News from April 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged the owner and operator of dozens of pizza franchise restaurants in Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana for filing a false federal income tax return that did not include money he skimmed from his Little Caesars restaurants, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge Veronica Hyman-Pillot.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: Salt Lake City-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Utah is seeking public nominations for four open positions on its Utah Resource Advisory Council (RAC). The due date for applications is May 2, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: MIAMI - A federal jury today found Norris Williams, 45, of Fort Myers, Florida, guilty of three counts of possession with intent to distribute heroin and one count of attempting to possess with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. The sentencing is scheduled for July 5, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOHN CREWS, JR., was sentenced today in White Plains federal court to a prison term of 17 years for his participation in a series of armed robberies in the summer of 2013. CREWS pled guilty on Sept. 21...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Friday, April 15, 2016, at 9:30 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Unlawful Reinsurance Payments: CMS Diverting $3.5 Billion from Taxpayers to Pay Insurance Companies."
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of April 11.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal jury returned a guilty verdict today convicting John Glenn Bartley, 56, of Inwood, West Virginia, of multiple federal stalking charges, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Northampton man was charged yesterday in U.S. District Court in Springfield with offering to distribute child pornography.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: Robert Moore of Marshall County Water Corporation in Oklahoma Testifies at Senate EPW Committee
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - A superseding indictment filed today charges Jennica Duell with five counts of making false declarations before a federal grand jury, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Special Agent in Charge Delano Reid of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney=s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Jemel Laquan King, a/k/a “Melo," age 37, a resident of New York, was convicted of conspiracy, aiding and abetting a bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during the robbery. The four-day trial was held before U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley in Scranton.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: Defendant Also Ordered to Pay Nearly $3 Million in Restitution.
By State Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming Committee events...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: Wells Fargo Bank Admits That It Certified That Loans Were Eligible for FHA Mortgage Insurance When They Were Not, and That It Did Not Report Thousands of Faulty Mortgage Loans to HUD.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking nominations for individuals to serve on the United States Potato Board (Board). Prospective nominees must submit completed applications by July 1, 2016. Selected representatives will serve three-year terms.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: During National Volunteer Week, April 10-16, the National Park Service Outer Banks Group celebrates the volunteers who work at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Wright Brothers National Memorial, and Fort Raleigh National Historic Site. This past year these volunteers donated a total of 19,856 hours!.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada -The National Park Service has issued a prospectus soliciting for proposals in response to a 15-year business opportunity to operate a full-service marina at Katherine Landing on Lake Mohave within Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: Union and Williamson County residents were indicted on April 5, 2016, for a methamphetamine offense, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James L. Porter, announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today recognized the U.S. Treasury for their commitment to pursuing necessary steps to protect the U.S. financial system from abuse. Wyden sent a letter to the agency earlier this year asking them to do everything possible to stop abuses by anonymous shell companies including tax evasion, terrorist financing and defrauding the Internal Revenue Service and Medicare.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: Six defendants have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment for their participation in an extensive stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme involving the personal identifying information (PII) of more than 29,000 individuals. The defendants used the PII, including names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers, to file thousands of fraudulent federal income tax returns with the IRS claiming, collectively, tens of millions of dollars in refunds.
