLVING ALLEGED THEFT OF TRADE SECRETS FROM UTAH COMPANY
2012 - Apr 19 - SALT LAKE CITY – UTAH TAX DEFIER PLEADS GUILTY IN NINE-YEAR SCAM TO DEFRAUD THE UNITED STATES, IS SENTENCED TO TWO-YEAR PRISON TERM
2012 - Apr 18 - SALT LAKE CITY – FORMER BOX ELDER COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF CHARGED WITH VIOLATING RIGHTS OF WOMEN UNDER COLOR OF LAW.
2012 - Apr 12 - SALT LAKE CITY – UNSEALED INDICTMENT CHARGES ALLEGED TAX DEFIERS WITH IMPEDING IRS, FILING FALSE LIENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.
2012 - Apr 11 - SALT LAKE CITY – BLUFFDALE WOMAN SENTENCED TO 46 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR MAIL FRAUD, MONEY LAUNDERING.
2012 Press Releases
January
2012 - Jan 20 - SALT LAKE CITY – Paul R. Beckwith, age 39, of Layton, who pleaded guilty to wire fraud in connection with a scheme he devised to defraud his employer out of some of its corporate funds to engage in stock trades for his personal benefit, will spend 18 months in federal prison.
2012 - Jan 31- SALT LAKE CITY – Four defendants charged in federal court following an investigation into the theft of nine handguns from the Blanding Police Department in August have reached plea agreements with federal prosecutors.
February
2012 - Feb 02 - SALT LAKE CITY – Grand Jury Returns Superseding Indictment in Civil Rights Case Involving Former Wasatch County Deputy Sheriff.
2012 - Feb 02 - SALT LAKE CITY – Federal Grand Jury Returns Superseding 19-Count Indictment Charging Utah County Residents in Alleged Mortgage Fraud Scheme.
2012 - Feb 15 - SALT LAKE CITY – GRAND JURY RETURNS INDICTMENT CHARGING FRAUD, MONEY LAUNDERING IN PURCHASE OF PARK CITY PROPERTY.
2012 - Feb 24 - SALT LAKE CITY – ST. GEORGE MAN SENTENCED TO 30 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR INTERFERING WITH ADMINISTRATION OF TAX LAWS.
March
2012 - Mar 02 - SALT LAKE CITY – DEFENDANTS IN CHILD EXPLOITATION CASES PLEAD GUILTY TO CHARGES; FACE SUBSTANTIAL FEDERAL SENTENCES.
2012 - Mar 09 - SALT LAKE CITY – A two-count Information, filed in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City Friday afternoon, charges Genwal Resources, Inc., the corporate owner of a coal mine at Crandall Canyon, with two criminal violations of mandatory health and safety standards under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act.
U.S. Attorney David B. Barlow’s statement
2012 - Mar 14 - SALT LAKE CITY – FORMER COUNTY PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR CHARGED WITH FRAUD, THEFT OF FEDERAL PROGRAM FUNDS IN 25-COUNT INDICTMENT.
2012 - Mar 15 - SALT LAKE CITY – COUPLE CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY, FILING FALSE TAX RETURNS
IN CONNECTION WITH OGDEN CLUB.
April
2012 - Apr 11 - SALT LAKE CITY – BLUFFDALE WOMAN SENTENCED TO 46 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR MAIL FRAUD, MONEY LAUNDERING.
2012 - Apr 12 - SALT LAKE CITY – UNSEALED INDICTMENT CHARGES ALLEGED TAX DEFIERS WITH IMPEDING IRS, FILING FALSE LIENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.
2012 - Apr 18 - SALT LAKE CITY – FORMER BOX ELDER COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF CHARGED WITH VIOLATING RIGHTS OF WOMEN UNDER COLOR OF LAW.
May
2011 - May 11 - SALT LAKE CITY – Burnice Alexander Williams, Jr., age 61, of Salt Lake City is charged with robbing two banks on the same day in an indictment returned Wednesday afternoon by a federal grand jury.
