News from October 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: Memphis, TN - Edward L. Stanton III, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced today that Anthony Caruso, age 48, of New Jersey was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury sitting in the Western District of Tennessee, on charges of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and access device fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of New Mexico. Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. ALBUQUERQUE - El Departamento de Justicia y oficiales de la Ciudad de Albuquerque daràn un anuncio referente al Departamento de Policía de Albuquerque durante una conferencia de prensa que se llevarà a cabo...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma -- Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma and E. Scott Pruitt, Attorney General for the State of Oklahoma, jointly announce that OCEAN DENTAL, P.C, has agreed to pay $5,050,000 to settle civil claims stemming from allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false Medicaid claims for work that was either never performed or billed at a higher rate than allowed.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Alphonso G. Andrews, Jr. will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 4, 2014 general elections.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. In an effort to ensure that the November 4, 2014 elections are administered fairly in every city and town in Connecticut, Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal grand jury today indicted a north Alabama farmer for making false statements about harvest loads delivered to the Alabama Farmers Cooperative in Decatur, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Craig Caldwell and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Inspector General-Investigations, Special Agent in Charge Karen Wilcox-Citizen.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Kimberly A. Selmore, of the Miami Office, will lead the U.S. Attorney’s Office efforts in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - A federal court jury deliberated only about two hours today before finding JULIE ANN SMITH (a/k/a "Julie A. Judkins" and "Julia A. Judkins Smith"), of Jones, Oklahoma, guilty on 36 counts of bank fraud, mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, forged securities, and tax fraud, in connection with embezzling over one million dollars from her former employer, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: United States Attorneys Kevin W. Techau and Nicholas A. Klinefeldt of the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa, respectively, announced today that Daniel Tvedt and Virginia Bruner will lead the efforts of their Offices in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn.-On Oct. 29, 2014, James Glen Murphy, Jr., 31, of Bristol, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 27 years in prison by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge. The court also imposed a life term of supervised release with special conditions of release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Michael Kemp, 37 of Buffalo, NY, was found guilty by U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara, of violating his supervised release. The defendant failed to obtain advance notification from the U.S. Probation Department to use a computer and for possessing child pornography. The violations carry a maximum sentence of two years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: The U.S. Department of Justice and Swedish Edmonds Hospital have entered into a settlement agreement to remedy alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA"), announced Acting United States Attorney Annette L. Hayes. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S.Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today announced 43 cutting-edge research projects that aim to dramatically improve how the U.S. uses and produces energy.Funded with $92 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act through the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: Election Day Hotline. CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - United States Attorney John P. Kacavas announces the establishment of an Election Day hotline in coordination with the U.S. Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day program for the general election on November 4, 2014. United States Attorney Kacavas...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Oct. 23, 2014, Louis Warren, Jr., age 28, and John Louis Hodges, age 32, both formerly of Davenport, Iowa, were sentenced by Chief United States District Judge James E. Gritzner for attempted interference with commerce by robbery in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Craig S. On was charged in an Information filed today with one count of Conspiracy to Make a Materially False and Misleading Statement to an Accountant, announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Office of the Inspector General, Special Agent in Charge...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal grand jury today indicted a Huntsville insurance broker for mail fraud in a scheme to divert customers' insurance premiums to his own benefit, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard D. Schwein Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announces that a federal jury in Mobile has convicted Certified Nurse Practitioner Diantha Miller of two counts of healthcare fraud and one count of conspiracy following a three-day trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: Candelario Castro-Andraca, 54, of Mexico, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on Oct. 30, 2014, for illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien into the United States. Castro-Andraca was arrested in Jackson, Wyoming. He received time served, plus ten days, was ordered...
