News from April 2013

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2013
News Release: Stole Morphine For Her Own Use, Replacing It With Tap Water.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Grover Brave, age 33, of Mission, South Dakota appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno on April 2, 2013 and pled guilty to Assaulting a Federal Officer. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 1 year in custody, a $100,000 fine, or both; 1 year of supervised release; and a $25 special assessment.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2013
News Release: COTTONWOOD COVE MARINA: WORLD'S FIRST FLOATING GREEN BUILDING TO RECEIVE LEED® GOLD CERTIFICATION.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Weston real estate developer and entrepreneur, who was apprehended in Cyprus nearly eight months after he was indicted on federal criminal charges, was convicted yesterday of wire fraud in connection with his defrauding several individuals in 2008.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), will hold a legislative hearing on a discussion draft of H.R.__, the Energy Consumers Relief Act, next Friday, April 12, 2013, at 9:30 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

By EPA Newswire | Apr 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), will hold a legislative hearing on a discussion draft of H.R.__, the Energy Consumers Relief Act, next Friday, April 12, 2013, at 9:30 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal grand jury has charged Robert Mikail, 40, and Ging-Hwang “Felicia" Tsoa, 58, both of Ashburn, Va., with conspiracy and bank fraud charges related to their alleged roles in a $20 million mortgage fraud scheme involving more than 35 homes.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Friday, April 5, 2013. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. COLUMBUS - Audrey Costar, 46, of Whitehall, Ohio pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to using 50 stolen identities to file for unemployment benefits in eight states...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Cora Carper, age 32, of Churchton, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to embezzlement from a labor union, in connection with a scheme to steal at least $200,000 from the union’s political action committee.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Reps. John Shimkus (R-IL) and Cory Gardner (R-CO) today unveiled legislation to reauthorize the Animal Drug User Fee Act (ADUFA) and the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Act (AGDUFA). Together, these two pieces of legislation will give livestock and poultry producers, pet owners, and veterinarians...

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today issued the following statement regarding the March jobs report and the cuts to unemployment insurance programs because of the sequester...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Vladislav Anatolievich Horohorin, aka “BadB," was sentenced today to 88 months in prison for trafficking in millions of stolen credit and debit cards and for his role in the theft of more than $9 million from an Atlanta-based credit card processor.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2013
News Release: Fort Wayne, INCThe United States Attorney's Office announced that a Grand Jury sitting in Fort Wayne, Indiana, returned the following Indictment on March 27, 2013.

By EPA Newswire | Apr 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its schedule for the week of April 8, 2013. The Health Subcommittee will begin the week by examining two critical user fees for our nation’s animal producers, pet owners, veterinarians, and consumers. The Commerce, Manufacturing, ...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2013
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Today, GREGORY SCOT CONRADY, 52, of Edmond, Oklahoma, was sentenced by United States District Judge Timothy D. DeGuisti to serve 12 months and one day in prison for money laundering and wire fraud, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of...

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Reps. John Shimkus (R-IL) and Cory Gardner (R-CO) today unveiled legislation to reauthorize the Animal Drug User Fee Act (ADUFA) and the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Act (AGDUFA). Together, these two pieces of legislation will give livestock and poultry producers, pet owners, and veterinarians...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2013
News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana-The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.

By State Newswire | Apr 5, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following upcoming Committee events...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2013
News Release: The owners and operators of Biscayne Milieu, a Miami-based mental-health clinic, and the clinic itself were sentenced today for their participation in a Medicare fraud scheme involving the submission of more than $50 million in fraudulent billings to Medicare, announced U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer...

By DOL Newswire | Apr 5, 2013
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) today released the following statement on the third anniversary of the Upper Big Branch mining disaster...