News from April 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: Memphis, TN - A woman has been sentenced to federal prison for defrauding a disabled couple of more than $500,000 in less than a year. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Committee Member Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) stressed the need for Congress to pass Luján’s Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act after a non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) report finds that some television stations are not including required information on public filings.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of April 11-15, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: Children of all ages are invited to bring their favorite adult to National Junior Ranger Day at Olympic on Saturday, April 16 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Olympic's Junior Ranger Day will take place at the Olympic National Park Visitor Center located at 3002 Mount Angeles Road in Port Angeles.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that two defendants have pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles in a tax refund conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: BALTIMORE - A federal criminal complaint has been filed charging four individuals for a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. The criminal complaint was filed this afternoon, following the defendants’ arrests on Friday evening, April 8, 2016. Charged in the criminal complaint are...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of West Virginia, along with federal, state and local advocates of crime victims’ rights, presented the 2016 Excellence in Victim Advocacy and Justice Award today to Huntington Police Chief Joe Ciccarelli. The presentation...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that documents the dramatic growth of nonbank mortgage servicers and details the need for stronger regulatory oversight of the industry. GAO produced the report in response to a request from Cummings and Warren.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: Conrado Salgado Soto, 53, of Mexico, was sentenced to 51 months in prison today in the Northern District of Ohio for his role in luring Guatemalan minors and adults into the United States on false pretenses, then using threats of physical harm to compel their labor at egg farms in Ohio.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: Bark beetles continue to be active within Rocky Mountain National Park, impacting large numbers of conifer trees. In 2016, the park will continue proactive mitigation efforts including applying insecticide, removing hazard trees, prescribed burns, utilizing an air curtain burner, and pheromone treatments. The park's priorities for mitigation of the effects of beetles are focused on removing hazard trees and hazard fuels related to the protection of life and property.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: PremierTox 2.0, Inc. has paid $2.5 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. PremierTox previously did business in Tennessee under the name Nexus and is a company that provides drug urine screening...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal drug laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: 2016 Theme: Serving Victims. Building Trust. Restoring Hope.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: National Park Week, April 16 to 24, 2016, is America's largest celebration of national heritage. It's about making great connections, exploring amazing places, discovering open spaces, enjoying affordable vacations, and enhancing America’s best idea-the national parks! It's all happening in your national parks.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Deon Thornton, age 32, of Suitland, Maryland, today to eight years in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for distribution of crack cocaine and for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced physician Paramjit Singh Ajrawat, age 60, Potomac, Maryland, today to 111 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for health care fraud, two counts of making a false statement related to a health care program...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: Former U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Employee Sentenced to Prison for Attempted Spear-Phishing Attack on Department of Energy Computers.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: Two Defendants Sentenced for Role in Forced Labor Scheme that Exploited Guatemalan Minors at Ohio Egg Farms.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: Salt Lake City-On April 15, 2016, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Salt Lake Field Office will implement new camping fees at the Little Creek Campground in Randolph, Utah. A new single site occupancy fee of $12 per site per night will be charged. Also, a group site located at the pavilion will be...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Dante Callum, 38, originally from New York, pled guilty to credit card fraud in federal court, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
