News from August 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Oswego Hospital (“Oswego"), a 164-bed acute care community hospital located in Oswego, New York will pay $1,456,457.33 to resolve False Claims Act liability stemming from healthcare billing improprieties that the hospital selfdisclosed to the federal government, announced United...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Andre J. Grier, 41, of Cleveland, for presenting stolen checks to a local bank and receiving money under false pretenses, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: Terrorist Sentenced to 22 Years for Providing Material Support to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: MEEKER, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management will hold a public hearing to discuss the use of motorized vehicles in administration of wild horses in Colorado from 6 to 7 p.m. on Aug. 31 at the Meeker Interagency Office, 220 E. Market St.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Jason Robinson, 29, of Orono, Maine, pled guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to bank and wire fraud conspiracy charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A Laredo man has entered a guilty plea to possessing with intent to deliver 3.26 kilograms of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Manuel Mendoza, 35, pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge J. Scott Hacker.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that a Beckley man was sentenced in federal court in Beckley for distribution of cocaine. Bryan Cross, 31, of Beckley, was sentenced to twelve years and seven months in prison, followed by a 3-year term of supervised release. Cross...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: This week three Tampa residents pleaded guilty to their involvement in a conspiracy to import a synthetic cannabinoid, XLR-11, a/k/a “Spice," and paraphernalia to the United States from China, before United States Chief Magistrate Judge Frank J. Lynch, Jr., in Ft. Pierce, Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Larry C. Shelby, 34, and his wife Karen Shelby, 34, of Martinsburg, was convicted today of misleading the U.S. Coast Guard, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: 29 Defendants Indicted for Drug Related Offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI- Alain Rene Leichtnam, 71, a French national, pleaded guilty today in District Court on St. Thomas to 38 counts of an Indictment charging him with encouraging and inducing aliens to enter the United States in violation of law, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A Cambria County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession of device-making equipment, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ - As part of the Obama Administration’s effort to cut energy waste in the nation’s buildings, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today recognized Arizona’s Dysart Unified School District (USD) for increasing the use of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies at 25 schools. Through...
By State Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ), Chairman of the Asia and the Pacific Subcommittee, announced that on Friday, August 21 the Subcommittee will convene a field hearing to examine the impact of land grabbing in Southeast...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: Dear Secretary Lew: As members of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, we are writing to urge you to exercise the discretion conferred to you under 19 U.S.C. § 1618 and 31 U.S.C. § 5321(c) to remit the funds seized from Randy and Karen Sowers pursuant to the attached petition filed with...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed the National Park Service’s (NPS) decision to sign a new concessions contract in the Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve that will keep a local lodge and accompanying glacier boat tour service in operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: Federal Jury Convicts Kurbanov on Terrorism Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Corey Krug, 40, of Buffalo, NY, was who was recently charged by criminal complaint with deprivation of rights under color of law, has now been indicted by a federal grand jury on another charge of deprivation of rights under color...
By State Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: Dear Mr. President: I am deeply concerned over reports that the head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ Qods Force, Major General Qasem Soleimani, recently travelled to Russia in violation of United Nations Security Council sanctions. Public reports suggest that this deadly terrorist arrived...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that disorderly conduct charges have been filed in Scranton against a Binghamton, New York man resulting from his alleged actions occurring at the conclusion of a detention hearing. The criminal information...
