News from September 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 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 that a transition plan for NARCO FREEDOM, INC. (“NARCO...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - The chairman of a Boston-based biomedical company was arrested this morning on charges arising out of his participation in a scheme to defraud the market for the publicly traded stock of the company.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - David Alcantara, 33, of Warwick, has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for masterminding an elaborate conspiracy to defraud two Rhode Island banks of nearly $600,000, by using stolen personal identifying information of several unsuspecting individuals, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Ted A. Arruda, Resident Agent in Charge of the Providence Office of the U.S. Secret Service.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Al Star Recycling LLC in Houston, Texas
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: Lawsuit Settled Against Healthcare Commons to Enforce Employment Rights of National Guard Sergeant.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that Justin King Nalls (age: 27) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, appeared in federal court in Green Bay and was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Based on his criminal...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: Defrauded New York State of More Than $54,000 by Submitting 174 False Travel Vouchers.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that James S. Allen, 38, of New Baltimore, MI, who was convicted of production of child pornography and cyberstalking, was sentenced to 262 months in prison and 10 years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, Alex Sualim, 44, of Toronto, Canada, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton to 12.5 years (150 months) in prison and ordered to pay over $13 million in restitution. Sualim previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: STURGIS, S.D. - The cause of the Sept. 8 fire at the Full Throttle Saloon located at 12997 South Dakota Highway 34, in Sturgis, was ruled to be accidental, today announced South Dakota State Fire Marshal Director Paul Merriman and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) St. Paul Field Division Special Agent in Charge James Modzelewski.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MT. - Glacier National Park is proud to help launch the Every Kid in a Park program, as part of President Obama’s commitment to protect our nation’s unique outdoor spaces and ensure that every American has the opportunity to visit and enjoy them. Through the Every Kid in a Park program, fourth graders can now receive free access to federally managed lands during the 2015-2016 school year.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: PHOENIX - The DEA Phoenix Division announces the sentencing of Edward Jack Sayegh, M.D. to four years in prison, after the Phoenix area doctor pleaded guilty to multiple charges including conspiracy, fraud, and multiple drug diversion charges following a long-term investigation into his medical practice, Arizona Family Medicine.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: Florine Leads Two Climbers on First Big Wall Ascent.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: The National Park Service and Assateague Island National Seashore is proud to help launch the Every Kid in a Park program, as part of President Obama's commitment to protect our nation's unique outdoor spaces and ensure that every American has the opportunity to visit and enjoy them.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Kwane Baker, 39, of Buckeye, Arizona, was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for cocaine trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON-Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today highlighted findings from a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report showing the rising use of electronic cigarettes has not lowered the rate of conventional smoking, as measured by federal excise tax revenue.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) requested that the Committee hold a hearing to review the legal status of fantasy sports, given the Committee’s jurisdiction over professional sports and gambling and the overwhelming popularity of fantasy sports websites. In fact, just this year, an estimated 57 million people in the United States and Canada will participate in fantasy sports.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for distributing child pornography over the Internet. Christopher Michael Donovan, 39, of Kansas City...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Alysa D. Erichs, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI), Miami Field Office, announce that on Aug. 24, 2015, Inaldo Chavez, 57, of Hialeah, Caridad...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to a more than $1.1 million investment fraud scheme.
