News from March 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: Craig Berkman Falsely Claimed To Own And Intend To Acquire Pre-IPO Shares Of Facebook.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: Gunnison, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Gunnison Field Office is planning to begin burning slash piles for the Yellowstone Mill project as early as Friday, March 15 or as condition allow through the end of spring 2013. The Yellowstone Mill project area is 1.5 acres in size and located approximately...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: Defendant Filed Approximately 400 Fraudulent Tax Returns Seeking Refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Jesse Young, age 36, of Rosebud, South Dakota appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno on March 15, 2013 and pled guilty to Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 1 year in custody, a $100,000 fine, or both; 1 year of supervised release; and a $25 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A former employee of a credit union in Dickinson County has been sentenced to two years probation for embezzling $85,000, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today. She also was ordered to pay $85,000 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: SAN JUAN, PR - On March 7, 2013, a federal grand jury indicted 31 individuals as a result of an investigation led by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD), announced today United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today continued its American Energy Security and Innovation hearing series with a focus on natural gas and electric coordination challenges. This hearing builds on the subcommittee’s March 5 hearing on the importance of fuel diversity, and examined the challenges facing electricity markets as a result of the growing share of natural gas in the nation’s electric generation portfolio.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: In a joint letter sent yesterday, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), the top Republican of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, reached out to Jared Blumenfeld, the Region 9 Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to request that he certify that he has not at any juncture used a non-official email account to conduct official work.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: DETROIT - A superseding indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Detroit was unsealed yesterday morning, charging thirteen individuals for their participation in a large-scale health care fraud and drug distribution scheme, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. McQuade was...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today continued its American Energy Security and Innovation hearing series with a focus on natural gas and electric coordination challenges. This hearing builds on the subcommittee’s March 5 hearing on the importance of fuel diversity, and examined the challenges facing electricity markets as a result of the growing share of natural gas in the nation’s electric generation portfolio.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a superseding indictment for Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child, Abusive Sexual Contact of a Child, and Abusive Sexual Contact of a Child While Required to Register as a Sex Offender has been filed against a Parmalee, South Dakota man.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - According to a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis, Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s budget proposal would effectively end Federal highway and transit investments in fiscal year 2015. Using the understanding of the Ryan Budget supplied by Transportation and Infrastructure...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today continued its American Energy Security and Innovation hearing series with a focus on natural gas and electric coordination challenges. This hearing builds on the subcommittee’s March 5 hearing on the importance of fuel diversity, and examined the challenges facing electricity markets as a result of the growing share of natural gas in the nation’s electric generation portfolio.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore yesterday sentenced Iris Locklear to nine years and seven months in federal prison for mail fraud. Locklear was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $249,686.02, and to serve three years of supervised release, following her release...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Aaron G. Seltzer, age 36, of Trappe, Maryland, on nine counts of wire fraud in connection with a scheme in which he converted funds intended for real estate investments to his personal use. The indictment was returned on March 14, 2013, and unsealed today upon Seltzer’s arrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 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 announced that William G. Parker, 35, of North Carolina, was sentenced yesterday to 150 months in prison, having...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today kicked off the “Health Information Technologies" hearing series to discuss the critical role of technology in the health care industry and how federal regulations and...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: Edward Schaeffer, 29, and William Webb, 50, both of Philadelphia, were charged today by Indictment with conspiracy, interference with interstate commerce by robbery, and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The indictment alleges that the defendants conspired to target approximately 19 pharmacies in order to steal prescription pharmaceuticals, including oxycontin, oxycodone, and percocet.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), released the statement below regarding the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)'s announcement that it voted to postpone consideration of requirements to install engineered filter systems ...
