News from May 2013
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A West Hollywood doctor surrendered to federal authorities this morning after being indicted last Friday on federal drug trafficking charges that allege he wrote more than 1,200 prescriptions for powerful painkillers after a federal order revoked his authority to prescribe those drugs.
By USDA Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative action under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against Alejo Markets Inc.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: March 1, 2010: An IRS manager in Cincinnati, Ohio asks employees to begin searching for 501(c) tax exemption applications using the terms Tea Party, Patriots and 9/12 as their criteria.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A former Wichita area physician who is serving time on supervised release for a drug conviction has been arrested and charged with a federal firearms violation, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Throughout the upcoming field season, National Park Service staff will be applying herbicide to targeted high priority invasive plant species in Grand Canyon National Park's developed areas. Developed areas of the park have increased levels of human disturbance, which contribute to the high concentration of invasive plants in these areas.
By USDA Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: U.S. producers of farm-raised salmon are working hard to help fill today's growing demand for seafood. Now U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) nutritionist Susan Raatz, physiologist Matthew Picklo, and cooperators have found that farm-raised Atlantic salmon maintains its healthy levels of omega-3 fatty acids when baked.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: Congressman Sander Levin (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Committee, and Congressman Dave Camp, (R-MI), Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, today announced that the Committee will hold a hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS") practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status based on political leanings. The hearing will take place on Friday, May 17, 2013, in Room 1100 of the Longworth House Office Building, beginning at 9:00 A.M.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Michael Brier, 50, owner of Refunds Now Inc., a tax preparation firm based in Providence, R.I., was sentenced on Friday to 27 months in federal prison for violating a federal judge’s order permanently barring him from preparing tax returns for others, and for underreporting more than...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: Wilfredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Alysa D. Erichs, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI), announced the sentencing of three defendants who had engaged in a visa fraud case.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - The central organizer of a worldwide conspiracy to manipulate stock prices through a “botnet" network of virus-controlled computers was sentenced today in Trenton federal court to 71 months in prison, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: Case Relates to the Collapse of Desert Sun Development in Bend, Oregon.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) made the following statement today in response to reports that Internal Revenue Service singled out groups seeking tax-exempt status based upon their political affiliation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Sylvia Salinas Ramirez, of Driscoll, and Debra Jean Velasquez, of Robstown, have surrendered to authorities following the return of an indictment alleging they perpetrated a scheme to defraud the Texas Medicaid program through fraudulent home health billings, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today along with Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La.: United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Ray Hatton III, 30, of Lafayette, pleaded guilty Tuesday before U. S. District Judge Richard T. Haik, to possessing child pornography involving some images of infants.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Renee Britton, 25, of Taylor, Michigan, who was convicted of wire fraud for her participation in an international wire fraud ring, was sentenced to eight months of home detention and three years of probation by Chief U.S. District Court Judge William M. Skretny. Britton was also ordered to pay up to $26,736.95 in restitution to victims of the scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Salina man has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison on drug trafficking and firearms charges, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court, a 46-year-old Fridley man was sentenced for robbing a Discount Tobacco and Groceries retail store at 315 Osborne Road Northeast in Fridley. United States District Court Judge Joan N. Ericksen sentenced Steven Eugene Daniels to 160 months in prison on one count of interference with commerce by robbery pursuant to the Hobbs Act. Daniels was indicted on Sept. 11, 2012, and pleaded guilty on Nov. 27, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La.: United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Brad Maruschak, 37, of Denham Springs, La., was sentenced to 30 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Richard T. Haik for attempted possession of child pornography. Maruschak is also required to complete five years of supervised release and register as a sex offender. Maruschak pleaded guilty on Dec. 17, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael J. DePalma, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announced that defendants Nathaniel Troy Maye, a/k/a Troy May, 44, and Tiwanna Tenise Thomason, 40, both of...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison for distributing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
