News published on Federal Newswire in March 2014

News from March 2014


BLM Mojave-Southern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council Schedules 2014 Meetings

News Release: Las Vegas - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will meet with the Mojave-Southern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council (RAC) three times in Nevada in fiscal year 2014: March 13, in Las Vegas; July 17, in Las Vegas; and Sept. 18, in Ely. All meetings are open to the public.


Engel Statement on Russian Military Provocations Against Ukraine

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the senior Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement regarding recent Russian military provocations against Ukraine.


Sault Ste. Marie Casino Thieves Sentenced To Prison

News Release: MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN - Six defendants convicted of conspiring to commit theft.


Former State Inmate Gets 5 ½ Years In Federal Prison For Leading IRS Tax Fraud From Inside State Prison

News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced the ringleader of a federal tax fraud that was run from inside an Alabama state prison to serve more than five years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division Special Agent in Charge Veronica Hyman-Pillot, and FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard D. Schwein Jr.


Groton Cocaine Dealer Pleads Guilty; Two Others Involved In Drug Trafficking Ring Are Sentenced

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Saturday, March 1, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JUAN G. CHEVEREZ, also known as “Guinchi," 32, of Groton, pleaded guilty yesterday in Hartford federal...


American Family Care Inc. To Pay $1.2 Million To Settle Allegations Of Inflated Medicare Claims

News Release: WASHINGTON - American Family Care Inc. has agreed to pay the government $1.2 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that it knowingly submitted claims to Medicare for outpatient office visits that were billed at a higher rate than was appropriate, the Justice Department announced today. American Family Care is a network of walk-in medical clinics headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., with offices in Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia.