News from May 2015
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee today released its discussion draft on Energy Reliability and Security to be included in the committee’s Architecture of Abundance energy legislation. The subcommittee will review the draft legislation at a hearing on Tuesday, May 19, 2015. Witnesses and details will be announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: RICHARD PEREIRA, 43, the former chief financial officer of New Stream Capital, LLC, a Ridgefield-based hedge fund, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for engaging in a scheme to deceive investors in order to obtain and maintain investments.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Brandon Wilson, 26, of Corning, NY, pleaded guilty to theft from a health care benefit program, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Marian W. Payson. The charge carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison and a $5,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: LAS VEGAS - A Topeka, Kansas man who was pulled over by Nevada Highway Patrol Officers in 2013, and found to be in possession of 24 pounds of methamphetamine and 74 pounds of marijuana, was sentenced today to 365 months in prison and 10 years of supervised release,announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden, for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury indicted an Illinois couple on charges of kidnapping and transportation with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity with a minor, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney James A. Lewis of the Central District of Illinois and Special Agent in Charge Sean Cox of the FBI’s Springfield Division.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO ― Ten assorted pistols, rifles, shotguns, and a revolver have been seized and a Palos Hills man is facing federal firearms charges as a result of an investigation led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Over the course of the investigation, the defendant illegally sold eight firearms to a confidential informant, and two additional firearms were seized from the defendant’s residence at the time of his arrest in March 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Scott Lampert, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General’s (“HHS-OIG") New York Region, announced today that the United States has settled civil fraud claims...
By USDA Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, May 6, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack released the following statement today after USDA's Food and Nutrition Service issued new data showing that 95 percent of schools are successfully meeting the updated meal standards made possible by the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010: ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: Justice Department spokesperson Dena Iverson released the following statement Wednesday following the request from Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake for a pattern or practice investigation into the Baltimore Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: The Justice Department’s Office of Justice for Victims of Overseas Terrorism (OVT) today celebrates its 10-year anniversary of providing specialized assistance to U.S. citizen victims and their families when they are injured or killed in terrorist attacks abroad, announced Assistant Attorney General ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: A federal grand jury indicted an Illinois couple on charges of kidnapping and transportation with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity with a minor, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney James A. Lewis of the Central ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: Misled More Than 50 Individual Investors Who Bought Bonds A former Queenstown, Maryland, resident pleaded guilty today to securities fraud and filing a false tax return. The guilty plea was announced by U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein of the District of Maryland, Special Agent in Charge Thomas J. Kelly of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Washington, D.C., Field Office and Special Agent in Charge Stephen E. Vogt of the FBI’s Baltimore Division.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: Alain Rene Leichtnam, 71, a French national, was arrested Apr. 30, 2015, on a criminal complaint charging him with encouraging and inducing aliens to enter the United States in violation of law, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe of the District of the Virgin Islands. Leichtnam made his initial ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: A Houston doctor and a group home owner were arrested on charges related to their alleged participation in a $5.2 million Medicare fraud scheme involving false claims for mental health treatment.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has agreed to enter into a consent decree with the city of Caribou, Maine, that, if approved by the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine, will resolve allegations that Caribou discriminated against a female employee based upon her sex, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
By Commerce News Now | May 6, 2015
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on May 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 6, 2015
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on May 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2015
The US Interior Department published a two page rule on May 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | May 6, 2015
The US Agriculture Department published a two page proposed rule on May 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | May 6, 2015
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on May 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
