News from December 2013
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Committee Republicans today sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius regarding problems with the income verification system in the Exchanges.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: South Bend, Indiana -The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement regarding the Committee’s work towards a permanent physician payment fix, also known as the Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan today sentenced Estella D. (Washington) Wright and her husband, Dorian D. Wright, to 4 years, 3 months’ and 15 months’ imprisonment, respectively. The sentences were handed down in connection with the couple’s involvement in a tax refund...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee offers the following questions for President Obama’s press conference this afternoon...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: A Richland County woman was sentenced on December 5, 2013, to federal prison on methamphetamine related charges, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced today RASHONDA CROSS, 27,a formercorrectional officer at the Rivers Correctional Institution, Winton, North Carolina, was sentenced by United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan for one count of conspiracy to commit bribery, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, to 3 years’ probation, 45 days intermittent confinement, and a $100 special assessment.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: New Leases on Life at Fort Hancock.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: The owner of a Miami home health care company was sentenced to serve 235 months in prison yesterday for her participation in a $7 million health care fraud scheme involving defunct home health care company Anna Nursing Services Corp.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - A former doctor who was a fugitive for more than 13 years has been convicted of filing a false income tax return, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Steven Louis Price pleaded guilty late yesterday after a lengthy hearing to making false statements on a federal income tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Alexander Cuadros-Garcia, 39, of Richmond, Va., and Leonardo Ortiz, 42, of North Chesterfield, Va., were sentenced to 240 months and 210 months in prison, respectively, for participating in a violent and highly sophisticated jewelry theft ring that operated out of Richmond, Va.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Parmelee, South Dakota, woman convicted of Failure to Appear was sentenced on Dec. 19, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: Bank Fraud Led To Losses In Excess Of $100 Million.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee offers the following questions for President Obama’s press conference this afternoon...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: During 2013, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee Republicans and Ranking Member Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) continued their commitment to sound science, strong oversight of the Obama Administration, and support for American manufacturing ensuring quality jobs for people in Louisiana and across the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced late yesterday on charges relating to a massive mortgage fraud that he orchestrated.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: An unlicensed nurse who fled after being charged in 2008 and was captured this year was sentenced today to serve 108 months in prison for her role in a fraud scheme that resulted in more than $11 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Orange County, N.Y., man who owned a New Jersey company admitted today to filing false income tax returns, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announce that defendant Mazincia Ductant, 37, of Sunrise, was sentenced today to 36 months in prison, followed by one...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Dupree, South Dakota, woman convicted of Child Abuse and Neglect was sentenced on Dec. 18, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.