News from July 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States has intervened in a lawsuit against Symantec Corporation, alleging that Symantec submitted false claims to the United States on a General Services Administration (GSA) software contract, the Justice Department announced today. Symantec is a Fortune 500 company located in Mountain View, California, and it sells a variety of computer security products.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: Camp Floor Statement: Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee and a current member and former Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today issued the following statement on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on Halbig v. Burwell regarding the Obama administration’s authority to issue subsidies to those buying health insurance in the federal exchange...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was convicted in federal court today of illegally possessing a Street Sweeper shotgun and a stolen handgun.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Job Creation, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), today urged Deputy Attorney General James Cole to appoint an independent special prosecutor to investigate why...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: A growing number of economists, columnists, editorial boards and lawmakers are calling for immediate action to stem the tide of corporate inversions, with a dozen prospective deals reportedly announced this year alone. As Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin wrote today in a New York Times opinion piece, “The issue of corporate inversions is an urgent matter that requires our collective swift response.".
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Government Affairs Committee Ranking Member Tom Coburn...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: ‘Operation Shattered’ Aimed At Rash Of Illegal Drug Manufacturing Explosions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - Three defendants were charged in two separate indictments based on their drug activity in Lincoln County.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: Contact: Debi White. (707) 465-7327. REDWOOD NATIONAL AND STATE PARKS. Redwood Parks Association to Host Annual “Star Party" August 23 & 24. Registration is now open for Redwood National and State Parks’ annual “Star Party" hosted by Redwood Parks Association-a truly star-studded overnight event under...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell yesterday sentenced Martha Otano (43, Cape Coral) to 3 years and 1 month in prison and $7,500 in fines for making structured cash deposits of proceeds of illegal activity in order to evade bank currency transaction reporting requirements.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Nathan Stoliar, 64, of Australia, pleaded guilty in federal court in Las Vegas today to five felonies for his role in multiple schemes, worth in excess of $41 million, to generate fraudulent biodiesel credits and to export biodiesel without providing biodiesel credits to the United States as required by law.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced Friday that MALETICA V. FERGUSON, age 37, of Geismar, Louisiana, pled guilty on Wednesday, July 16, 2014, before Chief U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson to a Bill of Information for aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns. As a result of her conviction, FERGUSON faces a maximum term of imprisonment of three (3) years, a fine of up to $527,538, and the costs of prosecution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A second superseding indictment was filed today charging William Bucci, 57, of Philadelphia, PA, with running an investment fraud scheme that duped victims into turning over more than $3.2 million, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the indictment, Bucci...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: A research team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), working with the Cleveland Clinic, has demonstrated a dramatically improved technique for analyzing biological cells and tissues based on characteristic molecular vibration "signatures." The new NIST technique is an advanced...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - Tonya Beverly, 38, and Leatrice Reynaud, 43, both of Houston, have been arrested following the return of a 20-count indictment alleging conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was convicted in federal court today of illegally possessing a Street Sweeper shotgun and a stolen handgun.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an El Dorado Springs, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for sexually exploiting a minor. Bryan Lee Courtney, 24, of El Dorado Springs, was sentenced by...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the former sheriff of St. Clair County, Mo., was indicted by a federal grand jury today for stealing property recovered in criminal cases and for selling a stolen firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: Join Devils Postpile rangers for an evening of night sky exploration. Program starts at 9 pm with telescope viewing and storytelling.