News from April 2014

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Helena on March 24, 2014 before U.S. District Judge Sam Haddon, STEVEN C. MUNSON was sentenced to 5 years' probation and $74,249.19 in restitution.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - A federal grand jury in Oklahoma City has returned an indictment charging PAULA KLUDING, 38, from Chandler, Oklahoma, PATRICIA CARTER, 42, from Tecumseh, Oklahoma, and PRAIRIE VIEW HOSPICE, INC. ("Prairie View Hospice"), an Oklahoma corporation located in Chandler, Oklahoma, with 39 separate counts relating to Medicare fraud, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Thursday, April 17, 2014. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. COLUMBUS - Addison R. Richardson, 24, of Lima, Ohio was sentenced in U.S. District Court to serve 264 months in prison for enticing minors to engage in illegal...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Missoula on March 26, 2014, before U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy, MATILDA BUTTS was sentenced to 2 years' probation with 3 months house arrest and $13,731.97 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michele M. Leonhart, the Administrator of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), today announced that SLAWOMIR SOBORSKI was extradited from Estonia where he had been arrested for conspiracy to import...

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: Dear Mr. Chairman: I am writing in further response to your letter on April 9, 2014, suggesting that my staff engaged in improper activities by somehow colluding with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) against the organization True the Vote.[1] This letter supplements my previous response on April 9, ...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: “The following named individuals have been charged with a federal crime or crimes by the return of an indictment by the Grand Jury. A grand jury Indictment does not constitute evidence of guilt. A grand jury Indictment is a method of bringing formal charges against the defendant. A defendant is presumed...

By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA -- Everglades National Park is implementing annual changes in visitor services for the slower summer season at Flamingo and at Long Pine Key Campground.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: In Del Rio this afternoon, 25-year-old Julia Esmeralda Garza of Eagle Pass, TX, was sentenced to 11 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for her role in a fraudulent kidnapping scheme announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Federal Bureau of Investigation Acting Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse, San Antonio Division.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: Paul Souder Admits To Mail, Wire Fraud Charges.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Two leaders of the Armenian Power gang were convicted today of participating in a racketeering conspiracy that included extortion, firearms offenses, bank fraud and identity theft targeting elderly bank customers, as well as a sophisticated credit and debit card skimming scheme that stole account numbers and personal identification numbers (PINs) from thousands of people who used their cards at 99 Cents Only Stores across Southern California.

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: Dear Mr. Chairman: I am writing to request that the Committee hold a hearing on widespread foreclosure abuses and illegal activities engaged in by mortgage servicing companies. I request that the hearing also examine why the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Office of the Comptroller...

By Homeland Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced an open call for nominations for the 2014 Rick Rescorla National Award for Resilience, sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security. All nominations must be submitted by July 17 in order to be considered for this year’s award.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings on March 27, 2014, before U.S. District Judge Susan Watters, CHARLES JOSEPH WALKS was sentenced to a term of 51 months imprisonment, 3 years of supervised release and $100 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Brittany.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service & The Census Chairman Blake Farenthold (R-TX) today questioned the U.S. Census Bureau on major revisions to the Current Population Survey (CPS) questions related...

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: Dear Director Thompson: . We are concerned about reports of changes to the Current Population Survey that could prevent Congress and the American people from knowing the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. On April 15, 2014, The New York Times reported that your agency “is changing...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: Dear Ms. Burwell: On April 8, 2013, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published a proposed rule that would amend regulations governing the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). OPM received approximately 1,400 comments during the public comment period which ended on June 7, 2013.[1] The Subcommittee...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: OAKLAND - Craig Goatley was sentenced today to 78 months in prison and Calvin Earl Odom, Jr., was sentenced on April 10, 2014, to 86 months in prison for armed bank robbery, announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag and FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2014
News Release: Hammond, Indiana- The United States Attorney’s Office announced that the following Indictments were returned on April 17, 2014.