News from January 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2014
News Release: Memphis, TN - Allan D. Cooper, 66, of Memphis, TN, was sentenced today to 27 months imprisonment by United States District Judge John T. Fowlkes, Jr., announced U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III. Cooper entered a guilty plea in September to a criminal information charging him with one count of wire fraud.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 10, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, spoke on the House Floor in opposition to H.R. 3811, The Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act. Below are Cummings' remarks, as prepared for delivery, and the video of his speech...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today overwhelmingly passed H.R. 3811 - the Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act. This legislation, introduced by Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA), would require the Department of Health and Human Services to quickly notify Americans...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: Spokane - Today, Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that his office collected $3,463,490.16 in civil and criminal actions in the Fiscal Year ending Sept. 30, 2013. Of this amount, his office collected $2,552,474.86 in civil actions and $911,015.30...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - John A. Crowe, 54, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to distribution of visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Crowe will be sentenced to a prison term of not less than ten years and not more than 15 years to be followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the Court. Crowe will be required to register as a sex offender after he completes his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: San Francisco - United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced today that the Northern District of California collected $394,282,021.52 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2013 - the second highest amount of money collected by a U.S. Attorney’s Office in the country. Of this amount, $382,346,662.83 was collected in criminal actions and $11,935,358.69 was collected in civil actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Dr. Emilio Louis Cruz III, 61, of Carson, Calif., was sentenced today by United States District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to three years and two months in prison and ordered to pay $601,581 in restitution for his role in a conspiracy to commit Medicare fraud, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to attend a special ranger-led talk about a radical proposition made by General Patrick Cleburne in 1864. This 30 minute program will take place at the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, at 2 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Alexander A. Romaniolis, 48, of Irvine, pleaded guilty today to mortgage fraud, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. A federal grand jury returned the three-count indictment on March 21, 2013, charging Romaniolis with mail fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: SHREVEPORT/LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Louisiana collected $6,876,596.69in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2013. Of this amount, $6,577,567.18 was collected in criminal actions and $299,029.51 was collected in civil actionsThe U.S. Attorney’s Office also worked with other offices and components of the Department of Justice to collect $508,781.75.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: (OXFORD) - U.S. Attorney Felicia C. Adams announced today that the Northern District of Mississippi collected $1,936,411.56 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2013. Of this amount, $1,736,873.89 was collected in criminal actions and $199,537.67 was collected in civil actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: Dr. Edgar A. Lockett, Jr. Formerly Resided and Practiced in Mineral Wells and McAllen, Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - Grand Canyon National Park will be joining national park units across the country in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day with fee-free entry into the park on Monday, Jan. 20, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: A new season of the popular "Alternative Break" program for college students at Biscayne National Park begins this month with the first group of student volunteers scheduled to arrive on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, for a week of volunteer service. The annual program offers students from the United States and Canada an opportunity to spend their college break on the beach, working as volunteers in Biscayne National Park.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: Five communities to receive Administration support for revitalization WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 2014 – The U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today the five inaugural U.S. communities that have been designated as Promise Zones, an intensive and layered ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: This week, Agriculture Under Secretary Kevin Concannon and Anne Alonzo, Administrator for the Agricultural Marketing Service joined George Jones, CEO of Bread for the City to highlight the need for a new Farm Bill that adequately invests in America's nutrition safety net. Food assistance programs, along ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: Alcoa World Alumina LLC, a majority-owned and controlled global alumina sales company of Alcoa Inc., has agreed to plead guilty later today and pay $223 million in criminal fines and forfeiture to resolve charges that it paid millions of dollars in bribes through an international middleman in London to officials of the Kingdom of Bahrain, in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder today announced that the Justice Department collected at least $8 billion in civil and criminal actions in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: CareFusion Corp. has agreed to pay the government $40.1 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks and promoting its products for uses that were not approved by the Food and Drug Administration, the Justice Department announced today. CareFusion, a California-based medical technology company, develops, manufactures and sells pharmaceutical products, including products sold under the trade name ChloraPrep.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that two related entities, Michigan-based Cadillac Asphalt LLC (Cadillac) and Michigan Paving and Materials Co. (MPM), have agreed to pay $3.8 million to resolve allegations that they falsely claimed Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) credits on a number of ...
