News from November 2013
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) expressed concern today over the news that Fisker Automotive filed for bankruptcy protection and that the Department of Energy sold its loan to a foreign investor for $25 million. DOE will have recovered a total of $53 million from the original $192 disbursed.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte sentenced Michael Abobor, age 38, of Bowie, Maryland, today to 51 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme involving intended losses of at least $2 million. Judge Messitte also entered an order that Abobor forfeit $2,026,205 and pay restitution of $1,832,650.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement regarding the administration’s delay of the 2015 open enrollment period...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOVER NARANJO, the owner and president of Enviro & Demo Masters, Inc. (“Enviro"), and LUPERIO NARANJO, SR., a foreman for Enviro, were found guilty today in Manhattan federal court of perpetrating a scheme...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on Nov. 22, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, MICHAEL THOMAS BAD OLD MAN, a 21-year-old resident of Cut Bank and an enrolled member of the Blackfeet Tribe, was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming Christopher A. Crofts announced that on Oct. 21, 2013, Marion Joyce Kills Enemy, a 24-year-old Northern Arapaho Tribal Member, was charged in an information with one count of assaulting a federal officer in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 111(a)(1). The charge against...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2013
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that two men have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that they conspired to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine and heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2013
News Release: DENVER - Gary Snisky, age 47, of Longmont, Colorado, was arrested without incident yesterday on charges of mail fraud and money laundering, federal authorities announced. Snisky was indicted by federal grand jury in Denver on Nov. 19, 2013, which remained under seal until his arrest and first court...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 21, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Rand Beers today joined Moroccan Minister of Economy and Finance Mohamed Boussaid to sign a bilateral Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement (CMAA) that will provide a partnership and legal framework for information sharing and cooperation between Customs administrations of the United States and the Kingdom of Morocco.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 21, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 2013 – Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Community Food Project (CFP) awards. These awards support organizations using local food to develop community-based solutions to address food insecurity and increase access to healthy food in low income communities.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 21, 2013
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By USDA Newswire | Nov 21, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, Del., Nov. 21, 2013 – Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden today announced the appointment of 20 members to serve on the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Beginning Farmers and Ranchers during a trip to the University of Delaware. The Committee will provide guidance to the Secretary on expanding opportunities that will help beginning farmers and ranchers succeed in agriculture.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2013
News Release: Vantage Oncology LLC (Vantage) has agreed to pay the government more than $2.08 million to settle allegations that it submitted false claims to Medicare for radiation oncology services performed at its Illinois centers from 2007 through June 2012, the Justice Department announced today. Vantage owns and manages radiation oncology centers in multiple states, including two centers in Spring Valley and Streator, Ill.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2013
News Release: Three high-level executives of Tokyo-based Takata Corp. have agreed to plead guilty for their participation in a conspiracy to fix prices of seatbelts installed in cars sold in the United States, the Department of Justice announced today. The executives have also agreed to serve time in a U.S. prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2013
News Release: A federal grand jury in Milwaukee has returned an 11-count superseding indictment adding David B. Moore, 45, as a defendant in the federal sex trafficking case involving his son, Najee Moore, 22. Both men are charged with conspiracy to engage in the sex trafficking and forced labor of a minor and sex ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2013
News Release: A Cleveland federal grand jury returned an indictment against two executives of a Japanese automotive supplier for their roles in an international conspiracy to fix prices of automotive anti-vibration rubber parts sold to Toyota and installed in U.S. cars, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2013
News Release: The former owner of a defunct durable medical equipment (DME) clinic based in Miami pleaded guilty today for his role in an $11 million Medicare fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2013
News Release: Three members of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT) gang have pleaded guilty to racketeering charges related to their membership in the ABT’s criminal enterprise, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2013
News Release: A federal district judge in St. Louis has permanently barred defendants Joseph Burns, Joseph Thomas and International Tax Service Inc. from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The defendants consented to the permanent injunction after the government filed a complaint and a motion for preliminary injunction. A hearing on that preliminary injunction motion, which resolves the case, was scheduled to commence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2013
News Release: The owner and operator of several Miami health care agencies was sentenced today to serve 120 months in prison for his role in a health care fraud scheme involving defunct home health care company Trust Care Health Services Inc.
