News from December 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 15 years imprisonment on his conviction of violating federal firearms and narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Christina Knight, 30, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced yesterday afternoon to 32 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for her conviction on bank fraud and aggravated identity theft charges.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA: Springfield Armory National Historic Site welcomes the public to the special exhibitArsenals Under Attack! Daniel Shays' Assault on Springfield & John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry, from December 2014 through March 22, 2015. Admission is free.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: Savannah, GA: Serenity Hospice Care, LLC of Dublin, Georgia, along with an affiliate corporation, has agreed to pay the United States a total of $581,504.46 to settle allegations that it submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the Medicare program for certain patients who were not eligible...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that James Lee Cobb, III has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, five counts of wire fraud, five counts of aggravated identity theft, and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm as an Armed Career...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA is making $5.6 million in grants to 220 producers across the nation to support the production of advanced biofuels, and is awarding more than $4 million in additional grants that will advance the bioeconomy and reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: Florissant, CO -Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument is proposing a change in their current entrance fees and requests input from the local community.As authorized by the National Park Service, the Monument would change their fee rates to align with the new National Park Service rate schedule in...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: Defect-free nanowires with diameters in the range of 100 nanometers (nm) hold significant promise for numerous in-demand applications including printable transistors for flexible electronics, high-efficiency light-emitting diodes, resonator-based mass sensors, and integrated, near-field optoelectronic tips for advanced scanning tip microscopy.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Marc England, 45, was sentenced today to 20 months in prison on a federal charge stemming from his theft of over $960,000 from a Washington, D.C. law firm, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. and Andrew G. McCabe, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor today, Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) criticized the Obama Administration’s actions in derailing negotiations for a tax extenders package and pledged, absent a broader agreement, his support for a one-year deal.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced that NIZAR OTHMAN, the former principal of a Manhattan-based financial firm, NAOK...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 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 pleaded guilty in federal court today to possessing child pornography and attempting to distribute child pornography over the Internet. Craig...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that two men involved in a check fraud ring have pleaded guilty in Hartford federal court. BENJII CARR...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: Supporting the Administration’s effort to make solar energy more affordable and accessible for all Americans, the Energy Department today announced more than $9 million in funding for breakthrough research and development projects that will advance the reliability and durability of solar photovoltaic...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, today issued the following statement regarding the House GOP plan to pass a partial Omnibus Appropriations Act combined with a short-term Continuing Resolution (CR) for agencies funded through the Homeland Security Subcommittee.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on Dec. 2, 2014, Senior United States District Judge Richard G. Kopf sentenced Pablo Rodriguez, 39, of Omaha, to five years (60 months) in prison for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: Two Coral Gables residents pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jose J. Martinez to their participation in a scheme to obtain more than $9.5 million in kickbacks and other benefits, and to conceal this illicit income from the IRS, while employed as senior executives at Systemax, Inc. (“Systemax") and its subsidiary, TigerDirect, Inc. (“TigerDirect").
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Orrin Hatch are seeking details from the Social Security Administration and the Justice Department on Social Security benefits given to suspected ex-Nazis. It’s unclear why the federal government allowed millions of dollars to flow to these individuals, including...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is holding a competitive oil and gas lease sale on Tuesday, December 9 at the BLM Nevada State Office,1340 Financial Blvd., Reno. Registration and assignment of bidding numbers begins at 8 a.m. and the sale begins at 9 a.m.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement at a Rules Committee hearing regarding H.R. 5771, a one-year extension of certain tax provisions...
