News from April 2015
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: Catoosa County Schools Receive Transportation Funding to visit the Park.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: Washington, DC -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to an announcement by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that KBR, one of the nation’s largest government contractors, used confidentiality agreements that had the potential to “muzzle" whistleblowers...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - The founders and principals of Inofin, Inc, a shuttered motor vehicle finance company based in Rockland, Mass., were charged in U.S. District Court in Boston today with fraud relating to their solicitation of investments that resulted in losses of over $11 million to investors.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a woman employed by a Kansas City, Mo., bank pleaded guilty in federal court today to stealing up to $1 million from her employer and to failing to pay taxes on the embezzled income.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: Four Charged in International Uganda-Based Cyber Counterfeiting Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Versailles, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to selling $750,000 worth of synthetic marijuana, commonly referred to as K2, at his store in Laurie, Mo.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Kevin Lee Ross, 52, of Penobscot, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 7½ years in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release for possessing child pornography. Ross was found guilty after a jury trial on Oct. 21, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: Memphis, TN - A Covington man was found guilty today for being a felon in possession of a.40 caliber Ruger and 50 rounds of ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A previously convicted felon was sentenced today in connection with the sale of multiple firearms, including handguns with obliterated serial numbers.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Matthew Donald Lynch Maxwell (29, Tampa) to 10 years in federal prison for a series of bank robberies. As part of his sentence, the Court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $123,315, the proceeds of the charged criminal conduct. Maxwell pleaded guilty on Dec. 16, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr., announced today that Kevin Liburd, 41, of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to conspiracy to defraud the United States. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, a fine of $250,000 or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Dr. Dipak Desai, the former owner of a defunct Nevada endoscopy center, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to defraud Medicare, Medicaid and other private health insurance companies by inflating and overcharging for anesthesia services it provided, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Millions of pounds of merchandise and materials are moved each year by forklift drivers, thousands of whom suffer severe injuries while navigating narrow aisles, fellow workers with heavy, sometimes shifting loads. The dangers facing those who drive or work around forklifts were on display at a Kroger Co. supermarket in Columbus, Ohio which now faces $130,900 in fines for several violations.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: PAGO PAGO, American Samoa - The National Park of American Samoa joins parks, programs, and partners across the country to encourage everyone to find their park and share their stories online at FindYourPark.com. Launched today by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation, Find Your Park...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today the indictment of 24 individuals who operated a major drug distribution ring and were responsible for trafficking methamphetamine to customers across the United States, including in the Eastern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, CA -Edward (Ned) Kelleher has been hired as the new chief ranger at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. As chief ranger, Ned will be responsible for overseeing 180 staff performing wilderness management, wildland and structural fire, law enforcement, emergency medical services, search and rescue, fee collection, and visitor management.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: MOUNT RAINIER -Despite this week's spring storms, Washington State Department of Transportation maintenance crews are on track to reopen Chinook Pass on State Route 410 and Cayuse Pass on State Route 123 8 a.m. Friday, April 3. The passes may open earlier if conditions allow.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: A Miami-Dade Police Department Officer was arrested for participating in a fraud scheme.
By State Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: Senate Foreign Relations Committee to Consider Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act on April 14
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - Christopher Jordan Bailey, 28, of Brentwood pled guilty in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to charges of bank fraud, false statements on a loan application and stolen valor, announced United States Attorney John P. Kacavas.
