News from March 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2014
News Release: A criminal indictment was returned this week charging Mark O. Wittenmyer, age 54, of Holland, Ohio, with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and five counts of money laundering, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2014
News Release: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that David Gaudiosi, also known as “Wade," 29, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE -Michelle Smith, 31, of Farmington, N.M., was arraigned this morning in federal court on an 18-count indictment charging her with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges. Smith entered a not guilty plea to the indictment and was released on her own recognizance pending trial, which has yet to be scheduled.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 13, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee member and author of H.R. 4015, the SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act, Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) released the following video ahead of today’s House of Representative’s vote on a permanent solution to the Medicare physician payment system.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 13, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today responded to Wednesday’s announcement by the Federal Communications Commission’s Media Bureau changing FCC policy with regard to the approval...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson will hold a Press Conference on Monday, March 17, 2014, at 11:30 a.m. CST.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 13, 2014
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) issued the following statement after President Obama directed Secretary Thomas Perez to review federal policies governing overtime pay...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 13, 2014
News Release: Then-E&C Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Fred Upton
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce yesterday’s conviction of Mario Fabricio Ormachea Aliaga, 43, of La Paz, Bolivia. After a three-day jury trial...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two pharmacists - twin brothers who previously owned the West Orange Pharmacy - were each sentenced 42 months in prison today for reaping at least $1.5 million in illicit gains by defrauding patients, Medicaid and insurance companies over the past 15 years, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney’s Office, The Humane Society of the United States Applaud Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 13, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), today held a hearing on “Improving Sports Safety: A Multifaceted Approach." The subcommittee examined ongoing efforts to prevent and mitigate the occurrence of concussions in sports, including game rule changes, coaching and player education, guidelines, as well as developing brain injury research and equipment research and development.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Thursday, March 13, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Ramsey Z. Fakhouri, 22, of Troy, Michigan, pled guilty today to an indictment...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Chairman Robert Menendez (D-NJ) joined by Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Bill Nelson (D-FL) introduced the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014 today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Samuel Billy, 49, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in El Rancho, N.M., which is located in San Ildefonso Pueblo, was sentenced this morning to 20 years in federal prison followed by ten years of supervised release for his child sexual abuse conviction. Billy will be required...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 13, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee member and author of H.R. 4015, the SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act, Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) released the following video ahead of today’s House of Representative’s vote on a permanent solution to the Medicare physician payment system.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: PIKEVILLE - A Johnson County man, who previously admitted to trafficking prescription drugs, was sentenced on Tuesday to 84 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal judge today sentenced a Birmingham man to five years and three months in prison for manufacturing synthetic marijuana and distributing it across the country from his apartment in Birmingham's Southside community, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and U.S. Postal Inspector Frank Dyer.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: POCATELLO - Three co-defendants pleaded guilty this week to federal methamphetamine trafficking charges, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today the results of the March 2014 Federal Grand Jury.
