News from March 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Eugene DeBerger, 60, of Rochester, N.Y., pleaded guilty to infringement of copyright for purposes of private financial gain before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On March 15, 2013, Lisa Marie Barrett, age 46, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Council Bluffs, on the charge of distribution of 5 grams or more of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Senior U.S. District Court Judge Robert...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: The U.S. House of Representatives today approved the Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills Act (H.R. 803). Sponsored by Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), the legislation will help workers access the education and training they need to compete in today’s economy.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today continued its examination of the health care law’s impact on health insurance premiums. Members heard from former Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin and an Actuarial Principal at Oliver Wyman, Christopher Carlson, on how these mandates will impact individuals, families, and the health care system.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement regarding a report from the Environmental Protection Agency on agency's efforts to increase transparency and comply with Freedom of Information Act requests.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that three Southern Illinois residents were recently sentenced as a result of their participation in conspiracies to manufacture methamphetamine.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 15, 2013 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04), Congressman Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), and Congressman Ben Luján (NM-03) today introduced bipartisan legislation () in the House of Representatives to establish a Manhattan Project National Historical Park that will encompass facilities in Hanford, Washington; Oak Ridge, Tennessee; and Los Alamos, New Mexico.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade today unveiled a new Facebook page highlighting the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s initiative to promote the success of American manufacturers and to help make American manufacturing more competitive in the global marketplace.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce announced its schedule for the week of March 18, 2013. The Health Subcommittee will begin the week by exploring America’s looming entitlement crisis. The Energy and Power Subcommittee will continue its American Energy Security and Innovation...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Wendy Bashnan, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of State, Diplomatic Security Service, Miami Field Office, announce that defendant Arcesio Rojas Valencia a/k/a Arcisio Rojas Valencia a/k/a Arcy Valencia, 50, formerly...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - In an indictment unsealed late yesterday, two California men have been charged with remotely hacking into the computerized cash registers of a number of Subway restaurants in order to fraudulently obtain gift cards.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce announced its schedule for the week of March 18, 2013. The Health Subcommittee will begin the week by exploring America’s looming entitlement crisis. The Energy and Power Subcommittee will continue its American Energy Security and Innovation...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today continued its examination of the health care law’s impact on health insurance premiums. Members heard from former Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin and an Actuarial Principal at Oliver Wyman, Christopher Carlson, on how these mandates will impact individuals, families, and the health care system.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Mythili Raman, Acting Assistant United States Attorney for the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice, and Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade today unveiled a new Facebook page highlighting the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s initiative to promote the success of American manufacturers and to help make American manufacturing more competitive in the global marketplace.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: NOTE: The attached opinion / editorial, personally prepared and written by Central District of Illinois U.S. Attorney Jim Lewis and Federal Public Defender Jonathan E. Hawley, commemorates the 50th anniversary on March 18, 2013, of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Gideon v. Wainright, that secured...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Brett A. Amendola, 38, of Ashburn, Va., was sentenced to 84 months in prison today for carrying out a $5 million Ponzi scheme involving his purported purchase of a golf course in Loudoun County, Va. The scheme resulted in losses of at least $2.8 million to more than a dozen victims who had invested with Amendola.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: LUBBOCK - Mark Dean Garrison, 48, of Denison, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 46 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in December 2012 to one count of possession with intent to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Two residents of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating various federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
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