2011 - May 11 - SALT LAKE CITY – Donovan Ray Silas, age 37, of Montezuma Creek, Utah, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, has been charged with assault while within Indian Country in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury Wednesday afternoon.
2011 - May 11 - SALT LAKE CITY – Ronald D. Fisher, age 56, a resident of Utah County, pleaded guilty to making false statements to a financial institution, wire fraud, interstate transportation of persons in execution of fraud, and serving as an airman without a certificate in federal court Tuesday afternoon in connection with a scheme to defraud banks and private lenders.
2011 - May 13 - SALT LAKE CITY – An indictment unsealed Thursday in federal court in Salt Lake City charges Harvey Douglas Goff, age 53, of Ogden, with violations of federal law in connection with alleged schemes to obstruct justice, impede internal revenue laws, pass fictitious documents purporting to be actual financial instruments, assert diplomatic immunity, and defraud others through the use of a fraudulent lien scheme.
2011 - May 25 - SALT LAKE CITY – Brian David Mitchell, 57, of Salt Lake City, will serve life in federal prison for the June 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart. U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball imposed the sentence Wednesday afternoon in federal court in Salt Lake City. Mitchell was convicted of interstate kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor in December following a four-week jury trial.
2011 - May 27 - SALT LAKE CITY – Several foreign nationals have been charged with passport fraud in recent months after providing false information on passport applications.
June
2011 - June 01 - SALT LAKE CITY – A detention hearing is set for 11:15 a.m. Wednesday in federal court for John S. Dudley, age 56, of Sandy, charged last week in a 17-count indictment with money laundering and wire and bank fraud in connection with an alleged ponzi scheme. Wednesday’s hearing will be before U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Warner.
2011 - June 07 - SALT LAKE CITY – Nathan Lee Kapp, age 36, of Syracuse, who admitted embezzling about $1.3 million in cash from C.R. England Trucking while employed by the company, will spend 30 months in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups imposed the sentence this afternoon.
2011 - June 08 - SALT LAKE CITY – A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment Wednesday charging Christopher Stein Epperson, age 33, of Heber City with deprivation of rights under color of law for alleged sexual misconduct in his capacity as a Wasatch County Deputy Sheriff assigned to the county’s Department of Corrections as a jail guard.
2011 - June 15 - SALT LAKE CITY – Ronald William Haycock, Sr., 63, of Bountiful, convicted in December of money laundering and conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme, will spend 66 months in federal prison.
2011 - June 27 - SALT LAKE CITY – Garth B. Day, 41, of Elwood, former Morgan County Council Administrator, pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to money laundering; false loan and credit applications; theft from a program receiving federal funds; and wire, mail, and bank fraud in connection with a fraud scheme involving the county and various financial institutions.
July
2011 - July 06 - SALT LAKE CITY – A federal grand jury returned a 20-count indictment Wednesday afternoon charging AJ's Kwik Mart in Salt Lake City and five individuals with violations of federal law in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service.
2011 - July 06 - SALT LAKE CITY – Walter Edmund Bond, age 35, of Salt Lake City pleaded guilty to two counts of arson in federal court this morning in connection with fires at the Tandy Leather Factory in Salt Lake City and the Tiburon Fine Dining Restaurant in Sandy which occurred in 2010.
2011 - July 15 - SALT LAKE CITY – A federal indictment unsealed Friday afternoon in Salt Lake City charges three individuals with conspiracy and attempt to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute. The charges also allege that defendants in the case used employee access doors at the airports as a part of their attempt to distribute the methamphetamine.
2011 - July 27 - SALT LAKE CITY – A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment Wednesday afternoon charging 21 individuals with conspiracy to manufacture a controlled substance by cultivation, manufacture of a controlled substance by cultivation, and possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime. Today’s charges follow a significant investigation of a large cultivation site in Washington County.
August
2011 - Aug 10 - SALT LAKE CITY – A federal grand jury returned a 26-count indictment Wednesday afternoon charging William Ricker Ferguson, age 52, of Orem, and Ashlee Choate, age 21, of Midvale, with mail fraud and wire fraud in connection with a fraud scheme involving a Utah business known variously as Hollywood Body MD Cosmetic Surgery and Laser Center, Hollywood Body and Laser Center, and Spamedica Group.
