News from January 2013
By USDA Newswire | Jan 24, 2013
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By State Newswire | Jan 24, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - This morning, Senator John Kerry made the following statement at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to consider his nomination to be United States Secretary of State. Current United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.), and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) introduced Senator Kerry to the Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2013
News Release: On Jan. 24, 2013, Joseph L. Edwards, a 25 year old East St. Louis, Illinois, man pled guilty in United States Federal District Court, in East St. Louis, to Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Previously Convicted Felon, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A federal grand jury sitting in Albuquerque, N.M., has indicted Richard A. Stack, 70, of Las Cruces, N.M., for unlawfully producing false identification documents. The indictment was announced by U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales, Special Agent in Charge Carol K.O. Lee of the Albuquerque Division of the FBI, and Resident Agent in Charge Richard Ferretti of Albuquerque Resident Office of the U.S. Secret Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2013
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Jose Luis Zuniga-Hernandez, 44, of Control, Tamaulipas, Mexico, is headed to prison for a term of seven years, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Zuniga-Hernandez aka “El Wicho" or “Comandante Wicho" or “XW" pleaded guilty to being an alien found within the United States after deportation and being an alien in possession of a firearm on Jan. 8, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on Jan. 24, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith Strong, the following individuals were arraigned.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today John Sorrentino, 46, of East Aurora, N.Y., who was convicted of money laundering, was sentenced to 31 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2013
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney John Walsh and IRS - Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Stephen Boyd presented the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office with a check yesterday for $589,826.12, which represents proceeds forfeited by a criminal defendant who was convicted of operating an interstate prostitution business. The check was presented to Undersheriff David Walcher during a private ceremony.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2013
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Jamie Lynn Snyder, age 35, of Newark, Delaware, was sentenced to 58 months in prison today for criminal copyright infringement and identity theft in which she obtained over $1 million in illicit proceeds. Snyder also was sentenced to 3 years of supervised release, which will commence following her prison term, and was ordered to pay a total of $1,013,407.69 in restitution to her victims.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 24, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON -With the nation’s debt headed toward $16.5 trillion, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, reiterated today the need for structural reforms to the Medicare and Medicaid programs as a means of reducing the debt and laid out five bipartisan ideas that he believes should be included in any deficit reduction package.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg and Tanya T. Brewer, Acting Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation, announced that four Nebraskans were indicted for structuring financial transactions in an effort to defeat legal reporting requirements imposed on financial institutions. “Structuring"...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Two people have been charged with laundering cash from marijuana trafficking through a non-profit credit counseling agency in Kansas City, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2013
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan sentenced Regina Ward (31, Gainesville) yesterday to 13 months’ imprisonment for charges related to identity theft, fraud against the United States, and Treasury check fraud. Ward was also ordered to serve a 3-year term of supervised release following her incarceration, and to pay restitution to the Internal Revenue Service in the amount of $6,500.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The Cooper Health System has agreed with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey and the State of New Jersey to pay $12.6 million to settle allegations that it violated the federal False Claims Act and New Jersey False Claims Act by making improper payments to physicians under so-called “consulting" and “compensation" agreements as it sought to build its cardiology program.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 24, 2013
News Release: Fire researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and colleagues from fire service organizations will turn abandoned wood-frame, single-family houses near the site of an old Spartanburg, S.C., textile mill into proving and training grounds for new science-driven fire-fighting techniques this week. The objective of the study is to improve firefighter safety and effectiveness.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 24, 2013
News Release: “The article in question is a complete mischaracterization of how and why this policy came together. There was no earmark or provision for just one company. Plain and simple, the provision is smart policy for patients, providers and taxpayers. The bipartisan policy saves taxpayers $5 billion and preserved seniors access to their doctors, while ensuring a lifesaving medical treatment will still be available for vulnerable patients who need it.".
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 24, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, incoming Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Ranking Member Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) with their Committee colleagues sent a bipartisan letter urging President Obama to quickly nominate candidates to fill vacant Inspector General positions at six major federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2013
News Release: Yesterday, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) participated in a forum put on by the Gun Violence Prevention Taskforce, established by Minority Leader Pelosi. Following his participation in the forum, Congressman Conyers issued this statement...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 24, 2013
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has demonstrated a novel chip-scale instrument made of carbon nanotubes that may simplify absolute measurements of laser power, especially the light signals transmitted by optical fibers in telecommunications networks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
