News from May 2013
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 Liborio Markets #11 Inc.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today expressed concern with recent press reports that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has solicited funding from private companies to help implement the health care law. According to the Washington Post, the secretary...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: Formerly of Ridgefield, Washington, Defendant Admits to Fraudulent Loan Applications Totaling $3.825 Million Dollars to Umpqua Bank.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - - Senior U.S. District Judge Anthony W. Ishii sentenced brothers Edwan Dablan, 37, and Khamal Dablan, 25, both of Kingsburg, Calif., today to 10.5 years in prison and four years and nine months in prison, respectively, for participating in a long-term methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: 1125 Chapline Street, Federal Building, Suite 3000 ● Wheeling, WV 26003.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: Join park rangers this month for a variety of fun and interesting interpretive programs. Park rangers will lead special guided tours of park sites and share personal stories of those who fought in the Pacific War. Programs provide visitors an opportunity to learn about park resources, the people we honor, and how events of the past still influence us today. For specific program details, please see the attached schedule of events. All events are free and open to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: OAKLAND, Calif. - Tonya Gilard and Tierre Crummie pleaded guilty last week to conspiring to file false tax returns, United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez announced.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: Dear Senator Baucus: As the Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, I am deeply troubled by the recent revelations from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) indicating that the agency had specifically targeted certain politically conservative groups for extra scrutiny as part of their review...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that that the owners of a Lebanon, Mo., trucking company have been sentenced for their roles in a conspiracy to defraud Tracker Marine, a Springfield, Mo.-based manufacturer of boats and trailers sold throughout North America.
By EPA Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today expressed concern with recent press reports that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has solicited funding from private companies to help implement the health care law. According to the Washington Post, the secretary...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Hakan Umsu, 32, of Rochester, N.Y., who was convicted of criminal copyright infringement involving Christmas ornaments that he was selling at kiosks in local malls, was sentenced to one year probation by U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOE Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Monday, May 20, 2013, at 4 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Health Insurance Premiums Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act." Witnesses to be announced.
By DOE Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today expressed concern with recent press reports that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has solicited funding from private companies to help implement the health care law. According to the Washington Post, the secretary...
By USDA Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced four appointments to the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board. Each appointee will serve a 3-year term.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Cary, Ill. business owner pleaded guilty to wire fraud today in federal court before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala. CLARE THOMAS ANDERSON, 44, who owned and operated multiple businesses in Cary, Ill, and Florida, admitted that between April 2009 and January 2013, he schemed to defraud over $1 million from more than 10 victims that did business with the companies he operated.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: ATLANTA - C.R. Bard, Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $48.26 million to resolve claims that it knowingly caused false claims to be submitted to the Medicare program for brachytherapy seeds used to treat prostate cancer in violation of the False Claims Act. Bard is a New Jersey based corporation that develops, manufacturers, and markets medical products used for a variety of conditions, including prostate cancer.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: Effective immediately, the following routes or features inside Arches National Park are closed to rock climbing to protect sensitive wildlife species in accordance with the authority of Title 36 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 1, Section 1.5(a)(1).
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: 1125 Chapline Street, Federal Building, Suite 3000 ● Wheeling, WV 26003.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: Houston - Shirley M. Carrington has been ordered to prison following her conviction of willfully aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of a false U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today along with Lucy Cruz, special agent in charge of Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI). Carrington pleaded guilty Jan. 7, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: A Dennison man was sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison for crimes related to the production and distribution of child pornography, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
