News from September 2011
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 NEW YORK CITY—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today traveled to New York City and honored the memory of Richard Rescorla with the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Distinguished Public Service Medal, the Department's highest honor, for his heroic actions on Sept. 11, 2001.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Philadelphia woman was convicted yesterday for her participation in a fraud scheme to provide out-of-state residents with Pennsylvania driver’s licenses and Pennsylvania commercial driver’s licenses (CDL), announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, U.S. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON Late yesterday, the Justice Department sent to Congress a package of legislative proposals that will significantly enhance the department’s ability to protect the rights of members of the military and their families. The package contains three titles, with proposed amendments to each of the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced a $95,000 settlement to resolve a lawsuit alleging that the former manager of Park Towers Apartments in Waterloo, Iowa, sexually harassed female tenants at the complex.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The owner of two Petersburg, Va., retail stores was arrested today on charges related to his alleged sale of counterfeit goods, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride for the Eastern District of Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal court in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has permanently barred Danesa Webb from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. In the civil injunction order issued by Judge William P. Dimitrouleas, the court found that Webb, of Broward County, Fla., prepared returns for her customers that falsely claimed several tax credits and reported false income and expenses. Webb did not contest the government’s allegations.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Lydia Demski, the owner of Deerpath Corp., has agreed to pay the United States $800,000 to resolve allegations that she and her companies, including Deerpath Corp., Scope Services Inc. and American Nuclear Resources Inc. knowingly caused false claims to be submitted relating to a contract ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Anthony St. Laurent Sr., 70, was sentenced today to 84 months in prison for his role in an attempted murder-for-hire, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Peter F. Neronha for the District of Rhode Island and Richard DesLauriers, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Boston Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – William Joseph McCown, 49, of Las Vegas, was sentenced today before District Judge Lloyd D. George of the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. McCown was arrested in Las Vegas in June of 2010. McCown previously entered a plea of guilty in February of this year to one count of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Future Research Corp., located in Huntsville, Ala., and its president, Jesse Nunn, have agreed to pay the United States $200,000 to settle claims that they inappropriately obtained contracts from the Navy, the Justice Department announced today. The contracts had been set aside for companies ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Professional duck hunter and guide Jeffrey B. Foiles was sentenced today by a federal judge in Springfield, Ill., to 13 months in prison, the Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division announced. Foiles, 54, of Pleasant Hill, Ill., pleaded guilty in June 2011 to one ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Ten Miami-area residents pleaded guilty today and yesterday in U.S. District Court in Miami for their participation in a $25 million home health Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Haroon Amin of Upland, Calif., was sentenced to 30 months in prison today for conspiracy to defraud the United States, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. U.S. District Judge Robert H. Whaley presided at the sentencing hearing. Judge Whaley also sentenced Amin to three years of supervised released following his prison term and ordered Amin to pay $258,594 in restitution to the U.S. Treasury. Amin was remanded into custody today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against a Charleston, S.C.-area landlord for violating the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against families with children.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: SAN ANTONIO – A former Bexar County, Texas, Sheriff’s Office deputy pleaded guilty today in federal court in San Antonio to civil rights charges related to the use of excessive force against a detainee, the Justice Department announced.
By Fed Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in August indicates that economic growth remains slow. Recent indicators point to continuing weakness in overall labor market conditions, and the unemployment rate remains elevated. Household spending has been increasing at only a modest ...
By Labor Gazette | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $7,795,700 National Emergency Grant to assist New Jersey with recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Irene.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 21, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 21, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Sept. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
