News from May 2015
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: Corey L. Bryant, 25, of Norton, Ohio, was indicted on charges of traveling in foreign commerce and engaging in illicit sexual conduct, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama, along with FBI-Mobile Special Agent in Charge Robert Lasky, and DEA-Mobile Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown, New Orleans Field Division, announce the arrests of Dr. John Patrick Couch and Dr. Xiulu Ruan.
By Homeland Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 NEW ORLEANS— Yesterday, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas concluded a two-day trip to New Orleans where he participated in a series of workforce engagements with the U.S. Coast Guard, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel.
By Homeland Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office Contact: John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 Washington, D.C. – The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate today announced the winners of S&T’s first innovation prize competition: The Vreeland Institute, Inc., ...
By USDA Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: Policy Will Support Long-Term, Regional Economic Growth Strategies MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 20, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced USDA's plan to implement a Farm Bill provision that will have a major policy impact on the way the Department helps rural communities plan and finance regional ...
By USDA Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: Factsheet: The Four Pillars of Agriculture and Rural Economic Development The potential to grow and make innovative products in rural America is limitless. Since 2009, the Obama Administration has made targeted investments to help rural businesses grow. Through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's projects ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: Citicorp, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Barclays PLC, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc Agree to Plead Guilty In Connection With The Foreign Exchange Market and Agree to Pay More Than $2.5 Billion In Criminal Fines Five major banks – Citicorp, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Barclays PLC, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: Under a settlement agreement with the United States and the state of Michigan, AK Steel Corporation will pay a civil penalty of $1.35 million for past violations of the Clean Air Act at its Dearborn, Michigan facility, implement a variety of procedures to reduce future violations and install dynamic ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the District of Columbia and DC Water today announced an agreement to modify a 2005 federal consent decree allowing DC Water to incorporate green infrastructure in its long-term strategy for curtailing combined sewer overflows (CSOs).
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: Dr. Sean Orr of Jacksonville, Florida, has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by providing medically unnecessary services and drugs to federal health care program beneficiaries, the Department of Justice announced today. Dr. Orr is a neurologist formerly ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: Medco Health Solutions Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts Holding Company, of Missouri, has agreed to pay the government $7.9 million to settle allegations that it engaged in a kickback scheme in violation of the False Claims Act, the Justice Department announced today. Medco provides pharmacy benefit management services to clients who receive subsidies under the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: A licensed physician and former owner of a Detroit-area medical practice pleaded guilty today for his role in a $4.2 million health care fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: ConAgra Grocery Products LLC, a subsidiary of ConAgra Foods Inc., today agreed to plead guilty and pay $11.2 million in connection with the shipment of contaminated peanut butter linked to a 2006 through 2007 nationwide outbreak of salmonellosis, or salmonella poisoning, the Department of Justice announced today. ConAgra Grocery Products LLC is based in Omaha, Nebraska, with a manufacturing facility in Sylvester, Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: Christopher Hayes, the President and owner of a Florida auction house was sentenced today in federal court in West Palm Beach, Florida, to 36 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for his role in the illegal wildlife smuggling conspiracy in which he bought, sold and smuggled rhinoceros ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: Seventy-one people have been charged in connection with a long-running, coordinated federal, state and local investigation into the New Jersey set of the Grape Street Crips, a street gang allegedly responsible for violence and wide-spread drug trafficking in the northern New Jersey, announced U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman of the District of New Jersey.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch presided over the Justice Department’s Missing Children’s Day ceremony on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at 2 p.m. The event honored three law enforcement officers and an assistant principal for their efforts to recover missing children, rescue children from abuse and prosecute sexual predators.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: A federal court in Sacramento, California, has permanently barred a former Ripon, California, man from preparing tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today.
By Fed Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: The Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced it will impose fines totaling more than $1.8 billion against six major banking organizations for their unsafe and unsound practices in the foreign exchange (FX) markets. The fines, among the largest ever assessed by the Federal Reserve, include: $342 million ...
By Fed Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on April 28-29, 2015.
By Fed Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: On May 21, 2015, the Federal Reserve will conduct a floating-rate offering of term deposits with an early withdrawal feature through its Term Deposit Facility (TDF). The Federal Reserve will offer 14-day term deposits with a rate set equal to the sum of the interest rate paid on excess reserves (currently ...
