News from April 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: Washington - With tax season in full swing, the Justice Department urged the public today to avoid dishonest tax-return preparers who fleece their customers and illegally drain the U.S. Treasury. Noting that every taxpayer is ultimately responsible for the contents of his or her own return, Acting Assistant...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: Patient Recruiter and Staffing Company Employee Convicted of $2 Million Home Health Care Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Michael Carleton (53, Bradenton) to 21 months in federal prison for mail fraud. As part of his sentence, the Court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $200,000, which constitutes the proceeds of the mail fraud. In addition, the Court entered an order requiring Carleton to pay restitution to the identified victims of the offense in the total amount of $136,098.96.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Donti Hunter, a/k/a Donte Hunter, a/k/a Pumpkin, a/k/a P, 37, and Jaekhon Cook, a/k/a Jae Khahn Cook, 23, both of Philadelphia, PA, were charged by Indictment, unsealed today, in a drug conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The charges include conspiracy to distribute...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) and House Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee Chairman Ken Calvert (R-CA) sent a to the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) to highlight the...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: Barela Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, a bipartisan group of 44 current and former Senators and 164 current and former House members - including a former Republican Senator and former Republican House Member - from 38 states as well as the District of Columbia and the Northern Mariana Islands have joined in filing...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, a bipartisan group of 44 current and former Senators and 164 current and former House members - including a former Republican Senator and former Republican House Member - from 38 states as well as the District of Columbia and the Northern Mariana Islands have joined in filing...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced a two-count Indictment was unsealed yesterday that charges CORNELL PENDLETON, age 52, of New Orleans, with violations of federal drug and money laundering statutes, announced U. S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr. According to Count One in the Indictment, PENDLETON...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: Eugene Babcock, 58, of Moro, IL, was sentenced yesterday in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois to 28 months in federal prison, 3 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay remaining restitution in the amount of $165,862 (Babcock had returned $115,000 prior to his plea of guilty), on charges stemming from a staged bank robbery at Liberty Bank in Bethalto, Illinois, that occurred on Dec. 13, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: James L. Porter, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today, that Lewis Johnson, 38, of St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced in the District Court in East Saint Louis, Illinois, on the charge of Conspiracy to Manufacture, Possess and Pass Counterfeit United States Currency. The Court sentenced Johnson to 36 months in federal prison to be followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and committee member Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) today sent a letter to the nonpartisan watchdog Government Accountability Office (GAO) asking them to examine the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) set-top box proposal.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: Commemorate the Siege of Fort Pulaski with a Special Living History Event.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A federal jury today returned guilty verdicts on all counts against a Wichita man in a massage parlor prostitution case, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: HONOLULU -Gilbert Lee Medina, 52, of Honolulu, was sentenced to life in prison in federal court yesterday by Senior District Judge Helen Gillmor for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. There is no parole under current federal criminal law. Medina’s two prior...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation today announced the initial 2016 water supply allocation for Central Valley Project (CVP) contractors. This allocation is based on a cautious estimate of the amount of water that will be available for delivery to CVP water users and reflects current reservoir storages, precipitation and snowpack in the Central Valley and Sierra Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Winner, South Dakota, man convicted of Aggravated Incest was sentenced on March 28, 2016 by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: Romanian National “Guccifer" Extradited to Face Hacking Charges.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The momentum to deliver #CuresNow continues to grow stronger by the day, and the last several weeks have brought out some bright stars for 21st Century Cures. From news correspondents, rock legends, and the littlest champions for Cures, we continue to take significant steps on the #Path2Cures.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and committee member Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) today sent a letter to the nonpartisan watchdog Government Accountability Office (GAO) asking them to examine the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) set-top box proposal.
