As a result,
HIP, a health care benefit program from New York, paid out benefits on
MONTANEZ' behalf to which he was not entitled. Federal
law requires that fisherman who catch female lobsters return them to the sea. in Room 8EB of the
State Capitol East Wing on Senate Bill 1069, the proposal for a Pennsylvania
Innocence Commission .

informants indictments

Sullivan; Andrew Cohen, Special Agent in
Charge of the Northeast Region of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Law Enforcement;
Captain Mark Landry, Chief of Law Enforcement, First Coast Guard District; and
James Hanlon, Acting Director of the Massachusetts Environmental Police,
announced today that JOSE SILVA, age 50, of North Dartmouth , was charged in an
Indictment with one count of conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act, two counts
of violating the Lacey Act, one count of making a false statement to Coast
Guard boarding officers, and one count of obstruction of justice.

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If convicted on all charges, MONTANEZ faces up to fifteen years'
imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and a
$750,000 fine . It is alleged that SILVA later instructed his crew
that they should tell no one about the practice , and directed them to store
the lobsters in hidden compartments in the vessel's fish hold so that the
Coast Guard would not discover them. He
later told crew members to tell the Coast Guard that the crew removed lobster
eggs during the trip without SILVA's knowledge.

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Boston Man Charged with Social Security Fraud and Making False Statements in a Matter Involving a Health Care Benefit Program Reports U.S. Attorney

The Indictment alleges that SILVA knew that catching egg-bearing and v-
notched lobsters was illegal, yet during numerous voyages over a four-year
period, he instructed his crew to retain egg-bearing and v-notched lobsters,
"scrub" or "wash" off their eggs with a hose, and store them on board for
eventual sale in port.

coverups convictions

BOSTON, A North Dartmouth man who was the captain
of two New Bedford-based fishing vessels was charged today in federal court
with conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act -- the federal wildlife trafficking
statute, making false statements to Coast Guard officials, and obstruction of
justice in connection with a four-year-long conspiracy of commanding his crew
members to remove the eggs of female lobsters so that they could be sold in
port. Coast Guard and the Massachusetts Environmental Police.

coverups witchhunts

United States Attorney Michael J. HARRISBURG , Pa.

beattie innocent

United States Attorney Michael J.S. The defendant is
presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable
doubt in a court of law.

executing polygraph

, A Boston, MA man was charged today
in federal court with misuse of a social security number and with making false
statements in relation to a matter involving a health care benefit program. Based on MONTANEZ' representations ,
Social Security paid disability benefits to him for over a two year period in
the amount of over $22,250. The defendant
is presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable
doubt in a court of law.

jailhouse portia

The details contained in the indictment are allegations.

oddities executing

Greenleaf has announced that the committee will conduct a
public hearing on Monday, January 30 , 2006, at 10 a.

jailhouse coverups

Federal and state law prohibit the taking of female egg-bearing
lobsters as a way of protecting the viability of the lobster fishery.
Lobster fisherman customarily cut a v-shaped notch in the tales of female
lobsters so that other fishermen who later catch the same lobsters will know
that they are females capable of bearing eggs.

Groups actively involved in correcting judicial miscarriages of justices, along with studies of cases where individuals have been released from prison as a result of new evidence in their case, including DNA tests exonerating a convicted person.

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Sullivan , Kenneth Kaiser, Special Agent
in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in New England, and Leo
Sullivan, Special Agent in Charge for the Office of Inspector General of the
Social Security Administration, announced today that JUAN MONTANEZ, age 58, a
resident of the Barbara McInnis House , Jamaica Plain, was charged in an
Information with one count of misusing a social security number and two counts
of making false statements in connection with a health care benefit program.S.
The details contained in the Information are allegations. Federal law also prohibits the
taking of v-notched lobsters. Attorney Jon Mitchell in Sullivan's Economic
Crimes Unit. Among the witnesses will be Steve Saloom of The
Innocence Project, a program that began in 1992 at the Benjamin Cardozo Law
School in New York City to utilize post-conviction DNA tests to help exonerate
wrongfully convicted inmates.

polygraph oddities

After the Coast Guard discovered the lobsters during the course of
their inspection , SILVA, submitted to the Coast Guard an inventory of his
catch on which he knowingly understated the amount of lobster on board. In connection with this last
trip, SILVA paid an administrative fine to the National Marine Fisheries
Service's Office of Law Enforcement.

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During the boarding, SILVA told the Coast Guard that there were
no lobsters in the vessel's fish hold, when in fact he knew there were
hundreds.

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It is
being prosecuted by Assistant U.
The Indictment further alleges that on March 7, 2004, the Coast Guard
boarded the Lutador II near Quick's Hole, Massachusetts as it was returning to
New Bedford. It is being
prosecuted by Assistant U.

Senator Greenleaf Sets Judiciary Committee Public Hearing On Innocence Commission

Among others scheduled to testify are
exonerated former Pennsylvania death row inmate Nicholas Yarris, who will
present testimony to the committee electronically from his home in London;
Thomas Doswell, a western Pennsylvania man exonerated by DNA testing last year
after serving 19 years in prison; and Duquesne University School of Law
Professor John Rago, an innocence commission proponent.

indictments informants

conclusive lambros

In addition, the Information alleges that in
January, 2003, and again in May, 2005, MONTANEZ used the false name, date of
birth and social security number in order to obtain health care. Poswistilo of Sullivan's
Health Care Fraud Unit.

exonerating pleas

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the
Office of the Inspector General of the Social Security Administration.
If convicted on these charges, SILVA faces up to 5 years' imprisonment for
each count, except the obstruction of justice count, for which he would face a
maximum of 20 years' imprisonment., Senate Judiciary Committee
Chairman Stewart J.

perjury polygraph

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injustice lambros

Attorney Susan M.

Fishing Captain Charged with Four Year Conspiracy to Traffic in 'Scrubbed' Female Lobsters and with Lying to the Coast Guard Reports U.S. Attorney

The Indictment alleges that over a four-year period, SILVA, as the captain
of the New Bedford-based fishing vessels Lutador and Lutador II, commanded his
crew to remove the eggs of thousands of female lobsters and "v-notched " female
lobsters.m.

imprisonment outrages

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In a previously filed complaint affidavit, it is alleged that in February,
2002, MONTANEZ used the name, date of birth and social security number of
another individual from New York in order to obtain disability benefits from
the Social Security Administration .
Greenleaf said that the goal of the legislation, which is modeled upon
innocence commissions in several other states, is to study the causes of
wrongful convictions and provide recommendations to remedy factors leading to
such convictions.

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BOSTON, Mass.

engler pleas

Each of the counts also carry a potential
fine of $250,000 and 3 years supervised release.
The case was investigated by the National Marine Fisheries Service, the
U.