News from May 2014
By State Newswire | May 22, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Sens. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), and Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced legislation today repealing the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) Against Iraq that passed in 2002.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2014
News Release: As part of BLM's commitment to connecting youth and the outdoors, three projects in California today received funding to support conservation employment and mentoring opportunities throughout the state.
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to the public release by Chairman Issa of a portion of a State Department e-mail that he claimed proved that the White House engaged in “a false narrative" after contacting YouTube with concerns about an anti-Islamic video during the attacks in Benghazi...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2014
News Release: Carr drained clients’ retirement savings, now must pay back nearly $600,000.
By USDA Newswire | May 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, May 22, 2014 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is accepting applications for grants to enhance telecommunications and broadcast services in rural areas.
By USDA Newswire | May 22, 2014
News Release: Secretary Jewell Joins Groundwork Denver, Youth Corps Members at Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge, Site of One of 43 Projects Winning Grants COMMERCE CITY, Colo. May 22, 2014 -- As part of the Department of the Interior's ambitious youth initiative to inspire millions of young adults and veterans ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2014
News Release: Sixteen current and former Puerto Rico police officers have been indicted for their alleged participation in a criminal organization, run out of the police department, that used their affiliation with law enforcement to make money through robbery, extortion, manipulating court records and selling illegal narcotics.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2014
News Release: A federal grand jury in Nashville, Tennessee, returned a three count indictment yesterday against Timothy Flanagan, 33, formerly of Giles County, Tennessee, currently residing in Hudson, Florida, charging him with federal offenses for his role in a cross-burning in front of an interracial family’s home in Minor Hill, Tennessee, the Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2014
News Release: Tracy Mitchell, Dameisha Mitchell, Latasha Mitchell, Keisha Lanier, Tameka Hoskins, Sharondra Johnson, Cynthia Johnson, Mequetta Snell-Quick, Talarious Paige and Patrice Taylor were indicted for their roles in a $20 million stolen identity refund fraud (SIRF) conspiracy, Assistant Attorney General Kathryn ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2014
News Release: The owner of a home health agency involved in a $13.8 million Medicare fraud scheme was sentenced today to serve 72 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON—Following a collaborative and thorough review, Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday announced a new policy for the Department of Justice that creates a presumption that statements made by individuals in federal custody, following arrest but prior to their first appearance in court, will ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2014
News Release: Dr. Michael N. Mangold pleaded guilty to tax evasion and making false statements today in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Mangold was indicted in October 2012. According to court documents, Mangold was ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2014
News Release: United States Army soldier Albert Kelly III of Fort Knox, Kentucky, was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison for his role in stealing fuel at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Salerno in Afghanistan. In addition to his prison term, Kelly was sentenced to three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $100,000 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2014
News Release: Two Florida men were sentenced today in the Middle District of Florida for their roles in a fraud scheme involving the submission of more than $10 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare for physical therapy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2014
News Release: A Detroit federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against an executive of a Japanese manufacturer of automotive parts for his participation in a conspiracy to fix prices of heater control panels and for obstruction of justice for ordering the destruction of evidence related to the conspiracy, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2014
News Release: An owner and operator of community mental health centers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as well as a patient recruiter for a related facility in Houston, Texas, were convicted on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, for their roles in a $258 million Medicare fraud scheme involving three facilities that filed fraudulent claims for psychiatric services that were unnecessary or never actually provided.
By Fed Newswire | May 22, 2014
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday repealed its Regulation DD (Truth in Savings) and Regulation P (Privacy of Consumer Financial Information) and issued final amendments to the Identity Theft Red Flags rule in Regulation V (Fair Credit Reporting).
By Fed Newswire | May 22, 2014
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: First Banks, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, The San Francisco Company, Clayton, Missouri, and First Bank, Creve Coeur, Missouri Written Agreement issued March 24, 2010 Terminated May 19, 2014 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions.
By Fed Newswire | May 22, 2014
News Release: On May 27, 2014, the Federal Reserve will conduct a fixed-rate offering of term deposits through its Term Deposit Facility (TDF). The Federal Reserve will offer seven-day term deposits with an interest rate of 0.26000 percent and a maximum tender amount of $5,000,000,000. As noted in the Federal Reserve ...
By Commerce News Now | May 22, 2014
News Release: Guest oped by Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson Opinion Editorial, Forbes "Making America More Welcoming For International Visitors" Over the last 5 years, the United States has seen an increase of 15 million annual international travelers and this growth has ...
