News from June 2013
By DOT News Wire | Jun 6, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on June 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 6, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on June 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 6, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on June 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kimberly K. Mertz, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that NOUEL ALBA, 37, of Bronx, N.Y., pleaded guilty today before United States Magistrate Judge William...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: Dennis Schuller, D.D.S., a Cedar Rapids dentist, has agreed to pay $100,000 to resolve allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by improperly billing the Medicaid system for certain x-rays and exams, medically unnecessary procedures, and other medically unnecessary items.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Michael J. DePalma, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI)...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Two former employees of a law firm based in Edison, N.J., were sentenced to prison terms today for conspiring to defraud their former employer by improperly diverting more than $788,000 from the law firm, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota man convicted of Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding a Federal Law Enforcement Officer was sentenced on June 3, 2013 by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on June 5, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, ERIN RUTH SMITH, a 21-year-old resident of Wyola and an enrolled member of the Crow Tribe of Indians, was sentenced to a term of.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: Dear President Obama: As the United States continues to negotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership, it is imperative that the agreement address currency manipulation. Exchange rates strongly influence trade flows, and, in recent years, currency manipulation has contributed to the U.S. trade deficit and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Selena Jo Noblit, 42, of Panama City, Florida, appeared today in federal court, charged with stealing funds from a program that received federal grant money.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission, South Dakota woman convicted of theft was sentenced on June 3, 2013 by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: VAN BUREN MO: Last weekend, Ozark National Scenic Riverways was hit with over four inches of rain causing flooding of the Jacks Fork and Current Rivers.The high waters forced the closure of the rivers and Big Spring and Alley Spring Campgrounds for visitor safety." The water has receded enough to open portions of the Jacks Fork and Current Rivers and visitors are able to camp at the Big Spring and Alley Spring again," said Superintendent Bill Black.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former employee at the Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany (MCLB-Albany) and two local businessmen were sentenced today for their roles in a bribery scheme related to the award of contracts for machine products that resulted in approximately $907,000 in fraudulent overcharges to the U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - Federal agents today arrested six people in four cities across Alabama who are charged in connection with a five-year federal tax fraud conspiracy directed from inside an Alabama state prison, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division Special Agent in Charge Veronica Hyman-Pillot, and FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard D. Schwein Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - Two brothers and former owners and operators of two Treasure Valley head shops, Smoke Shack and Smoke Shack Two were sentenced to federal prison on June 4, 2013, for offering drug paraphernalia for sale and one count of money laundering. Robert T. Guerrero, Jr., 36, of Meridian, Idaho...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Jerry Ray Tyler, Jr., 30, of Cleveland, Tenn., was sentenced on June 6, 2013, by the Honorable Curtis L. Collier, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 400 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today his participation in a multi-state, multi-national law enforcement initiative against deceptive timeshare resale scams. The initiative involves over two dozen state attorneys general, various federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, the Federal Trade Commission, and several U.S. Attorneys offices.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for convening today’s hearing to examine excessive spending by the IRS at a conference held in Anaheim, California in 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Senior United States District Judge Richard G. Kopf sentenced Grady E. Gartman, age 50 of Lincoln, Nebraska, to 12 years and 7 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release for possession of pseudoephedrine with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine. Gartman entered a guilty plea to the charge in March.
