News published on Federal Newswire in January 2014

News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Alanna Lynn Mattison, 31, from Huntington, West Virginia, pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge for allowing her apartment to be used for storing and selling heroin and oxycodone.

Issa Statement on Stamp Rate Hike and Facility Closure Moratorium

By Commerce Newswire | Jan 27, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) today released the following statement on the Postal Service’s rate increase and the delay in a key cost saving strategy - shutting down select mail processing facilities...

Manhattan U.S. Attorney And FBI Announce Insider Trading Charges Against Former Financial Adviser And Director Of Investment Company

News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the unsealing of a criminal Complaint in Manhattan federal court charging WALDYR...

15th Century Manuscript Repatriated To The Italian Government

News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - The Missal of Ludovico da Romagnano, a 15th century manuscript known as the San Lorenzo, was repatriated to the Italian government Monday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). It was stolen nearly 25 years ago from the Capitular Archive of the Archdiocese in Turin, Italy.

Morrison Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Possession Of Destructive Devices

News Release: DENVER - Richard Lawrence Sandberg, age 36, of Morrison, Colorado, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Philip A. Brimmer to serve 51 months in federal prison for two counts of possession of unregistered firearms, U.S. Attorney John Walsh and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives...

Auburn Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Firearms Charge

News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that.

Colbert County Sheriff's Capt. Timothy Vanderford Receives Federal Law Enforcement Award

News Release: TUSCUMBIA -- Colbert County Sheriff's Capt. Timothy Bryan Vanderford today received a national law enforcement award recognizing his integral role in the multi-agency investigation and federal prosecution of Ricky Walter Denton for armed bank robbery, identity theft and filing false federal tax returns.

Heroin And Pill Dealer Sentenced In Huntington Federal Court

News Release: Huntington, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today’s sentencing of Brandon Golson for possession with intent to deliver heroin. Chief Judge Robert C. Chambers imposed a sentence of 87 months for Golson’s role in a drug conspiracy that included transporting heroin and oxycodone from Detroit, Michigan for sale in Huntington. Golson pleaded guilty on October 7, 2013 to possession with intent to deliver heroin.

Information: Federal Court Arraignments

News Release: The United States Attorney's Office today announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.

Former CIA Officer Convicted Of Leaking Classified Information And Obstruction Of Justice

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eastern District of Virginia. Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014. Printer Friendly. Disclosed classified information about a clandestine operational program designed to undermine Iran’s nuclear weapons program. ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Jeffrey A. Sterling, 47, of O’Fallon, Missouri...

Michael David Bailey Sentenced In U.S. District Court

News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on Jan. 22, 2014, before Senior U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy, MICHAEL DAVID BAILEY, a 34-year-old resident of Missoula, Montana, was sentenced to a term of.

Information: Federal Court Initial Appearances

News Release: The United States Attorney's Office today announced that during a federal court session in Billings, Montana, on Jan. 23, 2014, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ostby, the following individual appeared.

Poplar Man Sentenced In Double Stabbing

News Release: The United States Attorney(s Office announced that on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, JAMES MICHAEL YOUPEE, 35, of Poplar, was sentenced to 42 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, by U.S. District Judge Brian Morris for stabbing two people in a Poplar hotel room.

Rockford Physician Arrested On Charge Of Healthcare Fraud

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2014

News Release: ROCKFORD-A local physician whose license was suspended this month was an ested last night on a federal complaint alleging healthcare fraud. Charles S. DeHaan, 59, of Belvidere, IlL, was charged with engaging in a scheme to defraud Medicare. The complaint alleges that as a pali of the scheme, DeHaan operated Housecall Physicians Group of Rockford, S.C., located in Rockford. The charge alleges that DeHaan submitted false claims to Medicare in December 2013.

Tennessee and Virginia Orthopedic Clinics to Pay $1.85 Million to Settle Allegations of Billing Medicare for Reimported Products

News Release: Two orthopedic clinics will pay a combined $1.85 million to resolve state and federal False Claims Act allegations that they knowingly billed state and federal health care programs for reimported osteoarthritis medications, known as viscosupplements, the Department of Justice announced today. Tennessee ...

Home Health Agency Owner Sentenced for Role in $11 Million Detroit Medicare Fraud Scheme

News Release: A home health agency owner who participated in a Medicare fraud scheme that totaled almost $11 million was sentenced in Detroit today to serve 120 months in prison.

Four Alleged Members of Android Mobile Device App Piracy Groups Charged

News Release: Four individuals have been charged in the Northern District of Georgia for their alleged roles in piracy groups engaged in the illegal distribution of copies of copyrighted Android mobile device applications, or “apps.” Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Department of Justice’s Criminal ...

Disbarred Attorney Pleads Guilty for Role in $28.3 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

News Release: A North Carolina woman has pleaded guilty for her involvement in a $28.3 million Medicare fraud scheme involving physical and occupational therapy services.

Connecticut Man Convicted of Tax Evasion and Conspiracy Charges