News from August 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2014
News Release: WORCESTER - A Holden woman was convicted of wire fraud today after pleading guilty to charges that she stole close to $1 million from her elderly in-laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2014
News Release: In 2012 Lupas, a long time prominent Wilkes-Barre attorney and school district solicitor, was taken into custody by federal agents and then indicted for mail fraud and conspiracy by a federal grand jury. The initial indictment, and a superceding one, alleged that Lupas, since at least 2006, carried out...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2014
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - An investigation by the Providence Fire Department Arson Squad, the Providence Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) into an early morning fire on July 23, 2014, that caused significant damage to an occupied three family tenement at 346 ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a former Richard Stockton College of New Jersey police officer today admitted selling oxycodone-based pills to an undercover officer and a witness who was cooperating with law enforcement officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: Construction Firm Pays $200,000. IMCO General Construction (IMCO), a heavy construction company located in Ferndale, Washington, settled claims this week with the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) that it submitted false claims related to its Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program. IMCO...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: Dear President Obama: We write to express our deep concern over Japan’s current market access offer within the ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations. When Japan joined these negotiations, it agreed that the elimination of tariffs is a key feature of the agreement, as announced by TPP...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - Two men pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiring to defraud the government in connection with the renovation of the John W. McCormack Post Office and Courthouse in Boston.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that a federal grand jury sitting in New Haven returned an indictment today charging CHRISTOPHER BYAN COLEMAN, 25, of Waterbury, with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment today, charging Keith Matthew Emerald, 32, of Columbia, with starting a fire that eventually burned more than 250,000 acres, including large areas in the Stanislaus National Forest and Yosemite National Park, United States Attorney...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson today released the numbers of apprehensions along the Southwest border during the month of July and prior months, which reflect a significant decrease in apprehensions of unaccompanied children ...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: USDA announces $20 million in grants to protect wildlife, enhance outdoor recreation and create rural business opportunities WASHINGTON, August 7, 2014—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said today that the Department of Agriculture will partner with nine State agencies and with the Confederated Tribes ...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, August 7, 2014—U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today made the following statement on the retirement of USDA Farm Service Agency Administrator Juan M. Garcia: "Juan's hard work and sound leadership have helped to create new opportunities and achieve record results for America's farmers ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: Rosario Rafael Burboa-Alvarez was indicted by a federal grand jury in Tucson yesterday, becoming the seventh man charged in connection with the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, announced Attorney General Eric Holder and U.S. Attorney Laura E. Duffy of the Southern District of California.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: A California investment manager was found guilty in federal district court in Salt Lake City, Utah for his role in a $33 million investment fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: A CEO of an Atlanta-area hospital and the co-owner and chief operating officer of an Atlanta-based medical clinic chain pleaded guilty in connection with the payment of illegal kickbacks to clinics in exchange for Medicaid patient referrals to hospitals in the Atlanta area and on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: The former chief executive officer (CEO) and a former trader of ConvergEx Global Markets Limited (CGM Limited) — a former broker-dealer registered in Bermuda — were indicted late yesterday in federal court in the District of New Jersey for allegedly concealing additional fees, which they referred to as “trading profits,” fraudulently charged to clients in connection with orders to buy and sell securities.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: The Department of Justice has forfeited more than $480 million in corruption proceeds hidden in bank accounts around the world by former Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha and his co-conspirators.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: The Department of Justice filed a settlement today with Fifth Third Mortgage Company to resolve allegations that it engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination on the basis of disability and receipt of public assistance in violation of the Fair Housing Act (FHA) and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA). Under the settlement, Fifth Third has agreed to maintain revised policies, conduct employee training and pay over $1.5 million to compensate victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: The Justice Department reached an agreement today with Travel Management Company, a private airplane charter company based in Elkhart, Indiana, resolving claims that the company engaged in citizenship status discrimination in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: A disbarred Florida attorney was sentenced in federal court in Tampa, Florida today to serve 70 months in prison in connection with her role in a $28.3 million Medicare fraud scheme involving false claims for physical and occupational therapy services.
