News from January 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Tonio Calhoun, 31, of Bowie, Md., was sentenced today to 100 months in prison for distribution of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., Debra Evans Smith, Acting Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2013
News Release: IN CONNECTION WITH A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION AT UPPER BIG BRANCH.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 17, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON- House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., has called a hearing next Tuesday at 1 p.m. focusing on the wasteful and dysfunctional fashion in which the federal government acquires information technology (IT) systems and services.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2013
News Release: U.S. Attorney Christopher A. Crofts announced today that Ajay Jariwala, 51, of Albuquerque, N.M., has been indicted by a Wyoming Federal Grand Jury for his alleged involvement with a fire at the Hitching Post Inn on Sept. 15, 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2013
News Release: SANJOY BHATTACHARYA, age 56, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged in a one-count indictment filed today for false statements to an agency of the United States, announced U. S. Attorney Dana J. Boente.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 17, 2013
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced the appointment of 24 members and 11 alternate members to the Advisory Committee on Universal Cotton Standards.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 16, 2013
News Release: The Administration's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) today released a report based on the input of nearly 900 stakeholders that describes an approach to implementing and managing a National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI)-a proposed national network of up to 15 manufacturing...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Uche Ben Odunzeh, 32, of Laurel, Md., was sentenced today to 19 months in prison on a federal charge stemming from the submission of more than $600,000 in false health care claims, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - As a parent and a sister, I can only imagine the pain felt by the family and friends of Aaron Swartz, and I want to extend my heartfelt sympathy to everyone who knew and loved this young man. I know that there is little I can say to abate the anger felt by those who believe that this office's prosecution of Mr. Swartz was unwarranted and somehow led to the tragic result of him taking his own life.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2013
News Release: PHOENIX - Espiridion Adrian Lugo, 40, of Pittsburgh, Pa., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Neil V. Wake on Jan. 14, 2013, to 54 months of prison and was ordered to pay $128,388 in restitution. Lugo had pled guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States and aggravated identity theft on Oct. 10, 2012.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 16, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON— Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today participated in a conference call with Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell, U.S. Secret Service Director ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 16, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 “I am proud to support the President and Vice President’s effort to combat gun violence in our country. In the aftermath of the tragic Newtown shooting, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), together with the Department of Justice (DOJ), ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 16, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today met with Saudi Arabian Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Nayef to discuss the ongoing partnership and cooperation between the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to promote mutual security and economic prosperity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice announced today that it will not challenge a proposal by the Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA) to offer a gainsharing program to member hospitals in New York. The department said that the proposed program should not adversely affect competition because ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON – Ira Isaacs was sentenced today to serve 48 months in prison for engaging in the business of producing and selling obscene videos and distributing obscene videos, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney André Birotte Jr. of the Central District of California, Assistant Director in Charge Bill L. Lewis of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office and Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2013
News Release: Ronald E. Burrell, former chief executive officer (CEO) of Caremerica Inc., and Michael R. Elliott, former chief financial officer (CFO) of Caremerica Inc., were sentenced today in Wilmington, N.C., the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Judge James C. Fox sentenced both ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON – Two Brazilian nationals pleaded guilty today in Miami to smuggling undocumented migrants to the United States for profit, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON – Amorette Hough and Denrica Gloria Medina, two members of the East Side Los Guada Bloods, were sentenced today in Phoenix to serve 33 months in prison and 27 months in prison, respectively, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division ...
By Fed Newswire | Jan 16, 2013
News Release: Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have reached agreements in principle with the Federal Reserve Board to pay $557 million in cash payments and other assistance to help mortgage borrowers.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 16, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement regarding the retirement of Sen. Jay Rockefeller: "I want to express my warmest wishes to my dear friend Jay Rockefeller, who will retire after nearly three decades in the U.S. Senate. On everything from education to ...
