News published on Federal Newswire in December 2015

News from December 2015


News Release: Two doctors and a registered nurse were sentenced to prison today for their roles at the center of a $50 million health care fraud scheme in New Orleans.


News Release: The owner and operator of a Detroit-area home health care agency who directed a $7 million health care fraud scheme was sentenced today to 80 months in prison. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade of the Eastern ...


News Release: Lumsden W. Quan, 47, an art dealer from San Francisco, California, was sentenced today in federal court in Las Vegas, Nevada, to one year and two days in prison for conspiracy to violate the Lacey and Endangered Species Acts and to a violation of the Lacey Act for knowingly selling black rhinoceros horns ...


News Release: The former tax preparer for television personality Michael “The Situation” Sorrentino and his brother, Marc Sorrentino, today admitted filing fraudulent tax returns on their behalf, Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman of the District of New Jersey announced.


News Release: A pediatrician was sentenced to 30 years in prison to be followed by lifetime supervised release for sexual exploitation of minors, Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Robert L. Capers of the Eastern District of New York announced today.


News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in Raleigh, North Carolina, returned an indictment, which was unsealed today against a Raleigh man, charging him with one count of conspiracy to commit theft of public money and 22 counts of theft of public money, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo ...


News Release: Deputy Sheriff Allegedly Charged a Bullitt County, Kentucky, Resident with Crimes He Did Not Commit A former deputy with the Bullitt County, Kentucky, Sheriff’s Office was charged today by federal grand jury indictment with two counts of willfully depriving an arrestee of his constitutional rights under ...


News Release: A former regional director of the technology company SAP International Inc. was sentenced to prison today for his role in a scheme to bribe Panamanian officials to secure the award of government technology contracts.


Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

News Release: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in October suggests that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace. Household spending and business fixed investment have been increasing at solid rates in recent months, and the housing sector has improved further; however, ...


Federal Reserve Board and Federal Open Market Committee release economic projections from the December 15-16 FOMC meeting

News Release: The attached table and charts released on Wednesday summarize the economic projections and the target federal funds rate projections made by Federal Open Market Committee participants for the December 15-16 meeting.


Federal Reserve Board approves action by the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday approved action by the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, increasing the discount rate (the primary credit rate) at the Bank from 3/4 percent to 1 percent, effective Dec. 17, 2015.


Judge issues order of civil contempt against United Associates Lighting Corp., in Matthews, North Carolina, for failing to provide documents

News Release: Date of action: Dec. 8, 2015 Type of action: Order of Civil Contempt and Coercive Daily Fine Names of defendants: United Associates Lighting Corp. and Roscoe Wagoner Allegations: In October 2014, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration filed a petition in U.S. District ...


The US State Department published a one page notice on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a two page notice on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a seven page notice on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.