News from December 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - An information technology specialist working for the National Science Foundation (NSF) pleaded guilty late yesterday to theft of government property totaling more than $90,000, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente of the Eastern District of Virginia.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee investigation of the health care law’s failures has uncovered new documents that reveal the administration was aware of the need to delay the online small business (SHOP) exchanges as early as August. Despite this knowledge, the Obama administration waited to finalize the delay until Nov. 27, as Americans across the country were off celebrating Thanksgiving with their loved ones.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on December 6, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith Strong, the following individual was arraigned.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced the filing of an Information in U.S. District Court in Harrisburg Thursday charging Christopher Burhans, age 64, of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, with conspiracy to commit mail fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Robin Gattis, the leader of a drug conspiracy involving seven South-central Alaska residents was sentenced on December 5, 2013, to 16 years in federal prison. Gattis and the six other co-conspirators were involved in the importation and distribution of Methylone, a Schedule I controlled substance sold as "Molly", a synthetic drug similar to (a/k/a "ecstasy").
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a special agent for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) pleaded guilty in federal court today to making false statements to FBI agents in regard to a more than $800,000 mortgage fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Douglas G. “Bo" Taylor, age 52, of Remington, Va., the former Chief of the Remington Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department (“RVFD"), was sentenced today to 24 months incarceration, to be followed by a term of 3 years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema in the...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two deputies of the Los Angeles County, Calif., Sheriff’s Department were convicted in federal court today for their roles in an $11 million mortgage fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Theft of Government Property and False Statement.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of December 9, 2013. The committee will continue its oversight of the president’s health care law as well as the Federal Communications Commission and Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The committee will also vote on a number of bills aimed at improving public health, reducing outdated regulations, and reforming FCC process.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Alysa D. Erichs, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI), announce that David Rodriguez, 47, of Miami, and Rogny Jerez Lopez, 35, of Hialeah, were...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: OTSEGO COUNTY, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division, Otsego County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr., Otsego County District Attorney John M. Muehl and Oneonta Police Department Chief Dennis R. Nayor announce the arrest of drug kingpin Edgar...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: HONOLULU - Matthew Brian Case, age 46, a fishing boat captain formerly based in Hawaii, pled guilty on December 6, 2013 in federal court for attempting to sell shark fins to a Honolulu restaurant, a violation of the federal Lacey Act. Case entered the plea before United States Magistrate Judge Kevin S.C. Chang, who sentenced him to a $100 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On December 5, 2013, Ricardo Ibarra Toscano, a 39 year-old citizen of Mexico, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to 60 months in prison, after pleading guilty to illegal re-entry into the United States as an aggravated felon, announced United States Attorney...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: The 9th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization took place December 3-6, 2013 in Bali, Indonesia, and resulted in the first successful conclusion of multilateral trade negotiations in the two-decade history of the WTO.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: The former treasurer of Madison County, Illinois, was sentenced to thirty months in prison by the U.S. District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, on December 6, 2013, for violating the Sherman Antitrust Act, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee investigation of the health care law’s failures has uncovered new documents that reveal the administration was aware of the need to delay the online small business (SHOP) exchanges as early as August. Despite this knowledge, the Obama administration waited to finalize the delay until Nov. 27, as Americans across the country were off celebrating Thanksgiving with their loved ones.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA) and Vice Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statements in response to the Congressional Budget Office updated estimate of H.R. 2810, the Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act. CBO now estimates H.R. 2810 would cost $153.2 billion over the next ten years, more than $20 billion less than previously estimated.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Friday, December 6, 2013. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. COLUMBUS, OHIO -- Marietta Industrial Enterprises, Inc. (MIE) has agreed to pay a $37,500 fine and make a $12,500 community service payment after pleading guilty...
