News from April 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr., Western District of New York, announced today that Mohammed W. Akram, 27, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute and distribution of, controlled substances. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing to discuss options for improving post-acute care (PAC) for Medicare patients. Subcommittee members reviewed bipartisan proposals and ideas to strengthen Medicare and promote higher quality care for seniors by modernizing post-acute care payment policies.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today heard oral arguments in two cases challenging EPA’s proposed rule to regulate carbon dioxide from existing power plants. The legal challengers, which include 15 states, argue EPA is acting outside its statutory authority by attempting to regulate...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today drew attention to the potential impact that ending sanctions against Iran could have on U.S. production if the outdated prohibition on exporting domestic crude oil is not also lifted.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester woman was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Worcester for fraudulently receiving more than $50,000 of disability benefits under a stolen identity.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Dawn Harris, 36, of Katy, a former chief compliance officer for LTD Financial Services L.P., has been charged with embezzling money from her then-employer from 2007 to 2013, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, April 23, 2015, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Combatting the Opioid Abuse Epidemic: Professional and Academic Perspectives."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a single-count indictment today against Jonathan Arturo Alvarez, 25, of Bakersfield, charging him with possession with intent to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: $1.25 MILLION, COCAINE, HEROIN, FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION SEIZED.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, April 23, 2015, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Combatting the Opioid Abuse Epidemic: Professional and Academic Perspectives."
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, 80 members of the House of Representatives called upon the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Labor to complete the review required to implement the President’s Executive Order on Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces (EO 13673). Representatives Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (D-VA), ...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, April 23, 2015, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Combatting the Opioid Abuse Epidemic: Professional and Academic Perspectives."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that four defendants have been charged by criminal complaint with distributing and passing counterfeit currency. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A mother and son were sentenced in federal court yesterday after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, announced Clay Morris, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and George L. Beck, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, April 23, 2015, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Combatting the Opioid Abuse Epidemic: Professional and Academic Perspectives."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return of an indictment charging Hermenegildo Nevarez Campa (33, Orlando) with two counts of sex trafficking children. If convicted on all counts, he faces 15 years, up to life, in federal prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, April 23, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing will examine legislative language to create a 21st century energy and manufacturing workforce. Witnesses to be announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: Tucson, AZ - Saguaro National Park is joining with the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation to celebrate 2015 National Park Week, including free entrance to both districts Saturday, April 18 and Sunday, April 19.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JOEL CANUL-CAUICH, age 26, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information for illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, President Obama signed into law key provisions that would crack down on waste, fraud and abuse in Medicare as part of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act. The measures come from two bills introduced by Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), the Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures (PRIME) Act and the Fighting Fraud and Abuse to Save Taxpayer Dollars (FAST) Act.
