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Federal Tipoffs Involving Ohio Newsletter for 2024-03-15 ( 8 items )  
Air Force Life Cycle Management Center: First Sergeant's Corner - Trust (10)
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, March 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: By SMSgt Adrian Galcik, First Sergeant, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center The AFMC Connect discussion topic for the month of March is "Trust." Trust is defined as the firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something. Trust is never given. It is earned through events, discussions, and experiences. Its close relative is credibility. Trust is  more PR

Contracting Information Technology Implemented Handshake 2 Capability With Defense Enterprise Accounting & Management System (10)
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, March 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: By George Sarmiento On Feb. 12, 2024, Contracting Information Technology (CON-IT) and the Defense Enterprise Accounting and Management System (DEAMS) implemented an electronic funds validation process, known as Handshake 2 of the Procure-to- Pay (P2P) Handshake capability. The P2P Handshake capability consists of nine data handshakes between contracting and accounting systems tha more PR

Ohio U.S. Attorney: Sandusky Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Dispensing Drugs to Patients (10)
TOLEDO, Ohio, March 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio issued the following news release: Gregory J. Gerber, age 58, of Port Clinton, Ohio, was sentenced to prison by U.S. District Judge James R. Knepp, II after earlier pleading guilty to illegally dispensing narcotics to patients. Gerber was sentenced to 42 months imprisonment to be followed by one year of home confinement for the first of 3 years of supervised release. Gerber was also ordered to pay a $100 more PR

Ohio U.S. Attorney: Southwest Ohio Man Sentenced to Prison for $8.6 Million Investment Fraud Scheme That Defrauded Pike County Investors (10)
COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: A Southwest Ohio man was sentenced in U.S. District Court here today to 24 months in prison for orchestrating an investment fraud scheme in Pike County and for failing to remit money withheld from employee paychecks to employee retirement funds. Robert W. Walton, Jr., 55, of Loveland, Ohio, was also ordered to pay more than $8.6 million in restituti more PR

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Columbus, Ohio, Resident Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Prison for Trafficking of Cocaine Into Western Pennsylvania (10)
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: A resident of Columbus, Ohio, has been sentenced in federal court to 135 months of imprisonment, to be followed by five years of supervised release, on his conviction for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. United Sta more PR

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Ohio and Florida Residents Each Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Cocaine Distribution Violations (10)
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Co-conspirators from Ohio and Florida each have been sentenced in federal court to 60 months of imprisonment, to be followed by four years of supervised release, on their convictions for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today.  more PR

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Seventeen Defendants Charged in Connection With Cocaine Trafficking Operation Originating in Puerto Rico (10)
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: Seventeen individuals from Lawrence County, Pennsylvania; Puerto Rico; and Youngstown, Ohio, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for violating federal narcotics, firearms, and racketeering laws, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. The defendants were charged in two Indictments that were unseal more PR

U.S. Tax Court: In Memory of Judge Colvin (10)
WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The U.S. Tax Court issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: Tax Court Judge John O. Colvin passed away on March 11, 2024. Judge Colvin was born in Ohio in 1946. He attended the University of Missouri for his undergraduate studies and Georgetown University Law Center for law school. During college and law school, he worked for then-Missouri Attorney General John C. Danforth and Missouri State Representative Richard C. Marshall, in Jefferson City, and for U.S more PR