News from January 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh has been sentenced in federal court three years probation on his conviction of committing tax fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON--Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement on the ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that strikes down President Obama's recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB):
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 25, 2013
News Release: 1,590 DAYS AND COUNTING - WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ON KEYSTONE
By USDA Newswire | Jan 25, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An employee of a global wealth management firm (identified only as “Brokerage Firm A") was arrested at his home this morning on insider trading charges related to Gilead Sciences Inc.’s $11 billion acquisition of New Jersey-based Pharmasset Inc., New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 25, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) yesterday unveiled the Veteran Employment Transition Act of 2013, legislation he authored to fight unemployment among America’s veterans. The legislation, co-sponsored by Senator Jon Tester (D-Mont.), expands an existing tax credit...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 25, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement regarding a court decision to vacate the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 2012 Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) projection for cellulosic biofuel production...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2013
News Release: A Collinsville, Illinois, man was sentenced today to a prison term by the federal district court for possession of a stolen firearm and possession of a firearm by a user of marijuana, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Jefferson Joseph, 23, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to six years and one month in prison after earlier pleading guilty to charges of obstructing justice in a criminal investigation and unlawful entry, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ronald Pretlow, 48, a former letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, pled guilty today to stealing mail containing checks and other items of value meant for people on his route, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. and Paul L. Bowman, Special Agent in Charge, Capital Metro Area Field Office, U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2013
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that Charles Brumley, 42, of Alton, Illinois, was sentenced today in the United States District Court for defrauding the unemployment insurance program. Following his plea of guilty on Oct. 3, 2012, to a...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 25, 2013
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai'i - The National Park Service (NPS) has released a Final Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (plan/EIS) for Protecting and Restoring Native Ecosystems by Managing Non-Native Ungulates in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Los Angeles man was charged today in federal court with defrauding clients of his educational consulting firm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of bankruptcy fraud conspiracy, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 25, 2013
News Release: 1,590 DAYS AND COUNTING - WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ON KEYSTONE
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2013
News Release: Fairbanks, Alaska- U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a Fairbanks man was sentenced in federal court in Fairbanks on Jan. 24, 2013, for three counts of drug trafficking and one count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of the drug trafficking crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2013
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 32-year-old Nederland, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for robbing a bank in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2013
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Marvens Jean-Paul, 21, of Opa Locka, Florida, was sentenced yesterday to 48 months in federal prison for his leadership role in a conspiracy to file false claims for federal income tax refunds, involving stolen identities. Jean-Paul was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON -Today, Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa released the following statement on the federal appeals court ruling that the President’s January 2012 National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member appointments were unconstitutional...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
