News published on Federal Newswire in March 2014

News from March 2014


U.S. Department of Transportation Provides $30 Million to Improve Transit Options for American Indians, Alaska Natives on Tribal Lands

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the award of $5 million in competitive funds to 42 American Indian and Alaska Native tribes in 19 states for projects to improve transit service. The funds complement $25 million allocated by formula ...


York Man Sentenced To Prison For Filing Dozens Of False Tax Returns

News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of York, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 33 months in prison, three years supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution to the Internal Revenue Service in the amount of $128,105 on his conviction of conspiracy to defraud the government and filing false claims with Internal Revenue Service, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


News Release: Lexington, KY - A former doctor in Paintsville, KY., has admitted to his role in a conspiracy that was responsible for illegally distributing more than 25,000 prescription pills in Eastern Kentucky.


News Release: Memphis, TN - Eighteen individuals were named today in an indictment on a variety of charges involving illegal possession of prescription drugs and possession of illegal drugs, announced U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton.


DeKalb Man Sentenced To 17 Years As Part Of Robbery Crew

News Release: ATLANTA - Larry Pratt has been sentenced in federal court to 17 years in prison to be followed by a five years of supervised release for his part in a robbery crew.


News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., woman was indicted by a federal grand jury today for filing fraudulent tax returns for her clients.


News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Ryan.


Worcester Tax Preparer Charged With Tax Fraud

News Release: BOSTON - The owner and operator of a Worcester tax preparation business was arrested yesterday and charged with tax fraud.


News Release: Dear Ms. Wright: We are writing to raise several questions about aspects of the “Accessing Higher Education Track" of the Department’s Transition Assistance Program, a class that our staffs recently viewed on DVD. In August 2011, President Obama directed the Departments of Defense (DOD), Veterans Affairs...


West Virginia Woman Facing Fraud Charges For Nigerian "Mystery Shopper" Scam

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A West Virginia woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of fraud conspiracy and wire fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Newark Man Sentenced To 57 Months In Prison For Scheme To Steal Checks From Mail

News Release: Deposited Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars into Personal Accounts.


News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -U.S. Magistrate Marcos E. López authorized a complaint charging Raddif Tapia-Rivera and Estevan DeCarlos with conspiracy to import 242 kilograms of cocaine, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.


Group Indicted For Possession Of Prescription And Illegal Drugs

News Release: Memphis, TN - Eighteen individuals were named today in an indictment on a variety of charges involving illegal possession of prescription drugs and possession of illegal drugs, announced U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton.


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Federal Authorities Seize $5.7 Million In Cocaine, Detain Two Smugglers

News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - U.S. Magistrate Marcos E. López authorized a complaint charging Raddif Tapia-Rivera and Estevan DeCarlos with conspiracy to import 242 kilograms of cocaine, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.


Florida Firm Posts $100,000 Surety Bond to Employ PACA Violator

News Release: Washington - Under regulations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA), Bix Produce Company LLC, operating in Naples, Fla., has posted a $100,000 surety bond.


News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) today responded to the Department of Defense’s reports on the security clearance process. The DOD reports, ordered in the wake of the Navy Yard shooting, demonstrate that Aaron Alexis held a security clearance despite a background full of red flags that should have been spotted in the clearance process.


News Release: STAMFORD, 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 Terrell Wills, 40, of Stamford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 48 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for his role in a southwestern Connecticut narcotics trafficking ring.


Postal Worker Charged With Taking $20 From Greeting Card

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A U.S. Postal Service employee has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal law, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Mathis Man Convicted In Large-Scale Drug-Trafficking And Money Laundering Conspiracies O Convicted In Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Scheme

News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A federal jury in Corpus Christi has convicted Ricardo Guerrero, 55, of Mathis, of conspiracy to commit drug trafficking, conspiracy to launder money and being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The jury returned its verdict...