News from January 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2013
News Release: Richard S. Hartunian, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, announced today the guilty plea of Brian Lamont Roberts, 54, of Syracuse, New York. Roberts pled guilty in federal district court before the Honorable Judge Norman Mordue, to a one count indictment that charged him with committing robbery at the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Syracuse, NY on Feb. 2, 2012. The robbery charge carries a maximum possible penalty of 15 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. A federal jury has returned guilty verdicts against three men convicted for their roles in a $28 million drug trafficking conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: Oscar Naun Torres-Hernandez, 22, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty today in United States District Court in Benton to charges that he was illegally present in the United States after having been previously removed by immigration officials, announced Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: CONCORD - John Giannelli, Sr., 66, of Danvers, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison today after pleading guilty on Sept. 27, 2012 in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to one count of money laundering, one count of operating an illegal gambling business, and five counts of impeding the administration of the Internal Revenue laws, announced United States Attorney John P. Kacavas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two Essex County, N.J., men appeared in Newark federal court today in connection with charges arising out of three carjackings that occurred on the same day in March 2012 in Essex and Hudson counties, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: Gregory Kern, 32, of Powell, Wyoming, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on Jan. 2, 2013, for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Kern was arrested in Powell. He received 60 months of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay a $100.00 special assessment and a $250.00 fine. This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON – Transocean Deepwater Inc. has agreed to plead guilty to violating the Clean Water Act (CWA) and to pay a total of $1.4 billion in civil and criminal fines and penalties, for its conduct in relation to the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the Department of Justice announced today. The criminal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: Florida-based American Sleep Medicine LLC has agreed to pay $15,301,341 to resolve allegations that it billed Medicare, TRICARE – the health care program for Uniformed Service members, retirees and their families worldwide – and the Railroad Retirement Medicare Program for sleep diagnostic services that were not eligible for payment, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department today announced a settlement agreement with Peroutka and Peroutka P.A., a debt collection law firm based in Pasadena, Md., to resolve allegations that the law firm violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by discriminating against people who are deaf.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: Joseph Dominick, 21, from Brandon, Miss., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Jackson, Miss., to one count of conspiracy to commit federal hate crimes in connection with his role in the assault of African-Americans in Jackson. Defendants Deryl Paul Dedmon, 20; John Aaron Rice, 19; Dylan Wade ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON – A former financial services broker was sentenced today in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, for his participation in conspiracies related to bidding for contracts for the investment of municipal bond proceeds and other municipal finance contracts, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON – The leader of the Internet piracy group “IMAGiNE” was sentenced today to serve 60 months in prison, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Neil H. MacBride and Special Agent in Charge John P. Torres of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Washington, D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON – A U.S. Army Major has pleaded guilty today to accepting thousands of dollars in gratuities from contractors while he was a U.S. Army captain deployed to Iraq, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina William N. Nettles.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: Amazon.com; Leon Max Inc., d/b/a Max Studio; Macy’s Inc.; and Sears, Roebuck and Co., Kmart Corporation and Kmart.com (collectively, Sears) have agreed to settle civil lawsuits concerning alleged violations of the Textile Fiber Product Identification Act and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: Thomas William Quintin, 65, formerly of Denver, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States with respect to claims, and one count of misuse of a Social Security number (SSN), before U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson, the U.S. Department of Justice and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Quintin is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Jackson on Apr. 2, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON – The owner of several Detroit-area adult day care centers pleaded guilty today for her role in a $13.2 million psychotherapy fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan ...
By Fed Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: Farmers State Bank, Victor, Montana Written Agreement dated Nov. 12, 2010 Terminated Dec. 19, 2012 For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Thursday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on December 11-12, 2012. A summary of economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Reserve Bank presidents for the December 11-12, 2012 meeting is also included as an addendum to these minutes.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: Asian Moon and Golden Rod restaurants also will pay more than $98,000 in civil money penalties for minimum wage, overtime, recordkeeping violations WESTBURY, N.Y. — A chain of three full-service restaurants in Nassau and Westchester counties and its president will pay $1,085,752 in back wages, interest ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Dec. 29, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 372,000, an increase of 10,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 362,000. The 4-week moving average was 360,000, an increase of 250 from the previous week's revised average of 359,750.
