News from March 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that Joseph J. Mogan, III, M.D., age 48, formerly of New Orleans, and Tiffany Miller, age 43, of Metairie, were sentenced yesterday for conspiring to dispense prescription drugs illegally...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: HONOLULU - A federal grand jury indicted Michael Paul Ernst, age 43, and Khemwika Ernst, age 38, former residents of Oahu, on March 11, 2015, for one count of conspiring to use interstate commerce to distribute proceeds of prostitution, two counts of using interstate commerce to distribute proceeds of prostitution, one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States in the collection of income taxes, and two counts of filing a false tax return.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 19, 2015 - Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Federal Lands made the following opening statement at today's joint oversight hearing entitled "Examining the Spending Priorities and Missions of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the President's FY 2016 Budget Proposal.".
By DOL Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pension Subcommittee Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) issued the following statements after the House passed S. J. Res. 8, a resolution that will block an ambush election rule finalized by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: Today, U.S. House Judiciary Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) reintroduced H.R. 1459, the “Democracy Restoration Act of 2015." Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) yesterday introduced its Senate companion, S. 772. The bill would create uniform federal standards for returning the voting rights of ex-offenders ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man was charged today with sexually abusing two children and recording the abuse on his cell phone, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: Top Seller on Silk Road Used Screen Name “Nod".
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Five years after the President’s signature domestic policy was signed into law, taxpayers have been left on the hook for billions of dollars that were doled out for Obamacare to states, corporations, and contractors with limited to no accountability. Here’s a look at five major misuses of taxpayer funds...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: COLUMBIA, South Carolina ----- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Daniel Rodriguez, age 26, of Lilburn, Georgia, was sentenced to 155 months in federal prison earlier this afternoon in federal court in Greenville. Rodriguez, along with co-defendant, Jesus Buruca-Martinez, age 22, of...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment today against Lagranger Jones, 36, and Lamonte DeShannon Rush, 45, both of Sacramento, charging them with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and methamphetamine distribution, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee, released the following statement to highlight efforts by the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program to recover billions of taxpayer dollars in health care-related fraud and abuse.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today stressed the economic and national security benefits of ending the 1975 federal ban on exporting domestically produced crude oil at a hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: City employees received kickback payments for assisting in fraudulent land deals.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: The National Park Service is planning six prescribed fires this spring at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Approximately 736 acres are scheduled to be burned. Fire is used as a tool for the park’s long-term restoration and hazard fuel reduction efforts. On the east end of the park, near Beverly Shores...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: SAN JOSE - A founder of the S3 Partners was sentenced March 17, 2015 to 36 months on investment fraud charges, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, leaders in the Senate and House introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to replace the broken Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula with an improved payment system that rewards quality, efficiency, and innovation. The bipartisan, bicameral bill seeks to end the cycle...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: Employer name: SER Construction Partners Ltd.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: Memphis, TN - The operator of Tara’s Tax Preparation Service has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service by filing false and fictitious income tax returns. There is no parole in the federal prison system.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, March 26, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining the Growing Problems of Prescription Drug and Heroin Abuse: State and...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: “Small businesses are vital to our economy. New Jersey alone is home to over 800,000 small businesses, which are responsible for half of the jobs in the state. Without smart policies, these small businesses simply cannot survive in capital-intensive industries such as telecommunications," said Congressman Pallone. “It’s time for the FCC to update its rules to give small businesses a fair shot at getting access to the nation’s airwaves."
