News from June 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Orlando Jay Johnson, 24, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., was sentenced this afternoon in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 12 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on theft occurring in Indian Country.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 26, 2015
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today held a press conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma to announce provisions of the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy (DRIVE) Act (S. 1647) that will directly benefit the state and to announce growing Oklahoma support for the legislation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2015
News Release: Scheme Involved 25 Properties from Modesto to Sacramento.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2015
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) released the following statement after the United States Supreme Court announced that same-sex marriage is legal in a 5-4 decision in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 26, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), reached out to Congressman John Shimkus (R-IL), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, on the near unanimous passage in the House of Representatives this week of his toxic chemicals reform bill, the TSCA Modernization Act of 2015 (H.R. 2576).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2015
News Release: Indictment In UPMC Stolen Identity Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney’s Office filed charges against more than a dozen investment fraud schemes in 2014.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 26, 2015
News Release: As the 21st CenturyCures Act gains momentum, support rolls in from across the country. Patients, advocates, researchers, innovators, families, and loved ones continue to share photos of their Cures experiences and their #CuresIn4Words to show what the landmark legislation means to them.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2015
News Release: Former American Samoa Government Official Sentenced to 22 Months in Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2015
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - Two Southern California residents were sentenced today to federal prison in connection with a scheme to defraud union and PPO health insurance programs by submitting bills for more than $71 million in medical procedures performed on insurance beneficiaries who received free or discounted cosmetic surgery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - On Wednesday, a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh returned a multi-count indictment against Yoandy Perez Llanes, a foreign national residing outside of the United States. Llanes was charged in a 21-count indictment with a scheme to defraud the Internal Revenue Service, United States Treasury...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 26, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) tomorrow will headline a panel with former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg at the Aspen Ideas Festival 2015: Spotlight Health. Upton and DeGette will discuss H.R. 6, ...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 26, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) tomorrow will headline a panel with former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg at the Aspen Ideas Festival 2015: Spotlight Health. Upton and DeGette will discuss H.R. 6, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2015
News Release: A Jamaican man was sentenced today in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after he pleaded guilty to his role in an international lottery scheme against elderly victims in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged the former comptroller for the Boaz Housing Authority with stealing federal Housing and Urban Development funds, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and HUD Special Agent in Charge Nadine E. Gurley.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2015
News Release: Las Vegas -While fireworks are available in Nye County and safe and sane fireworks go on sale in Clark County June 28, fire restrictions remain in place in Southern Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2015
News Release: To date, 24 individuals have been sentenced to federal prison in connection with this investigation.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 26, 2015
News Release: As the 21st CenturyCures Act gains momentum, support rolls in from across the country. Patients, advocates, researchers, innovators, families, and loved ones continue to share photos of their Cures experiences and their #CuresIn4Words to show what the landmark legislation means to them.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 26, 2015
News Release: Since 2009, the U.S. Department of Energy, using funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and the electric power industry have jointly invested over $7.9 billion in 99 cost-shared Smart Grid Investment Grant (SGIG) projects.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 26, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement after the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of marriage equality in Obergefell v. Hodges...
