News from May 2014
By Commerce 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 DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2014
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - The U.S. Department of Justice has declined to authorize a death penalty prosecution against David Renz in connection with a potential federal carjacking charge and the resulting murder of Lori Bresnahan on March 14, 2013, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian. The...
By EPA 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: ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that DAVID QUICHOCHO UNCANGCO, JR., was sentenced today by Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood in the District Court of Guam, to 117 months incarceration followed by five years of supervised release. Defendant was also ordered to pay restitution to Submarina California Subs and Imma Mart.
By US DOT Newswire | May 14, 2014
News Release: Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer Full Committee Hearing: "Nuclear Reactor Decommissioning: Stakeholder Views" May 14, 2014 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) Today, the Environment and Public Works Committee is holding a hearing on the issues facing communities located near decommissioning nuclear ...
By DOL Newswire | May 14, 2014
News Release: “Today, we will mark up the Strong Start for America’s Children Act. I introduced this bill last November along with Congressmen George Miller and Richard Hanna, and it has received broad support from more than a quarter of the members of the Senate and the House combined. The bill enjoys bipartisan...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2014
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Seamus P. Dillon, 37, of Ada, was sentenced to two years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $755,693 after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit mortgage fraud, U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles announced...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2014
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A real estate developer who formerly resided in Atascadero pleaded guilty today to federal fraud and money laundering charges for bilking investors who put money into Central Coast real estate projects.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2014
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today TIMOTHY JACK STRICKLAND, 42, of Mount Olive, North Carolina, pled guilty before United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle to being in receipt of child pornography, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252(a)(2). A Federal Grand Jury returned a Criminal Indictment on Feb. 18, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Noel Perez Partagas (21, Tampa) today pleaded guilty to two counts of access device (credit card) fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. Partagas faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison for each of the credit card fraud offenses and 2 consecutive years’ imprisonment on the identity theft charge.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated Eric Pack, 54, of Burlington, Vermont was sentenced on May 13, 2014 for distribution of crack cocaine. Judge J. Garvan Murtha, sitting in Brattleboro, sentenced Pack to 60 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Tuesday, May 13, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RICHARD DOYLE, 65, formerly of Litchfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A three-count indictment unsealed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City charges Raymond Michael Livingston, aka Bobby and Michael, age 34, with possession of 18 stolen firearms and burglary of a federal firearms licensee in connection with a June 23, 2013, burglary of Stewart’s Ace Hardware in Roosevelt.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: Two Conspirators Sentenced to Probation. NEWARK, N.J. - A Monmouth County, N.J., man who formerly worked as a sheriff’s officer in Essex County was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for conspiring to collect a debt using extortionate means, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. John Balsamo...
By USDA Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: Dr. Seth Meyer Named Acting Chair WASHINGTON, D.C., May 13, 2014 – Chief Economist Joseph Glauber has announced the May 31, 2014, retirement of USDA World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Dr. Gerald Bange and the appointment of Dr. Seth Meyer as Acting Board Chair. Dr. Meyer is currently a Senior Economist in the Office of the Chief Economist (OCE) and will assume his new duties June 1.
By USDA Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, May 13, 2014– United States Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced more than $1.5 million in funding to expand bio-control efforts to fight Huanglongbing (HLB), also known as citrus greening. This action is the first designation of funds by the Huanglongbing Multi-agency Coordination Group (HLB MAC Group) since it was established by Vilsack in December.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: Officials from the Justice Department, Health and Human Services and other law enforcement partners will hold a press conference TODAY, TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014, at 2:00 p.m. EDT, to announce Medicare Fraud Strike Force law enforcement actions in Miami and throughout the nation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will hold a press conference to announce a major law enforcement action to protect military servicemembers from unfair lending practices. TODAY, TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014, at 1:15 P.M. EDT.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced the federal government’s first lawsuit filed against owners and servicers of student loans for violating the rights of servicemembers eligible for benefits and protections under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA). The United States’ complaint alleges ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that a nationwide takedown by Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations in six cities has resulted in charges against 90 individuals, including 27 doctors, nurses and other medical professionals, for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving approximately $260 million in false billings.