2011 - Aug 17 - SALT LAKE CITY – A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an indictment Wednesday afternoon charging Stephen and Patricia Murphy with conspiracy to defraud the United States and three counts of presenting false claims to the United States. The indictment was announced by Utah U.S. Attorney Carlie Christensen and John A. DiCicco, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Tax Division.
2011 - Aug 18 - SALT LAKE CITY – Carlie Christensen, U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah, FBI Special Agent in Charge David L. Johnson and DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge Frank Smith issued the following statements following this evening’s jury verdict in U.S. v Dewey C. MacKay, III, finding the defendant guilty on two counts of distribution of controlled resulting in death, three counts of use of a communication facility in a drug trafficking offense, and 35 counts of distribution of a controlled substance. The jury found Dr. MacKay not guilty on 44 distribution counts.
2011 - Aug 23 - SALT LAKE CITY – James Andrew Lawyer, age 30, a resident of Utah County, will be sentenced Oct. 26, 2011, in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City after pleading guilty Thursday to conspiracy in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme involving the purchase of a home in Highland, Utah.
September
2011 - Sept 29 - SALT LAKE CITY – Merrill Roberts, 42, of Cedar Hills, will serve 37 months in federal prison for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme involving properties in Davis, Salt Lake and Utah counties.
October
2011 - Oct 05 - SALT LAKE CITY – Jason Lamour Keith, age 33, of Aneth, Utah, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to aggravated sexual abuse. Keith admitted that between August 2004 and June 2010 he forced a woman to engage in sexual acts with him.
2011 - Oct 07 - SALT LAKE CITY – A jury sitting in federal court in Salt Lake City returned guilty verdicts Thursday night finding six members of the Tongan Crip Gang (TCG) in Utah guilty of acts of violence, including robberies, assaults, and use of firearms during crimes of violence, committed in support of an ongoing criminal organization operating in Utah communities.
2011 - Oct 11 - SALT LAKE CITY – Bugman Pest and Lawn, Inc., and Coleman Nocks, age 63, of Bountiful pleaded guilty in federal court in Salt Lake City Tuesday afternoon to a misdemeanor count of unlawful use of a registered pesticide. The convictions relate to the application of a registered pesticide at a home in Layton in Feb. 5, 2010, resulting in the deaths of two children.
2011 - Oct 12 - SALT LAKE CITY – A federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment Wednesday afternoon charging Portia R. Louder, age 40, and Chad Louder, age 41, both of Highland, with criminal violations of federal law in connection with what the indictment alleges was a scheme to profit from loans fraudulently obtained from mortgage lenders.
2011 - Oct 12 - SALT LAKE CITY – Three individuals are charged in an indictment returned today by a federal grand jury in Utah for their alleged roles in a bribery and fraud scheme involving federal procurement contracts, announced U.S. Attorney for Utah David B. Barlow and Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
2011 - Oct 21 - SALT LAKE CITY – Naisa Angilau, age 25, of Salt Lake City will spend 10 years in federal prison for his role in an October 2009 armed robbery of Holiday Oil at 4783 West 6200 South in West Jordan. U.S. District Judge Dee Benson imposed the sentence Wednesday afternoon.
2011 - Oct 24 - SALT LAKE CITY – A Utah man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Salt Lake City for his role in a bribery and fraud scheme involving federal procurement contracts, announced U.S. Attorney David B. Barlow of the District of Utah and Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
November
2011 - Nov 04 - SALT LAKE CITY – A 25-count federal indictment unsealed Friday morning in Salt Lake City charges 19 individuals with conspiracy to distribute cocaine base (crack) and cocaine hydrochloride (powder cocaine); distribution of cocaine base; distribution of cocaine; possession of cocaine with intent to distribute; and money laundering following an FBI investigation into narcotics trafficking by the Belizean Bloods street gang.
