News from December 2014
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement after a bipartisan, bicameral agreement was reached between the House and Senate to make permanent and to reform key tax policies.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Kalah O. Bishop, 25, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with fraud in connection with the use of access devices. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison, and a fine of $250,000.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) today announced the public release of the results of the U.S. International Trade Commission’s (ITC)...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area announces a 45-minute, ranger-led interpretive program for young children on Saturday, December 27. This hands-on, nature oriented scavenger hunt is set up to provide children the opportunity to both experience nature and earn their own junior ranger badge. This fun-filled activity starts on the back porch of the Bandy Creek Visitor Center promptly at 2:00 p.m. (ET).
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: On Dec. 15, 2014, the United States Secret Service Protective Mission Panel submitted its full report to you assessing the Secret Service’s protection of the White House compound. One of the Panel’s top recommendations was to enhance the fence around the White House compound.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that Pepe Anetipa, 58, was indicted on 28 counts of making false, fictitious, and fraudulent claims against the government. According to the indictment, for tax year 2011, Pepe Anetipa filed falsified tax returns claiming total refunds...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - In a report released last week, the Social Security Administration (SSA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) revealed that several judges have wrongly awarded billions of dollars in Social Security Disability Insurance benefit payments. In response to the report, Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) issued the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Porcupine, South Dakota, man convicted of Voluntary Manslaughter was sentenced on Dec. 17, 2014, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on Dec. 19, 2014, United States District Court Judge Joseph F. Bataillon sentenced Mark A. Swift of Omaha, Nebraska, to ten years of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal prison system. After his release from prison Swift will begin a 10 year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger today sentenced Jackie Lee Rattler, 55, of Cherokee, N.C. 108 months in prison on drug trafficking conspiracy charges, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Rattler was also ordered to serve three years under court supervision upon completion of his prison term.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Susan Schrader, age 53, of Pine Ridge, South Dakota, was found guilty of Conspiracy to Distribute and Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance following a federal jury trial in Rapid City, South Dakota. The jury returned their verdict on Dec. 18, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Fontana, California, man convicted of Possession of an Unregistered Firearm was sentenced on Dec. 16, 2014, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Corry, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - Shinkweon Park has been sentenced for conspiring to commit healthcare fraud by submitting false claims for doctor visits, acupuncture, and physical therapy to Medicare and Blue Cross Blue Shield.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, VA - Keith Hedman, 55, of Arlington, Virginia, the former chief executive officer of a Virginia-based security contracting firm, Protection Strategies, Inc., (PSI), has agreed to pay $4.5 million to settle civil claims relating to his involvement in a fraudulent scheme to create a front company...
By State Newswire | Dec 22, 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 on Tunisia’s presidential election...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Pleasantville, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 6 months in jail, 12 months home detention, 3 years supervised release and ordered to make restitution in the amount of $236,524.73 on his conviction of making false statements in matters relevant to permits issued under the Safe Drinking Water Act, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - On Friday Dec. 19, 2014, Chief District Court Judge Wilma A. Lewis sentenced Miguel Angel Pascual-Pichardo, 37, to 63 months in prison for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced today. Chief Judge Lewis also sentenced Pascual-Pichardo to serve four years of supervised release and pay a $100 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Oscar DeLeon, aka “Shrek," 39, of Laredo, has been sentenced to more than 20 years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $42 million following multiple convictions of drug and international money laundering charges resulting from a long-term Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return of an indictment charging Christopher Shawn Warnock (43, Jacksonville) with receiving child pornography over the Internet. If convicted, he faces a mandatory minimum penalty of five years, up to 20 years, in federal...
