News from February 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Jay Odom, 56, of Destin, pleaded guilty today before Senior U.S. District Judge Lacey A. Collier to one count of causing a presidential campaign committee to make a false statement to the Federal Election Commission (FEC). The guilty plea was announced this afternoon by Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Robert O. Davis, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), announced today that JASON J. KONIOR, the founder and manager of a number of related business...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2013
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. -Nelson Santiago-Colón, a Pastor for the Iglesia Cristiana Peniel, located in Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico, was arrested today by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents and the Puerto Rico Police Department on charges related...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 11, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 "Today I directed U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Robert Papp to implement the extension of benefits for same-sex domestic partners of Coast Guard Service members in accordance with today's announcement by the Department of Defense. The ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 11, 2013 – United States Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk today issued the following statement in response to Russia's suspension of U.S. meat imports: "The United States is very disappointed that Russia has taken action to suspend all ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 11, 2013 – United States Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today issued the following statement about the 2013 farm income forecast from USDA's Economic Research Service: "Today's forecast for the strongest net farm income in four decades is another positive testament to the resilience ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2013
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today released a new report showing that for every dollar spent on health care-related fraud and abuse investigations in the last three years, the government recovered $7.90. This is the highest three-year average return on investment in the 16-year history of the Health Care Fraud and Abuse (HCFAC) Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2013
News Release: A former registered nurse was sentenced today to serve 111 months in prison for his role in a health care fraud scheme involving defunct health provider Health Care Solutions Network Inc. (HCSN), announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2013
News Release: Today the United States filed a civil action against ATP Oil & Gas Corporation and ATP Infrastructure Partners, LP (ATP-IP) for civil penalties and injunctive relief under the Clean Water Act and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. The complaint was filed on behalf of the U.S. Department of the Interior’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2013
News Release: Steven J. Wasserman, M.D., a dermatologist practicing in Venice, Fla., has agreed to pay $26.1 million to resolve allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by accepting illegal kickbacks from a pathology laboratory and by billing the Medicare program for medically unnecessary services, the Justice ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department today moved to intervene in Murphy-Taylor v. State of Maryland, et al., a private lawsuit alleging sex discrimination by the state of Maryland, Queen Anne’s County and the Queen Anne’s County Sheriff. The United States’ complaint in intervention alleges that Kristy Murphy-Taylor’s ...
By Labor Gazette | Feb 11, 2013
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Bacardi Bottling Corp. with 12 alleged safety violations following the death of a 21-year-old temporary worker his first day on the job. Lawrence Daquan "Day" Davis was crushed to death by a palletizer ...
By Labor Gazette | Feb 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON – Acting Secretary of Labor Seth D. Harris today issued the following statement regarding North Carolina House of Representatives Bill 4: "The North Carolina legislature is considering legislation that would reduce state Unemployment Insurance benefits. If enacted, the legislation also would ...
By Commerce News Now | Feb 11, 2013
The US Commerce Department published a six page proposed rule on Feb. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 11, 2013
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Feb 11, 2013
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Feb. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 11, 2013
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 11, 2013
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 11, 2013
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 11, 2013
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
