News from December 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced the unsealing of an indictment charging KAIEEMA GADSON, 25, or Providence, R.I., with two counts of...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - Janet Baquet, a former Sheriff's deputy in Orleans Parish, La., has pleaded guilty to charges that the she stole nearly $90,000 in Social Security benefits from the federal government.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2014
News Release: WHO: United States Attorney Booth Goodwin, officials with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Environmental Protection Agency.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2014
News Release: Failed To Report Over $900,000 of Income.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2014
News Release: Key Largo resident and former overnight staff member of the Florida Keys Children’s Shelter was arraigned for his alleged role in sex trafficking of two minor female residents of the shelter.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 16, 2014
News Release: The first white paper in the bipartisan 21st Century Cures initiative asked, “How can we best leverage advances in translational research, health information technology, and communications so that we can collectively ‘connect the dots’ more quickly and start developing potential therapies and cures?" A new partnership between Autism Speaks and Google, MSSNG, exemplifies the opportunities technology can and will provide in finding more cures and treatments.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - John F. General, 50, formerly of Washington, D.C., was found guilty by a jury today of second-degree murder for the 1997 murder of a woman in Northwest Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A convicted drug dealer pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today welcomed Senators Dan Coats (R-IN), Dean Heller (R-NV) and Tim Scott (R-SC) to serve on the Senate Finance Committee in the 114th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: PHOENIX - Jardon Laforcarde, 28, of Phoenix, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton to 30 months’ imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a federal student aid fraud ring that included three others. Laforcarde pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 Dilley, Texas South Texas Family Residential Center (As delivered) Good afternoon. I’m here in Dilley, Texas today. The purpose of this trip is to promote and to highlight the border security aspects of the executive actions President Obama announced on Nov. 20.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: Tax Return Preparers Allegedly Claimed False Deductions and Credits on Tax Returns The Justice Department announced today that it has asked a federal court in California to permanently bar Vida Farley and AJV Bookkeeping Inc. from preparing tax returns for others. According to the complaint, the government ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: A Southern California physician was sentenced to 22 months in federal prison today for his role in a conspiracy to commit Medicare fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: A former university professor was sentenced today to five years in prison for traveling in foreign commerce to engage in sexual conduct with a minor, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: Alaska and Virginia-based technology contractors Eyak Technology LLC (EyakTek) and Eyak Services LLC (ESL) have agreed to pay $2.5 million and relinquish any rights to additional payments from the United States to resolve allegations that they submitted false claims to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division issued non-discrimination principles today to guide federal, state and local governments’ response to the Ebola virus. The division also issued guidance for protecting civil rights while responding to the Ebola virus and a reference guide on what legal protections may apply.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: A federal jury today returned guilty verdicts against four defendants charged in a loan sharking and illegal gambling ring that was run out of several Philadelphia businesses, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: A former Special Agent in Charge of the Department of Homeland Security - Office of Inspector General (DHS-OIG) was sentenced to 37 months in prison today for a scheme to falsify records and obstruct an internal DHS-OIG inspection, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: A Hudson County, New Jersey, man today admitted to trying to kill a rival gang member, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: After a week-long trial, a federal jury convicted a trucker and Florida resident of kidnapping and interstate domestic violence. Evidence adduced at trial showed that the defendant held the female victim captive for 10 days and inflicted psychological and physical abuse that included sexual battery. ...
