News from February 2016
By DOJ Gazette | Feb 12, 2016
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Feb. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Dr. Labib E. Riachi, 47, of Westfield, New Jersey, and two companies that he owns and operates, Riachi, Inc. and Center for Advanced Pelvic Surgery, LLC, both based in Westfield, have agreed to pay $5.25 million to resolve allegations that they falsely billed federal health care programs for tests that were never provided, among other claims, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: “This project has been a huge success. It has been the overall success of this project that makes us hopeful for other villages in the watershed to adopt the ideas and implementation of this project and continue saving money and using less power." -David Pelunis-Messier, Project Energy Manager.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: Jason M. Wilds, 34, was sentenced in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for receiving child pornography. The Honorable Joseph F. Bataillon, Senior United States District Court Judge sentenced Wilds to a five year term of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal prison system. After his release...
By State Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - This afternoon, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) signed the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (H.R. 757) to step up financial pressure on the Kim regime after its recent nuclear test and long-range missile launch. The bill, authored by Foreign Affairs Committee...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Philadelphia attorney James Michael Farrell, age 63, of Wenonah, New Jersey, had his initial appearance and arraignment today in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland, on charges related to his activities on behalf of members of an extensive drug trafficking operation. Mr.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: Dear Speaker Ryan and Majority Leader McConnell...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: BETHEL, AK - U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Ernest Moniz today announced the availability of up to $7 million to establish a technical assistance regional energy providers’ network to Indian tribes and Alaska Native communities. Participants will be chosen through a competitive process and...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI), was invited to be the guest speaker at the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) meeting, which was held on Dec. 2, 2015, at the office of the Guam Visitors Bureau. U.S. Attorney Limtiaco...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that WELLINGTON BROWN, also known as “Jamal," 26, a Jamaican citizen formerly residing in Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 126 months of imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for sex trafficking of minors.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: She Was Paid $17,000 to Help Serbian Man Obtain U.S. Residency.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - On Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced Gordie Leroy Penson, 38, of Asheville, to 161 months in prison for the August 2014 armed robbery of a fast food restaurant, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Judge Reidinger also sentenced Penson to five years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Paul Keener, a/k/a Aaron Silverman, a/k/a Paul Robison, a/k/a Scott Walker, 47, of Cheektowaga, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with aggravated identity theft and using a passport secured by false statement. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of two years and a maximum penalty of 12 years in prison.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: DOLORES, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Anasazi Heritage Center is proud to announce a new exhibit entitled "Weaving Stories: Basketry in the Southwest." This new exhibit, which opens to the public on Tuesday, Feb. 16, explores the history of basket-making technology from thousands of years ago to contemporary artisans.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: GREENBELT, Md. - Philadelphia attorney James Michael Farrell, age 63, of Wenonah, New Jersey, had his initial appearance and arraignment today in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland, on charges related to his activities on behalf of members of an extensive drug trafficking operation. Mr. Farrell...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: BALTIMORE - CVS Pharmacy, Inc. (CVS) has agreed to pay $8 million to the United States to resolve allegations that its Maryland pharmacies violated the Controlled Substances (CSA) by dispensing controlled substances pursuant to prescriptions that were not issued for a legitimate medical purpose.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: SOUTH BEND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that Orathay Sims, 31, of Logansport, Indiana was sentenced on Feb. 11, 2016, before Judge Jon E. DeGuilio, for distribution of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A New Jersey stock promoter was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston for his involvement in a scheme to artificially manipulate the stock price of Massachusetts-based company, Amogear Inc.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: SOUTH BEND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that Matthew McCray, 36, of South Bend, Indiana was indicted on Feb. 10, 2016 with 4 counts of producing and 1 count of possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: Sold and shipped defense articles including night vision goggles, scopes and tubes through eBay accounts to buyers in the United Kingdom, Poland, and Japan.
