News from December 2015
By EPA Newswire | Dec 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing its work on flu preparedness, House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to Dr. Nicole Lurie, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the Department of Health and Human Services, on the adequacy of the aging stockpile of pre-pandemic vaccines.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2015
News Release: Defendant illegally received over $24,000 in tax refunds.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing its work on flu preparedness, House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to Dr. Nicole Lurie, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the Department of Health and Human Services, on the adequacy of the aging stockpile of pre-pandemic vaccines.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of New Kensington, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of income tax evasion, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing its work on flu preparedness, House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to Dr. Nicole Lurie, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the Department of Health and Human Services, on the adequacy of the aging stockpile of pre-pandemic vaccines.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - This week U.S. Marshals discovered and seized over one million dollars in small bundles of cash concealed in several safe deposit boxes controlled by John George, a former Dartmouth Selectman and State Representative. George was convicted and sentenced earlier this year on federal charges related to his embezzlement from a taxpayer-subsidized bus company which he controlled.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Joseph Pitts (R-PA) recently sent a letter to Andy Slavitt, Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) following up on a recent hearing that reviewed Obamacare...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2015
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Old Towne Physical Therapy LP has agreed to a $710,000 settlement with the government to resolve allegations of health care fraud arising under the False Claims Act. Old Towne Physical Therapy is an outpatient physical therapy practice that owns three clinics in Delaware. The United States contends that Old Towne improperly billed Medicare for physical therapy services. The settlement was announced today by United States Attorney Charles M. Oberly, III.
By State Newswire | Dec 23, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Last night, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) appeared on FOX News’s On the Record with Greta Van Susteren to respond to the Obama administration’s letter to Iran suggesting it could allow the Iranian regime to sidestep new Visa Waiver Program reforms passed in the wake of the terror attacks in Paris and San Bernardino. Video and key excerpts included below...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Federal Aviation Administration recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding that allows the agencies to share information regarding the anti-retaliation provision under the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Robert Pierre, 35, of Rochester, New Hampshire, was sentenced yesterday in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of a controlled substance with the intent to distribute, announced Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith. The Court imposed a term of 63 months imprisonment and three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2015
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Genesis HealthCare LLC, whose headquarters is located in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, has agreed to pay $600,000 to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to the federal government in connection with its operation of a skilled nursing facility known as the Potomac Center, located Arlington.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 23, 2015
News Release: Natchez, MS - Superintendent Kathleen Bond would like to remind everyone that the use of unmanned aircraft (including drones) within the boundaries of the National Park Service sites are prohibited. In the Natchez area, this would include the Melrose estate, the William Johnson House, the Fort Rosalie...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Dec. 21, 2015, William Peugh, 63, of West Burlington, Iowa, was sentenced by United States Magistrate Judge Stephen A. Jackson, Jr. to three years of probation, a $9,000 fine, and more than $164,000 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service for willfully failing to file his...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: Investigation findings The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Toledo Area Office cited Columbus-based roofing contractor Julio Galindo for one willful and seven repeated safety violations. The company has also been placed in the Severe Violator Enforcement Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JONATHAN CUNEY, of East Greenbush, New York, was sentenced today in White Plains federal court to 37 months in prison for transporting and selling firearms with obliterated serial numbers while he was a licensed firearms dealer. CUNEY pled guilty on June 1, 2015. He was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vincent L. Briccetti.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 I would like to thank the City of Philadelphia for their agreement to work with our new Priority Enforcement Program. This agreement is good for the public safety of the City of Philadelphia. It will prevent dangerous, removable criminals from being released to the streets.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: Department is better targeting its enforcement efforts to prioritize convicted criminals and threats to public safety, border security, and national security For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON — Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released its end of ...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, 2015 – This year, millions of rural businesses and families were positively impacted by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) investments in their communities. Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack released a list of USDA's top achievements in 2015, demonstrating USDA's efforts ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: The co-owners of a home health company in Dallas and two nurse employees were charged in an indictment unsealed yesterday for their alleged participation in a $13.4 million health care fraud scheme involving fraudulent claims for home health services.
