News from February 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: LARRY MOSES, JR., age 31, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pled guilty yesterday before U. S. District Judge Susie Morgan to a four-count indictment for conspiring to commit two acts of arson at a gasoline station located in New Orleans, announced U. S. Attorney Dana J. Boente.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
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By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Monica Paris, age 30, of South Jordan, pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering in federal court Monday, admitting she embezzled approximately $462,455.80 from Ultradent Products, Inc., her former employer. She used the funds she embezzled from her employer to pay for personal expenses, including car payments, airline tickets, vacations, personal items, food, and entertainment, according to a Felony Information filed by federal prosecutors in January.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: OAKLAND - Cynthia Suratos Lorica was sentenced yesterday to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $1 million in restitution for bank fraud and tax evasion, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: Modifications have been made to the prospectus for the award of a new concession contract to provide lodging, food and beverage, retail and other visitor services in Glacier National Park. Most of the modifications are related to the management of the iconic red bus fleet in response to concerns raised...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Committee on Finance, delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing examining the nation’s budget and economic outlook for fiscal years 2013 to 2023...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: Dear Secretary LaHood: Since August of 2012, Congress has attempted to gather information from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regarding spend plans under the current continuing resolution and in preparation for the possibility of a budget sequestration that may take effect on March 1 of this...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: Alamogordo, NM. A new National Park Service (NPS) report for 2011 shows that the 428,900 visitors to White Sands National Monument spent $15,812,000 in communities surrounding the park. This spending supported 233 jobs in the local area. "White Sands is a wonderful place to learn about America's story,"...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report for 2011 shows that almost 2.7 million visitors to Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and Wright Brothers National Memorial spent a total of more than $131 million in communities surrounding the parks.This spending supported approximately 1,800 jobs in the local area.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2013
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - A former Illinois prison guard, Steven L. Carson, of Hillsboro, Ill., has entered pleas of guilty to charges that he sexually exploited a minor, and that he distributed and possessed images of child pornography. Carson, 46, appeared in federal court in Springfield on Feb. 21, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Byron Cudmore. Sentencing has been scheduled before U.S. District Judge Richard Mills on June 21, 2013.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today released “Meet Your Oversight Watchdogs: Rep. Cynthia Lummis, " the next in a series of videos introducing Oversight committee members to the American people. Rep. Lummis serves the people of Wyoming as a member of both the National Security Subcommittee and Economic Growth, Job Creation, and Regulatory Affairs Subcommittee.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2013
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A man from Olathe, Kan., was sentenced today to four years in federal prison for possessing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. He also was ordered to pay a $12,500 fine.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 25, 2013—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the appointment of 10 members to the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics (NAREEE) Advisory Board.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 25, 2013- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today reminded Hispanic and women farmers and ranchers who allege discrimination by the USDA in past decades that there are fewer than 30 days remaining in the filing period closing March 25, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that the Civil Rights Division will monitor elections on Feb. 26, 2013, in Cook County, Ill., and Seward County, Kan. The monitoring will ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and other federal voting rights statutes. The Voting Rights Act prohibits ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2013
News Release: Louis Fazzini was sentenced today to serve 55 months in prison for his participation in a racketeering conspiracy involving illegal gambling and theft from an employee benefit plan, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Zane ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2013
News Release: James Francis Sampsell has been indicted in Houston for his alleged role as a leader of a racketeering enterprise known as the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT), announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2013
News Release: Williston Rescue Squad Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $800,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by making false claims for payment to Medicare for ambulance transports, the Justice Department announced today. Williston, based in Williston, S.C., provides ambulance transport services in the southwestern part of South Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2013
News Release: A co-owner and operator of three Miami discount pharmacies was sentenced today to 168 months in prison for his role in a health care fraud scheme that submitted more than $23 million in false claims to Medicare.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2013
News Release: A former owner of mental health facilities in Florida and North Carolina was sentenced today to serve 168 months in prison for his leadership role in a health care fraud scheme involving defunct health provider Health Care Solutions Network Inc. (HCSN), announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer ...
