News from May 2015
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, MD--The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced 16 awards totaling $7.8 million to help accelerate the growth of advanced manufacturing in the United States. The grants will support industry-driven consortia in developing research plans and charting collaborative actions to solve high-priority technology challenges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: Washington - The Justice Department announced today that 16 separate hospitals and their respective corporate parents have agreed to collectively pay $15.69 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that the providers sought and received reimbursement from Medicare for services that were not medically reasonable or necessary, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Keisha Regusters, 38, of Philadelphia, PA, pleaded guilty today to a fraud scheme involving kickbacks from an ambulance company. U.S. District Court Judge William H. Yohn, Jr. scheduled a sentencing hearing for Aug. 11, 2015. Regusters faces a possible advisory sentencing guideline range of six to 12 months in prison, up to three years of supervised release, restitution, a fine of up to $500,000, and a $200 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: Prostituted Minor in Suffolk and Virginia Beach.
By USDA Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on two produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).The following businesses and individuals are currently restricted from operating in the produce industry.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Hartunian, New York Attorney General Schneiderman & Comptroller DiNapoli Announce Guilty Pleas on State and Federal Charges by Former Assemblymember.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Leon J. Tafoya, 19, a member and resident of Santa Clara Pueblo, N.M., pleaded guilty in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., this morning to assault charges. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Tafoya will be sentenced within the range of five to seven years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: The owner of the Cove Smoke Shack in Killeen, TX, faces up to 20 years in federal prison after admitting to selling synthetic marijuana announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Houston Division, and Killeen Police Chief Dennis Baldwin.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: Scarborough Admits Defrauding New York State of $54,355 by Submitting 174 False Travel Vouchers and Misusing Over $40,000 in Campaign Funds.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jim Walter Qualls Jr., 28, of Roswell, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to child exploitation charges. The plea was entered without the benefit of a plea agreement. The guilty plea was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez and Special Agent in Charge Waldemar Rodriguez of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in El Paso, Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Epifanio Andrade-Perez, 33, of Amsterdam, New York, was sentenced yesterday to 15 months of imprisonment for illegal re-entry by Chief United States District Court Judge Gary L. Sharpe in Albany, New York, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Field Office Director for ICE Enforcement & Removal Operations (ERO), Michael T. Phillips, Buffalo, NY.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake, sentenced Lamont George Thomas, age 34, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 10 years in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine. Judge Blake enhanced Thomas’ sentence after finding he was a career offender based on three previous felony drug convictions.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: Claimed over $1.6 million in fraudulent refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Ryan Smolinski, 26, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to arson of a commercial building before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, CALIFORNIA-The National Park Service has issued a prospectus soliciting proposals in response to a business opportunity to operate overnight accommodations, food and beverage, retail, and other related services within Sequoia National Park. For the prospectus...
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-On Monday, May 11, 2015, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Senator Elizabeth Warren will hold the fifth in a series of congressional forums as part of the Middle Class Prosperity Project launched by the Members in February.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: EDWARD MINERLY, 52, of Ansonia, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to eight months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for making a false report of police brutality to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - A Maysville, Ky., man, who led a conspiracy that distributed cocaine in Mason County, has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Massachusetts company, Trendware Marketing, LLC, a supplier of components for military boots, has entered into an agreement with the United States to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act when it did not comply with the Department of Defense’s (DOD) made-in-America requirements.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: On behalf of the Bureau of Land Management, BLM Deputy Director Linda Lance today presented awards to agency employees and teams for their exceptional service to the nation as public servants."Each of these employees has made a genuine difference to our nation through their dedication and hard work for...
