News from September 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Marlboro man pleaded guilty today to charges stemming from his scheme to defraud various airlines.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders yesterday sent a letter to Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) Administrator Marilyn Tavenner requesting an update on the agency’s efforts to reform the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) program. The program, which was created to protect Medicare funds by ensuring CMS is reimbursed for claims the agency is not primarily responsible for paying, has been marked by inefficiencies and delays.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Herbert S. “Steve" Fouke, 54, of Lafayette, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard T. Haik to conspiracy to commit securities fraud, investment adviser fraud, wire fraud and mail fraud, involving an investment scheme that cost clients $8 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: Banjo Player Arrested While in Dallas to Perform With County Band.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) yesterday sent a letter to the State Department on their refusal to turn over Accountability Review Board (ARB) documents to the Oversight Committee. In the letter, Issa states that the Department’s refusal...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Blessed Marvelous Herve pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco today to wire fraud, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Ryan Scott Solis, 32, has been sentenced to federal prison for distributing and possessing child pornography, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Solis, of Huffman, pleaded guilty Jan. 25, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury sitting in New Haven has returned an 18-count indictment charging three individuals with operating an extensive federal income tax refund scheme. The indictment, which was returned...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - A California man, who had 100 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in the recreational vehicle he was driving, was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Amarillo, Texas. Felix Lopez Vasquez, 61, of Perris, California, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson to 10 Years in Federal Prison. U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: ATLANTA - Jerome Clarence Barnes, Jr. and Jared F. Walker have pleaded guilty for their roles in a scheme to fraudulently issue emissions certificates for cars that would have failed the emissions inspection required by law.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Valerie Benjamin, 49, of New Iberia, La., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard T. Haik to 18 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiring to defraud the Federal Emergency Management...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Ricardo Avelar Valdez, 47, of Gainesville, Va. was sentenced today to 87 months in prison, followed by a term of three years of supervised release, for his role in a marijuana smuggling operation based in Northern Virginia. The operation attempted to smuggle several multi-thousand pound...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
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By DOE Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders yesterday sent a letter to Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) Administrator Marilyn Tavenner requesting an update on the agency’s efforts to reform the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) program. The program, which was created to protect Medicare funds by ensuring CMS is reimbursed for claims the agency is not primarily responsible for paying, has been marked by inefficiencies and delays.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - Two men were arrested for transporting cocaine on a sailboat bound for Montreal.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: Federal authorities have charged 52-year-old Veracruz, Mexico businessman Francisco Colorado Cessa, his son, 25-year-old Francisco Colorado Cessa, Jr., and a business associate, 52-year-old Ramon Segura Flores for attempting to bribe a federal judge announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Armando Fernandez, San Antonio Division.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: The Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program, part of the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has awarded a cooperative agreement to Maryland MEP, Inc. (MD MEP), to run a center that will help the state's small and medium-sized manufacturers increase profits and create and retain American jobs.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of September 9, 2013. The committee will continue its extensive work on three important policy issues - the Yucca Mountain nuclear repository, the readiness of the health law ahead of October 1 enrollment, and the changing landscape of America’s video marketplace.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - Brooklyn resident Gregory Konoplya, 57, pleaded guilty today in federal court in the Eastern District of New York to conspiracy to pay and receive illegal health care kickback payments, in connection with his role in a $13 million health care fraud scheme. Konoplya is the fourth defendant to plead guilty in connection with the scheme, which was based at the Cropsey Medical Care PLLC clinic in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. -Andrew Choi, 35, of Springfield, Va., pleaded guilty today to charges of production of child pornography.
