News from May 2015
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: Former Head of LASD Criminal Investigation Unit also Accused of Obstructing Justice and Perjuring Himself during Trial Testimony of Co-Conspirators.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Robin Wood, 45 of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was charged today by Indictment with wire fraud and theft of approximately $45,312 in government funds, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By EPA Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee today approved the 21st Century Cures Act, marking an important step forward for the 21st Century Cures initiative. The legislation will help modernize the health care innovation infrastructure to help deliver more cures and treatments to patients faster. For...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Three subsidiaries of North Carolina-based Duke Energy Corporation, the largest utility in the United States, pleaded guilty today to nine criminal violations of the Clean Water Act at several of its North Carolina facilities and agreed to pay a $68 million criminal fine and spend $34 million...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: Zibo Li charged with trafficking cellular devices obtained by “credit muling" between Minnesota and Hong Kong.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: A second Miami-Dade Police Department officer was arrested for participating in a fraud scheme arising out of the operation of a series of credit repair businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch has appointed U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner to serve as co-chair of the White Collar/Fraud Subcommittee of the United States Department of Justice’s Attorney General’s Advisory Committee (AGAC).
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, May 21, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “What are the State Governments Doing to Combat the Opioid Abuse Epidemic?"
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A federal jury Thursday convicted a Hillsboro man on federal firearms charges, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ANGEL CORNEJO-MORENO, age 44, a Honduran citizen, was sentenced today after having previously pled guilty to a one-count Indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: DETROIT - Special Agent in Charge S. Robin Shoemaker of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Detroit Field Division announced that today’s baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Minnesota Twins highlights a 21-year partnership between ATF, the Detroit Tigers Organization and the Gang Resistance Education and Training “G.R.E.A.T." anti-gang program.
By USDA Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, released the following opening statement - as prepared for delivery - at today’s hearing entitled Regulatory Issues Impacting End-Users and Market Liquidity.
By DOE Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, May 21, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Quadrennial Energy Review and related Discussion Drafts." Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz will be the sole witness.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced Sharmaine Christopher Diggs, age 35, of Baltimore, today to 20 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for robbery, and two counts of using and brandishing a firearm during a robbery. Judge Russell also entered an order that Diggs pay restitution of $19,000.
By DOE Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee today approved the 21st Century Cures Act, marking an important step forward for the 21st Century Cures initiative. The legislation will help modernize the health care innovation infrastructure to help deliver more cures and treatments to patients faster. For...
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) issued the following statement on the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) report that says the IRS has taken action to stop targeting groups based on their names and policy positions...
By DOE Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, May 21, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “What are the State Governments Doing to Combat the Opioid Abuse Epidemic?"
By EPA Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, May 21, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “What are the State Governments Doing to Combat the Opioid Abuse Epidemic?"
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) issued the following statement after Senate Democrats blocked consideration of bipartisan trade promotion authority (TPA) legislation.
By State Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued this statement following passage, by a vote of 400-25, of the bipartisan Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015...
