News from May 2014
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that VENITA GODFREY-SCOTT, 47, of New Haven, waived her right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before...
By State Newswire | May 14, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced that he will convene a hearing on Tuesday, May 20 to examine the U.S.-Mexico economic and security partnerships. The hearing entitled, “The Future of U.S.-Mexico Relations " will begin at 10 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2014
News Release: Rochester, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced that William E. Miller, 52, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer, to coercing and enticing a child to engage in sexual activity. The charge carries a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 10 years and a maximum of life, a fine of $250,000 or both.
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, May 21, 2014, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Keeping the Promise: Site of Service Medicare Payment Reforms." Mark E. Miller, PhD, Executive Director from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission will testify. Other witnesses to be announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2014
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - A Davidson County woman was sentenced to 39 months in prison for filing a false tax return and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney Ripley Rand.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh jeweler has been sentenced in federal court to three years of probation, a $12,000 fine, and 100 hours of community service on his conviction of failing to file Internal Revenue Service forms for the purpose of evading federal reporting requirements, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. The first six months of probation will be served in home detention with electronic monitoring.
By DOE Newswire | May 14, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, May 21, 2014, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Keeping the Promise: Site of Service Medicare Payment Reforms." Mark E. Miller, PhD, Executive Director from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission will testify. Other witnesses to be announced.
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) joined Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) to introduce The State Exchange Accountability Act (S.2339 [113th]). The bill will force states that wasted hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars on failed Obamacare exchanges to repay the federal government. If a state...
By EPA Newswire | May 14, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), will hold a hearing next week to review draft text of the Promoting New Manufacturing Act, legislation to advance the timely issuance of air permits needed to build modern new factories and other energy intensive...
By US DOT Newswire | May 14, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee and Chair of the joint House-Senate Conference Committee, today released a summary of the benefits for California in the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) conference report. The final ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2014
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Herbert S. “Steve" Fouke, 55, of Lafayette, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard T. Haik to 30 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit securities fraud, investment adviser fraud, wire fraud and mail fraud, involving an investment scheme that cost investors $8 million. He was also ordered to pay $6,380,808.03 restitution to victims of the scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jacob Rivera, a/k/a “JJ," 20, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute more than 280 grams of cocaine base, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of his drug trafficking activities, was sentenced to 17 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci.
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2014
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today that its primary advisory committee, the Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT), has begun its review of the institute's cryptographic standards and guidelines program.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2014
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Joseph Arpin, 34, pled guilty yesterday in federal court to online enticement of a West Michigan child. Arpin stated at the plea hearing that he met the 12-year-old victim online, he assumed a false identity to entice her, and he moved across the country from California to Michigan to start a sexual relationship with her. Arpin faces a minimum prison term of 10 years, up to a maximum term of life. His sentencing hearing is set for Sept. 3, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2014
News Release: Congratulations to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Park Ranger Joe Lachowski who was recognized as the recipient of a Valor Award at the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) 69th Honor Awards Convocation in Washington, D.C. on May 8.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Issa Wasco Koroma, age 62, of Springdale, Maryland to five years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to steal prescription drugs from two federal military hospitals.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2014
News Release: CRAIG, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Northwest Resource Advisory Council will meet Thursday, May 29 at the Clarion Inn, 300 South Colorado Highway 13 in Craig.
By DOL Newswire | May 14, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement after the HELP Committee approved the Strong Start for America’s Children Act, legislation he introduced in November to expand access to high-quality...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DAVID LIPTAK, 49, of Milford, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2014
News Release: CHICAGO - A retired City of Chicago official who managed the city’s red light camera program for nearly a decade was arrested today for allegedly accepting cash and personal benefits totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars to steer $124 million in city contracts to Redflex Traffic Systems, Inc., to...
