PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Dagoberto Trevino-Quintero, 31, of Mexico, pleaded guilty to the indictment for heroin conspiracy and possession charges in federal district court in Phoenix on November 17, 2008. Sentencing is set before U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow on February 9, 2008. Trevino-Quintero was charged with Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute One […]

On the 21 December 2008, the current control order in respect of Mr David Hicks expires. Following extensive consultation with a number of agencies, the AFP has decided it will not be seeking a further control order in respect of Mr Hicks. The AFP has today advised the Attorney-General and Mr Hicks’ legal representative of

(LAWFUEL) – A 33-year-old Victorian man has appeared in Sydney Central Local Court today charged with importing approximately 600 grams of cocaine into Australia, concealed within two skateboard decks. The man was stopped at Sydney Airport for questioning by Customs officers last night, after arriving on a flight from Auckland, New Zealand. During a search

LAWFUEL) – A 41-year-old Victorian man will appear in the Melbourne Magistrates Court today charged with importing drugs into Australia. The man, from St Albans in Melbourne’s western suburbs, was stopped for questioning by Customs officers when he arrived at Melbourne International Airport on a flight from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, yesterday. During questioning,

PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – A federal grand jury in Phoenix returned a 7-count indictment today against Melvin Pascal Nash, 23, and Mason James Henry, 20, both of San Carlos, Ariz. The two are charged with First Degree Premeditated and Felony Murder, Robbery, Use of a Firearm in Causing Death and Conspiracy. Nash and Henry are currently

DENVER (LAWFUEL) – Ashton Paul Daigle, age 27, of Lafayette, Colorado, was arrested without incident last night by Special Agents with the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Criminal Investigations, based on a sealed Indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Denver yesterday. Daigle faces 108 counts of tampering with a consumer product, and

WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) — The Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council (IRSAC) today released its recommendations on a wide range of tax administration issues at the 2008 public meeting in Washington, DC. IRSAC was established in 1953 as the Commissioner’s Advisory Group (CAG), a national policy and issue advisory committee. Renamed in 1998 to reflect the agency-wide

WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) — Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas Shulman today announced the appointment of Terence (Terry) V. Milholland as the agency’s new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). As the CTO, Milholland will be responsible for all aspects of the systems that operate the nation’s tax infrastructure. He will oversee a multi-billon dollar budget and the 7,000-person

CHICAGO (LAWFUEL) – McGuireWoods announced it will contribute $250,000 to the 10x10x10 Campaign of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. This is among the largest donation pledges received by the campaign to date. “MCCA is very appreciative of McGuireWoods’ generous donation,” said MCCA Executive Director Veta T. Richardson. “McGuireWoods has been actively supporting the MCCA since

LawFuel.com legal announcements – A revenue agent with the Internal Revenue Service has been arrested in connection with a scheme to defraud the government by claiming that he suffered a loss when he sold his real estate, when in fact he realized a substantial profit. Jim H. Liu, 42, of Diamond Bar, was arrested Sunday