News published on Federal Newswire in February 2013

News from February 2013


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. COLUMBUS - Patricia Hodges, 65, of Marietta, Ohio pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of theft of government money for concealing her mother’s...


News Release: The owners and operators of two Miami health care agencies were sentenced to nine years and more than four years in prison today, respectively, and ordered to pay millions in restitution for their participation in a $48 million home health Medicare fraud scheme that billed for unnecessary home health care and therapy services.


News Release: BOSTON - A New York City woman was sentenced Monday afternoon for using a stolen identification to sign fraudulent mortgage loan documents.


News Release: BOISE - U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced today that three individuals charged in connection with the Aryan Knights investigation were sentenced in United States District Court in Boise this week. The three sentences are the first to occur out of 23 separate individuals charged in the investigation.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Child Abuse.


News Release: 4 Additional Defendants Have Already Pled Guilty for Their Roles in the.


News Release: Isaiah Gasperini Sentenced To An Additional 12 Months And One Day In Federal Prison For Violating Federal Supervised Release After Serving A 110 Month Federal Prison Sentence On A Firearm Conviction.


News Release: We must make aviation security policies more efficient and risk-based without compromising security.


Bismarck Man Arraigned On Sexual Abuse Charge

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Bismarck, North Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Sexual Abuse.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Child Abuse.


News Release: The sequester will force TSA to cut its frontline workforce, furlough its nearly 50,000 officers for seven work days, and initiate a hiring freeze. As a result, passenger wait times at airport security checkpoints will be longer, adding to passenger, flight, and cargo delays.


News Release: A criminal indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Damian Perna, a financial advisor from Oceanside, Long Island, with conspiracy to commit insider trading. Perna is charged with conspiring with others to trade in securities of publicly-traded corporations registered under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 during the period from June 2011 through October 2012. 1.


Broward Man Sentenced In Identity Theft Tax Refund Fraud Scheme

News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and Antonio J. Gomez, Acting Inspector in Charge, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Miami Division, announce the sentencing...


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing ammunition.


News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced that North Florida Peanuts Inc., Trenton, Fla., has paid $1,400 to settle alleged violations of the Federal Seed Act.


Philadelphia Man Sentenced To 12 Months In Prison For Role In Forging U.S. Postal Service Money Orders

News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Philadelphia man was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for his role in a conspiracy to forge U.S. Postal Service money orders, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


Mission Woman Indicted For Larceny

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission, South Dakota woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Larceny. Clarice Brave, age 50, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Feb. 13, 2013.


Hatch Speaks on Nomination of Jacob Lew to Serve as Treasury Secretary

News Release: WASHINGTON - As the Senate begins consideration of Jacob Lew’s nomination to serve as Treasury Secretary, Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today spoke on the Senate floor on the nomination, his concerns and that his support stems in large part from a deference to a President’s choice for his Cabinet. The Finance Committee approved Mr. Lew’s nomination yesterday by a vote of 19 to 5.


News Release: COVINGTON, KY - A federal judge sentenced a Lexington, KY., man to 96 months in prison for robbing a bank in Maysville, Ky., in May of last year.


News Release: This morning, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee held a full committee oversight hearing entitled, “Drones and the War on Terror: When Can the U.S. Target Alleged American Terrorists Overseas?" Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) delivered the following statement during his opening remarks...