News from April 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - C.W. Matthews Contracting Company (“C.W. Matthews"), a Marietta, GA based construction firm, has agreed to pay $1 million dollars to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false and misleading certifications to the Government regarding: (1) work performed on...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - Two Boston men were arrested Friday, April 10, 2015, on federal drugs charges for their roles in trafficking large quantities of heroin and cocaine. In the raid conducted by the DEA on the three locations used by the drug traffickers, federal agents seized six kilograms of heroin, one-and-a-half kilograms of cocaine, a handgun, and a large sum of cash.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: The sky is the limit at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore). Unique views of the remarkable skies over the park can be experienced each month through October. Park rangers and the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society (GTAS) can help your imagination run wild. As you find your way...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Paul Lacey, 56, of Youngstown, Ohio, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with participating in a wire fraud scheme. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: (BOSTON - Two Boston men were arrested Friday, April 10, 2015, on federal drugs charges for their roles in trafficking large quantities of heroin and cocaine. In the raid conducted by the DEA on the three locations used by the drug traffickers, federal agents seized six kilograms of heroin, one-and-a-half kilograms of cocaine, a handgun, and a large sum of cash.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Lucia Chavez, 37, and her husband Joseph Chavez, 41, both of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit bank fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud, in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme in Bakersfield, U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. As part of their plea agreements, Lucia Chavez agreed to a personal forfeiture money judgment of $1,624,450, and Joseph Chavez agreed to a personal forfeiture money judgment of $3,092,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: Charleston, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that David Brandon Ball, 35, of Charleston pled guilty in federal court today to his role in defrauding timeshare owners throughout the United States and Canada. Ball admitted that he and his associate, David Andrew Glynn, formed Mountain...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: Glacier National Park and the Glacier National Park Conservancy are accepting art submissions from sixth through twelfth grade students for the annual park pass artwork contest. The winning art will be displayed on the 2016 Glacier National Park Annual Park Pass.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: Two people who worked in the real estate business in the Toledo area were indicted for their roles in a $1.5 million conspiracy to defraud several banks, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: Plea Agreement Requires Imposition of 24-Month Federal Prison Sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on April 13, 2015, Monte D. Perry, 26, Madison, IL, was sentenced for Transfer of a Firearm in Violation of the National Firearms Act and the Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Previously Convicted...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: A new edition of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) Site Management Guide (SMG) was posted to the LM website, Feb. 24, 2015.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today renewed its alliance with the Society for Chemical Hazard Communication to reduce and prevent worker exposure to chemicals hazards. The alliance also intends to increase awareness of the requirements of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals and the rights and responsibilities of workers and employers under the OSH Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: GALVESTON, Texas - Joseph Saunders, 34, of Brazoria, has been arrested on two charges related to child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: PIPESTONE NATIONAL MONUMENT -PLANS PRESCRIBED BURN.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has determined that management of the Union Pacific Railroad added insult to injury when it blamed a worker in Roseville who was hurt on-the-job and then retaliated against him for reporting his injury in February 2011.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, chaired by U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), will mark up legislation on Wednesday to require the withdrawal of the Administration’s flawed proposed Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule, a bill to address the rising costs of disasters in the United States and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Federal Emergency Management Agency capabilities and programs, and other measures on Wednesday.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Michael Brandon Garza, 33, has been ordered to prison following his convictions for receiving and possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Garza pleaded guilty Sept. 2, 2014.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: Graduate students and early career professionals can gain hands-on field research experience in areas related to carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) by participating in the Research Experience in Carbon Sequestration (RECS) program.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: Defendant and an Accountant in the City’s Finance Department Fraudulently “Re-Issued" Approximately $70,000 of Checks for Personal Use.
