News from October 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that James Marsh, 73, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted following a jury trial of conspiring to distribute OxyContin, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer to five years in prison and ordered to pay restitution of $34,033.61 to the Medicaid program.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Energy and Commerce Committee’s bipartisan 21st Century Cures initiative has travelled across the country for the past several months as members seek more ideas from medical innovators, patients, families, and health leaders from their states and districts in the effort to accelerate the pace of cures and save more lives.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Janice McCumbie, age 45, of Marydel, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to commit wire fraud in connection with a scheme to steal over $1.2 million from a consulting company.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2014
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By EPA Newswire | Oct 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today wrote to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting a review of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The request follows the committee’s extensive investigation into the General Motors ignition switch recall.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ELIZAR GUSTAVO GARCIA-GARCIA, age 30, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty today to a one-count Bill of Information charging him with illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By State Newswire | Oct 29, 2014
News Release: Dear Commissioner Koskinen: Many Americans would be surprised to learn that their tax dollars may be subsidizing health coverage for foreign diplomats. The Committees on Foreign Affairs and Ways and Means are investigating the extent to which these diplomats receive taxpayer-subsidized premium tax credits...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the guilty plea of ANISSA JEANNE SHORES, 37, to one count of Obtaining a Controlled Substance by Fraud. SHORES was charged by criminal information on Oct. 16, 2014, for Obtaining a Controlled Substance by Fraud. She pleaded guilty on Oct. 28, 2014, before United States District Court Judge David S. Doty.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2014
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss - Yolanda Jean Perkins, 48, of Laurel, a former driver’s license examiner for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety; Lorena Gomez, 33, of Laurel; and Elmer Enrique Martinez-Velasquez a/k/a Jose Martell Rivera, 32, an illegal alien from Mexico residing in Albertville, Alabama, were sentenced in U.S. District Court on Oct. 27, 2014 for conspiracy to commit ID theft, United States Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2014
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Charles.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Steven M. Dettelbach announced today that Assistant United States Attorneys Ann C. Rowland and Ava R. Dustin 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 28, 2014
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge John E. Steele yesterday sentenced Shawn Fuentes to five years in federal prison for mail fraud and tax evasion. The Court also ordered Fuentes to pay restitution to Naples Concrete and Masonry in the amount of $1,951,459, and to pay restitution to the IRS in...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2014
News Release: A criminal information was filed charging Allen D. Youngman with making false statements to a federally-insured financial institution, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Chad Allen Mesler, 44, of Bath, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession of child pornography and transportation of obscene materials. The possession of child pornography charge carries a minimum sentence...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2014
News Release: Columbia Admits And Acknowledges Submitting Inaccurate Cost Reports And Mischarging Federal Grants, And Agrees To Pay $9 Million To U.S.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2014
News Release: o Grazing Management Plan and Environmental Assessment, Mojave National Preserve.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 28, 2014
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has appointed seven members to serve on the Softwood Lumber Board. Members will serve a 3-year term of office beginning Jan. 1, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2014
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Teandre L. Altman, age 21, of Pensacola, pled guilty today to participating in a home invasion on Aug. 27, 2014, with Robert F. Fraser, age 26, and Frank A. Rogers, age 19, who pled guilty previously. The pleas were announced today by Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2014
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that on Monday, Oct. 27, 2014, and Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III sentenced numerous participants in an expansive mortgage fraud scheme to prison. Chief Judge Dever also collectively ordered...
