News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen, and Phillip M. Coyne, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, today announced that JESUS VILLEGAS, DDS, and his two pediatric...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Daniel Leroy Ard, 33, a registered sex offender in Pensacola, Florida, was sentenced today to 180 months in federal prison, after pleading guilty in June 2016 to receipt of child pornography. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: FBI Seeks Escapee Timothy Eugene England.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Gladstone, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today on charges related to receiving and attempting to distribute child pornography over the Internet.

By USDA Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 30, 2016 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack issued the following statement today on the Farm Income and Financial Forecasts for 2015 and 2016, released by USDA's Economic Research Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: A Loganville, Georgia, man was sentenced to serve 57 months in prison for obtaining his U.S. citizenship by providing false and fraudulent information on his naturalization application.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department and the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices of the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan today announced an agreement with the owners and operators of seven Michigan apartment complexes to resolve allegations that they discriminated against families with children in violation of the Fair Housing Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: A mother and son based in Miami each pleaded guilty today to fraud charges for their roles in a $16 million Medicare fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: The owner and manager of three now-defunct Miami-area home health agencies was sentenced today to 240 months in prison for his role in a $57 million Medicare fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: Today, the President granted commutation of sentence to the following 111 individuals: · Malik Abuhamid Ibm Wakil Abdunafi – Baltimore, MD Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute at least 500 grams of cocaine, at least 50 grams of cocaine base (crack), heroin, and marijuana; ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates released the following statement following President Obama’s clemency announcement today: "The clemency initiative is about more than the 111 people who learned today that their sentences have been commuted; it's also about the families and communities who will ...
By Commerce News Now | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered remarks at the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) Dinner in New Delhi. Secretary Pritzker underscored the central role of the private sector in the U.S.-India commercial relationship and the Department of Commerce’s work to integrate industry into the policymaking process through the U.S.-India CEO Forum and the U.S.-India Strategic and Commercial Dialogue.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker addressed the joint plenary session of the second annual U.S.-India Strategic and Commercial Dialogue (S&CD).
By Commerce News Now | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: On Aug. 29, 2016, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and White House National Economic Council Director Jeff Zients co-hosted a roundtable discussion in New Delhi with NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant to discuss the current state of innovation and entrepreneurship in India and existing policies and ...

By Labor Gazette | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: JESSUP, Md. – The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit alleging a Maryland demolition contractor discriminated against more than 150 Hispanic and African-American workers and allowed harassment of employees based on race and national origin.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 30, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a six page notice on Aug. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 30, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 30, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Aug. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 30, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 30, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.