News from January 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - On Jan. 28, 2013, U.S. District Judge Anthony W. Ishii sentenced David Chavez Jr., 32, of Bakersfield, to four years in prison for using a communication (telephone) in connection with a drug trafficking offense. He pleaded guilty on Sept. 24, 2012. As part of the plea agreement, Chavez Jr will forfeit his interest in approximately $57,000 in seized cash and bank funds.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) wrote Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sebelius regarding serious concerns over inaccurate HHS health care data. The data was being provided by CMS to the independent Government...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Homero Varela, 30, of Albuquerque, N.M., entered a guilty plea today to federal drug trafficking and money laundering offenses under a plea agreement that requires a sentence of 120 to 135 months in prison. Varela’s guilty plea was announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales, Special Agent...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch(R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today announced several staff changes. Kimberly Brandt has been named Chief Oversight Counsel, Bryan Hickman will serve as Senior Counsel, and Jay Khosla, in addition to serving as Chief Health Counsel, will take on the new role as Policy Director on the minority staff of the Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Christopher A. Crofts announced today that on Jan. 25, 2013, David Dewey Washakie, a 32-year-old enrolled Eastern Shoshone from Ft. Washakie, Wyoming, appeared in Federal District Court for sentencing before United States District Judge Clarence A. Brimmer on a single count...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard today sentenced Kamil Mezalka (21, Palm Coast) to 10 years in federal prison for receiving child pornography over the Internet. As part of his sentence, Mezalka is also required to serve a 10-year term of supervised release, following his release from prison, and ordered to forfeit his computers and other digital media.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON— Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today delivered remarks during the joint session of the Major Cities Chiefs Association and the Major County Sheriffs’ Association winter meetings—highlighting the Department’s collaboration with state and local law enforcement to build a safer, more secure and more resilient nation.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, 2013—The U.S. Forest Service announced the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire is honored on an America the Beautiful Quarter released recently by the U.S. Mint.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, 2013—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the selection of 30 agricultural university students to attend USDA's 2013 Agricultural Outlook Forum. The students—who attend land-grant, Hispanic-serving, and American Association of State Colleges of Agriculture and Renewable ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. – United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk and United States Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the United States and Japan have agreed on new terms and conditions which pave the way for expanded exports of U.S. beef and beef products to Japan. Under these new ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department filed suit today asking the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida to permanently bar Torrey Burden from preparing federal tax returns for others. The civil injunction suit alleges that Burden prepares returns through A&L Financial Solutions in St. Petersburg, Fla.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: U.S. District Judge David M. Lawson, of the Eastern District of Michigan, entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Green Hope LLC, dba Rosewood Products, and its president, Phil G. Ye, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: Steven Kern of Marine City, Mich., pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge Arthur J. Tarnow in the Eastern District of Michigan to eight counts of filing false corporate tax returns and eight counts of failing to file his individual tax returns, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department has reached an agreement with the city of Memphis, Tenn., under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to improve physical accessibility for people with disabilities at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, home of the AutoZone Liberty Bowl, Memphis Tigers and Southern Heritage Classic football games.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: Miami-area resident Nichole Eckert, former therapist at the mental health care company American Therapeutic Corporation (ATC), was sentenced today to serve 48 months in prison for participating in a $205 million Medicare fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: An Orange County, Va., man was sentenced today to serve 168 months in prison following his March 2011 guilty plea to child pornography charges that originated in three different federal districts.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced that results from the supervisory stress tests conducted as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act will be released on Thursday, March 7, and the related results from the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review, or CCAR, will be released on Thursday, March 14. Results will be released for both exercises at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced its approval of applications by NongHyup Bank, Seoul, Republic of Korea, to establish a branch and a representative office in New York, New York.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration today announced technical updates to its Delinquent Filer Voluntary Compliance Program.
By DOE Gazette | Jan 28, 2013
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
