News from April 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that HERAYER BAGHOUMIAN was sentenced today to 135 months in prison for his role in a $100 million massive Medicare fraud scheme. BAGHOUMIAN pled guilty to racketeering in March 2012, and was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Paul G. Gardephe.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
Release: Washington, DC, April 12, 2013 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today called on communities across the country to partner with USDA's summer meals program to ensure that no child goes hungry when school is out. During a roundtable with Josh Wachs, Chief Strategy Officer for Share Our Strength, Kathy...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 12, 2013 - Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation held a legislative hearing on H.R. 1208, the “Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act" - bipartisan legislation by Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04)...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on April 8, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, KEITH ALLAN DEVEREAUX, a 35-year-old resident of Great Falls, was sentenced to a term of.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) made the following statements after the Administration announced completion of bilateral consultations with Japan about its interest in joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Walter Keitric Freeman, of Houston, and Allen Moore Jr., of Dallas, have entered pleas of guilty in relation to the robbery and attempted robbery of two armored cars operating in and around Houston, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Hamada Makarita, 51, of Oakton, Va. was sentenced to 25 months in prison, followed by a term of supervised release for using his position as a dentist to illegally distribute prescription medication and for using the identity of another dentist to fraudulently bill an insurance company for more than $160,000 in claims.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on April 11, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Richard F. Cebull, RICKY ALLEN DENNIS, a 38-year-old resident of Billings, appeared for sentencing. DENNIS was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: Providence Police Investigation Results In Seizure Of Marijuana Plants,.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: BISMARCK - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on April 12, 2013, Harold Fetzer, 68, Mandan, N.D., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland on a charge of sexual exploitation of minors and a charge of possession of materials involving the sexual exploitation of minors. Fetzer pleaded guilty to the charges on Nov. 14, 2012.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: Acting Superintendent Darrell Echols announced today the National Park Service is accepting public review and comments for sixty days through June 4, 2013 on the draft General Management Plan (GMP) for Fort Raleigh National Historic Site (FORA).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: KIRK JENKINS, age 39, a resident of New Sarpy, Louisiana, was charged today in a 3-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury for distribution of heroin and illegal possession of firearms, announced U. S. Attorney Dana J. Boente.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing on a new legislative proposal that would protect consumers by ensuring transparency and oversight of major EPA regulations that may drive up energy costs.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: On Tuesday, April 16 at 11:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a hearing entitled, “Keeping College Within Reach: The Role of Federal Student Aid Programs." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) today previewed the subcommittee’s focus for the panel’s upcoming hearing to examine the deadly meningitis outbreak, which has resulted in 53 deaths...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of April 15, 2013. Beginning on Tuesday, the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hear from FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg to examine the facts surrounding the deadly meningitis...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: ROME, Ga. - Joshua L. Greeson pleaded guilty today to obstructing a pending public corruption and civil rights investigation by tampering with a witness while employed as a deputy with the Murray County Sheriff’s Department.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today criticized the Department of the Interior (DOI) for attempting to stick Alaska with the bill for federal responsibilities that have been neglected for decades.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Dr. George Robert Vito, who formerly practiced as a Podiatrist in Macon, Georgia, was indicted April 11, 2013 for four counts of Bankruptcy Fraud, in violation of Title 18 United States Code, Section 152(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former student of the University of Central Missouri pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a computer hacking conspiracy.
