News from October 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Frank Gonzalez-Santiago (52, Polk County) has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to steal government funds. He faces up to five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A former cook supervisor and correctional officer at Talladega Federal Correctional Institution pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to accepting more than $4,000 in bribes to smuggle tobacco and synthetic marijuana into the prison, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General Special Agent in Charge Robert A. Bourbon.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: Attorney General Loretta Lynch recognized 279 Justice Department employees and 33 individuals, including two people in the Southern District of Florida, with Attorney General Awards at a ceremony today in Washington DC. These annual awards recognize department employees and other individuals for their dedication to carrying out the Department of Justice’s mission.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: BELTSVILLE, Maryland, Oct. 21, 2015 - The discovery of phytochrome by scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture 's Beltsville Agriculture Research Center (BARC) was honored as a National Historic Chemical Landmark by the American Chemical Society (ACS) today. Phytochrome is recognized as one of the universal regulators of plant physiology and growth.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Thael Kuran, 23, of Philadelphia, PA, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and making false statements in a health care matter. The charges stem from a fraud scheme involving Brotherly Love Ambulance, Inc. U.S. District Court Judge Gerald J. Pappert scheduled...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Jeffrey Scott Green, age 53, and Lisa Flaugher-Green, age 52, both of Easley, were sentenced today in federal court in Greenville, for a conspiracy to defraud, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1349. Senior United States District Judge Henry M. Herlong, Jr., of Greenville sentenced Jeffrey Scott Green to 30 months in prison and Lisa Flaugher-Green to 27 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Kimberly Givens, Nathaniel Cooper, and Latorra Gross were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves for their roles in a conspiracy to obtain fraudulent tax refunds after falsely claiming the First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and Special Agent in Charge Jerome R. McDuffie with IRS - Criminal Investigation.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted favorably to reauthorize the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (SOAR Reauthorization Act), H.R. 10, introduced by Speaker John Boehner and co-sponsored by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT).
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House Ways and Means Committee passed reconciliation legislation to repeal five core parts of Obamacare: the individual mandate, the employer mandate, the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), the medical device tax, and the “Cadillac tax." Upon passage, Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) issued the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: A Cleveland man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his armed robbery of a Family Dollar store, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - Two Dallas men have been sentenced to lengthy federal prison sentences following their guilty pleas to drug distribution and firearms offenses, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that GEOFFREY WALKER, age 66, of San Francisco, was sentenced today for crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - David Murillo, Regional Director for the Bureau of Reclamation’s Mid-Pacific Region, announces the selection of Shane Hunt as the Region’s Public Affairs Officer. In this position, Hunt will manage the Region’s public affairs, public involvement and public education programs. He will also be responsible for internal communications and media and congressional relations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: A man who illegally bought and transported black rhino horns from Oregon to Iowa was sentenced in federal court yesterday to more than two years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced today that his Office is leading an initiative to increase federal illegal gun prosecutions in the area. In conjunction with ATF and NOPD, the Office is enhancing federal prosecution of the following offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - A Dallas man, Trenton McLemore, 29, who facilitated his 16-year-old girlfriend’s commercial sex acts, and pleaded guilty in July 2015 to one count of sex trafficking of children, was sentenced today to 252 months (21 years) in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Barbara M. G Lynn. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Nathaniel Wright, Jr., age 58, of Gaithersburg, Maryland pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute and possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A long-serving Massachusetts Department of Probation officer pleaded guilty yesterday to making a false statement to the FBI in connection with an investigation the FBI was conducting into allegations by probationers that he was engaging in a deprivation of their rights under color of law.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: Dear Mr. Slavitt: On July 30, 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) raised concerns over the oversight of the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans (CO-OPs) by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A clerk at the California Department of Motor Vehicles office in El Monte and five others have been indicted on federal identity theft charges for allegedly using legitimate birth certificates and Social Security numbers obtained from Puerto Rico to create new identities that were sold to people willing to pay thousands of dollars for fraudulent identity documents.
