News from December 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on December 6, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - Three residents of Rockwood, Pa., were sentenced in federal court in Pittsburgh to a charge of conspiracy, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced. George R. Beener; Kerry Beener and Kevin Beener each were sentenced to five years’ probation, the first three months of which...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: The U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate last week approved and sent to the president the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act, a comprehensive water resources infrastructure bill. Several Energy and Commerce Committee provisions were part of the WIIN Act including...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bicameral leaders sent a letter on Friday to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt asking questions about the misclassification of the EpiPen Auto-Injector and EpiPen Jr Auto-Injector by Mylan Pharmaceuticals for purposes of the Medicaid Drug...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today issued the following statement on the Senate’s failure to reconfirm Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC):
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: New York City Resident Pleads Guilty to Participating in Sophisticated International Cellphone Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: DENVER - Kimberly Pitts, age 46, of Pueblo, Colorado was arrested last week on charges of wire fraud and filing a false tax return, Acting United States Attorney Bob Troyer, IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Steven Osborne, and FBI Special Agent in Charge Calvin A. Shivers announced.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Representative Bobby Scott (D-VA), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, issued the following statements applauding the Department...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - U.S. District Judge J. Ronnie Greer has sentenced 10 men to a collective total of 284 months in federal prison for their roles in the operation of a fraudulent investor scheme which defrauded 168 investors of more than $14 million dollars. The judge also ordered terms of supervised release by the U.S. Probation office, special assessments and $14,092,205 in restitution to the victims of the scheme.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: The U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate last week approved and sent to the president the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act, a comprehensive water resources infrastructure bill. Several Energy and Commerce Committee provisions were part of the WIIN Act including...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: Associate Pleads Guilty to Helping Launder Proceeds of Scam.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Daniel Kocan, 59, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced in federal court today to 108 months in prison for synthetic marijuana distribution and money laundering charges, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: CINCINNATI - U.S. Attorney Benjamin C. Glassman recognized nine employees of the Southern District of Ohio in three categories for their distinguished public service in his first annual United States Attorney’s Awards in Outstanding Performance in three categories.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: Between November 30 and December 7, 2016, seven defendants were sentenced for their role in a scheme to steal $36 million of federal funds intended for low-income housing.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today issued the following statement on the Senate’s failure to reconfirm Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC):
By EPA Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bicameral leaders sent a letter on Friday to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt asking questions about the misclassification of the EpiPen Auto-Injector and EpiPen Jr Auto-Injector by Mylan Pharmaceuticals for purposes of the Medicaid Drug...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Gregory L. Clark, age 26, of Troy, New York, was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: ABINGDON, VIRGINIA - A federal inmate at United States Penitentiary at Lee County, Virginia, pled guilty today to illegal possessing of a prohibited item, United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. -Grand Canyon National Park celebrated its 6 millionth visitor as its final National Park Service Centennial event.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: A Toledo man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his involvement in conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a kilogram of heroin, said U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon.
