News from June 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that JASON BRENT MERIDA, age 40, of Ft. Towson, Oklahoma, and former Executive Director of Construction for the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma was sentenced on June 1, 2015 to a total of 144 months in the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) for the following crimes.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: Good afternoon and welcome. Last week, the IRS announced that, from February through mid-May this year, criminals accessed the past tax returns of 100,000 Americans using IRS’ own website, and attempted to access the tax information of many more. Using stolen information on taxpayers and public data...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: Note: The deadline for submitting comments on NISTIR 8062 has been extended to July 31, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and William P. Offord, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, announced that MARIAN KOBRYN, 63, of Farmington, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to one count of making a false statement on a federal tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today the filing of criminal charges against James Pavlichko, age 29, and Kathryn Teter, age 28, of Nuremberg, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The Grand Jury sitting in Scranton returned an Indictment which...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today applauded the House Ways and Means Committee for reporting out the Medicare Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Improvement Act of 2015 by a voice vote, which extends the program for two years. The bill was approved by the Senate on April 22 by voice vote.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A former realtor/developer and two out-of-state recruiters pleaded guilty yesterday to wire and bank fraud charges in connection with a multi-year, multi-property mortgage fraud scheme in Boston.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh-area resident pleaded guilty to charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, and was subsequently sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden woman today admitted buying five firearms in North Carolina so her cousin could sell them in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that DENISE WOODARD, age 59, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, pled guilty to an Information charging her with MAKING A FALSE STATEMENT, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001(a)(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Larry Eugene DeShields, of York, Pennsylvania was arrested on May 27, 2015 on charges of involving illegal drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: DENVER - Jill M. Evans, age 49, of Littleton, Colorado was arrested last week on charges of wire fraud and money laundering, the United States Attorney’s Office, IRS - Criminal Investigation (IRS CI) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced. Evans was indicted by a federal grand jury on...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service and highlight the value of national parks as our nation’s living laboratories, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) is hosting a monthly series of public talks by park researchers called Research Rendezvous. This program...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: In a new blog post, Willie E. May, Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, reflects on the June 1, 2015, Global City Team Challenge Expo held in Washington, D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Leondro Urioste, 31, of Rio Rancho, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to five years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for his possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - German Alvarado Ponce, aka Herman Alvaniz, 37, of Chesapeake, Virginia, was sentenced today to 240 months in prison, followed by five of supervised release on a drug conspiracy charge.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: BARTLETT COVE, ALASKA: Superintendent Philip Hooge announced today that Melissa Senac of Gustavus has been selected for a 2-year term position to assist in planning the 2016 Grand Opening Celebration for the Huna Tribal House as well as cooperatively developing interpretive and operational plans for...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) have renewed a request for information regarding a regulatory proposal to expand the definition of “fiduciary" under theEmployee Retirement Income Security ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) issued the following statement following the Obama Administration’s announcement of the completed environmental reviews for Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service land management plans in the core habitat of the greater sage-grouse...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on the need for permanent, Senate-confirmed leadership at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) following news that the Acting Administrator has been reassigned...
