News from February 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: Chauncey Mayfield, a former investment advisor to the two City of Detroit pension funds, pleaded guilty today to conspiring with former Detroit Treasurer Jeffrey Beasley to pay him bribes in exchange for new business from the pension funds, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. McQuade was joined in the announcement by Special Agent in Charge Robert Foley of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI").
By USDA Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on a produce business for failure to pay an undisputed award issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: Hospital Admits Filing Duplicative Claims And Claims For Non-Reimbursable Costs And Agrees To Pay $2.325 Million.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Darius Two Eagle, age 20, of Winner, South Dakota appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on February 5, 2013 and pled guilty to Assault with a Dangerous Weapon. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 10 years in custody, a $250,000 fine, or both; 3 years of supervised release; and a $100 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: HAMMOND, IND. - An East Chicago, Ind., police detective was indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly engaging in a ghost-payroll scheme for nearly three years while he worked three different part-time security jobs in addition to his full-time law enforcement duties. The defendant, ROBERT APONTE, was charged with six counts of mail fraud and six counts of wire fraud in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Hammond.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement after President Obama nominated Marilyn Tavenner to serve as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a position she has served in as Acting Administrator since December 2011...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - A grand jury has returned a seven-count indictment against a Jacksonville, Ill., man, Michael Smith, 36, of the 200-block of Howe Street, for distribution of crack cocaine and heroin. Smith was charged last week by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute 280 grams or more of crack cocaine on or about Jan. 16, 2013.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: Dear President Obama: We write to express our grave concerns with recent comments made by the Department of Treasury suggesting that individuals and families who receive health insurance through an employer are, in fact, eligible for advance premium tax credits (APTC) provided for under Section 36B...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: BOISE - Kenneth Lee Morgan, 51, of Nampa, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court in Boise to possession of an unregistered firearm, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces that Thomas Meyer (42, Riverview) pleaded guilty today to production of child pornography. Meyer faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years, up to a maximum of 30 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
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By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: On January 31st, Great Smoky Mountains National Park visitors reported the defacement of natural stone features and masonry stone walls at the Sinks. The Sinks is a popular roadside waterfall located on Little River Road between Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area and the Townsend Wye. Vandals spray painted pictures and profanity along the walkways, stone walls, and natural rock throughout the area.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: Ashu Bhandari, the former president and CEO of GEM Manufacturing LLC, a U.S. Virgin Islands-based company, was sentenced Thursday in federal court in St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., for felony customs violations for his role in a scheme to illegally import protected black coral into the United States, the Department...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: “Louis’ leadership within the National Weather Service and his relationship with the U.S. and international weather enterprise allow him to effectively steer the agency forward," said Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D., under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA Administrator.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - As part of President’s Obama’s all-of-the-above approach to American energy, the U.S. Departments of Energy and the Treasury today announced the availability of $150 million in Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credits for clean energy and energy efficiency manufacturing projects across...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Cambridge man was sentenced today for stealing the identification information of five parents in an attempt to raid the college savings accounts they had created for their children.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: Urbana, Ill. - A grand jury today returned an indictment that charges Karyn E. Graham, 43, of Tuscola, Ill., with embezzling more than $340,000 from her former employer, a Champaign county, Ill., farm machinery and implement company, and filing false income tax returns. Graham will be issued a summons to appear in federal court in Urbana for arraignment on a date to be determined by the U.S. Clerk of the Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: Marcus Akiem Ricketts, 35, of Boyertown, Pennsylvania was charged today by.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management plans to begin aerial reseeding operations this week of the Pine Ridge Fire burn area to take advantage of snow cover and the spring growing season.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Jermel Brown, a former senior corrections officer with the N.J. Department of Corrections (NJDOC) was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for using his official position to smuggle contraband to a prisoner in the Garden State Youth Correctional Facility in Yardville, N.J., (Yardville Prison) in exchange for $12,000, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
