News from December 2012
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2012
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex. - A luxury condominium located in South Padre Island alleged to be owned by former Tamaulipas Mexico Governor Tomas Yarrington has been successfully forfeited to the government, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier F. Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2012
News Release: The Southeast Utah Group of the National Park Service (Arches and Canyonlands National Parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges National Monuments) is joining all national parks across the country in waiving entrance fees several days in 2013 as a way to encourage people to get outdoors and spend time with their friends and family in the national parks this year.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 11, 2012
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 115,000 metric tons of soybeans to China during the 2012/2013 marketing year.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 11, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - At a Senate Finance Committee hearing held today, Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) urged his fellow committee members to approve the nominations of Ronald Buch and Albert Lauber to be judges on the United States Tax Court. Senator Baucus said the nominees, who have decades worth of experience in tax law, would maintain the Tax Court’s record of providing an important venue for taxpayers to resolve legitimate disputes with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2012
News Release: The Southeast Utah Group of the National Park Service (Arches and Canyonlands National Parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges National Monuments) is joining all national parks across the country in waiving entrance fees several days in 2013 as a way to encourage people to get outdoors and spend time with their friends and family in the national parks this year.
By State Newswire | Dec 11, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator John Kerry, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, today released a statement following the announcement of Ambassador Princeton Lyman’s resignation as the president’s special envoy for Sudan and South Sudan. In the events leading up to the 2011 referendum and subsequent independence of South Sudan, Senator Kerry and Ambassador Lyman worked closely together to ensure relative calm for the transition:
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2012
News Release: NEW PERSONAL WATERCRAFT REGULATION BEGINS JAN. 1 AT LAKE MEAD NRA.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Standard Chartered Bank, a financial institution headquartered in London, has agreed to forfeit $227 million to the Justice Department for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). The bank has agreed to the forfeiture as part of a deferred prosecution ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – British contractor APTx Vehicle Systems Limited agreed today to plead guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States, the Coalition Provisional Authority that governed Iraq from April 2003 to June 2004, the government of Iraq and JP Morgan Chase Bank. A civil settlement agreement resolving a related action filed under the False Claims Act was also announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Brooklyn, N.Y., board-certified colorectal surgeon, who owned and operated a New York medical clinic, was sentenced today to serve 30 months in prison for his role in a fraud scheme that billed Medicare and more than 10 private insurance companies for surgeries and other complex medical ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2012
News Release: Bryan Benson, a former Anderson, Calif., police officer, was arrested today on charges of deprivation of civil rights for sexually assaulting a woman while transporting her to jail and of trying to conceal his criminal conduct, announced the Justice Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A former securities broker pleaded guilty today for his role in a scheme to defraud thousands of investors through the manipulation of publicly traded stocks, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Danny C. Williams ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A medical doctor and the president of two Brooklyn, N.Y., medical clinics pleaded guilty today for his role in a scheme resulting in more than $11.7 million in fraudulent Medicare claims, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By Fed Newswire | Dec 10, 2012
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced the issuance of a consent order to cease and desist and a civil money penalty assessment of $100 million against Standard Chartered PLC, London, Standard Chartered Bank, London, and the bank's branch in New York.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 10, 2012
News Release: Acting U.S. Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk will host Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan for the 23rd session of the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT), December 18-19, in Washington. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will also take part in the discussions to address key agricultural trade concerns.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement regarding the death of James Hodgson on Nov. 28, as reported by his family today: "James Hodgson once said: 'I've never had any ambitions; only enthusiasms.' "He was being modest, of course, since one of his 'enthusiasms' was worker health and safety. And as the nation's 12th secretary of labor, he leaves an extraordinary legacy in this area.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 10, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Dec. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 10, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Dec. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 10, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a seven page rule on Dec. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 10, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Dec. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
