News and Press Releases
2012 Archived Press Releases: Jan | Feb | Mar | April | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
2011 Archived Press Releases
December 2012
December 21, 2012
Tax Preparers Doing Business as "Integrity Tax" Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Defraud the United States
Chad Anthony Chertos, and Gregory Edward VanDyke
December 21, 2012
Naubinway Man Sentenced to Prison for Role in Marijuana Grow
Daryl David Houghton
December 13, 2012
Bellevue Man Sentenced to 121 Months of Incarceration for Child Pornography
Trevor Locke
December 07, 2012
Bay Mills Member Convicted of Assault on a Federal Officer
Lorne Anthony Lyons
December 06, 2012
U.S. Attorney's Office Collects Over $8.2 Million from Civil & Criminal Actions and Forfeitures in FY 2012
U. S. Attorney Patrick Miles Jr.
December 03, 2012
Cadillac Area Chiropractor Sentenced to Jail for Tax Evasion
Paul Douglas Kelly
November 2012
November 26, 2012
Final Defendant in Lansing Mortgage Fraud Indictment Pleads Guilty
Mario Giannandrea
November 23, 2012
President of Torco Racing Fuels, Inc. Sentenced to 168 Months' Incarceration
Evan Ward Knoll
November 19, 2012
U.S. Attorney Miles Announces Office Restructuring
Patrick Miles
November 01, 2012
U.S. Attorney's Office Alert to Protect the Right to Vote and Prosecute Election Fraud
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October 2012
October 30, 2012
Lansing Landscapers Convicted in Labor Fraud Scheme
Kevin Romando Johnson, and Sara Johnson
October 29, 2012
Physical Therapist Ph.D. Sentence to 13 Months of Prison and Pays more than $3 Million Dollars in Restitution, Civil Penalties, and Back Taxes
Chyawan Bansil, P.T., Ph.D.
October 25, 2012
Kellogg Agrees to Resolve Clean Air Act Violations at It's Battle Creek and Grand Rapids Facilities
Kellogg USA, Inc.
October 25, 2012
Ottawa County Man Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Committing Internet Advertising Fraud Scheme
Jeffrey Curtis Folkert
October 18, 2012
Tax Preparers Doing Business as "Integrity Tax" Charged with Presenting False Claims for Tax Refunds
Chad Anthony Chertos
October 12, 2012
Laurium Man Sentenced for Possession of Child Pornography
Rex Eugene Sweitz, Jr.
October 12, 2012
Former Union Secretary-Treasuerer Sentenced for Embezzlement
Renita Lynn Dompier
October 12, 2012
Bay Mills Man Sentenced in Child Sexual Assault
Jay Emerson Hunter
October 12, 2012
Lac Vieux Desert Member Sentenced in Child Sexual Assault
Aaron Timothy VanZile
October 10, 2012
Northern Michigan Cinemas Owner Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion
Elaine Dawson
September 2012
September 26, 2012
Lansing Woman Sentenced to Prison for Obstruction of Justice
Lori Knechtel
September 26, 2012
East Lansing Man Receives 20 Year Sentence for Trading Child Pornography
Patrick Wiseman
September 26, 2012
Former Attorney Pleads Guilty To $800,000 Mail Fraud Against Clients and Trust Beneficiaries
Ken Hoesch
August 2012
August 27, 2012
Menominee Man Sentenced in Hannahville Beating
Jason Eric Warner
August 22, 2012
Montford Point Marines Receive Congressional Gold Medal in Award Ceremony
Reuben Smartt, Bobby Jones, David King and Fred Johnson, Sr
August 20, 2012
Four Men Charged in Record Methamphetamine Seizure
Jose Sierra-Villegas and Others
August 16, 2012
Cadillac Michigan Chiropractor Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion
Paul Douglas Kelly
August 13, 2012
Byron Center Man, Father, and Uncle Sentenced for Running Ponzi Scheme
James Wiederhold, etal
August 2, 2012
Lansing Mortgage Fraud Ring Indicted on Federal Charges
Eric Williams, etal
July 2012
July 25, 2012
President of TORCO Racing Fuels, Inc. Pleads Guilty to
$100,000,000 Fraud Against United States Treasury
Evan Ward Knoll
July 9, 2012
Patrick A. Miles, Jr. Appointed United States Attorney for the Western District of Michigan
Patrick A. Miles, Jr.
June 2012
June 28, 2012
L’anse Man Sentenced in KBIC Beating
Anthony Leonard Eagle, Jr.
