Enforcement

Criminal Press Releases - 2016

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OCEFT SealThis is a list of press releases announcing results of EPA criminal cases adjudicated in U.S. courts. The tables are sortable and can be viewed by date or alphabetically under all other headings.
 


 
 
Month/Day Defendant State Violation Related Media Case Status Press Release
12/2

Jeffrey Wilson
Craig Ducey
Chad Ducey

IN
  • RINs Fraud - fraudently selling biofuel credits, sham manufacturing
  • Securities Fraud - defrauding investors; lying to the SEC; lying to investigators and external auditors
Title 18 Sentencing DOJ Press Release
12/2 Timothy J. Smith KY Clean Air Act Violation - Unsafe asbestos removal, including unprotected workers during asbestos demolition and repeated disregard for inspector's warnings Air Sentencing DOJ Press Release
11/30 Kevin P. Mason Builder, LLC (Mason)
Jennifer Ashlee Davis
FL Rivers and Harbors Act Violation - Building structures in navigable waters of the U.S. without authorization (without Federal permits) Rivers and Harbors Act Sentencing DOJ Press Release
11/8 Thomas Dovanzo
Robert Fedyna
FL
  • RINs Fraud - fraudently selling biofuel credits
  • Fraudently claiming tax credits
  • Laundering proceeds through shell companies  
Title 18 Sentencing DOJ Press Release
10/12

KTX Limited
KTX Properties, Inc.
Crosby LP
Ramsey Properties LP

TX
  • Clean Air Act Violations - Negligently releasing hazardous air pollutants (resulting from an explosion which caused severe injuries and death)
Air Plea Agreement DOJ Press Release
10/12 James Todt OH
  • Improper lead based paint abatement
  • Taking Bribes
  • Steering Contracts
Waste Sentencing DOJ Press Release
9/29 Theodore Nelson Jr. (AKA Ted Nelson) SD
  • Unlawful Taking of Bald Eagle
  • Unlawful Use of Pesticide (purposeful misaplication of a restricted use pesticide (carbofuran) resulting in death of wildlife, including coyotes and a bald eagle)
Pesticide Sentencing DOJ Press Release
9/26 PLH, LLC NH
  • Failure to lawfully manage regulated waste
  • Improper maintenance of CRT Waste (Buried CRT monitors without permit)
Waste Sentencing  
DOJ AG Press Release
9/16 Chem-Solve Inc. VA
  • Illegally storing and transporting hazardous waste
Waste Sentencing DOJ Press Release
9/7 James Powers DC
  • Clean Air Act Violation - Improperly removing asbestos from a historic building in the District of Columbia
Air Guilty Plea DOJ  Press Release
8/16 Andrew Thompson NY
  • Clean Water Act Violation - Dumping sewage into Chataqua Creek

Water

Sentencing DOJ Press Release
8/12 Timothy Howard SC
  • Clean Water Act Violation - illegally dumping waste into sewage systems 
  • Making False Statements - omitted over 85% of his septage handling activities, thereby obstructing the investigation
Water Sentencing DOJ Press Release
8/11 Yousef Ishaq Abuteir TX

EPA FUGITIVE

  • Fraud - Fuel tax evasion
Title 18 Sentencing DOJ Press Release
8/10 Merlando Corlis FL
  • Unlawfully discharging sewage into a stream
Water Sentencing DOJ Press Release
8/10 Paul Walker IN
  • Illegal Asbestos Removal
Air Sentencing DOJ Press Release
7/20 Joseph David Robertson MT
  •  Clean Water Act Violation - Unauthorized discharge of pollutants into waters of the United States and injury or depredation of United States property
Water Sentencing DOJ Press Release
7/15 Theodore Nelson, Jr. aka Ted Nelson SD
  • Unlawful Use of Pesticide
  • Unlawful Taking of a Bald Eagle
Pesticides Conviction DOJ Press Release
7/13 Cheery Way, Inc
Elaine Chiu
CA
  • Clean Air Act Violation - Unsafe asbestos demolition
Air Sentencing DOJ Press Release
7/13 David L. Frisby MS
  • Fraud - ..."he and his co-conspirators falsely held themselves out to be representatives of a scrap metal recycling firm that was authorized by the EPA to dispose of metal waste by shipping it to Korea"
Title 18 Sentencing DOJ Press Release
6/24 Thomas Davanzo
Robert Fedyna
FL
  • Biodeisel Fraud (RINS Fraud); money laundering
Title 18 Guilty Plea DOJ Press Release
6/15 Randy Less IA
  • Clean Water Act Violation - knowing discharged ethanol into an unnamed tributary of the Maquoketa River without a permit
Water Guilty Plea DOJ Press Release
6/14 Donald Hercher OH
  • Clean Water Act Violation - illegally discharging approximately 50 gallons of oily brine water per week into ditch leading to Ohio River
Water Sentencing DOJ Press Release
6/8 Southco Enterprises
James Alexander
TX
  • Treating, storing or disposing of hazardous waste without a permit
Waste Sentencing DOJ Press Release
4/8 DSD Shipping AL
  • Violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS); obstructing justice; witness tampering; conspiracy
Water, Title 18 Sentencing DOJ Press Release
3/30 Berkshire Power Plant MA
  • Clean Air Act Violations - emissions tampering "tampered with its air pollution monitoring equipment and falsely reported data to environmental regulators"
AIR Plea Agreement DOJ Press Release
3/29

Terminix International Company LP (TERMINIX LP)
Terminix International (TERMINIX USVI)

 
  • FIFRA Violations
FIFRA Plea Agreement DOJ Press Release
3/28 Joseph L. Capano DE
  • Clean Water Act Violation - discharged pollutants into a wetland without a permit; Bank Fraud
Water, Title 18 Guilty Plea DOJ Press Release
3/15 Briese Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG
Briese Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG MS “Extum”
FL
  • Vioilating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS); witness tampering
Water, Title 18 Sentencing DOJ Press Release
3/7 Philip Joseph Rivkin aka Felipe Poitan Arriaga TX
  • Biodiesel Fraud (RINS Fraud); mail fraud; making a false statement
Title 18 Sentencing DOJ Press Release
2/19 Southern Grease Company TN
  • Clean Water Act Violation - illegal disposal of waste grease into municipal sewer systems
Water Sentencing DOJ Press Release
2/8 William E. Tis (Former Manager at Freedom Industries) WV
  • Clean Water Act Violation - unlawfully discharging refuse matter
Water Sentencing DOJ Press Release
2/4 Freedom Industries, Inc.; Michael Burdette WV
  • Clean Water Act Violation - negligently discharging a pollutant, unlawfully discharging refuse matter, and knowingly violating an environmental permit
Water Sentencing DOJ Press Release
2/2 Charles E. Herzing (Former Owner of Freedom Industries) WV
  • Clean Water Act Violation - unlawfully discharging refuse matter
Water Sentencing DOJ Press Release
2/2 The Rooter Guy, LLC; Ben Broyles ID
  • Clean Water Act Violation - "...pumping septic waste into the City of Hayden’s municipal sewer system"
Water Sentencing DOJ Press Release
1/8 Joseph Furando NJ
  • Biodiesel Fraud, aka RINs Fraud
Title 18 Sentencing DOJ Press Release