News from February 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that LIYING LIN, a/k/a “the Deacon," was found guilty yesterday in Manhattan federal court of one count of conspiracy to commit immigration fraud and two counts of immigration fraud. LIN was convicted after a seven-day jury trial presided over by U.S. District Judge Robert P. Patterson, Jr. She was acquitted of one count of immigration fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rio Rico, Arizona, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Feb. 24, 2014 by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: Today, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee held a full committee hearing entitled, “Enforcing the President’s Constitutional Duty to Faithfully Execute the Laws." After the hearing concluded, Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) delivered the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: DALLAS - A Plano, Texas, man was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade to 46 months in federal prison, and ordered to pay $118,139 in restitution on a conspiracy conviction stemming from his role in a tax refund fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Oregon State Office is preparing to conduct an audit of its Special Recreation Permit (SRP) Program for the 2011 through 2013 use seasons. The audit is being conducted through an independent contractor and should be completed by early Sept. 2014. Periodic audits are...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A former substitute teacher at a private school in Jersey City, N.J., was sentenced today to 121 months in prison for distributing images of child sexual abuse over the Internet, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce that a federal jury convicted Richard Altomare, 65, of Palm Beach County, on all four counts of the indictment, including one count of mail fraud and three counts of securities fraud. Altomare was the former CEO of Universal Express, Inc.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - An indictment was unsealed Wednesday after the arrest of three of seven defendants charged in a conspiracy that used the identification of prison inmates to make fraudulent tax refund claims, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and U.S. Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), former Ranking Member of the EPW Committee, lead a group of Senators in sending a letter to Inspector General Arthur Elkins Jr. of the U.S. Environmental Protection ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: Peoria, Ill. - Sentencing is scheduled in June 2014, for a Georgia man, after a jury convicted him of operating a fraud scheme that defrauded various investors of millions of dollars. The jury deliberated for less than one and one-half hours on Feb. 24, 2014, before finding Kenneth W. Lewis, 57, guilty of four counts of wire fraud and 11 counts of money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: Prepared Fraudulent Tax Returns Claiming False Wages and Tax Credits.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: Matthew Krapf, 43, of Collegeville, PA, is charged by Indictment, unsealed today, with numerous counts of child exploitation, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Krapf is charged with 10 counts, each, of using or inducing a child to pose for child pornography, use of an interstate commerce...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee today expressed concerns about the legality, consequences, and cost of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ proposed changes to the popular Medicare Part D prescription drug program. The administration’s proposed...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today released the following statement in response to the release of the State Department Inspector General report over the Keystone XL pipeline review...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: Multiple Analyses Find Administration’s Proposed Rule Would Lead to More #BrokenPromises, Higher Costs, and Fewer Choices for Seniors
By EPA Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee today expressed concerns about the legality, consequences, and cost of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ proposed changes to the popular Medicare Part D prescription drug program. The administration’s proposed...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging Desean R. Harbin, 32, of Akron, with possession with intent to distribute and distribution of heroin, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 26, 2014 - Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing on “American Energy Jobs: Opportunities for Veterans." This hearing examined how America’s veterans can play a pivotal role in America’s energy renaissance that is already creating much-needed jobs and growing the economy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: Former law enforcement officer charged with production of child pornography as part of “Operation Community Watch".
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that STEVEN THOMAS, 39, of Mashantucket, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton...
