News from November 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: John L. Williams, 61, of New York, NY, was charged today by information with one count of conspiracy and one count of bank fraud, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The information alleges that from August 2013 to February 2014, Williams used fraudulent identification cards, including...
By State Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, joined other Congressional leaders to dedicate a bust of Václav Havel, former President of the Czech Republic and lifelong democracy activist, in a bipartisan ceremony in the U.S. Capitol.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Last week, Social Security Administration (SSA) Inspector General (IG) Patrick P. O’Carroll, Jr., released a further response to the June 2014 letter sent by Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX), requesting a full and immediate investigation into...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a federal grand jury indicted 14 people in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy in Lafayette, New Iberia and the surrounding areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Dana J. Boente, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA), announced today that EDVA collected over $23.6 million in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2014. Of this amount, over $15.4 million was collected in criminal actions and more than $8.1 million was collected in civil actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County pleaded guilty after the first witness’s testimony in today’s trial in federal court in Pittsburgh on a charge of unlawful procurement of citizenship or naturalization, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer announced today that the Southern District of Florida collected $39,972,936.93 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2014. Of this amount, $35,262,477.55 was collected in criminal actions and $4,710,459.38 collected in civil actions.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) unveiled the Hospitals Improvements for Payment (HIP) Act of 2014 discussion draft as part of the Committee’s broader effort on comprehensive Medicare reform, addressing the problems associated with Medicare’s two-midnights...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing on “Volcano Hazards: Exploring the National Preparation and Response Strategy." This hearing examined the current state of volcanic hazards in the United States and the United...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today the unsealing of an indictment returned by a federal grand jury last week which charges LORI S. FRY, age 46, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with nine (9) counts of wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343. If convicted, the defendant could face significant incarceration, fines, restitution, forfeiture of proceeds, and supervised release following imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SANDRA KIMBRO, 66, of Hamden, waived her right to indictment and pleaded guilty today in Hartford...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma -- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Oklahoma was involved in collecting a total of $36,340,329.15 in civil and criminal cases and through asset forfeiture in Fiscal Year 2014, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: Agrees to Pay $3.1 Million Dollar Fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Seven hunters in Kansas pleaded guilty and were sentenced Wednesday for violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: In Midland, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging a Monahans, TX, man in connection with a scheme to steal an estimated $58,000 worth of oil announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Douglas C. Lindquist, El Paso Division.
By State Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks in the House of Representatives in support of H.Res. 754, a resolution condemning the government of Iran for its gross human rights violations...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: In Waco today, 21-year-old Daniel Lee Rosales of Killeen, TX, was sentenced to two years in federal prison for stealing money from U.S. Army soldiers though a fraudulent loan scam announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: CHICAGO ― A Chicago Police officer was indicted on federal civil rights and obstruction charges alleging that he used excessive force by punching and kicking a victim and then lied in a police report to cover up the incident in 2012, federal law enforcement officials announced today. The defendant, ALDO...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed. Appearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Strong in Great Falls on Nov. 20, 2014, and entering pleas of Not Guilty were.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
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