News from November 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: Elena DiMaggio, 71, of Key Largo, Florida, and formerly of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, was charged by Information with one count of theft of government funds, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the information, the defendant received retirement benefits intended for her...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of December 1. The committee will examine the Takata air bag ruptures and recalls and review the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. On Nov. 24, 2014, John S. Andrews, 30, of Marion, was sentenced for his involvement in a methamphetamine conspiracy, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: Mount Rainier Acting Superintendent Tracy Swartout advises that access to Mount Rainier National Park is closed temporarily at the Nisqually Entrance due to flooding in the Kautz Creek area and potential for flood damage in other park areas.Heavy rain at high elevations on the mountain falling onto the...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Bertha Hart with four counts of theft of government property. If convicted, she faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison for each count. The indictment also notifies Hart that the United States is seeking a money judgment in the amount of $34,859.00, the proceeds of the charged criminal conduct.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, Dec. 11, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975: Are We Positioning America for Success in an Era of Energy Abundance?"
By EPA Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, Dec. 11, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975: Are We Positioning America for Success in an Era of Energy Abundance?"
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: Today U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch announced the court approval of a settlement with Dr. Gilbert Lederman, the former Director of Radiation Oncology at Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH). Dr. Lederman has agreed to pay $2.35 million to resolve claims that he defrauded the Medicare Program when he sought reimbursement for stereotactic body radiosurgery (BRS), a procedure which Dr. Lederman claimed to have pioneered in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: Government to Seek Sentence Enhancement for the Reckless Risk of Death and Serious Bodily Injury Involved in the Offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: A Copley man was sentenced to nearly five years in prison for operating a fraudulent investment scheme which caused investors to lose nearly $1.8 million, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - A federal grand jury returned an Indictment charging nine defendants with federal conspiracy for their alleged roles in supplying and distributing heroin in Benton Harbor, Michigan, U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles announced today. A joint investigation led by the Drug Enforcement...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security today announced the launch of the 2015 Secretary's Honors Program Cyber Student Volunteer Initiative for current two- and four-year college students. Beginning in the spring of 2015, more than 75 selected students will complete volunteer assignments supporting the DHS cyber mission at department field offices in over 50 locations across the country.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: 2014 Farm Bill Program Offers Producers in Over 40 States Relief for 2012 and 2013 Losses WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, 2014 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA today announced that nearly 2,500 applicants will receive disaster assistance through the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP) for losses suffered from Oct. 1, 2011, through Sept. 30, 2013.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: Potential to Improve Forest Health, Create Products, New Demand for Timber, and Jobs WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, 2014 - The U.S. Forest Service has released a report that details the pathway to commercializing affordable, renewable, and biodegradable cellulose nanomaterials from trees. Cellulosic nanomaterials ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder released the following statement Monday on the resignation of U.S. Attorney Tim Heaphy for the Western District of Virginia: “Over the past five years, Tim Heaphy has been an outstanding United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia and a key national leader on a host of pressing criminal justice issues.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: Two Northern California real estate investors have agreed to plead guilty for their role in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: Continental Automotive Electronics LLC and Continental Automotive Korea Ltd. both have agreed to plead guilty and to pay a single criminal fine of $4 million for their roles in a conspiracy to rig bids of instrument panel clusters installed in vehicles manufactured and sold in the United States, the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: A Massachusetts businessman pleaded guilty to tax evasion for using nominee entities to hide ownership and control over his businesses and assets from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Larry J. Wszalek for the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz for the District of Massachusetts.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder released the following statement Monday regarding the conclusion of the St. Louis County grand jury proceeding in the shooting of Michael Brown: “While the grand jury proceeding in St. Louis County has concluded, the Justice Department’s investigation into the shooting of ...
By Fed Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday released its first Semiannual Report on Banking Applications Activity, which provides aggregate information on proposals filed by banking organizations and reviewed by the Federal Reserve.
