News published on Federal Newswire in December 2013

By DOL Newswire | Dec 18, 2013

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement after the HELP Committee approved three nominees. The approved nominees include: Dr. David Weil to serve as head of the Wage and Hour Division...

By EPA Newswire | Dec 18, 2013

News Release: #BrokenPromises, Cancellations, and Higher Costs Hallmarks of Health Law

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2013

News Release: MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Deryl Loar, Sheriff, Indian River County Sheriff's Office, announce the sentencing of four Vero Beach residents for their participation in a Vero Beach clandestine methamphetamine lab: Edward McElhenny, 50, Clinton Story, 30, Paul Richardson, 27, and Kelly McCartney, 36.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2013

News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the arrest of Carlos Santiago Garcia, a/k/a “Xavier Constatinos" (21, Oldsmar) on charges of receipt, distribution, and possession of child pornography, attempting to coerce or entice a minor to engage in sexual activity through...

By DOE Newswire | Dec 18, 2013

News Release: #BrokenPromises, Cancellations, and Higher Costs Hallmarks of Health Law

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013

News Release: WASHINGTON - Akshay Rajashekar, 19, of Salisbury, Md., has been sentenced to a five-year prison term on federal charges of traveling interstate to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor and possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., Valerie Parlave, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Josue Balbino Ruiz Reyes, age 19, of Hyattsville, Maryland pleaded guilty today to involuntary manslaughter in connection with the death of a passenger resulting from a car collision.

By Commerce Newswire | Dec 17, 2013

News Release: The 2014 Cybersecurity Innovation Forum, to be held January 28-30, 2014, at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Md., will focus on the existing threat landscape and provide presentations and keynotes on current and emerging practices, technologies and standards to protect the nation's infrastructure, citizens and economic interests from cyberattack.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Arthur Sanchez, 35, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to a two-count indictment charging him with heroin trafficking and being an armed career felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. The guilty plea was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Steven C. Yarbrough, 2nd...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted 21 individuals in two separate indictments on racketeering conspiracy and drug charges related to their alleged drug dealing and violence in the Cherry Hill section of Baltimore. In a third indictment, an additional five defendants are charged in...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013

News Release: BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Mikhael Issa Kamar, aka Michael Kamar, 51, of Bakersfield, appeared today in federal court for arraignment on a three-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Fresno on Dec. 12, 2013, charging him with conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute, ...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013

News Release: The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against the owner and manager of rental apartments in Jaffrey, N.H., for violating the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against families with children.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013

News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder today announced a $1,519,713 grant to reimburse organizations and agencies that provided direct support to victims, first responders and the community in the immediate aftermath of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, 2012. The ...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013

News Release: Two Northern California real estate investors have agreed to plead guilty for their roles in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013

News Release: William R. “Rusty” Miller, a real estate developer from Fairhope, Ala., pleaded guilty today in federal district court in Gulfport, Miss., to the unpermitted filling of wetlands near Bay St. Louis, Miss., in violation of the Clean Water Act, announced U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi Gregory K. Davis and Acting Assistant Attorney General Robert G. Dreher of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013

News Release: A Houston doctor has been arrested on charges related to her alleged participation in a $158 million Medicare fraud scheme involving false claims for mental health treatment.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013

News Release: A special agent with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) pleaded guilty today to participating in a massive international fraud and bribery scheme, admitting he shared with a foreign Navy contractor confidential information about ongoing criminal probes into the contractor’s billing practices in exchange for prostitutes, cash and luxury travel.

By Fed Newswire | Dec 17, 2013

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the approval of an application by RBC Investor Services Bank S.A., Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, to establish a representative office in New York, New York.

By Labor Gazette | Dec 17, 2013

News Release: JONESBORO, Ga. — The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against Wang's Partner Inc., doing business as Hibachi Grill & Supreme Buffet in Jonesboro, and its owner, Shu Wang, to recover unpaid wages and damages under, Fair Labor Standards Act. The department is seeking $1,997,726 in back wages ...

By Labor Gazette | Dec 17, 2013

News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $242,000 National Emergency Grant supplemental award to assist with the continuing cleanup and recovery efforts in the wake of heavy snowfall associated with Hurricane Sandy that affected north-central West Virginia between Oct. 29 and Nov. ...