News from December 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: Dallas-Based Home Health Company Owners and Nurses Charged for Roles in $13.4 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that an Indictment was returned by a grand jury in Scranton on Dec. 15, 2015 indicting the former manager of the Dunmore Office of a pipeline company on charges that he defrauded his employer of $300,000 with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Henry West, 37, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged today by indictment with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The indictment charges that West committed these offenses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on or about Aug. 29, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: January 1 marks the beginning of the National Park Service (NPS) Centennial celebration and the seven National Park Service sites in Arkansas will kick off the celebration by launching the Centennial Iron Ranger Challenge -a year-long program to encourage visitors to "Find Your Park" and improve their...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following years of uncertainty surrounding the causes, effects, and treatments for concussions, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced that the committee will commence a broad review of these injuries and their implications in the New Year. The review...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Overland Park, Kan., accountant pleaded guilty in federal court today to an embezzlement scheme in which he stole more than $4 million from his firm’s clients and purchased dozens of luxury vehicles.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following years of uncertainty surrounding the causes, effects, and treatments for concussions, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced that the committee will commence a broad review of these injuries and their implications in the New Year. The review...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury has charged J’Vonta C. Buckley, 25, of Columbus, Ohio, with charges related to human trafficking and child pornography in an indictment returned in Columbus, Ohio.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following years of uncertainty surrounding the causes, effects, and treatments for concussions, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced that the committee will commence a broad review of these injuries and their implications in the New Year. The review...
By State Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the White House’s new National Action Plan for Combating Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: DALLAS, Texas - A man, who, along with his sister, was indicted last year on felony offenses stemming from their attempts to extort money from a business in Dallas, pleaded guilty in federal court today, announced John Parker, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: Cape Girardeau, MO - JEFFERY M. LAZIER, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced to 35 years in prison on one felony count of kidnapping. He appeared before United States District Judge John A. Ross.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A member of the New Jersey set of the Grape Street Crips gang was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for conspiring to distribute crack-cocaine, and two other members of the gang have pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: Jackson, TN - A South Carolina man who impersonated an FBI agent and unlawfully possessed a firearm at a hotel in West Tennessee has been indicted. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the indictment today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced that both Acting Director David Harlow of the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) and Deputy Director Thomas E. Brandon of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) will continue to serve as the heads of their respective agencies for the duration of this administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that University Furnishings LP and its general partner, Freedom Furniture Group Inc. (collectively University Furnishings) agreed to pay $15 million to resolve a lawsuit brought under the False Claims Act alleging that the companies made or conspired with others ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: Southwest Airlines Co. (Southwest) and the United States settled a lawsuit involving allegations that Southwest violated Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) safety regulations in its maintenance of its Boeing 737s, as well as other pending administrative matters, announced the Department of Justice. ...
By Fed Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday released guidance to its examiners and banking institutions that consolidates the capital planning expectations for all large financial institutions and clarifies differences in those expectations based on firm size and complexity. The guidance is designed to tailor the Federal Reserve's expectations for large financial institutions.
By Fed Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced it is seeking public comment on a proposed policy statement detailing the framework the Board would follow in setting the Countercyclical Capital Buffer (CCyB).
By Commerce News Now | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: JCCT OUTCOMES As recognized by the joint Presidential Economic Fact Sheet issued during President Xi’s State Visit to the United States: “The United States and China highly value the important role the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) plays in promoting bilateral economic relations ...
