News from March 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - A criminal complaint was unsealed this morning in Brooklyn federal court charging Dr. Syed Imran Ahmed, 49, with healthcare fraud in connection with his submission of millions of dollars in false Medicare billings. Seizure warrants seeking millions of dollars of the defendant’s alleged...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: NEWARK N.J. - The former senior vice president of marketing at A&P, a U.S. supermarket and liquor store chain, today admitted his role in a scheme to defraud A&P by selling for personal gain event tickets that were intended for A&P’s use, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: Thank you Mr. Chairman. And since this is our first hearing with you as chairman, let me publicly congratulate you on assuming this new role and say that I look forward to working with you on the many issues that this subcommittee faces. You have big shoes to fill following Chairman Simpson but I am confident that you are up to the task.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: “This is the seventh in a series of hearings to inform this committee’s reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. The focus of today’s hearing, teacher preparation, is profoundly important for all students, from the very youngest to our adult students.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Detrick and Natashia Tucker, a husband and wife who owned and operated a tax preparation business named T&T Express Tax located in Pine Mountain, Ga., were sentenced to serve 12 months and one day and 46 months in prison, respectively, for crimes relating to the preparation of false tax...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, sent a letter to the members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee (ENR) urging a "no" vote on the nomination of Rhea Suh to be Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks at the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Tanya Fox (38, Clermont) with 1 count of conspiracy to defraud the government, 5 counts of wire fraud, 10 counts of theft of government property, and 10 counts of aggravated...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a former employee of the Internal Revenue Service is among three defendants who have been indicted for stealing taxpayers’ identity information in order to receive fraudulent tax refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Little Eagle, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Domestic Assault by an Habitual Offender.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today advanced bipartisan draft legislation to reauthorize the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act, which contains provisions set to expire Dec. 31, 2014. This draft legislation would...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - One resident of Beaver Falls, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 108 months in prison followed by five years supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: 25th Defendant to Plead Guilty in Connection with Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Victor Sena, aka "V," 35, of Cranston, R.I., was ordered detained in federal custody today by U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Lincoln D. Almond, having been charged with possession of fentanyl with the intent to distribute, announced John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration'(DEA) New England Field Division and United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) today provided a progress report on the committee’s investigation into General Motors Company’s (GM) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) response...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today examined H.R. 6, the Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act. The legislation, authored by Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO), will cut through red tape and accelerate approvals of U.S. liquefied natural gas exports...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Monday, March 24, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. A Jefferson County man was sentenced on March 19, 2014, to federal prison on methamphetamine related charges, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO - ELIJAH BOYKINS, St. Louis, pled guilty to possessing 28 grams of heroin, which was packaged for sale at his home on Feb. 13, 2014. The drugs were discovered during the execution of a search warrant by the St. Louis Police Department in the City of St. Louis. In addition to the drugs, Boykins was in possession of $3,381 in cash.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: Farm Loan Program Modifications Create Flexibility for New and Existing Farmers and Ranchers Alike WASHINGTON, March 24, 2014 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced increased opportunity for producers as a result of the 2014 Farm Bill. A fact sheet outlining modifications to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Farm Loan Programs is available.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON—In a new step to further the Justice Department’s efforts towards enhancing reentry among formerly incarcerated individuals, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Monday that the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) will impose new requirements on federal halfway houses that help inmates transition back ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: Joshua Vandyk, a U.S. citizen, and Eric St-Cyr and Patrick Poulin, Canadian citizens, were indicted for conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, the Department of Justice and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. The indictment alleges that Vandyk, St-Cyr and Poulin conspired to conceal ...
