News from April 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2014
News Release: APR 09 - ANCHORAGE, Alaska - On April 3, 2014, an Anchorage jury convicted Loren Kent Dodds, 48, of Palmer, Alaska, of one count of manufacturing marijuana. The jury also returned a verdict forfeiting Dodds' residence to the government because it was used to facilitate his marijuana growing operation.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2014
News Release: CANON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Field Office is releasing a draft EA for public review on two proposed CO2 wells near Gardner, CO. The public comment period will end on April 24, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A federal jury, today, found Jay Stout, 55, formerly of Elizabethtown, PA, and his company, Flying Tigers, Inc., guilty of conspiracy, fraud involving aircraft parts, mail fraud, and obstruction of justice. A sentencing hearing has not yet been scheduled. Stout was president of Flying...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2014
News Release: Valley Forge, PA - National Park Week is an annual celebration and invitation to the public to re-connect with the 401 national parks across the country. Valley Forge National Historical Park will host a number of special events and programs for all ages throughout the week of April 19 - 27, providing plenty of opportunities for visitors to embrace this years' theme and "Go Wild!".
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2014
News Release: Four Banks and Two Motels Robbed During Crime Spree Last Fall.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2014
News Release: BOISE - Nathan Paul Davenport, 34, and Matthew Taber Annable, 39, both formerly of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, were indicted today by a federal grand jury in Boise for multiple bank larcenies, conspiracy, and use of a deadly weapon during a felony offense, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 9, 2014
News Release: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And welcome to all of our witnesses - I’m looking forward to hearing your testimony.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2014
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A former partner of a Freehold, N.J.-based office equipment leasing company today admitted stealing more than $600,000 in a fraudulent loan scheme, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2014
News Release: The National Park Service is pleased to announce the grand opening of the Gateway to the Big South Fork Visitor Center in Crossville, Tennessee. There will be an open house all day (9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central Time) on Thursday, April 17, with the official ribbon cutting ceremony scheduled for 10:00...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2014
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that DELRICE J. AUGUSTUS, age 34, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been charged in a Bill of Information with federal program fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 666(a)(1)(A).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2014
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Taquarius Kaream Ford, also known as “Cameron," has been indicted by a federal grand jury on sex trafficking and conspiracy charges. Ford has pled not guilty to all charges. Following a detention hearing today, U.S. Magistrate Court Judge Janice M. Stewart detained Ford, pending his trial. Trial is currently set for June 3, 2014, before U.S. District Court Judge Garr M. King.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2014
News Release: DALLAS - Jennifer Tyson, 37, of Rockwall, Texas, the former Executive Director/Manager of the Rockwall Housing Development Corporation (RHDC), was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade to 12 months and one day in federal prison and ordered to pay $195,421.00 in restitution for conspiring...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The two primary traders in an extensive insider trading network were sentenced to prison today for repeatedly using information divulged by insiders at pharmaceutical/medical technology firms operating in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - Jose Vela, 65, and his Michael Vela, 30, have entered guilty pleas to conspiracy and bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Also pleading guilty today in a separate, but related case was Orlando Vela, 33.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2014
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for transporting a child victim on a cross-country trip during which he sexually abused that victim and...
By State Newswire | Apr 9, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement regarding the State Department’s designation of Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2014
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Kansas City, Kan., woman working as a personal care attendant was indicted Wednesday on a federal charge that Medicaid paid more than $587,000 based on fraudulent bills she submitted, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom and Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2014
News Release: A federal Grand Jury returned a two-count indictment charging Rita Johnson, 61, of Cleveland, with theft of government funds and making false statements in relation to fraudulently securing Social Security benefits, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2014
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- Federal authorities today arrested two sisters on charges that they worked together in their Taxes N More business in Tarrant to prepare fraudulent tax returns for themselves and others, often falsely claiming a credit for first-time homebuyers, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and IRS, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge Veronica Hyman-Pillot.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Two companies that operate physical therapy clinics in Washington, D.C., Virginia, and Maryland, along with three individuals associated with the businesses, have agreed to pay the United States $2.78 million to settle allegations that the firms’ billings to Medicare and the TRICARE health care program violated the False Claims Act.
