News from November 2015
By DOT News Wire | Nov 4, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 4, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Nov. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: DOT Issues Order Against American Airlines for Violating 24-Hour Rule. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued a cease and desist order against American Airlines for violating the Department’s regulation that requires airlines to hold a reservation at the quoted fare for 24 hours without ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A 47-year-old former resident of Bonham, Texas, was sentenced to federal prison for operating a currency trading scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Peter Kellner, age 77, of Sunrise, Florida, was sentenced yesterday to two years of probation and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $75,297.94, following his conviction for attempted tax evasion, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Shantelle P. Kitchen, Special Agent in Charge of IRS-Criminal Investigation’s New York Field Office.
By State Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today at 10 a.m., U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will convene a hearing that examines U.S. policy in Syria. The hearing is entitled “U.S. Policy After Russia’s Escalation in Syria." Live webcast and witness testimony will be available HERE.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: Defendant Issued Prescriptions for Pills to be Sold in Exchange for Cash.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Charles Spencer, 81, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged today by information with mail fraud in connection with the theft of approximately $230,400 from an annuity, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: Defendant Secretly Recorded Women at Their Apartments.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: Two men from the Mahoning Valley face federal firearms charges, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: Criminal charges were filed against the owner of a Sandusky equipment rental company for his fraudulent conduct related to Castalia Farms and other businesses, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland office.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: Ashton Luck, 29, from South Roxana, Illinois, pled guilty to a six-count Indictment that charged one count of workers compensation fraud and five additional counts of making false statements, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today. Luck faces up to thirty years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and up to three years supervision upon his release, plus mandatory restitution. Sentencing is scheduled for March 10, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) issued this statement following the announcement that former Rep. Howard Coble (R-N.C.) passed away on Tuesday evening.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - Paulette Shorter and Lakisha Grimes have been sentenced to federal prison for stealing personal identifying information from fellow employees of The Home Depot, Inc. in order to submit fraudulent applications for credit cards.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: Two defendants, citizens of India, also convicted of immigration fraud after a 6-day trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, Deirdre M. Daly United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut and Phillip Coyne Special Agent in Charge for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deirdre M. Daly, representatives from federal, state and local law enforcement, and social service agencies today announced the formation of the Connecticut Human Trafficking Task Force to combat commercial sexual and labor exploitation in Connecticut.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: WILMINGTON - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today in federal court, Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox sentenced CHRISTOPHER LEE FUNK, 35, of Concord, North Carolina to 5 years probation and 200 hours of community service.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Michael VonFricken and John VonFricken were indicted separately for obtaining false receipts for orthodontic services and submitting them to their union’s health care plan, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg today announced results from the 2015 National Drug Threat (NDTA), which found that drug overdose deaths are the leading cause of injury death in the United States, ahead of deaths from motor vehicle accidents and firearms. In 2013, more than 46,000 people in the United States died from a drug overdose and more than half of those were caused by prescription painkillers and heroin.
