News from February 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2013
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Several family members were sentenced Friday in the Middle District of Alabama for their involvement in a $1.9 million dollar stolen identity refund fraud scheme, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Barbara Murry, Veronica Temple, and Yolanda...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2013
News Release: On the afternoon of Tuesday, February 5, 2013, Rocky Mountain National Park officials were notified by two people who were snowshoeing north and west of Bear Lake of a body located in a thick timbered area, approximately 100 feet off a summer hiking trail. Larimer County Coroner's office will not release positive identification until completion of an autopsy. However, it is believed that the body is that of Troy Green, 39, from San Antonio, Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today kicked off its “American Energy Security and Innovation" hearing series with a discussion of America’s vast energy resources and the benefits and opportunities of the nation’s new energy...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today kicked off its “American Energy Security and Innovation" hearing series with a discussion of America’s vast energy resources and the benefits and opportunities of the nation’s new energy...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2013
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Christopher M. Doyle, 25, of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 36 months in prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Doyle to serve four years of supervised release and pay restitution of $1,163.29. He pleaded guilty to the charges on November 6, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that Deborah A. Perkins and Douglas W. Oliver have been indicted by a grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin, Possession with Intent to Distribute Heroin, and Maintaining Drug-Involved Premises. The indictment also seeks the forfeiture of the residence at 20 Kassing Drive in Fairview Heights, IL, which Perkins owns.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on February 5, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Richard F. Cebull, FRANK XAVIER MANYEN, a 32-year-old resident of Laurel, and JULIE ANN ROZELL, a 38-year-old resident of Billings, pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of methamphetamine. Sentencing has been set for May 8, 2013. They are currently detained.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New York man today admitted his role in a large scale and sophisticated identity theft scheme, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: DETROIT - A 50 year old Canton pharmacist who owned and operated 26 pharmacies in the metro-Detroit area was sentenced today to 17 years in prison, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. McQuade was joined in the announcement by Robert L. Corso, Special Agent in Charge, of the U.S. Drug Enforcement...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: Defendants Stole Over $1.4 Million from Victims’ Accounts.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 SAN DIEGO — Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today traveled to San Diego to view border security operations at the Southwest border, meet with state and local stakeholders, and discuss the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: The United States filed two lawsuits to shut down three tax preparers in Prince George’s County, Md., the Justice Department announced today. The civil injunction complaints were filed in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md. One suit names Tonya Hubbard and her Lanham, Md.-based tax preparation business, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: The Department of Justice’s National Indian Country Training Initiative (NICTI) partnered with the National Strangulation Training Institute to deliver the first-ever national Indian Country training on the investigation and prosecution of non-fatal strangulation and suffocation offenses. The training, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: Six individuals have been sentenced to federal prison by U.S. District Judge William P. Dimitrouleas for filing false claims for tax refunds, announced Kathryn Keneally, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Tax Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, IRS-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Miami Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: Larreka Jackson pleaded guilty today in the Middle District of Alabama to her role in a multi-million dollar conspiracy to use stolen identities to obtain tax refunds, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: Several family members were sentenced Friday in the Middle District of Alabama for their involvement in a $1.9 million dollar stolen identity refund fraud scheme, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Barbara Murry, Veronica Temple and Yolanda Moses each received a ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: William W. Lowery IV, 44, of Tappahannock, Va., pleaded guilty today to trafficking in illegally-harvested striped bass, in violation of the Lacey Act, announced Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, and Neil H. MacBride, ...
By Labor Gazette | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: US Labor Department releases key findings on acts 20th anniversary WASHINGTON — To mark the 20th anniversary of the signing of the landmark Family and Medical Leave Act, the U.S. Department of Labor today released the results of a survey on its use and impact. Titled "Family and Medical Leave Act in 2012: Final Report," the survey shows that the law has had a positive effect on the lives of millions of workers and their families without imposing an undue burden on employers.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: Judge orders Bloom Energy Corp. to pay back wages, liquidated damages and penalties SAN FRANCISCO Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Bloom Energy Corp. has been ordered to pay $31,922 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages to 14 workers that the company brought in from Chihuahua, Mexico, to the ...
By Labor Gazette | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a settlement agreement with ING Life Insurance and Annuity Co. that provides for a $5.2 million payment to certain retirement plan clients adversely affected by its undisclosed practice of keeping investment gains achieved when the company failed to process requested transactions in a timely manner.