June 25, 2012
Eleven Illegal Aliens Indicted in Fraudulent Identification-Document Ring
Juan Jose Morales-Martinez and others
June 15, 2012
Final Two Defendants In Mortgage Fraud Scheme Sentenced
Kevin Grady Sr., and Edward Hessie Sumrell
June 04, 2012
Engadine Man Sentenced to Prison for Role in Marijuana Grow
Timothy Russell Nelson
May 2012
May 30 2012
Physical Therapist Pleads Guilty, Agrees to Pay More Than Two Million Dollars in Treble Damages, in Connection with Health Care Fraud Scheme
Chyawan Bansil, P.T., Ph.D.
May 29 2012
Eaton County Man Sentenced to Seven Years for Child Pornography
Stephen Cutter
May 29 2012
Big Rapids Man Receives Statutory Maximum for Child Exploitation
Stephen Graham-Wright
May 25 2012
Habitual Batterer Sentenced to Prison
Viktor V. Protasoff
May 25, 2012
Ontario Man Sentenced to Prison for Attempting to Illegally Reenter the United States
Daniel H. Sundstrom
May 18, 2012
Ottawa County Man Charged with 13 Counts of Mail Fraud in Connection with Internet Advertising Business
Jeffrey Curtis Folkert
May 10, 2012
Attorney Charged with Theft of Over $800,000 of Client Funds
Kenneth Walter Hoesch
May 04, 2012
Texas Man Sentenced in Half-Billion Dollar Ponzi Scheme
Joseph Stanley Blimline
May 04, 2012
Mason County "Armed Career Criminal" Sentenced to 210 Months
Tobias John-Maxwell Deatrick
April 2012
April 30, 2012
Lansing Drug Dealer Sentenced to Life Plus 15 Years
Otis Morris
April 25, 2012
Alleged Marijuana User Charged with Federal Firearms and Marijuana Violations
Scott William Messenger
April 20, 2012
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan Man Charged with Unlawful Transportation and Possession of Explosives
Kenneth Ageed Kassab
April 19, 2012
Mortgage Broker From Kalamazoo Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison for Wire Fraud
Mark Alan Maurer
April 13, 2012
Investment Advisor Sentenced for Ponzi Scheme
Martin T. Wegener
April 12, 2012
United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Michigan, 2011 Year in Review
2011 Year in Review
March 2012
March 22, 2012
Former Human Resources Director Sentenced to Prison for Embezzlement from East Lansing Consulting Firm
Lori Knechtel
March 16, 2012
Grand Rapids Man Sentenced to 30 Years for Child Pornography
Michael Melchor
March 15, 2012
Marquette Man Arraigned, Trial Date Set
Joseph Paul Jaukkuri
March 14, 2012
Kalamazoo Man Charged With Leaving Firearms with Felons Sons, Including the Firearm Used in the Killing of a Public Safety Officer.
Kim Robert Statler
February 2012
February 29, 2012
Lansing Drug Trafficking Conspirators Sentenced
Joseph Lewis Parker
February 28, 2012
Former Kalamazoo-Based Financial Advisor Sentenced to 92 Months in Prison for Wire Fraud
Joseph Stephan Fabian
February 23, 2012
Jonesville Resident Pleads Guilty to Filing False Tax Returns
Li Jiao Shao
February 17, 2012
Grady Found Guilty of Wire and Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Kevin Lee Grady Sr.
February 10, 2012
Indian Man Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Aggravated Identity Theft and Passport Fraud
Nathan Kent Lumbard
February 08, 2012
Grand Rapids Store Owner Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison and more than $650,000.00 in Restitution for Food Stamp and Welfare Fraud
Ahmed Sheikh Mohamed
February 01, 2012
Osceola Woman Sentenced to 30 Years for Production of Child Pornography
Andria Mast
January 2012
January 31, 2012
Leland Realtor Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud Scheme
Kimberly Bunbury
January 25, 2012
Grand Rapids Armed Drug Dealer Gets 12 and 1/2 Years
William R. Richmond-Hairston
January 24, 2012
Nine Health Care Professionals, Including Five Doctors,
Charged in Kickback Schemes
US Rehab Services
January 24, 2012
Indiana Man Sentenced to 24 Years for Armed Bank Robbery
Jetson Lawrence Bryant
January 10, 2012
Holland Real Estate Worker Sentenced for Bank Fraud
Janice Branderhorst
January 09, 2012
Sault Ste. Marie Man Sentenced for Possession of Child Pornography
Curnel Wayland Matheny
January 09, 2012
Baraga Woman Sentenced for Biting Off Victim's Nose
Donalyn Lynette Taisto
January 06, 2012
