News published on Federal Newswire in February 2015

News from February 2015


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former Newark City Hall employee was sentenced today to three years of probation for producing fraudulent New Jersey birth certificates, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


Former Doral Employee And Contractor Indicted For Bank Fraud

News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On Wednesday, Feb. 18, a Federal grand jury returned a 13-count indictment charging two individuals for financial institution fraud, misapplication of bank funds, wire fraud and money laundering, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The FBI is in charge of the investigation.


News Release: Maryland Woman was Figurehead Owner of Front Company Created to Obtain Disadvantaged Small Business Contracts.


News Release: Park Selects Ten Signature Anniversary Projects.


News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today announced three upcoming hearings that will spotlight changing energy markets, grid innovation, and EPA’s Clean Power Plan. The committee recently announced its energy related plans for this Congress, which include advancing legislative proposals to build the Architecture of Abundance and continuing to protect against EPA’s overreaching regulations.


News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Feb. 20, 2015, Terrell Devon Lillybridge, age 33, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 46 months in prison, after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Lillybridge was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release following imprisonment, and to pay $100 towards the Crime Victims Fund.


News Release: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a hearing on Wednesday, March 4, entitled, “Reauthorization of the Federal Communications Commission: The FCC’s FY 2016 Budget Request."


ICYMI: CHIP: A Health Care Lifeline That Benefits Us All

News Release: Huffington Post: CHIP: A Health Care Lifeline That Benefits Us All.


News Release: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a hearing on Wednesday, March 4, entitled, “Reauthorization of the Federal Communications Commission: The FCC’s FY 2016 Budget Request."



U.S.Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Announces Departure

News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.


FIVE INDICTED FOR IDENTITY THEFT REFUND FRAUD CONSPIRACY

News Release: Jackson, Miss - Timothy Benjamin Taylor, 46, of Clinton; Terence Antonio Thompson, 45, of Lithonia, Georgia; Christopher Lashawn Chamberlin, 38, of Bailey; Donald Price, 40, of Jackson; and Tamia Patrice Herndon, 44, of Jackson were indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to submit false claims...


News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today announced three upcoming hearings that will spotlight changing energy markets, grid innovation, and EPA’s Clean Power Plan. The committee recently announced its energy related plans for this Congress, which include advancing legislative proposals to build the Architecture of Abundance and continuing to protect against EPA’s overreaching regulations.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) today sent a letter to the nation’s governors seeking feedback on their recently released Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility, ...


Kentucky man sentenced on heroin, cocaine charge

News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Leroy “B.K." Wilson, 33, of Lexington, Kentucky, was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison.


News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today announced three upcoming hearings that will spotlight changing energy markets, grid innovation, and EPA’s Clean Power Plan. The committee recently announced its energy related plans for this Congress, which include advancing legislative proposals to build the Architecture of Abundance and continuing to protect against EPA’s overreaching regulations.


Upton, Hatch, and Burr Seek Ideas from Governors on Patient CARE Act

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) today sent a letter to the nation’s governors seeking feedback on their recently released Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility, ...


News Release: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a hearing on Wednesday, March 4, entitled, “Reauthorization of the Federal Communications Commission: The FCC’s FY 2016 Budget Request."


News Release: Washington - Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, made the following remarks Monday regarding funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...


News Release: Chicago − Bryce Woods, 37, an employee of Take Action, Inc., and Inner Arts, Inc., which claimed to provide psychotherapy services to Medicare beneficiaries residing in skilled nursing homes in the Chicago area, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Virginia M. Kendall to 70 months in federal...