News from June 2013
By EPA Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today continued its review of the president’s health care law, examining challenges facing America’s businesses as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) gets closer to enrollment on October...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: 57-Count Indictment Alleges Over $28 Million Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Wednesday, June 26, 2013. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury has charged four people with health care fraud, alleging that they improperly charged government insurance programs for medically...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: BURLINGTON,Vt. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on June 24, 2013, Matthew Burt, 38, of South Burlington, Vermont was sentenced to 63 months imprisonment...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: TALLAHASSEE - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida announced that Kenneth L. Barber, 62, of Tallahassee, Florida, was sentenced today in federal court to serve 87 months in prison on charges of wire fraud, preparing false tax returns, making a false statement to a bank, and conspiracy to commit tax fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: Today, senior members of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee including John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr, (R-Wis.), Melvin L. Watt (D-N.C.), and Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) released this statement addressing the Supreme Court ruling in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder that overturned the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: KEVIN TYLER, age 36, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, VA. - Alex Ernesto Calderon Velasquez, 27, of Reston, Va., was indicted by a federal grand jury today on a charge of failure to appear after pre-trial release.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: Dear Mr. Chairman: Yesterday, I received notification that you plan to hold a vote this Friday on a motion or resolution for the Oversight Committee to make a determination that IRS official Lois Lerner waived her Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination when she appeared before the Committee...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jeremy Lieberman, 34, Rochester, N.Y., was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with embezzlement by an employee of the United States. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: There have been 5 wildfires in Noatak NP so far this year; Sandy Ridge is a new wildfire and the Kavachurak Fire has been called out. This is an area prone to thunderstorms, lightning, and wildfire this time of year.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Glacier National Park's free, optional shuttle system that provides shuttle services along the Going-to-the-Sun Road will begin operations July 1 and run through Labor Day.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: Port Alsworth, Alaska -The Kristin Creek Fire is located in the northwest corner of Lake Clark NP&P and has grown from five acres to over 2,700 as of June 22nd. Visibility in the fires vicinity is poor.Alaska Division of Forestry last mapped the fire June 22nd at 2,700 acres and hope to get an updated...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Newtown, Mo., man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for possessing and receiving child pornography over the Internet and for possessing child obscenity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: Phillips-Ellis stole thousands in federal program aid money.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., woman was charged in federal court today with distributing synthetic marijuana, commonly referred to as K2, in an apparent effort to pay the legal fees of her husband, who is incarcerated for the same offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: A former executive of Lender Processing Services Inc. (LPS) – a publicly traded company based in Jacksonville, Fla. – was sentenced today to serve five years in prison for her participation in a six-year scheme to prepare and file more than 1 million fraudulently signed and notarized mortgage-related ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: A federal grand jury in Scranton, Penn., returned an indictment today charging Jessie Con-Ui, a federal inmate, with the murder of federal corrections officer Eric Williams, the Justice Department announced.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday proposed new data collection requirements related to selected money market instruments. To assist the Federal Reserve in monitoring money market conditions, the proposal would require insured depository institutions with total assets of $26 billion or more, and U.S. ...
By Fed Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: Farmers Bank, Ault, Colorado Written Agreement dated May 19, 2010 Terminated June 20, 2013 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.
