News from June 2014
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: MEMO. Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today met with representatives of Medtronic and Covidien and released the following statement: “In a meeting today with representatives of Medtronic and Covidien, which I welcomed, they set forth the benefits for their business operations...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON -House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., today made the following statement on the capture of Ahmad Abu Khatallah for the attacks on the US diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: CHICAGO - The United States filed a civil lawsuit against California-based IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc., and its subsidiaries, alleging that IPC submitted false claims to federal health care programs, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today. The complaint alleges that IPC violated the federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Marisa Belle Hawk, 28, of Wapato, Washington, pleaded guilty today to assault with a serious bodily injury, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Hawk was indicted by a federal grand jury in Coeur d'Alene on Dec. 17, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Atlantic City, N.J., woman was sentenced today to 35 years in prison for her role in the kidnapping and death of a 20-year-old Atlantic City woman, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) released the following statement regarding his meeting with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen. Hatch, along with Chairman Wyden, met with Commissioner Koskinen for over an hour Monday evening to discuss...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: CONCORD - David Reiter, 57, of Las Vegas, Nevada, pleaded guilty to one count of making false material statements in connection with the purchase of eight firearms, announced United States Attorney John P. Kacavas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: Investigation Led to Conviction of More Than 600 American Subscribers to Illegal Site.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An alien found in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of illegal re-entry after deportation, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that LILIANA TRAFFICANTE was sentenced this morning in Manhattan federal court by U.S. District Judge Deborah A. Batts to 41 months in prison for her leadership role in a five-year scheme to obtain money...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA)Special Agent in Charge, Doug Coleman, today announced the seizure of 89 pounds of white heroin and the arrest of seven defendants as part of an 11-month investigation. The seizure marks one of the state’s largest heroin busts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Joseph Gekko, 45, of Yorba Linda, pleaded guilty today to three counts of wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: Paul Lewis from the University of Tennessee will be at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area on Saturday, June 28, for a dark skies astronomy program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: U.S. Postal Inspectors and U.S. Attorney’s Office release photo of defendant and ask for the public’s help to see if the defendant had inappropriate sexual contact with minors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ----- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that a Federal Grand Jury in Columbia, South Carolina, returned an Indictment(s) against the following.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former service contractor for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) pleaded guilty today for his role in accepting over $350,000 in connection with the awarding of a $24 million contract by CBP.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: Thomas P.Des Jean, Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area's first archeologist, will be retiring at the end of June. Tom Des Jean has worked at the Big South Fork for more than 28 years. During the almost three decades of service, he has been responsible for overseeing the cultural resource...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: LOS ANGELES - More than 1,300 FBI agents and LAPD officers this morning arrested 50 people associated with the Five Deuce Broadway Gangster Crips, a street gang that claims control of a South Los Angeles neighborhood and drug sales in an area just west of the “Skid Row" district of Los Angeles. Those...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Ryan P. Lynch, Acting Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector (HHS-OIG), ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a criminal information has been filed in U.S. District Court in Scranton charging an East Stroudsburg man with failing to register as a sex offender in Pennsylvania.
