News from February 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - John T. "Tim" Pittman, 54, a former Public Works General Manager for the City of Hattiesburg, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to conspiracy involving a kickback scheme which defrauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis, FBI Special Agent in Charge Donald Alway, and Acting Special Agent in Charge Patrick Munday with the USDA Office of Inspector General.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A Houston husband and wife have been sentenced to federal prison for racketeering violations in connection with an employment referral conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales and Brian M. Moskowitz, special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Houston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: Case Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger and Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation Division St. Paul Field Office Shea Jones today announced the sentence of JOEL WILLIAM CARLSON, 43, of Vadnais Heights, MN, to 42 months in prison. CARLSON pleaded guilty on Sept. 10, 2014, to two counts of tax evasion for tax years 2010 and 2011.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of February 9. The committee will review the fragmented federal efforts related to serious mental illness, discuss the upcoming implementation of ICD-10, review the DOE budget with Secretary Moniz, and vote on six bipartisan bills.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of February 9. The committee will review the fragmented federal efforts related to serious mental illness, discuss the upcoming implementation of ICD-10, review the DOE budget with Secretary Moniz, and vote on six bipartisan bills.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: “I am extremely concerned about the increasing frequency and sophistication of these types of attacks and the threat that they pose to the privacy of all Americans. This may be the largest breach of a health care company to date, and, while I take each and every breach seriously, I am especially concerned...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx will testify next week at hearing of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), focusing on the next surface transportation reauthorization bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2015
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - Hugo Gomez-Barrientos, most recently of Hereford, Texas, was sentenced this week by U.S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson to 120 months in federal prison on a methamphetamine distribution conviction, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Thursday, February 5, 2015. Follow @SDILNews. The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that Richard J. Klemis, 41, a native and citizen of Great Britain, was found...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2015
News Release: CINCINNATI - Kenneth Johnson, 32, of Cincinnati, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 84 months in prison for possessing a firearm as a felon.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 5, 2015
News Release: Employer name: MP Global Products LLC, Norfolk, Nebraska
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Stacy Erwin Jones, 35, of Detroit, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for aiding and abetting the distribution of heroin.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, January 5, 2015—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today issued the following statement in advance of the first anniversary of the 2014 Farm Bill, which was signed into law by President Obama on February 7, 2014: "Every American, and many around the world, has been positively impacted by the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2015
News Release: Medical device manufacturer ev3 Inc., formerly known as Fox Hollow Technologies Inc., has agreed to pay the United States $1.25 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that Fox Hollow caused certain hospitals to submit false claims to Medicare for unnecessary inpatient admissions related ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2015
News Release: A Detroit federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against two former executives of a Japanese automotive parts manufacturer for their participation in a conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids of automotive parts and for obstruction of justice for ordering the destruction of evidence related to the conspiracy, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2015
News Release: Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, Acting U.S. Attorney Richard L. Durbin Jr. of the Western District of Texas, FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs and Chief Patrol Agent Rudolfo Karisch of the U.S. Border Patrol’s Del Rio Sector announced today that Abdinassir ...
By Fed Newswire | Feb 5, 2015
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: FNB Bancorp, Layton, Utah Written Agreement issued March 3, 2010 Terminated Feb. 3, 2015 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions. For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.
By Fed Newswire | Feb 5, 2015
News Release: On February 5, 2015, the Federal Reserve conducted a floating-rate offering of term deposits through its Term Deposit Facility. The operation offered 21-day term deposits with the rate set equal to the sum of the interest rate paid on excess reserves plus a fixed spread of 3 basis points.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 5, 2015
News Release: American Businesses Drive Record Goods Exports to 52 Countries
