News published on Federal Newswire in January 2015

By DOL Newswire | Jan 30, 2015

News Release: TARRYTOWN, New York - Employees of a Brooklyn-based commercial and residential roofing contractor faced the threat of deadly or disabling falls as they replaced the 20,000-square-foot roof of Westchester County's Bedford Hills Elementary School, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found.

By DOE Newswire | Jan 30, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON - Republican leaders in the House and Senate today sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell amidst growing concerns about the security and privacy of consumer information shared on HealthCare.gov. This letter follows a Sept. 17, 2014, letter to the Centers for...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2015

News Release: DALLAS - An Dallas, Texas, man was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 188 months in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised release on a child pornography conviction, announced Acting U.S. Attorney John R. Parker of the Northern District of Texas.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2015

News Release: ALLENTOWN - Melvin Aviles, 34, of Allentown, PA, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for running a cocaine trafficking operation. Aviles pleaded guilty on April 8, 2014 to conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, four counts of distributing and aiding and abetting the distribution...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2015

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Eduardo Hernandez Quinones, 46, Yasser Carrillo Chartrand, 23, Claudia Diaz Diaz, 21, and Yaily Santurio, 31, all citizens of Cuba legally present in the United States, were arrested and charged in two criminal complaints with conspiracy...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2015

News Release: HOUSTON - Emiliano Trevino, 25, has entered a guilty plea to one count of bank robbery, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2015

News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 28-year-old Scranton resident pleaded guilty today before Senior United States District Court Judge James M. Munley in Scranton, to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2015

News Release: BOSTON - A Somerville man was sentenced today for leading an armed robbery conspiracy and possessing an illegal firearm.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2015

News Release: All 16 Former Officers Charged Have Now Been Sentenced Four additional former Puerto Rico police officers have been sentenced for using their law enforcement affiliation and equipment to commit robbery and extortion, and to sell illegal narcotics and manipulate court records.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2015

News Release: This morning, U.S. federal agents in coordination with Colombian law enforcement authorities simultaneously executed arrest warrants in Puerto Rico, Florida and Colombia, dismantling an international drug trafficking and money laundering organization responsible for the importation of multi-kilogram ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2015

News Release: Four South Florida residents were sentenced today in connection with a long-running $6.2 million Medicare fraud scheme involving Professional Medical Home Health LLC (Professional Home Health), a Miami home health care agency that purported to provide home health and therapy services. Two of the defendants were also sentenced in connection with their conduct in similar schemes at other Miami home health care agencies.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2015

News Release: A Washington, D.C., tax return preparer and former Washington, D.C., public school teacher and her son, a current Washington, D.C., public school teacher, were convicted today by a federal jury of conspiracy and preparing and filing false tax returns, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2015

News Release: Two Georgia real estate investors pleaded guilty today for their roles in a conspiracy to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Georgia, the Department of Justice announced.

By Fed Newswire | Jan 29, 2015

News Release: Federal financial regulatory agencies, in partnership with the State Liaison Committee (SLC) of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, today issued guidance for financial institutions on private student loans with graduated repayment terms at origination.

By Fed Newswire | Jan 29, 2015

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday invited public comment on a proposed rule to expand the applicability of the Board's Small Bank Holding Company Policy Statement (Policy Statement) for small bank holding companies as well as certain savings and loan holding companies. Additionally, the Board announced reduced reporting requirements for certain bank holding companies and savings and loan holding companies.

By Commerce News Now | Jan 29, 2015

News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker announced that the round two designation competition of the ‘Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership ’ (IMCP) is now open. IMCP, an Administration-wide initiative coordinated by the U.S. Commerce Department, is designed to accelerate the resurgence of manufacturing in communities nationwide.

By Commerce News Now | Jan 29, 2015

News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker announced that the round two designation competition of the ‘Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership ’ (IMCP) is now open. IMCP, an Administration-wide initiative coordinated by the U.S. Commerce Department, is designed to accelerate the resurgence of manufacturing in communities nationwide.

By Labor Gazette | Jan 29, 2015

News Release: NEDERLAND, Texas — Specialty Painting & Wall Covering Inc. and M & S Enterprise have paid 22 painters and sheetrock installers $108,783 in overtime back wages after an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division. The investigation revealed violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act's overtime and record-keeping provisions and found that workers at M & S Enterprise were misclassified as independent contractors.

By Labor Gazette | Jan 29, 2015

News Release: ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — A second explosion in four months at the Indianhead Biomass Services plant in St. Augustine has left two laborers severely burned. An inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that two men in their 50s attempted to shut down ...

By Labor Gazette | Jan 29, 2015

News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. — At the West Virginia Coal Association's 42nd Annual Mining Symposium in Charleston, West Virginia today, Assistant Secretary of Labor Joseph A. Main highlighted strategic actions the Mine Safety and Health Administration has implemented in the past five years to better protect miners and positively affect the mining industry's approach to safety.