News from January 2012
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Wilmington, Del., man was sentenced yesterday to 30 years in prison for production and transportation of child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Charles M. Oberly III for the District of Delaware and John P. Kelleghan, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Philadelphia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The secretary of Las Vegas-based CPT Real Estate Investments pleaded guilty yesterday for his role in a $3.4 million mortgage fraud scheme involving victims in the Las Vegas area, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bodgen for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – An office manager for a Miami home health care agency was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for her participation in a $25 million home health Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Two of her co-defendants were also sentenced to prison today for their roles in the fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The owner of a Dix Hill, N.Y., tax preparation business pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of New York in Central Islip, N.Y., to endeavoring to obstruct the internal revenue laws and aiding in the preparation of false income tax returns, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Detroit-area resident Tausif Rahman pleaded guilty today for his role in organizing a $14 million Detroit-area home health care fraud and money laundering scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Minnesota man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Minneapolis to abusive sexual contact of two minor boys, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; Brig. Gen. Kevin Jacobsen of the U.S. Air Force, Office of Special Investigations; and John Morton, Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Largo, Fla., resident pleaded guilty today in the Middle District of Florida to one count of transportation of child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida Robert E. O’Neill and Special Agent in Charge Steven E. Ibison of the FBI’s Tampa Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Pakistani citizen was sentenced today in the District of Columbia to 50 months in prison for conspiracy to provide material support to the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), often referred to as the Pakistani Taliban, a designated foreign terrorist organization. Two co-defendants were sentenced for the same charge in December 2011 to 40 and 36 months in prison.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 5, 2012
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson announced today that Steven J. Olson will be joining the Department as Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Adviser. As part of the senior management team, Olson will serve as an adviser and counselor to the Secretary, and will help drive the Department’s efforts to implement the top policy priorities of the Obama administration.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 5, 2012
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson and Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Adviser for International Economic Affairs Michael Froman today announced appointments to the U.S. Section for the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 5, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs has issued a final rule implementing the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act's exclusion for recreational vessel workers. The rule defines what constitutes a "recreational vessel" when applying the exclusion.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 5, 2012
News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – Preliminary data from the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration released today reveal that 37 miners died in work-related accidents at the nation's mines in 2011. There were 21 coal mining and 16 metal/nonmetal mining fatalities last year, compared with 48 and 23, respectively, in 2010, making 2011 the year with the second-lowest number of mining deaths since statistics were first recorded in 1910.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 5, 2012
News Release: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Dec. 31, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 372,000, a decrease of 15,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 387,000. The 4-week moving average was 373,250, a decrease of 3,250 from the previous week's revised average of 376,500.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 5, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 5, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a four page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 5, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 5, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 5, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 5, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a five page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 5, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