2011 - Nov 28 - SALT LAKE CITY – U.S. Attorney David B. Barlow announced Monday that the District of Utah collected $5,880.445.15 in Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 related to criminal and civil actions. Of this amount, $2,268,664.56 was collected in criminal actions and $3,611,780.59 was collected in civil actions. The U.S. Attorney’s Office is responsible for enforcing and collecting civil and criminal debts owed to the United States and restitution owed to federal crime victims.
December
2011 - Dec 09 - WASHINGTON – Six employees of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Utah, a Special Agent from the FBI’s Salt Lake Field Office, and an Assistant Salt Lake District Attorney were among individuals recognized by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Executive Office for United States Attorneys Director H. Marshall Jarrett at the 28th annual Director’s Awards Ceremony Friday morning in Washington D.C.
2011 - Dec 09 - WASHINGTON – An investment manager based in Houston was arrested today on charges filed in federal court in Salt Lake City for his alleged role in a $72 million investment fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney David B. Barlow for the District of Utah, Special Agent in Charge David Johnson of the FBI’s Salt Lake City Field Office and Special Agent in Charge Paul A. Camacho of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Las Vegas Field Office.
2011 - Dec 09 - WASHINGTON – A San Diego, Calif., investment manager was arrested today on charges filed in district court in Salt Lake City for his alleged role in a $25 million investment fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney David B. Barlow for the District of Utah, Special Agent in Charge David Johnson of the FBI’s Salt Lake City Field Office and Special Agent in Charge Paul A. Camacho of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Las Vegas Field Office.
2011 - Dec 09 - SALT LAKE CITY – Jose Gilardo Soto-Moya, age 44, of Riverton, has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to making and subscribing to a false tax return.
2011 - Dec 14 - WASHINGTON – Christopher Ethington, age 36, of Riverton, will serve 37 months in federal prison for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme involving properties in Davis, Salt Lake and Utah counties.
2011 Press Releases
2011 - Jan. 6 - SALT LAKE CITY – United States Attorney Carlie Christensen announced this week that she is making leadership changes in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Salt Lake City.
2011 - Jan. 11 - SALT LAKE CITY – Lul Noor Abdi, age 42, of Salt Lake City, charged in an indictment returned in August with two counts of making false statements to the FBI, admitted today she made a materially false statement to FBI special agents and other task force officers.
2011 - Jan. 13 - SALT LAKE CITY – A federal jury deliberated just under an hour Tuesday morning before finding Carlos Manuel Mendez, age 26, of Ogden guilty of three federal firearms and drug violations.
2011 - Jan. 13 - SALT LAKE CITY – A federal indictment has been unsealed charging Jeffrey Charles Zander, age 55, a former resident of Cedar City, with 26 counts of theft from a program receiving federal funds, money laundering, and failure to file tax returns.
2011 - Jan. 13 - SALT LAKE CITY – Justin Johnson, age 36, of Holden, Utah, an employee of the Bureau of Land Management in Utah, pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday afternoon to one count of theft and embezzlement of government property in connection with misuse of his government-issued credit card.
2011 - Jan. 21 - SALT LAKE CITY – A federal grand jury returned an indictment Wednesday afternoon charging John Vander Veur of Park City, a licensed general contractor in Utah, with tax evasion.
2011 - Feb. 03 - SALT LAKE CITY – Bugman Pest and Lawn, Inc., and Coleman Nocks, age 63, of Bountiful are charged with unlawful use of a registered pesticide in a three-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury Wednesday afternoon. The violations are Class A misdemeanors.
2011 - Feb. 11 - SALT LAKE CITY – An April 18, 2011, trial date has been set for Warren Joseph Montes, age 19, of Montezuma Creek, Utah, charged with assault resulting in serious bodily injury while within Indian Country in an indictment returned in January.
2011 - Feb. 17 - SALT LAKE CITY – Robert Bruce Ririe, age 53, of Provo pleaded guilty to one count of production of child pornography in federal court this week, admitting that he persuaded five juveniles to take sexually explicit photographs of themselves and e-mail them to him.
2011 - Feb. 28 - SALT LAKE CITY – Janean Del’Andrae, age 54, of Sandy, charged in a federal indictment with three counts of tax evasion, will appear for an initial appearance on the charges March 22, 2011, at 11:30 a.m. before U.S. Magistrate Judge David Nuffer.
