News from February 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: The former owner of a defunct durable medical equipment (DME) clinic was sentenced today in Miami to serve 70 months in prison for his role in an $11 million health care fraud scheme involving World Class Medical Clinic Corp. (World Class).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska-United States Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced that a Wasilla woman was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason to nine years in federal prison for her role in a drug conspiracy as well as for possession of stolen mail.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA -- BOBBY JOE WHITE, JR., 42, of Pooler, Georgia was indicted last week by the federal grand jury sitting in Savannah for robbing the Sea Island Bank and the Biomat USA Savannah Blood Plasma Donation Center. According to the indictment, White allegedly robbed the Sea Island Bank on November...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: A workshop aimed at improving federal cryptographic key management systems will be held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)'s Gaithersburg, Md., campus on March 4-5, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A member of a Dodge City street gang was sentenced Tuesday to prison in a federal racketeering case, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: Investigation Reveals Alleged Plan To Remove Restricted Parts To China.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A man who worked for the Garmin Company in Olathe, Kan., pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing boxes of GPS devices from the company, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, leaders on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius urging action to recover an appropriate amount of the tens of billions of taxpayer dollars that were improperly received by New York State through...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Reginald Wayne Sibley, Jr. (39, Middleburg) today pleaded guilty to making false statements and representations to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and illegally piloting an aircraft in air transportation. Sibley faces a maximum penalty of eight years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for May 12, 2014.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) delivered the following statement today during debate on legislation to raise the debt limit...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), announced today that Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) is expected to be named to the EPW Committee.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: President Obama signed the new bipartisan 2014 Farm Bill into law on February 7, marking a new direction in American agriculture policy. The Farm Bill is a rare example of Congress working together to pass a major bipartisan jobs bill, and legislation that reduces the deficit by tens of billions of dollars.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: Dr. Jane Goodall once said, "It is individual efforts, collectively, that makes a noticeable difference - all the difference in the world!" Managers at Buffalo National River will put this theory to the test this spring as they implement a new solid waste management strategy that relies on park visitors to dispose of their own trash.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: Policy Sets New Procedures And Training For Officers Dealing With Mentally Ill Or Drug Affected Individuals.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: ROCKFORD - A suspended Rockford physician was indicted today by a federal grand jury on charges of healthcare fraud. CHARLES S. DEHANN, 59, of Belvidere, Ill., was charged with nine counts of engaging in a scheme to defraud Medicare.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - Three local mountain lion kittens have been fatally struck by vehicles in recent weeks, in two separate incidents. Roads pose one of the most significant challenges to the long-term survival of mountain lions in the Santa Monica Mountains and surrounding area.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing reviewing the status of the Department of Energy’s clean coal programs. The subcommittee questioned DOE Deputy Assistant Secretary for Clean Coal Dr. S. Julio Friedmann and DOE Acting...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing reviewing the status of the Department of Energy’s clean coal programs. The subcommittee questioned DOE Deputy Assistant Secretary for Clean Coal Dr. S. Julio Friedmann and DOE Acting...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: Alleged Scheme Obtained At Least $400,000 From Elderly Victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO - ANDREUS O'BRYANT, St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced to 330 months imprisonment for his organization and leadership in a drug conspiracy that required the murder of Jamie Benson of Houston, TX, on April 22, 2011. In August 2013, O’Bryant pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute over 500 grams of cocaine. O’Bryant was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Audrey G. Fleissig after a two-day sentencing hearing.
