News from April 2015
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that over 535,000 visitors to Crater Lake National Park in 2014 spent close to $45 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 769 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of over $61 million.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will be hosting its annual pruning workshop on May 1 in the Port Oneida Rural Historic District. The workshop will be held at the Lawr farmstead at 3144 M-22, Maple City, Michigan in the Port Oneida Rural Historic District, five miles north of Glen Arbor on M-22. Just follow the signs.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: Upcoming Webinars. April 29: Live Webinar on Tribal Energy Efficiency. Webinar Sponsor: DOE Office of Indian Energy, Western Area Power Administration. The Energy Department will present a live webinar titled "Energy Efficiency First, Zero Energy Ready Homes and Solar PV Updates" on Wednesday, April...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Dr. Mohamad Ayman Ghraowi has entered a guilty plea on behalf of Corpus Christi-based South Texas Comprehensive Cancer Centers PLLC (STCCC) to a violation of the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA), announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that STEVEN KAITZ, the chief executive officer and one of three owners and principals of G3K Displays, Inc., and related entities (“G3K") - a New Jersey-based company that provided in-store displays for retailers...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 3,243,873 visitors to Olympic National Park in 2014 spent $263,953,300 in communities near the park. That spending supported 3,592 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $365,559,900.
By State Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks at a Committee markup.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: A Palm Beach County couple was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Kenneth L. Ryskamp in West Palm Beach for their participation in a bankruptcy fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 I am pleased that the Senate today confirmed Loretta Lynch to serve as our next Attorney General. I have had the privilege of knowing Loretta since 1997 and have watched as she has progressed as a solid, steady, and experienced prosecutor.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: Voluntary, Incentive-based Efforts Will Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Expand Renewable Energy Production, Help Producers Boost their Operations and Grow the Economy Fact Sheet Here is audio of Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Brian Deese, Senior Advisor to the President, holding a news conference (MP3, 3.4 MB) in East Lansing, Michigan. Mr. Deese began by discussing the USDA initiative.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 23, 2015 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced three grants designed to boost food security by minimizing livestock losses to insects and diseases. The awards to support research, education, and Extension efforts were made through NIFA's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), which is authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois entered a consent decree for permanent injunction against Wholesome Soy Products Inc., Julia Trinh and Paul Trinh to prevent them from distributing adulterated mung bean and soybean sprouts, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: DB Group Services (UK) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG (Deutsche Bank), has agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud for its role in manipulating the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), a leading benchmark interest rate used in financial products and transactions around the world. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: A Louisiana doctor pleaded guilty to federal health care fraud charges today, admitting that he wrote false home health care certifications that were used in a multi-million dollar Medicare fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder released the following statement on the Senate confirmation of Loretta Lynch: “Loretta Lynch is a gifted attorney, a consummate professional, and a dedicated public servant. I am pleased that the United States Senate has recognized her clear qualifications and the need for her confirmation as Attorney General of the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: Two Northern California real estate investors have agreed to plead guilty for their role in bid rigging and fraud conspiracies at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: Mohamad Saeed Kodaimati (Saeed), 24, of San Diego, was arrested and charged in a federal criminal complaint with two counts of making false statements involving international terrorism matters, announced Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Laura E. Duffy of the Southern District of California and Special Agent in Charge Eric S. Birnbaum of the FBI’s San Diego Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: The United States has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against Quicken Loans Inc. under the False Claims Act for improperly originating and underwriting mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), the Justice Department announced today. Quicken is a mortgage lender headquartered in Detroit.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Jill Westmoreland Rose released the following statement on the sentencing of David Petraeus: “Good afternoon. David Petraeus appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David Keesler of the Western District of North Carolina today and admitted to the unauthorized removal and retention ...