2011 - Mar 03 - SALT LAKE CITY – Tim DeChristopher, age 29, of Salt Lake City, charged with two violations of federal law in connection with a scheme to interfere with the competitive bidding process during the sale of Bureau of Land Management oil and gas leases in Utah in December 2008, has been convicted of the charges.
2011 - Mar 04 - SALT LAKE CITY – Thomas J. Hook, the primary owner of Westerner Private Club, Inc., in Salt Lake City during 2002, pleaded guilty in federal court this week to making and signing a false federal income tax return.
2011 - Mar 04 - SALT LAKE CITY – Gary Ward, a Utah resident, will spend one year in prison after pleading guilty in September to one count of tax evasion in connection with efforts he took to evade income tax due to the United States on behalf of two individuals.
2011 - Mar 08 - SALT LAKE CITY – Robert Bruce Ririe, age 53, of Provo, who persuaded five juveniles in five different states to take sexually explicit photographs of themselves and e-mail them to him, will serve 15 years in federal prison.
2011 - Mar 15 - SALT LAKE CITY – Douglas Scott Bessinger, age 47, of Logan, has been sentenced to 135 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to one count of distribution of child pornography in October.
2011 - Mar 18 - SALT LAKE CITY – Twenty-five individuals have been charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in two federal indictments unsealed Friday afternoon. The arrests follow a significant investigation by the FBI, the Utah County Major Crimes Task Force, and ICE as a part of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force in Utah. The investigation leading to this week’s indictments started in November 2009.
2011 - Mar 18 - SALT LAKE CITY – Jeffrey Lane Mowen, age 48, of Lindon, pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday afternoon to one count of wire fraud in connection with a foreign currency trading program operating under a fraudulent financial arrangement commonly known as a Ponzi scheme. Investor returns in Ponzi schemes are drawn from new and old investor funds.
2011 - Mar 22 - SALT LAKE CITY – Cynthia Bitsuie Jones, age 41, of Montezuma Creek, the final defendant to be sentenced as a part of a December 2009 sexual assault on the Navajo Nation, will serve 140 months in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Ted Stewart imposed the sentence this afternoon in U.S. District Court.
2011 - Mar 31 - SALT LAKE CITY – Troy Cabibi, age 30, of South Salt Lake City, is charged with attempted murder of a federal officer in a federal indictment returned by a grand jury Wednesday afternoon. The three-count indictment also includes two alleged violations of federal firearms laws, including discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.
2011 - April 1 - SALT LAKE CITY – U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert T. Braithwaite found Dan M. Jessop, age 63, of Hurricane guilty of operating an off-road vehicle on federal public land closed to off-road vehicle travel following a bench trial Monday in federal court in St. George.
2011 - April 1 - SALT LAKE CITY – A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment Wednesday afternoon charging Michael Sathaphan, age 26, of Salt Lake City with four counts of possession of drugs with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm following a felony conviction.
2011 - April 8 - SALT LAKE CITY – Kenneth J. Neilson, age 63, of St. George, pleaded guilty to one count of interference with the administration of tax laws Thursday afternoon, admitting that he corruptly tried to obstruct or impede federal revenue laws from about March 1996 to June 2005.
2011 - April 8 - SALT LAKE CITY – Paul Ryan Hall, age 25, of Ogden, who participated in two Ogden area carjackings on the same day in November 2008, will spend 214 months in federal prison.
2011 - April 12 - SALT LAKE CITY – A six-count Felony Information filed in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City Tuesday charges Garth B. Day, 41, of Elwood, former Morgan County Council Administrator, with money laundering; false loan and credit applications; theft from a program receiving federal funds; and wire, mail, and bank fraud.
2011 - April 14 - SALT LAKE CITY – Thomas James Zajac, age 57, of Downers Grove, Ill., convicted of six violations of federal law stemming from a bombing at the Salt Lake City Public Library on Sept. 15, 2006, will spend 35 years in federal prison.