News from January 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: A Broward County resident was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra to 36 months in prison, to be followed by two years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $350,470.00 in restitution in a loan modification scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - MARTIN BACHERT was sentenced to 18 months in prison involving his scheme to sell equipment to an out-of-state buyer, receive payment, but never deliver the equipment sold. Bachert also sold stolen property to another out-of-state victim.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury indicted Peter Flynn, age 61, of Silver Spring, Maryland on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015 for distributing and possessing child pornography. Flynn was arrested today and is scheduled to have his initial appearance in federal court at 1:30 p.m. in Greenbelt today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return of an indictment charging Demetrius Wright with four counts of theft of government funds, two counts of aggravated identity theft, and one count of conspiracy to commit aggravated identity theft and theft of government funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Friday, Jan. 23, 2015. Follow @SDILNews. On Jan. 22, 2015, Brant A. Sizemore, 38, and Clinton Waters, 37, both of DuQuoin, and Jamey A. Carson, 36, of Pinckneyville, entered guilty pleas to a one-count indictment, charging...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. attorney’s office in Puerto Rico announced additional indictments based on work begun over five years ago to bring fraudsters to justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: Orlando, Florida - The United States has settled a lawsuit brought by three whistleblowers that alleges a central Florida based dermatology practice knowingly billed the government millions of dollars for procedures that lacked basic indicia of medical necessity and, in some cases, had been performed...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Little Eagle, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation yesterday urged Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler to release the text of the commission’s draft Open Internet Order ahead of the scheduled vote late...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return of an indictment charging Demetrius Wright with four counts of theft of government funds, two counts of aggravated identity theft, and one count of conspiracy to commit aggravated identity theft and theft of government funds.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: At about 4 pm yesterday (1/22) a new fire was discovered by NPS staff, burning near the Rush Campground (Marion County). Two NPS handcrews and one strike team responded to the approximately 60-acre fire. The fire is within the Rush Historic District, a National Register of Historic Places listed area...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of January 26. The committee will explore what elements should be included in legislation to protect consumers from data breaches and review a number of public health bills.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of January 26. The committee will explore what elements should be included in legislation to protect consumers from data breaches and review a number of public health bills.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: BURLINGTON - A Bosnian-born Burlington, Vermont man was found guilty today of obtaining his naturalized citizenship through fraud by giving false information to a U.S. official while applying for an immigration benefit and lying to gain entry into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: Norridgewock Man Sentenced to 65 Years for Child Exploitation and Pornography.
By State Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, called on the Obama Administration to press for a thorough and impartial international investigation into the death of Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman and serious allegations of Argentina’s collusion with Iran.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: MISSOULA - A Kalispell man was sentenced today for possessing child pornography. Darrin Evan Malley, 36, was ordered to serve 120 months in prison followed by 15 years of supervised release in connection to his October 2014 guilty plea. U.S. District Court Judge Dana L. Christensen presided over the sentencing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Reymundo Alejandro Sanchez, 21, of Abilene, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 10 years in federal prison, following his guilty plea in October 2014 to one count of possession of child pornography. The announcement was made today by John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation yesterday urged Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler to release the text of the commission’s draft Open Internet Order ahead of the scheduled vote late...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.) will hold a hearing on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, on the topic of protecting America from cyber-attacks: the importance of information sharing. The hearing will examine the cybersecurity threats U.S. businesses and other organizations face and consider ways to mitigate those threats from a private sector perspective. The full witness list is below.
