News from July 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: “While nothing can restore a homicide victim to his family, today’s indictment at least provides answers to two families whose loved ones were murdered," said U.S. Attorney Hochul. “As alleged, this gang not only committed murder, it filled the streets of a city neighborhood with other crimes of violence, guns and drugs. As we have said in the past, law enforcement will simply not allow a gang to hold a community hostage.".
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following reaction to the Office of Personnel Management announcement that roughly 21.5 million federal employees and government contractors had their sensitive information stolen in a cyber attack that targeted the federal government's database of security background checks...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - An Amarillo man appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson and pleaded guilty to an indictment charging one count of attempted sex trafficking of a child, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: Two men were charged for paying bribes to the former head of a Cleveland-area anti-poverty agency in return for contracts from the agency, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland office, and Lamont Pugh III, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Inspector General-Chicago Region.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held the hearing, "Understanding America’s Long-Term Fiscal Picture." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del), as submitted to the record...
By State Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today at 10:00 a.m., as the Obama Administration works to complete a final nuclear deal with Iran, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will convene a hearing entitled, “Implications of a Nuclear Agreement with Iran." The hearing is the first in a series of hearings the Committee will convene to examine the Obama Administration’s anticipated nuclear agreement with Iran.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States District Judge Mary S. Scriven today sentenced Lisvet Martinez (42, Tampa) to two years in federal prison for health care fraud. The Court also entered a forfeiture money judgment of $124,676.25, along with a restitution order in the amount of $224,715.09. Martinez pleaded guilty on Feb. 25, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Scott resident pleaded guilty to failing to register his correct address for his sex offender identification.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva released the following statement today on H.R. 2647, the so-called Resilient Federal Forest Act, which the House passed a few minutes ago. The bill fails to fully address the Department of the Interior (DOI) and U.S. Forest Service fire budgeting problem...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A total of four drug traffickers have been sentenced for their convictions related to a drug trafficking conspiracy involving methamphetamine and heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: COLUMBIA, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles announced today that the United States Attorney's Office for the District of South Carolina, settled claims of fraud with Covan World Wide Moving, Inc., Coleman American Moving Services, Inc., and other related entities with home offices...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) issued the following statement after President Obama nominated Andy Slavitt to serve as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands - Citing the need for a territory-wide approach to fighting the escalation of child exploitation and other predatory crimes against children, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in St. Thomas and St. Croix has partnered with members of local, state and federal law enforcement, and community leaders, to form the U.S. Virgin Islands Crimes Against Children Task Force VICACTF).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Dipak Desai, the former physician owner of a defunct Nevada endoscopy center, was sentenced today to 71 months in federal prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay over $2.2 million in restitution for defrauding Medicare, Medicaid and other private health insurance companies by inflating and overcharging for anesthesia services, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two drug suppliers for the Grape Street Crips street gang today admitted distributing large quantities of heroin and crack-cocaine in and around Newark, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced today that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will host a series of listening sessions on the federal coal program. The discussions will seek information from the public about how the BLM can best carry out its responsibility to ensure that American taxpayers receive a fair return on the coal resources managed by the federal government on their behalf.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the filing of a criminal complaint charging Jesus Casteyano, a/k/a Jesus Castellano, a/k/a Jesus Castellano-Andrade (53, Bradenton), with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and distribution of 500 grams or more of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: A criminal information was filed charging Sharon E. Piper, 55, of Columbus Grove, Ohio, with making a materially false statement relating to a matter within the jurisdiction of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: Suspects Found In Car Wash On Rainy Night.
By State Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued this statement after Secretary of State John Kerry announced that talks with Iran continue. Secretary Kerry’s statement comes after the House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing on the potential Iran agreement this morning.
