News from April 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that CHRISTIANA M. FISHER, the former Executive Director of Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council, Inc. (“RBSCC"), was sentenced today to one year of probation for permitting materially false documents about...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Holyoke resident pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Springfield to defrauding MassHealth by billing for personal care attendant services that were never provided.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 9, 2013 - Organizations representing various sectors are calling for passage of H.R. 678, the Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act, a common sense bipartisan plan that authorizes clean, renewable hydropower development, streamlines the regulatory process, and reduces administrative costs for small canal and pipeline hydropower development projects. The House will vote on this week.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2013
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. sentenced Casey Dickerson (32, Casselberry) yesterday to 20 years in federal prison for committing aggravated sexual abuse and sexual abuse of a minor while on a cruise ship. Dickerson was also ordered to serve 15 years of supervised release and to pay $977 in restitution to the minor victim of his crimes.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2013
News Release: The public will soon be able to file land record documents related to mining claims, geothermal, and oil and gas, electronically with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Nevada State Office. This new service will increase the efficiency within the BLM office while allowing customers to submit documents...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: Filed Multiple False Income Tax Returns Claiming Refunds For Prison Inmates.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: A 45-year-old Fenton man was sentenced today to 13 years in prison in connection with a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud conspiracy, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Edward Montgomery, also known as “One-Eye Eddie," 35, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today by the Honorable Gene E.K. Pratter to 21 months in prison followed by 39 months of supervised release for violating the terms of a previously imposed term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Harvey Douglas Goff, age 55, of Ogden, who pleaded guilty in federal court in December to obstruction of justice in connection with an effort to impede a proceeding in the United States Tax Court, will served 36 months in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - The National Park Service plans to conduct prescribed burns at two sites within Richmond National Battlefield Park in mid-April.The burns will take place on approximately 40 acres of park property at Malvern Hill in Henrico County and 20 acres at Cold Harbor in Hanover County.The Malvern...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that NICOHLAS LAHINES was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to five years in prison for manufacturing and dealing in explosives and firearms without licenses, conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, and immigration fraud. LAHINES pled guilty in February 2012, and was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kimba M. Wood.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 8, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that applications are being accepted from qualified non-profit and public organizations (intermediaries) to provide loans to support rural businesses and community development groups. Funding, which is intended to spark business ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 8, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Agriculture Under Secretary Harris Sherman today made the following statements on Under Secretary Sherman's departure from USDA: Statement from Under Secretary Harris Sherman "After four years of having the privilege to work alongside ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: U.S. District Court Judge Melinda Harmon entered an order of permanent injunction against Chung’s Products LP, a Houston-based producer of egg rolls and other foods, Charlie A. Kujawa, Chung’s president of operations, and Gregory S. Birdsell, Chung’s former director of quality assurance, the Justice ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: U.S. District Court Judge Joseph F. Bianco entered a consent decree of permanent injunction between the United States, Kabco Pharmaceuticals Inc. and its CEO and President Abu Kabir, the Justice Department announced today. The consent decree entered by the court enjoins the defendants from violating ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced that it has reached a settlement that will require Ecolab Inc. and Permian Mud Service Inc. to divest assets used by Permian’s subsidiary, Champion Technologies Inc., to provide production chemical management services in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico in order to proceed ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: The founder and president of the National Association of Special Police and Security Officers (NASPSO) was sentenced to 76 months in prison today for stealing union treasury and pension funds, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: After an eight-week trial, a jury in Brooklyn, N.Y. today convicted Gustave Drivas, M.D., for his role at a clinic that engaged in a $77 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement with Chiropractic Associates Ltd. of South Dakota (CASD), an association comprising approximately 80 percent of all practicing chiropractors in South Dakota. The settlement prohibits CASD from jointly determining prices and ...
By Labor Gazette | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced the release of preliminary data for 2012 that indicate the lowest fatality and injury rates in the history of U.S. mining.
