News from May 2013
By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: Dear Comptroller General Dodaro: We are writing to request that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) conduct an audit of the facts related to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sebelius’ solicitation of funds for a private sector entity that she is working with to implement...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury in Rochester has returned a three-count indictment charging Brian Wergin, 31, and Bohdan “Don" Luzecky, 45, both of Rochester, N.Y., with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and mail fraud. The charges each carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a fine of $250,000 or both.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Fayette County has been sentenced in federal court to a year and a day of incarceration, a $3,000 fine, and full restitution of $132,445 on his conviction of tax evasion, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Missoula, on May 14, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, IJAZ KHAN SINDHU, a 33-year-old resident of Othello Washington, was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: Third pedophile sentenced this week in Southern District of W.Va.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Desperado’s Cabaret owner James “Jim" Panos, 55, of Broussard, La., was indicted on May 8, 2013 in a superseding indictment, along with nine others on racketeering conspiracy and drug charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: BOISE - A federal grand jury in Boise on Tuesday indicted five Boise area residents on four counts of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance analogue; conspiracy to smuggle goods into the United States; conspiracy to sell and transport drug paraphernalia; and conspiracy to launder money, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. The indictment was unsealed by the court on Wednesday.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: Kenyen Brown, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, announces that as part of his Project H.O.P.E. (Helping Offenders Pursue Excellence) initiative, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Alabama is collaborating with Bishop State Community College to host an ex-offender...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: PHOENIX - On May 14, 2013, Brian Howes, 49, of Bo’Ness, Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Readeto 70 months incarceration, three years supervised release, and a $1,000 special assessment. Howes pleaded guilty on Feb. 4, 2013, to ten separate counts of distributing a listed (Red Phosphorus) while knowing and having reasonable cause to believe that it would be used to manufacture a controlled (methamphetamine).
By State Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced today the Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods, and Glen Doherty Embassy Security and Personnel Protection Act of 2013 to prevent future attacks on U.S. diplomatic posts.
By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - After every Republican member of the Senate Finance Committee sent a letter to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) earlier today requesting an investigation into the release of confidential taxpayer information to the news organization ProPublica, U.S. Senator Orrin...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Katherine M. Harrell, 31, of Fernwood, PA, who lied to a U.S. District Court Judge during a previous sentencing hearing on her embezzlement conviction, was sentenced today to 70 months in prison. Harrell was being sentenced in February 2012 for stealing more than $500,000 from United Savings...
By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - A new draft rule to guide regulation of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, of oil and gas resources on public and Indian lands weakens safety and environmental protections and restricts public knowledge of dangerous chemicals, Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) said today. The Department of Interior...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota man convicted of Manslaughter was sentenced on May 13, 2013 by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 16, 2013 - Today, the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs held an oversight hearing entitled “The 2008 Lacey Act Amendments." The hearing focused on the significant May 2008 expansion of the Lacey Act to include all plants and plant products.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: In Midland today, sentences were handed down to three individuals, including former Odessa, TX, residents Miguel and Michelle Compean and Odessa resident Brian Connell, for their roles in a firearms straw purchasing and trafficking investigation announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Dallas Field Office Special Agent in Charge Robert Champion.
By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: I want to thank the Chairman for holding this hearing on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations. The timing is just right: we are in the midst of the 90-day layover period following the Administration’s notification that it intends to enter into these talks.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division Office of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Richard S. Hartunian, the United States Attorney of the Northern District of New York, announced that a federal jury has convicted Rosario (age 48) of East Syracuse, NY and...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Princeton, N.J., youth soccer coach was arrested today after law enforcement officers searching his home allegedly discovered compromising, sexual movies of minor boys, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOL Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the HELP Committee's approval of Thomas Perez’s nomination to serve as U.S. Secretary of Labor...
