OKC duo accused of using mythical Onalaska airport for $350M drug trade
8 people indicted in connection with elaborate scheme The Texas Supreme Court will consider a challenge to the state s retroactive state offender laws. (Source: Raycom News Media) By KTRE Digital Media Staff | February 26, 2021 at 5:42 PM CST - Updated March 1 at 12:57 AM
From the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas
SHERMAN, Texas (News Release) - A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Texas has returned an indictment charging eight individuals with various federal violations related to a complex international drug trafficking conspiracy, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
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Montana-based fleet owner effectively shut down following multiple violations
A Montana-based trucking company owner and carriers he operates have been ordered to immediately cease operations by the U.S. DOT after state and federal investigators found widespread violations of numerous regulations.
Matthew Tabner and his two Belgrade, Montana-based companies – Vallise Automotive Group and Central Logistics – were served the federal shutdown order on Jan. 23.
Following an investigation by the Montana Department of Transportation and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration enforcement personnel found the following violations with Vallise Automotive Group:
Failure to have a systematic vehicle inspection, repair and maintenance program to prevent unsafe commercial vehicles from operating on public roadways. In November 2020, a truck and trailer operated by one of Tabner’s companies were ordered out-of-service by New York State Police after a roadside inspectio
Former small-fleet owner sentenced to probation for falsifying logs
The former owner of a Woonsocket, Rhode Island-based trucking company was sentenced to three years of probation – which includes six months of home confinement – 50 hours of community service, a $1,000 find and a $100 special assessment for falsifying federal records.
Damir Sisic, the owner of now-defunct Sisic Transport Service LLC, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to falsify federal records in October 2020. According to the Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General, Sisic allegedly conspired to falsify the hours of service listed in STS drivers electronic logs from January 2018 through May 2019. STS truck drivers were routinely exceeding the maximum number of driving hours and on-duty hours, without spending the required hours off-duty, OIG said.
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The Boeing Company (Boeing) has entered into an agreement with the Department of Justice to resolve a criminal charge related to a conspiracy to defraud the Federal Aviation Administration’s Aircraft Evaluation Group (FAA AEG) in connection with the FAA AEG’s evaluation of Boeing’s 737 MAX airplane.
Boeing, a U.S.-based multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells commercial airplanes to airlines worldwide, entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) in connection with a criminal information filed today in the Northern District of Texas. The criminal information charges the company with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States. Under the terms of the DPA, Boeing will pay a total criminal monetary amount of over $2.5 billion, composed of a criminal monetary penalty of $243.6 million, compensation payments to Boeing’s 737 MAX airline customers of $1.77 billion, and the establishment of a $500 million crash-victim benef